Show BUSY CAREERS CAREER IN PRIZE PRIZEFighters RING Fighters Who Have Remained in Lightweight for Many Years Y ars Winning Battles The success of or Joe Gans in defeating Battling Nelson elson one of or the best fighters rs In n the world after nearly fifteen years In n the ring brings to mind other old ild timers who remained before the public for Cor many seasons se ons Among these are bare Jerge Dixon who plodded along for many ars His ring career comprised nineteen bus busy seasons in which he ought fought hundreds of ot bouts Tommy rommy Ryan h hue las a been al the game for tor nineteen years also and he says he Is as good today as ever Peter Jackson now dead went for fer fc eighteen years and for fifteen years pre previous previous to the night nl ht he was beaten by Jef Jeffries JeffrIes Jeffries fries his record did not show a reverse rev Peter P ter Maher has been fighting about eighteen years ears and expects to engage in several bouts this fall and winter Joe who started st tp t box b when he ho was but 16 years of age stayed at the tho game for tor years ears and met many man of the best men of his day John Jj JI Sullivan Charlie Mitchell and Jim Corbett were in the harness for tor seventeen years each and gained reputations that extended from one end of the earth to the other At one time it was waa claimed and generally admitted d that John L was the most talked about man in the world iv h Lavigne Dan D n Creedon Pedlar Pal Palmer Palmer Palmer mer and Kid ICid McCoy each had fifteen years vears e rs at the hc game anie and helped to win a afew afew few tew championships Joe Goddard the rugged Australian met the best heavy heavyweights heavyweIghts weights n the world for fourteen years Tommy rommy West was as active for tor fifteen years Ben Jordan the Englishman trailed along for thirteen Eddie Santry Australian Billy Murphy Tommy Tomm White I Frank Erne Paddy Padd Slavin and many man others were ere fighting when some of the voters of today were thinking of or marbles rather than or ballot boxes |