Show v z ir H ir i ti T fT r 7 rA t 4 U It U lit K 1 ii j jj j teA te- te A lot of or timers old will tell teU you rou that Juno Dennis early day colored light heavyweight was one of or tho ho hardest hitters hillers of oC alt all time limo heres here's a little muo story of or how Juno got sot that wa way In those days das lIar Harry Maynard's Maynards In San SM Francisco was tho the scene of oC a a. fight or so 50 every night There was a ring In tho the back room and grudge fights tights would bo be settled there The Tho only charge so was the passing of or tho hat There Thero were somo mean mean enough to say tr that when Harry passed the hat ho bo had a way of or coaxing pieces under the tho sweatband and dumping tho the sliver silver forthe for tor tho the fighters Johnny Herset who as Young YounS' Mitchell won tho the middleweight middleweight middle middle- Vel weight ht from rom George LaBlanche got sot his start as a a. LIghter fighter at Maynards Maynards May May- nards Maynard a kept a n. fighter or two around to meet nfl all corners cornelS Anyone with pugilistic Uc ambitions could meet ono one of these If It ho hu stuck four l' l the Ito visitor got 00 iO 50 S S Juno Dennis was ono one of ot Maynards Maynard's fighters Ho He went fino fine for awhile then lazy Maynard Ia nard got the tho hunch that restored DennIs to acTivity arM made mado him a great puncher Ho lie hit ono one opponents opponent's head and dislocated tho the mans man's shoulder houlder Many timers old contend hi his uppercut was deadly Four young oun men posing as ns medical students met June bought lucht him several drinks s and before ho lie had bad t tx tl think things over li ho had 4 I accepted 50 ro for tor his uk body for dissection after his demise Tho Tue coroner COl In hi on tho joke 3 agreed to deliver tho the bod body Alone and sober Dennis worried Finally It ho told Maynard Maynard argued that It was wa lIk like liki finding 60 Q that IC if dead deM all the tl dissecting In tho thio wot world Id wont won't hurt Dennis you you which horrified hOn poor June Tho Thio telephone rang Maynard listen answered June Juno cocked his head to Hello doctor this Is Maynard speaking Yes I have o for ono one su subject Jed you ou but ho Ito Isn't quite rC ready Dennis groaned Maynard continued I 1 know doctor I know But I cant can't deliver the tho body mans malts dead can cnn I Now s' until the listen doctor 11 llo's llos lazy and doesn't like fight ho should Im I'm matching him wit with tho the toughest men I of or these theBO fellows can One will get set him hint soon Then Maynard hung bung up saying Junes June's delivery cr doctors Insistent upon You lIst listen n to me rue Maynard Fal saId raid June Juno Nono of or deso men I suddenly angry fight gem to kill dead mc me Im I'm knock every dead cry e one cm em m Next day a n. new nev Sib sign feign in front of or Maynard's Maynards Ia nards told the world Davis colored that June was wali all of or challenges but It was months comers corners There Thero were all nil Kinds before won von the they ZO 50 anyone stayed four out rounds lounda and J Juno Junt wa nl letting anyo anyone anono beat Leal him I |