Show RISH IRISH NOT LEADING AS PUGILISTS ireland no longer rules king of the I 1 prize ring in fact there are now more topnotch ors ers of other descent than of 0 irish of late there are still many fighters of celtic parentage among the topnotch ers but a majority of jhc thc th champions are of nationalities which have imly in the past year broken into the game abe attell the featherweight champion is a jew gans the lightweight title holder is a i negro ketchel tho the welterweight champion c hani plon is a hugo kelly the middleweight is an italian and tommy burns the heavyweight champion is a french canad ian jack johnson who looks to be the real heavyweight champion to Is a negro how flow different it ft was a u few years ago when torry terry mcgovern kl d mccoy jim corbett john L sullivan jak jack dempsey tom sharkey obrien Al mcauliffe cAuliffe fortes farbes and other such irish fighters were in their prime about every fighter of any class was of elther either irish descent tit oil of bir birth th in oli old ireland and one ane who was not was regarded as a little likely to cut much tee ice the gameness of the race and their natural love of combat seemed to give them a monopoly on the game and few cared to dispute ii if i kid lavigne the michigander who was wag of french parentage was about the first fighter of class not of either irish english or american parentage like many other things ahen hen it was started ma ty others toon soon followed until now almost every nationality Is represented Datt battling ling nelson the th dane begeny the italian attell the lle hebrew brew jack root the bohemian hugo kelly the italian derger berger the german griffo and jackson tile the australians fitzsimmons the welshman ir errera the mexican and walcott Wal colt tile the Barba barbadoes doeg negro are men of all nations who either arc now topnotch ers or havo been during tl tho 0 past part five years tommy kyan 30 joseph youngs Is a hebrew with youngs ryan abe attell harry lewis goodwin Goodw ln herman abel abe and others of top rank there 19 S a goodly cepro representation sen tation of hebrews Hebrew 5 I 1 taly italy tanks ranks next to its products with such lich worthy representatives as hugo kelly frank carsey carsay tommy caponi tony noss denny benny and severah others who rank almost as high still after all none of tho the fighters of foreign descent amounted to any thing in that line until they lived in america many years tho illo free air ot uncle sams bonis possessions seems to breed sc rappers it t seems hard bard to explain why the irish fighter shave beon been passed in tho ho race race unless it ft is in ahat harthe hat the police forc forces of the ano country claim so many of them of athletic build that many who ini might glit havo have swung their fists with much effectiveness have taken to swinging clubs ketchel lg Is the first to gain high standing in pugilism his defeat dofa at to taomas has made him recognized as the welterweight chani champ plo loh i n although t b 0 agh mike sullivan claims the ditl litlo despite his bis defeat by harry lewis and two knockouts at the hands ot of joo gans a 4 claim given atlo cred ence because based on his win of a decision over honey melody who was putty in joe thpmas thomas hands billy is a pole in recognition of the fighting quail ties of the irish most of tho the fighters of other nationalities took irish names funny too top at times to see unmistakable features of other nationalities ali ties tray traveling eling under irish cogno mens somehow the public does not seem to take kindly to canadian fighters tommy burns being one who falls to gain popularity george dixon was from new brunswick english fighters have always been 9 greeted most warmly whenever they navo come to this country and highly lauded whenever they showed class negro boxers have i seemed to draw well as topnotch ers s and there have been some great ran ring asters of soot color in peter jackson joe wolcott george dixon joe gans jack joh johnson n and several arthers the black scrapper who has conducted himself properly and fought honestly has been given all coming jb 6 him lavigne was always popular and a gamer fighter never lived now that his days as a fighter arc ov over r he is making a nice living aiom ioni the respect paid his name which hangs over tho the detroit wet goods emporium where le t e stays around to oe seen squires the australian wis was alven g alven a great reception but it was because of the great fighters produce produced dby 4 y that country in chepas the pas 6 griffo and fitzsimmons from tho the neighboring island of now new ze zealand al anat rather than through any form ever shown here or in fact in australia the four great negro fighters of today are joe gans jack johnson sam langford and jack blackburn and four white men jJ their weight divisions cannot be found to beat them the question is often asked wh why y are there so many white fighters and so few colored fighters in tho the ring in high ranks that Is not hard to answer in fact it s simple the public will not stands stand tor for a dub colored fighter while hundreds or white boys are eking out a living in the business who never better than third division form and many who never showed even th atwell most disfiguring Is figuring skin eruptions scrofula pini pimples ples rashes etc are due to impure blood burdock blood bit tors is a cleansing blood tonic makes yo you u cloar clear eyed clear brained clear skinned |