Salt Lake Herald | 1908-10-11 | Page 17 | First German Champ

mm APE APlE FIRST GEI GERr AN CHAMP Irish Hebrews and Negroes Have All it Done Well in Prize PrizeR L Ring King R mg Billy my of Kewan Kewanee e III is th the I rEt mt German Gennan champion who ever held a ab b axing title in the United States Slates There leave 1 aye ave been a great many German near ons but none ever eer got t high enough to cop the laurel wreath ex ept Many colored men and Irish lads ht ld Id down Iown the big job for years earl and ande th finy e 0 were a few tew Hebrews But a as for fOl foral fora a al at old fight champion the Germans German shy They might bave copped COPPi in 0 alleys and antI turn Va 0 s but In the ring h hey y were w re reThe I The majority claimed that tiey ey were not there with the heart hf art the tide went a trainee them themI r I is German though he has some Polish blood bleed in his veins This fellow looks as though js s there with everything f that an un irishman ever possessed From the days das of John L 1 p to the tho present time the champions 1 ho vho have held titles are as follows i Heavyweights Sullivan and anti Corbett L 11 1 Fitzsimmons Jet Jer Jerles r les lea American Burns I 1 d ci Jn an fan MIddleweights Irish Fitz Fi r mons Cornishman Ryan Ran French fish Ush Ketchel Polish Ger GerIt It Matty Iatt Matthews Ich Rube Ferns American Joe Joes s negro Honey Melody Mellody and ande M me e Sullivan Irish McAulIffe Irish La Lae Lal l 1 e Erne Swiss o 1 s i Nelson Danish J Cal McCarthy h hIrl Dixon negro McGovern Irish Irl in Y 19 Corbett American Attell He Her r 4 rry McGovern Danny Dough p rry arry Forbes and Frankie Sell Nell h Joe Bowker and Owen Moran 1 I Ba t Johnny Coulon Culon C ulon Irish