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Show FAMOUS OLD FIGHTER 1 ISIAKHISEi I Physicians Say That Joe Gans Kg Will Be Unable to Survive CHICAGO. Aug. 4. Joe Gans, fornmt" jBif lightweight and one of tho most popular lighters In the country, may never sec his iVB mother and father In Baltimore, whither .ilM he is hastening. He was unable to rise -MM from his cot when ho arrived hero today MSr, and oxygen was being used to sustain ' He was taken to the homo of his first wife, Mrs. Madge Gans, who opened her wll house for her former spouse and the 'Mm woman who succeeded herself in his af- MM Physicians. accompanying the ox-fighter, ox-fighter, doubted that he would be able to leave Chicago, but Gans was inslslout that they use every device to prolong his lllp life until he could bid farewell to his mM parents. A big part of Chicago's colored -Wf! population was at the station to meet jjlj The doctors finally yielded to his plea j55 that a start be made for Baltimore, and TS reservations were made on an castbound jlUJ train leaving Chlcairo at 5;30 p. ni. His mfr?, physician said ho believed tho efforts to m reach Gans's old home would be fruitless, iWE as it was Impossible that the lighter would llvo longer than today, but a atart j'lli would be made to please the patient. PITTSBURG. Aug. 5. Joo Cans, tho 1BS former pugilist, who Is racing with death ffl In an effort to reach his parents in Baltl- M& more before the end, was still alive when fi Pennsylvania train .o. 2 from Chicago iMpS readied Crestline. O.. at 12:15 .(central -( lime), this morning, according to a prl-. IMml vate dispatch to tho Associated Prcs.jf -MVP |