Show JOH1T L THE OLDEST PUG Ages of Fighters Show Fits to Be on Forty Mark There has always boon a curious desire among the sports to know the correct age of Robert FltrRlmmona hut so far no one has been able to llml out just when old Flu was born It I his been taken for granted that ho Ural saw the light of tiny nt Cornwall Kiilaml forty years nyo and Is therefore tho oldest iiKhlor In active uervlco today Fltx uiu raided In Austrnlli wlKie he I learned I the tradi of I blacksmith Tlio fact that Fits comes from Atshtrila brhm l to notice it sulking feature about tho fightersfrom the antipodes Comparison pioves that with few exceptions the Australian Aus-tralian boxers aie far more rnjjofd than the t L imtciica its and H I a longir in I tho ring jt t least Mich mire tho cmichifllunu that must be drawn when wo stop to consider that nearly all the t oldtimers In the ring1 today are from the land of tho kangaroo Bob Kltjlmrnoiirf Dan Ciee don Joo CiOtldnrd Frank Slavln 1 Billy Murjiliy and i several I others Including I GCKC Dawson nnd Yountr OrlflTo cal bo taken as example Dsiwson who Is not much yotmgdr than I Fit may train I him for his coming light Griffo was until n few months ago lighting every week but I Is now down and out Jim Corbet Is the I oldest of i the I Yankee boxers all i In service and he Is hut M years of age John L l Sullivan who always comes In on the list of oldI liners hat had his fortyfourth birthday but It as been years since he took part In a real glove contest A table is I presented herewith giving the ages of sOle of our most prominent knights of tho padded mitts Name Born Age John If I Sullivan Boston 1 Bob Fltzflmmons Cornwall Eng 10 Joe 1 Goddard Australia U Charley Mitchell England lii I Frank Slavln Australia It Hilly Murphy Australia 0 Jim Corbet t San Francisco U Frank Chlkls San Antonio Tex W Denver ted Smith ISmjIaiul C JJiui < rcenuji II 5IraIU a George DIxon hasten SI 1 Toe Chovnskl Han Franclbco rl 1 Tommy Ryan Redwood X Y UJ Peter Manor lixland 32 1 Voting Grille Australia HI Tom Shnrkey lieland HO Kid Lavlgnu Hajk City Mich 0 Owen Iigler Tansdule Pa 0 Gus Unhlln Akron O n Joe Walcott West Indies 0 KM McCoy ttushvllle i Yoiinpr Peter Jackson Baltimore lit Art Shims Akion COMm CO-Mm JolTrlos Carroll HI Frank Krne Switzerland 2 7 Joe Gans HalMinore t5 Jack Hoot Australia LV Young Corbelt Denver Li Harry Forbes Rnckfortl III 21 Jack Bennett C ISngland 24 Marvin Hart Alexandria Ky Ill 1 Terry McGnvorn Brooklyn 2 Kid Carter Brooklyn Billy Gardner Ireland I 21 Tony Ftltz Brooklyn f Benny Yanger Brooklyn UO I NEW LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION George Silers Views on Joe Cans Victory and Future Prospects The downfall of Frank Urne 0 But falo before Joe Gals oC Baltlmoie at Fort Erie gives America Us first colored col-ored lightweight champion and a champion who won his spurs in the quickest time on record In his division While the result of the battle did not cause much surprise its sudden termination termi-nation did and as Is generally the casein case-in fights of such short duration It gave the defeated and his friends the man f1lenls opportunity op-portunity to attlbute the defeat to a lucky or fluke punch There may have boon a certain element ele-ment of luck In the blow that defeated Frank but only in the act that Joe landed It so early In the fray When they put up their hands fO battle their I object was to win as quickly as possible I possi-ble and as the quickest route to victory I I was by way of the point of the Jaw they both nUumlly tried to roach that I important destlnn Lon HH quickly as possible I pos-sible and Gaits reached it first Perhaps I Per-haps ho was fnrtimate in locating I I ho I knockout spot before the battle had pro gr < fK < Ml two I minutes If 1 I so It i was the only lucky thIng t about his victory Ernes defeat Is I to bo deplored l not so J I much because ho I was ben ten by n colored col-ored man and that colored mini happened hap-pened to be Joe flans ns because Gals Is J undor thc management of Al Her ford to whom ho is like clay in the hands of thc potter Personally the new lightweight 1 champion Is a nice gentlemanly I follow but tho man who conches him to victory or defeat Is i Ole under suspicion by the I boxln public There Is no denying the fnct that Joe Is a good fighter probably the best In his clnsa and under other management dedplto his color would be an honor to the profession But now comes the quemlon from critics Wilt his maiiNgcr now that he Is 1 champion I jKMnilt him to fight to tctaln his title roRJirdloss of anything else or will ho I J i bring him into more disrepute by com pelting him to toss lights for the money that can bo gained thereby 1 The upsetting of Erne removed from the llshtwelqht ihrone the brightest nnd probably the most Intelligent chnm I jIon America ever hnw md nnd the pity of It Is that ho did not retire n champion cham-pion Its the old old story of lighting just once too often Erne though still in his prime is not the man physically he was several years ago A life of Idleness dovetailed with boatings from Terry I McGovern and Rube Ferns robbed I him of considerable speed stamina and vitality ills ring ear in the last two years ShOWed inactivity Ills record in that time shows the following live contests I con-tests Healon by Terry McGovern in three rounds A sixround draw with Torn Couhlg Beaten by Hubc Ferns In nine rounds Boat Curley Supples In five rounds Decision over Gus Gardner six rounds This Is not much of a record for n champion True he fought McGovern below the Ilghtwelsht limit and Ferns above It but In etch case reports had j him strong and fit to fight for a kings I ran om Supple whom Erne knocked out In live rounds was put away by Otto Sic JolT in one and Gardner was beaten to si standstill recently by Eddie Cain In Philadelphia Gans on tio other hand engaged In eighteen battles In the same length of time and gave away weight In the majority of these lights Ills only defeat way at the hands of Terry Mc Govern a defeat that m iy deprive him from over engaging In n public contest In Chicago Ganss victory over l Erne gives Amer Ira two colored champions Joe Walcotl being the I other From present Indlca I I itS tIv S r frT4 kL I j 1 J 4 I tz i z S L f 1 z = J i A Photo by Weber 1 Ferris third base 2 Bluth right field 3 Hauscn catcher 4Cl ark first base 5 Gimlin manager center field McCafferty pitcher 7 Nagcl left feld Thomas p itcher 9Casey second base 10 Berry shortstop bus they wit remain on lop for sometime some-time to come This does not speak well for the white pugilists who outnumber their colored brethren at least weuty to one But what can he done In the lonc matter I the whiles cannot become proficient enough to beat the blacks the latter must not only he tolerated but acknowledged the better men It Is a i discouraging state oC affairs no doubt but how can It be rectified Draw the color line That might do for awhile but with the refusal I of the while to meet the blacks would come n general roast of the white boxers Sporting writers throughout the country coun-try would nag them call them cowards cow-ards and by so doing eventually force them to battle the colored man And this simply because colored fighters are managed by whites that do not require a crowbar to break into the sporting columns of the newspapers This as r free I country entitles everyone every-one to a hearing n privilege managers of colored 1 fighters take advantage o and such being the case the abilities of I me uaiureu jijjjuer vm uu UMUUVJ IM one north oC Mason and Dixons line objects much to the colored tighter Still as u rule they want to see him honlcn when opposed to a white lighter That Is but natural hal why If the ethics of the ring call for fair play should the colored lighter be roasted hissed hooted at and otherwise harassed har-assed when contesting agnlnst > i white Why not lake a dig at the white manager I man-ager that matchestho colored man or rather the manager that pits the white man against the colored man It I strike me tho I managers are to blame for the clashing oC white and colored lighters but the patrons of the sport do not sec it In that light In Louisville they hae no mixing of colors col-ors So strong IK Major Grainger against it that lie will not even permit a while man to second a colored manor man-or vice versa Looking1 the situation I square in the face 1 do not see how matters can he changed unless fight promoters follow the examples sot by Louisville George Silcr In Chicago Tribune Another Sharkcy Story Whon It comes to telling stories on Tom Sharkuy Kid Lavhjne Is there as strong as anyone The other day ho was tolling of a time when Sharkcy wont out target shooting with a pistol Sharkcy was a little henry ot the gun and shook whenever ho aimed It lie was Kimo though and to ettlc a bet wont way out In the wilderness in the suburbs I of New York AH they couldnt find a t target the next host thing around was a small tree to which hey j pinned apiece a-piece of paper His I opponent shot first and went clean through the tree Shar kcy then backed up to the I line and took aim Ills hand was shaking like IL happy dogs tall and 11 wag fully a minute before be-fore he flied the shot Tho crowd rushed over to the tree just for ti Josh and It could be HODII that the sailors shot went about five feet higher In the air W1I snld his opponent t you didnt oven touch he tree t What paid Shnrkoy hats i funny certainly r hit It But wheros your I mark asked the I Kid Well said the snllor with a pauie I It must have gone through i that same hole the other follow made Parker and Corbett Kid Parkers ilafcb I story about a match with Voung Corbtl Is only another an-other pill of lighting dope although It Is known that Corbctf has been anxious to whip Parker and has stated that ho would concede a good deal to arrange a fight with him He has even said that I he would fight Parker for fun If there was no purse iu sight AL the preterit tIme the Kid ban too many engagements engage-ments on hand to oven look at the Parker Par-ker defiance Parker la sure that a Cnl Ifornla club would offer a suitable purse for the fight Corbett IB not going to California to fight when he can get all the battles ho xvnnta and can handle right here at home lie has agreed to moot Benny Yanger Jack McCtolInml Dave Sullivan and Martin Mar-tin Flaherty In Denver as fast as they can be brought up These fights will iceep l him busy up to the lime It Is necessary for him to train to tight Mc Govern It In therefore very doubtful If lie can find a date open for a meetinG with Parker The Coliseum will not offer of-fer v purse for him to meet far1ter so they would have to go elsewhere for the fight Just now the Kid Is in the hands of the Coliseum management so that the Parker light Is like many another an-other plan of the ming merely a bright chltnonu |