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Show Pace TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1951 The Dragerton Tribune, Dragerton, Utah 6 SPORT LIGHT A Let's Study the Heavyweight Champs By GRANTLAND RICE PAST moves up thats a long time in the fight game. THE In laying down a Ask any fighter. today heavy barrage on the boxing game FAR-AWA- Y of 1950 and 1951. Jack Dempsey; among others, has been outspoken in his criticism. out here There is another a at Burbank who was pretty fair heavyweight in his is 1 day and. time. He now 76 years - bid and he has already old-tim- Left There are still more champions left than For one thing boxers er name is James J. Jeffries, and he won the heavyweight championship from Bob Fitzsimmons Grantland Rice just 52 years ago. Jeff picked up this crown in his 11th professional fight, an astonishing performance when you figure the deep value of experience in boxing. But Jim Jeffries was probably the finest athlete that ever won and held the title. lie was over 6 feet tall and he weighed around 212 pounds at his best fighting weight. But he could run the 109 In 10 seconds and he could high , Jump close to 6 feet. There are many who still think that the Jeffries of 1903 was the greatest heavyweight of them all. His unfortunate return to the ring-f- at, partly bald and out of condition, removed part of his earlier greatness, just as Joe. Louis is slowly shucking off his earlier fame by his later performances. Jeffries, like Dempsey, cant see the present crop of fighters. They are not willing to train or learn, be said. They dont know what hard work means I mean such things as five or ten miles on the road every day, long before a fight. Jim Corbett trained and worked over eight hours a day, before he fought me at Coney Island. Few of these fellows today get in the shape needed to make a fighter. I saw - Jeffries work out around 1903. At that time there was no other fighter in the world close enough to make a' contest. lie was big, fast, strong a high class boxer and a hard puncher. But above all you couldn't stop him with an ax. He was far improved over his showing with Sharkey and his first fight with Corbett. Gentle- man Jim told me years ago in their second meeting that Jeffries was the better boxer. The old fellow still has Jeffries Barn with its amateur fights, its wrestling and its training center at Burbank. But it's a far call to his Fitzsimmons fight in 1899. A trifle better than half a century. And 7,, g, OF THE NEW TORK YANKEES BECAME A STAR ON THE PROFESSIONAL GOLF CIRCUIT? QHA3 WVQ li youre wearing shorts aroipd the kitchen, especially during canning season, protect yourself from flying and spattering hot stuff by pinning a turkish towel to down in ycui waist so it will hang front of your bare legs. pine-scente- Onions are probably the most dangerous vegetable to slice thin because they have a way of slipping out of the knifes way and leaving your fingers there to take the rap. Avoid this by setting the - face WHEN a mans flat on hismean speaking. I hell take any kind of a job. Thats my excuse for playing nursemaid to Julia Upton. Bodyguard thats what Moe Langdon, her producer called me. You see, thered been a kidnapping scare and Julia was right at the top of the heap that a temptyear morsel for ing abductors, and Moe figured she needed looking after. Also, he figured the publicity wouldn't do .her any harm. After all, he grinned, you were' an fullback, and when the public reads that youre riding herd over little Julia A swell friend you are! I snapped. My pall I stopped. He was still grinning, the grin that meant it was hopeless for me to argue. How much will you pay? Two hundred bucks a week and what sweet, easy money. He was right, it was sweet, easy money providing a man didnt have any pride. I earned every dime of that 200 bucks. I wasnt used to being ordered around by a little chit of a redhead. Tomorrow morning, shed say, were going horseback riding. Be at the house at 9. Or: Tonight the Keanes are giving a party. -- - I guess my attitude must have shown how I felt. At any rate, Julia began taking a delight in putting me on the spot making me pose for pictures, making me attend afternoon teas where GOLD PROSPECTOR DURING THE OFF SEASON. EVERT SUMMER HE HEADS INTO THE ONTARIO MINING REGION AND NOT LONG AGO STAKED OUT 50 CLAIMS, SOLD MOST OF THEM AND QNE HAS DEVELOPED INTO A FULL SCALE COMPANY. What former member ' !:. green, ROUGH AND TOUGH DEFENSEMAN OF THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS, IS A QUIZ 1892, . get started in their 20s. Presidents are usually 50 or 60. It takes longer A variation of the old colonial a a to make President than it does custom of spicing bedsheets can be worked in your linen closet and champion. The list today from linen drawers by purchasing quanshows Jim Jeffries, Tommy Burns, tities of toilet soap in advance of unGene Jess Willard, Jack Dempsey, your needs and storing it Schmel-InTunney, Jack Sharkey, Max wrapped among the linens. White, Primo Camera, Max Baer, Jim boxer. flower-scente- d soaps go well in the Braddock and Joe Louis. Gene Tunney was the best lord and masters shirts and handd This makes a total of 11 surtrained. kerchiefs; vivors. Since the reign of John Jeffries and Dempsey were the cakes are suggested for bed linens Lawrence Sullivan which lasted hardest to hurt. and towels. ws CORNER 0 1 ... m. only Jim Corbett, and Jack Bob Fitzsimmons Johnson have passed from this hectie earthy show. All together, Including John L. Sullivan, there have been 16 heavyweight champions of the world. Ezzard Charles is the last on the list. Who is the best of the lot? Suppose we arrange them in order - Jack Dempsey must be set on top as the best offensive fighter of them all. Jack Johnson heads the list as the greatest defensive ringman. Jim Corbett was all odds the best until 4.: Id be the only man onion on a flat metal grater while you slice it. The grater wont allow the onion to slip out from under at the crucial moment. When fat flares up on the stoe, quickly throw a handful of salt on it. If no salt is handy, clap a magazine or newspaper over the flame. Or, use an empty pot as a snuffer. In any case do not throw water on the flames. Its not likely to extinguish the fire, and there's a good chance it will splash some of the flaming grease, onto you. To prevent grease from sputtering excessively, sprinkle a little salt or flour in the pan before the grease is added. If its too late for such a preventive measure, turn a colander upside down over the frying pan. This will stop the flying grease, but will still allow air to come in contact with whats cocking. present-st- uff like that. There came a time three weeks later when Julia wanted to go for a drive in the country. We drove toward Santa Barbara, were half way there when it flashed across my mind that she was due at the studio for a rehearsal at 3 oclock, and at this rate she wouldnt be there. I told her shed better turn around .. aiid head back. She said she was tired of rehearsals and said how did I expect to make her if she didnt want to go? Like this, I said, and switched off the ignition and pulled up the brake. She was furious. She wouldnt get out of the drivers seat. So I lifted her up in my arms, and it was such a swell opportunity I kissed her. She swore at me real cuss words and because I knew this would end my sweet, easy money job I kissed her again, then plumped her down in the seat and got behind the wheel .... T DIDNT bother to contact Moe. Instead I moved from my one room home into an apartment, and the next day set out to find myself a job. . I had expected the papers would be full of my discharge from Julias employ, but they werent. Not a word. And this got me to thinking that maybe she wasnt quite as bad hs I thought. As a matter of fact, I got to thinking other things too mostly about Julia. Two weeks later Moe Langdon called me up. Listen, you dub, Julias been kidnapped and its your fault. They want $50,000. Its got to be delivered to a rendezvous . . . There was a guy waiting at the top of the pass when I got there, lie grinned at me when I gave him the dough. Wheres Julia? 1 said. He jerked a thumb over his shoulder. Two miles back, in a cabin. Follow the trail. I ran all the way to the cabin. Julia was inside, bound and gagged. I didnt know the extent of my relief, and apparently Julia didnt tastier digestible! I , , EGG PANCAKES SNOWDRIFT'S HAM AND I I W to hot snowdriftsides. browned on both pure and digest drift is so light, Snowdrift to 2 Add tbsp. ible.) secud skillet and pan-frabout j 8erve at once. Makes know hers. I could have had you fired from your old job, she said, .just the way I made Moe Langdon hire you for my bodyguard. But I .didnt want to. I wanted you to to satiate your old pride. I said. Wait a minute, How about this kidnapping business? It was your own fault, the said. You you were so stubborn. You wouldnt call me up. I had to do something.1 Then it was a gag? She didnt say anything, just stared at me. Well, I thought, what's' the use? Im destined to ook after this kid the rest of my life, and I might as welMike it. 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