Show I TA D S 'S BITS TID I I liE UK E Ell ll S SA SAW it Joe Cans that's Gans-that's that's the tho name name pame that Jimmy Kell Kelly gave when wo asked him who ho In his opinion was tho the daddy of or all fighters That car was a racing car r against a wheelbarrow piped James warming up Pie Ho had needed He Ho everything a 11 fighter was no lash flash in the pan that pan that bab baby K He lie was fighting when Johnny Van George Siddons ons Spider er Kelly Kel Kel- ly 1 and amid Bobby Dobbs wore wor good Ho lie HoI won Avon from Crom t hent Then Thin he wa waded cd I through th that t other tough bunch bunch- Blackburn Hawkins l Erne rne McFadden Mc- Mc cI c- c Fadden Griffo and I Fitzgerald He tIc was Ci when tho thio new ne' crop came canie Herman Un- Un holz holi Britt Dritt and Nelson elson Can you ou beat that for tor a 3 stretch Most fighters live through h ono one bl big season season sea sea- cason ca- ca son an and tho ho fellows the they fight tight die off with them thorn Gans went through h three Uree lon long bug hard seasons beat more good men than an any other fighter that over ever Uve lived lie He never got goot excited Everything Everything Every Even thing went like clockwork with him lIe He seemed to bo be worried all nIl the time but hut that old skull of oC his hisa a was working Ho lie was cool and clever r a terrible puncher and as game as a a. pebble Remember tho ho night ht ho lie fought Hawkins Thc They bot landed to together together together to- to gether an and both went down The They were both dead to the thc world Gans Cans was as dead as Hawkins but he ho got ot up before Hawkins did and stag staggered around Poor Hawkins was counted out If It that didn't show that Gans Gaims was THERE nE for more I want to know The hardest punchers and the tho cleverest boxers were Just the same to Joe Grub never could do anything any any- timing thing to him and ho was the tho marvel mar mar- vel cl of them all at boxing Hard hitters Walcott never Walcott-never never got sot moro than a draw with him hini Ho lIo lost some somo bouts sure but pipe his hla string of or wins My t next best fighters Oh Oh Terry McGovern and Joe Walcott alcott The Tho best beat fight I I 1 o over or r saw George Georg-e Gardner and Jimmy Hand Hand- ler The Tue crowd at that fight ig-ht all had sore Bore le legs s the tho next da day from froum Jumping jumping Jump jump- ing up and down I never neer saw a n amoro moro exciting fight It was ono one onoway wa way then tho the other other ono ono man down then tho the other Ill I'll tell you OU how tough It was They had to got gal gota gala a truckload of ot doctors to take o care of ot tho the boxers after acter the fight NO XO o SUCKERS Tho The other day w wo we had a story from JImm Jimmy Johnson concerning ups set-ups and amid suckers J Jimmy de declared declared do- do dared himself himsel on that kind for tor the rest of or his life Marion Salazar now tells us that Jack Demp Dempsey er was licked for Cor a a. sucker In Oakland years ears ago ngo and that's the real tory story of oC his hla start There was a n big heavy named Al Norton in Oakland at th tho time and he lie had trimmed two or fellows tel tel- lows quite handily There was no noOne noone noone one In sight ht for him so his manager manager manager man man- ager hulled Johnny Simpson the time Oakland promoter to send for or Jack Jac Dempsey of Salt Lake The he latter had Just been polished off b by Jim lI Flynn in ono round Simpson sent lent three tickets Dempsey his hla manager man man- ager anor and his wife then went sent to Oakland Dempsey was picked for tor a sucker er He lie met Norton and ana although h the time fight was as sided one it was declared a draw after aCtor four rounds Later on the they met mel again Dempsey winning win wIn- inning in ning in ono one round A After ler that ho lie licked Morris orris and andaU andall andall all aU other other heavies both east cast and amid west |