Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-24 | Page 3 | Every Fan Has His Pugilistic Idol, Which He Swears By

I HAS HIS PUGILISTIC EVERY r iii FAN imo mu i I IDOL HE SWEARS BY BYThe BYThe Are Most Faithful and Enthusiastic Enthusiastic En En- The Tue Followers of 0 Admirers of 0 Their Ideal Battling Heroes y Other Live Gossip About the BY JACK SKELLY the thc blustering like to sidestep 1 3 always EW YORK VORK Feb regarding regard regard- dispute T NE N and ready to you JOU willing r 11 fan who is aha always s 's r e fight lived for Z battler that lias bas ever er I ing tl the qualities of most e every cry I until he talks you blue ill in tile the face I has more pugilistic pugilist ic always one or bug of fight a j This particular type worships worship and honors Woe Voe be to him who ho dares to toI idols which lIe fairly with all kinds bombard his heroes Hell rell you Ou of f one of I dispute the prowess kindS I make to flag him or your escape obliged I of until you arc r The sudden death of poor lo old John II Jj II Sullivan seems to have C brought dei de debaters do- do of these enthusiastic forth a host bost haters baters of late Some of or them proclaim proclaim proclaim pro pro- i claim the popular departed veteran I was wag the greatest fighter that i ever stepped into a ring while c others Bob Dob I declare that Peter Jackson and I Fitzsimmons were his superiors AsI As I Sullivan never met J Jackson or Fitz i iI it itis is rather impossible to 53 say who wile was I really th the best of this wonderful trio i But Bute we e all have hac our op opinions ons When hen Jackson and FItz first cameto came camo to this country John L. L had long passed his prime I have ha always claimed that i Sullivan was very great during the tho first three o years ears of oC his championship career career from from ISS when ho knocked out Paddy Taddy Ryan Ran for tor tho the title until the thc latter part of oC 1885 when he had a se severe se- se yore vere fit tit of ot sickness in Boston that I robbed him of or considerable of his wonderful won won- II vigor Igor and nd hitting power But Hut no argument please even on this particular lIar lar mr point I have ha had quite enough of ot otI I late Some Sound Logic on John J I. I r admire the wise wa way Len Booster Wooster tho the bright sporting editor of the tho Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn ln Dati Daily Times writes on t te e subject as follows or Of thus the late John L. L Sullivan an it has been said ho could have ha cleaned up all the heavyweight champions that succeeded suc sue him In his prime Such talk most naturally arouses all kind o ot of ar argument argument argument ar- ar and when the tho verbal erbal belligerents r- r have ha finished usually the they find huh c nn h r AS a matter 01 or r fact ct it t Is i a almost 1 st out ut or of the tho quest Question on onto to compare one heavyweight hea champion champton with another It is like Uke arguing the respective speed and s stamina or of f dep departed de departed de- de p parted tur turf champions champions to to contend that was a greater race horse than CoHn Colin Yet it is done and alwa always alwa's s swill will wilt be done It Is one of oC those things that keeps interest alive alivo In sporting Is this attempt at rating past and present present present pres pres- ent champions Sullivan in his time timo was able Ho had It on all American fighters fight fight- ers Yet he was not Invincible In none of ot them ever are Jack McAuliffe who was contemporaneous with Sullivan was lucky to have s 's break for him blip more more than once So with John L. L the mighty Boston Strong Strong- Bo Boy was ex extremely eX- eX fortunate against Charlie Mitchell l over o In n France The Englishman English English- man was as Billy would compare compare com com- pare parc In size to Jess Jels with Willard-with with a littIe littie littie lit- lit tie exaggeration The deduction hower however however how how- ever er is obvious Mitchell clearly demI demonstrated demonstrated dem dem- I that Sullivan an could be bo beaten All o champions can be whipped an dare whipped But ax as for rating one onn champion cham cham- pion llon with another with ith generations intervening it I is impossible Impassible save sa in isolated cases For Instance one would not mention Tommy Burns Burns' name InI Inthe in inthe I the same breath with Sullivans Then I taJ take tako o tho the other side Isn't it just jUt possible pos pos- sible ible that Bob Fitzsimmons might have whipped Sullivan an in view of or the small Mitchells Mitchell's showing with fth John L L. in France Room for tor argument Is opened up Inn herd hr again with the fact In Iii mind that FItz was not a hard man to hit and if it Sullivan hit him once that tor- tor nadie style of or his would have hae beaten Fits Into a a. state from which there was no recovery Perhaps the same would apply epply to Jeffries Johnson and Willard Illard Yet all aU three of ot these champions possessed pos pos- essed qualities peculiarly their own which might have prevailed against Sullivan Yet Yes it is a difficult matter I to size up ring champions of ot different periods The big point to remember Is that each In his time was endowed with the qualifications that made him the pin king-pin fighter tighter of ot his day Further it la Is impossible to argue Game Charier CharleT Mitchell n Is IB a ii Sick Man An I Many American friends of or that clever game Jamo former boxing champion of ot En England England Eng Eng- land Charley Chancy Mitchell will be sorry sorn to hear bear that ho Is still confined to his bed bcd bedat bedat at Brighton England a very sick man ind ed t to 1 or car Ia jas nua DI II in inmost IU- IU most a a. constant sufferer from dropsy drops for tor which lie Jie has been tapped some f fifteen If- If teen times last occasion I met Mitchell he was at the tho ringside when hen little Bob Moha gave big Joe Cox such auch sucha a slashing flashing at tho the Manhattan Casino New ew York a a. couple of ot years ears ago A great chan change c had taken place In Inthe Inthe Inthe the veteran appearance Ho He had grown older and rather weak from his long illness He lie had lost all that dash and vigor of his hla However I hope he ho will win the hard fight tight he Is putting up against that dangerous erous disease and be able ablo to pay us another visit on this side of or the Atlantic during the good old summer days das But from all reports I hear from England at present that Is Isery very ery doubtful I have have- always considered the same Charley Chancy Mitchell one of ot the gamest earnest and clever cleverest st men inca that over aver boxed within till the ropes If It he was t his best today what a fine tine set of or boxing boxing- lessons he could COUIl give some soma of ot tho the modern ring ring- men of his hla weight and even those In Inthe inthe the tho heavy class also abo That was a fine tine tribute th the brave paid to his old antagonist t. t John L L. It fl only shows how broadminded broadminded broadminded broad- broad minded and magnanimous boxers are arc areto areto to one ono another after their wars are allover all allover allover over or they have retired from the ther arena r na tray lilt LUte and Bt nit Biti Around the Ring It Is a wise wise- fighter who knows when tho the psychological moment arrives for him to retire from the ring Jack DillIon Dillon Dil Dil- lIon lon ion Young and a a. few tew others should stop and think before sliding too far mar back Boxing is thriving In the middle west Ohio Is now one of or the most popular of the boxing states wh where ro the game same jIs Is flourishing especially in such clUe citIes ns is Cleveland eland and AKron You cant can't keep the grand r nd old sport down Battling Kelson Nelson has hM at last concluded his ils fighting days das are aro over r. and is 19 now no trying rIm to make a a. champion champlon of George Lammerson L ammerson a young oung lightweight Dano Dane from rom Los Angeles Gom I Jimmy Clabby after winnin winning the he Iddle championship of or Austra Austra- ha la has line enn enlisted led over O there for some rl fighting at the front Some here ch oh ehl Let Lee L ua us hope h he he- will Conic come back to u us rafe safe afe and sound before man many v moons A Gr Great at Improvement In 10 Dozing t Glo I l Recently I 1 was rather surprised when examined a a. a set at Professor Dan pneumatic or cushion box box- n ng vig gloves They rhey were r such a va vast t lan- lan ro Provement over O the old mitts we wo used cars ago in tho the ring I can certainly recommend these to date gloves hey he will not nol cut and will stand great grea veal and te tear r. r 1 am glad Iad to see they are being used n a public schools colleges gymnasiums camps and b by most of or the tho pro pro- boxers boxer These air all gloves eH h hoi hold ld heir shape shapo and do not get soggy like Ilk he hb or ordinary hair gloves lo which rat Iol s SO 80 and mat into a n. lumpy Bodde ll smelling ma mass s. s Professor Dan ha lian las been tho the n of the Hollywood Jn Inn of this It Uy ity for tor many years ears Recently he ha has eta en appointed to impart mPa the manly ar ari art o 0 i the Joy bo boys of ot othe the he he Y M. M t. t C. C A I here It ItI hl his air Ir blo gloves blos s have made a great I