Show AUSTRALIAS CHAMPION Siank B SlBTln It a Great Fleeter In His Own Land Frank B Slavin the present holder of the rttic championship of Australia comes to I lliis country with the determination tadou I rerer jacEsontno ctusKy puginsi wno claims the title of champion slugger Slavin stands six feet in his stockings and weighs when in condition 180 pounds His H-is tho protege of Abc Hicken who for many years was a leading star of the English and American rings Lon Meyers tho American runner claims to have seen Jackson and Slavin fight in a bar room in Melbourne Slavin getting the worst of it He admits however that Slavin might not have been in condition A great many lovers of the manly art find it rather presuming in Slavin to claim the title of champion but Tho Melbourne Sportsman thinks ho is justified in doing so and proceeds to show it by tho following rea sonlng I f Plfd t i k 5 FHANK B SLA VIS The acknowledged ring law is that when a man has fought for and won the championship champion-ship ho is entitled to hold it undisturbed for six months At the end of that time however how-ever he must be prepared to defend itagainst all coiners provided always tho aspirant to the honor is prepared to fight or box for a fair stake and is ready to abide by championship cham-pionship rules Slavin and Costello fought in Albury on SeptJ 1SSS Immediately after defeating Costello Slavin issued a challego to Jackson to fight for the championship and 1250 aside a-side Ho received no answer but was so anxious to fight Jackson that he made a liberal offer to him to come to Albury and box for 250 a bide allowing him 5 for ex jenses Jackson refused to meet him and left for America Slavin has defeated Jack Burke and no ono can dispute his claim to the championship Ho has followed Jackson to this country with the intention of meeting him in the arena and the result is looked forward to with interest by the sporting fraternity fra-ternity |