Show MIKE ODOWD THE POPULAR OF ALL OUR BOXING CHAMPIONS I The T Dashing 1 Young Fighter Is Anxious to Get Back Bach in ill I Ii Ring illg iI Again After His Ilis Bra Brave ye ve Battling ry at the Front in ill FI Flanders and Fr France Against the Defeated Hun Him BY JACK SKELLY e it WELT ILi Paddy the UI big war is is o over vcr and I am very cry anxious lo 10 try my VY If Y luck again in the ring writes Mike l ike 0 Dowel ODowd the Ibe gallant middleweight middle- middle Mullins We Yc had bad weight n champion to his bis a manager Paddy s some tough fighting in and out of the tho trenches but we wc finally mn made e the Germans take it on the run I UI am nm as hard bard as nails and stand ready to meet any man in the world for lor any number of rounds I expect to land homo home in in the old U. U S. S A A. by hy Christmas and I hope you will have havo several matches for meI me mc I may have havo a n. couple of or ring fights in Paris Pans before I leave one with Bill Billy Schubert one of or our doughboys for ten roun rounds s. s The other will probably probably abl ably JC e with Georges CarPentier if I can cnn possibly y in induce uce the French champion champion cham cham- pion to meet me Oh Paddy I wish you OU would como over ni and ami d look after me as ns would undoubtedly enjoy some fine sport spore over here herc you 1 lilko MIKO goes hoes on in HI ins cheerful letter telling about many of his thrilling ex exploits exploits ex- ex at the front where he ho did fine Cine galI gallant nt service as al a member of or Company Com Com- pany n S 8 S. S of qt the Fifty fifth engineers There are lesser lights of ot fis- fis who deserve great credit also for their brave braYe battling battling- at tho front hut tut ut ODowd is tho only American its its- tic champion who promptly enlisted when Uncle Sam declared war a against Germany German and gave I up his grand op opportunity opportunity op- op to make inako thousands of ot dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars to fight for rOl his countr country Ill Til never outer enter the tho ring again said sailing a away way across the deep blue seas acas until the tho murderous Huns are ace beaten to a n. knockout no matter how long the tho war lasts Ill I'll battle them as long as I have bae a n leg to stand on Ie Is It Jt an any wonder that ODo ODowd d Is the i most popular champion In the tho American Ameri Ameri- can ring toda today What a glorious re reception ro- ro this bravo boy will get when ho lands on thc these o shores again What hat great creat hero hell he'll be when when when-he he strikes St. St Paul his Paul his old home homo town town alonG along about Christmas I if everything e go goes s swell well with Hh him Hell He'll certainly be the 1 pugilistic idol of ot w when en brave bra Mickey lIckey comes marching home bom with new honors and laurels galore Mike JUke Take Take- Part Its It's quite probable If LC Mike Uke can cana a make London in time timo to enter tho the big tournament for tor the Kings King's trophy on I December 11 and 12 12 he will on endeavor eavor In the to to- box the best middleweight ht grand International competition Nothing Nothing Noth Noth- ing ins would please our middleweight champion more than to win one of ot the royal prizes Just to sho show his pals at Lome lIoma what hat an Irish-American Irish fighter can accomplish against tho boxers of or all tho the allied nations abroad Mike lIka ODowd first saw the tho light of or day in Careys Carey's Patch in St. St Paul on f April 6 E. E 1695 1895 BO so hes he's not yet 2 24 years ears of or age ago Hes He's now in tho very ery glory of or young manhood and barring accidents accidents acci acci- dents ho he should havo have a brilliant career His parents born In InCo Co County nty SlIgo Ireland Irelan Mike stands 6 E feet 9 Inches and ca can make pounds ringside without t any severe sovere training I Ills OH as hes he's always more or less in good I fighting condition anyhow Hes He's a natural born battler and is isi jone i i one ot of the few fete who really loves es a R. gruelling mill From boyhood i l up he frequently fought because it was wasI I his this nature ture and favorite favorito sport Mike began besan boxing in tho the professional protes- protes Ional ring in 1913 and since then has hasmet hasmet j met tho the best exponents of or the manly art within the orthodox ropes even en euch heavier men as Billy Dilly with whom he fought two ten-round ten draw I contests at Hudson Wis At that time Mike lIke was only onh a welterweight After winning some twenty combats Alike Ike was finally pitted against Al AlI I who was then the tho recognized middleweight champion Knocked McCoy Flat I It w was to be a a. ten-round ten bou bout but ODowd by his superb condition and a aggressiveness hind and nd out- out punched his crafty cratty clever opponent although he ho was knocked down several sov- sov sev sov- eral times during the very sensational battle So In the sixth round after alter some Rome of ot tho the hottest fighting possible O ODowd Dowd finally knocked McCoy McCo out tInt Hat and thereby won the tho middleweight middleweight middleweight middle middle- weight title A A. lot of ot soreheads who had their coin on McCoy declared t that at tho the loser took tooka a dive In In order to t-o get et all the purse urse But this Is absolutely false falso Mike Miko won because ho was the gamest and most vigorous fighter with the most youthful steam speed and punch The Young Youns Fl Fighting hUn Harp as they call him out in St St. Paul was al alas always always al- al ways as an tin outdoor bo boy no so fond of or all open air games s He lie became quite quito a noted football player on tho the Laurel Football club team of ot St. St Paul Next to boxing football is still his favorite exercise and sport Mike also chose an outdoor occupation occupation occupation tion long before beCore ho he became a proCessional professional boxer For FOI several years rears ho he worked strenuously late and ear early altI as alt asa asa a telegraph raph lineman It was climbing climbing climb climb- I ing Int those high h poles with the tho thermometer thermometer thermometer ther ther- at SO O or 40 below zero that mado made mo me so strong and healthy health said Raid Mike lIke speaking speaking- of or his former vocation Not ot Fancy lanc Boxer No o. t the tho o middleweight champion Is no hothouse e plant It was waR the rough and read ready road for him from his early youth to the tho present day lIes lIe's not one no of or those fancy boxers who stop at swell Elwell hotels and cat luxurious dishes Neither does ho he run to hh priced high fashionable clothes Hes He's Just plain ODowd ODow a n regular fellow with simple honest tastes and ideas who likes to hang hang- hangout out with his old friends and pals without any fuss or feathers But nut wait walt until Mike lIke gets back and see what a big bit welcome hell he'll get from hero ero to St. St Paul especially Wow Yow Wow Yow Read Rea gentle s fans tans what Bert E E. Collyer has to sa say In his bright Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago caso weekly about certain unjust pests pets Illinois once again will shortly havo have tho the opportunity to vote yoto upon le legalized legalized lo- lo boxing in this state Bills Dills of ot this nature have h hitherto met mot with a a. achilly achilly chilly reception on 11 tho the part of or the state solons colons Weak kneed submission to the demands of or the reform clement element killed some Bome of ot them Politics of or the tho dirtiest lest and most in Indefensible nature killed tho the last one The signs of the time indicate that the next measure covering tho subject matter Is apt to tobo tobo tobo bo passed Our legislators theoretically theoretical theoretical- I ly at least aro iro presumed to represent their constituents And with tho the ne new ideas of or personal liberty Inculcated by the war there thero Is little reason to doubt that tho the majority of or the tho voters oters of ot this st state te want boxing We IVo Imagine Im Im- agine Ino that the tho time has come when the people are going to got get what they want regardless res-ardless of ot the caterwauling caterwauling- of or tho the long hairs Quite a wallop Bert Hit em again old scout SOCCER GUIDE PUHI Classing soccer football as an International international Inter Inter- national sport Secretary Thomas W W. Cahill of ot the United States Football association editor of ot the new Spalding Spalding ding Official Soccer Football Guide proceeds to show that tho the game gamo Is not notor of or minor Importance In this country either by y presenting a book that compares compares com com- pares favorably in size and quality of ot contents with tho the Important annuals In other lines Unes of or sport Aport Tho The guide also contains t the tho o official rules Ies under which soccer soccer's Js is played to together together to- to gether with a series of ot questions and answers rs that will servo to clear up doubtful points that may arise In In In- In 4 Combined with tho rho soccer guide this season is also included the tho matter usually us usually usually us- us published separately as the Colle College Col Col- le lege e Soccer Guide The Tho latter publication publication tion was edited by George W. W Orton of ot the tho University of or Pennsylvania and nd he line has compiled tho material for tor this department as former formerly |