Show I SILER SAYS CANS RECORD IS GOOD GOODIn In Twelve Years Fighting He Has Not Lost But Six V Ba V V ADMITS SAME WERE FAKES QUESTION ARISES WHO WERE HIS PARTNERS IN THESE V By George Siler V Joe Gans victory over Mike Twin Thin Sullivan netted him the title of welter welterweight welterweIght welterweIght weight champion of which Mike was the holder by virtue of his defeat of Jimmy Gardner who won the title from Buddy Bud Ly Ryan and as he has never been defeated for the boss light lightweight lightweight lightweight weight honors he is the holder of the two championships The welterweight championship was virtually forced on him as Sullivan refused to fight him himas himas as a lightweight and this despite Mikes talk of meeting Battling Nel Nelson Nelson Nelson son at pounds The battle is now practically ancient history but the colored man demon demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated that unrestrained he can fight i I a few lines He trained for the con contest contest contest test as he had not trained in years as his pugilistic future depended upon winning it if it was In him When Mike lIIke held him better than even eyen for fifteen rounds in their Baltimore affair the Impression got abroad that he was wa drifting toward the has been divi division division sion slon but the decisive manner in which he defeated the conqueror of Jimmy Gardner was convincing evidence that he is quite a distance from the step stepping stepping stepping ping off place The champion of two divisions passed through Chicago on Wednes Wednesday Wednesday day en route to Baltimore and dur during during during ing his short stay he frankly acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged he did not always fight on the level also that his manager com corn compelled compelled pellet him to pull He did not how however however however ever state whom he was compelled to pull to but there could not have been many as his record of twelve years fighting shows but six defeats and one of these a Philadel Philadelphia Philadelphia phia affair where no no decisions are ren rendered rendered rendered dered His record ecord shows defeats by byDal byDal byDal Dal Hawkins knockout in 15 rounds George Gorge McFadden knockout 2 23 rounds Frank Erne quit 12 rounds Terry McGovern knockout two rounds Sam Langern decision 1 15 rounds and Dave Holly no decision V six rounds Not a bad twelve years record for an acknowledged faker Now the question naturally arises i if beaten fairly by Hawkins Hawkin and ana Mc McFadden McFadden McFadden Fadden and Vand was W compelled to quit be before before before fore Erne because one of his eyes be being being being ing almost butted out of its socket who in i his twelve years of fighting were his partners in crime It is gen generally generally generally Acknowledged his fights with i Hawkins McFadden Erne Langford and Holly were honestly contested and that his fights with McGovern and Britt were not Such being the case then a horde of fighters must have flopped to him despite his superiority over them |