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Show JEM MACE MAY FIGHT AGAIN1 j 1 Old Time Champion Declares He Isj Ready to Defend the Belt. jH NEW YORK, Nov. 12. Jem Mace, tha jj ' jH veteran pugilist, 74 years of age, an- ' nounccd in London recently that he , i was prepared to make a limited round j ( contest with nny middle-weight in Eng- j; IH land for the championship belt now ln ' his possession and for which Saycra and , ) Hecnan once fouuht. There have been a number of theso , I, belts on exhibition ln England. Con- slderable Interest has awakened on tho ! other side at his statement that his was i the original. 1 Mace has recently roturned from South Africa. Avhere ho has been giving boxing lessons. He Is said to be quite HBV as active and as handy with the gloves ) ns he was many years ago. His re- HAV inarkable physical condition at 74 years J1 BBV of age makes him the marvel of tho prize ring. ! The belt conteBtal for by Sayers antS I Hecnan at Farnborough is of ellvor. Hl with plates representing a ring ancj stakes with fighten in position. Aftef Suyors retired, the belt was fought for by Hurst and Paddock. Hurst won V nnd was defeated by Mace, who lost tho belt to Klnir on a ilukc. Mace chal- ( , leni;ed and secured the trophy by do- fault. Tho belt bears the date of 1S57, I the year that Sayers beat Billy Perry ' tho "Tipton Slasher." Mace sparred with Sayers at several 1 , Hhows. He challenged both Sayers and I Heonan, but no matches were made. I c HH |