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V IP 1 X FIDE I USED ro LADE CE I IH IN TH THE HE U TH A GULL SNAKE e HEELS eELS 01 OP OF HJ uS pe PET T HIS C o HS H'S Ne NECK r 4 e. e by The George Matthew Mama Dempsey Great Dog Lover Battling Nelson Vv Had Bird ird Mascot for Fight Here r By NAT lER FLEISC-lER- FLEISCHER FLEISCHER- r Boxers have ha been noted for tor their fondness 6 Tor for s some some- me sort of ot a pet animal around mere melt quarters when tr training for a 3 big bout and In the I history of the ring there havE been enough nough varieties of mascots to stock ayoung young a zoo I At present Jack Dempsey Demps y has hasl I gone Kone loco oeo about dogs and the champion champion cham cham- 1 pion on is a a. lot like the sailor with a a. sw sweetheart In every port for lor he has hasa I a no tog dog planted in various arlous sections or orthe orthe I the country countr from coast to coast Isis His fancy is the shepherd dog as ashe ashers he hers heis officially dubbed dub by the American American Amer Amer- I Amer-I ican Kennel club but which to the Ordinary person is known by his I war pre-war name naine German police dog This breed Is one of ot the most sa sagacious sagacious sa- sa in existence It tan Jean sa-I sa be trained to do almost anything but talk He makes a wonderful road companion and there is no better I protector With one of or these animals animals animals ani ani- mals prowling around arund the fighters fighter's training quarters there is little j chance hance of oC anyone anone slipping something some some- thing in the boxers boxer's tea I Y It Road work Is a pretty ty tedious and monotonous thing but who ejen eyen en If Jr ithe I he is not a a. fighter has not enjoyed the companionship of ot a good dog f I on a 3 long jaunt through the count country coun coun- I t t try I As s o we were r remarking there has been a gr great at variety of pets harbored har bar I bored by prominent every boxers boxers every thing from a 3 bull snake to a 3 bull j fiddle fiddle but but the the- dog has been the best b St beloved ed f r t reminds us of ot a yarn our our dear Jear friend TAD famous sports I expert and cartoonist spun one day da about about Kid Griffo The Australian r iwas waa a supposed to be training for a I certain bout and he was told to go out and do some road Work It was noted that although Griffo came da daily ly to to- the house with a great gleat sprint after being out a couple of hours he never was vas In a asEa s' s sweat t Ills His trainers grew grew suspicious and d decided to get him a a. dOg to accompany accompany pany pan him on his jaunts T They ey figured figured figured fig fig- that they could tell by the dogs dog's condition at the finish wh ther th- th er Griffo had been doing his bit I The first day boxer and dog came cameI I rushing up to the house with a great flurry flurr- The dogs dog's tongue was hanging out and he was all in but Griffo looked just as fresh as usual This continued for foI a couple of ot days and finally a watch was placed on Griffo He was found a short distance down the road just out of ot sight ot of the house calmly basking under a tree throwing sticks and stories stones for tor forthe forthe the dog to retrieve The dog got plenty Aplenty of exercise but Griffo did no work at all Ther Thereafter after that dog r remained home an and nd a 3 relay of tt trainers trainers trainers train train- ers went along with Griffo to tomane maKe mane certain he did his training Th They y telL a 3 stor story o of how Tom Sharkey had ha l a 3 pet mouse that he kept for sentimental reasons It seems that one night when Tom was asle asleep p the mouse house got into his pocketbook and chewed up a dollar dol dollar dol- dol ol lar bill Tom caught the mouse and though he wa a ai a a tightwad and just rated hated to part with the dollar he de decided decided decided de- de to keep the mouse Sharkey got cured of ot pets after an experience he had with a 3 pet bull buH bullterrier bullterrier terrier which he thought could anything on four feet Tom was training in the country and his iris d dog was trotting along niong g at his heels h when out popped a shaggy shagS of a 3 rat farmers farmer's Hrs dog g and V sall sailed Into Sir Thomas' Thomas champ The mongrel reI scored a knockout b by making the professional scrapping clog dog howl quits That dog doS was given his pass puss ports potts Imme Immediately i and Tom said hed he'd never ver have another r. Battling Nelson once had a II bird bin birdas birdas as a n mascot but history doesn't say whether r It was a cuckoo or 01 not That however r Is neither r here nor there The Battler was of ot a II rather superstitious turn of mind had a fight out in Salt Lake City with Spider Welch Ich One he was taking a a. Jaunt along the I road and he ho saw five the birds sitting on a wire Just as Bat at looked up down fell the five birds Whether hether It was Bats Bat's look or an electric charge that caused cause the birds to take a 0 Brodie we cant can't say At any rate Bat rushed to assist the little birdies if he could and mind tint all but one had turned I up their toes lie He was vas to fight right on the fifth of the month so ho Io I scratched his head lill and thought II Here ere this bird was th the fifth Im I'm I Ito Ito to fight ht on the fifth Ill I'll win inthe in inthe inthe the fifth firth so that's that The bird died the next day and as Nelson had to go sixteen rounds before beCore he hewon hewon hewon won he ho believed the death of oC the bird was responsible So much ha has been told 1 about B Bob b Fitzsimmons' Fitzsimmons famous lion that there Is little use mentioning him again One yarn that was told about the lion was tb that t Fitz used to take him to bed with him on cold nl nights to keep p himself warm We Ve think though that the chap who Invented that yarn arn was no lion tamer Bob had a pony too He lIe was very vety fond of ot Mt Bob frequently went we-nt I through h wrestling sUing exercise with the and as the animal was quite frisky and didn't tare Care are much about Bobs Bob's rough tactics Fitzsimmons received fine tine practice In ducking the pony's pons heels I. I Freddy teddy Welsh has maintained d a afine afine afine fine kennel of or VE Welsh sh terriers rood enough ou to show at Madison Square Garden Garden- Jim Corbett used to have havea haven I a n fine tine collie belonging to his brother broth broth- er Harry This collie helped Jim train James J J. J Jeffries was never without a dog to keep yelping mutts away from tram his heels on the road When we alluded to everything e from a bull snake to a n bull fiddle we were thinking of Joe Goddard the Barrier r Champion who used to take his promenades with a 3 big bull snake around his neck If Ir a n dog came out for or a nip the snake would poke out his head give Ive a n loud hiss and off ort went Mr Do Dog While not notI exactly in the animal kingdom dom It I could roar like one That Is why we mentioned Jack Johnsons Johnson's particular particular particular par par- pet the bull fiddle Paul the light heavy weight champion has a pet German police pollee dog which has won prizes at bench shows and is one of ot the finest finest finest fin fin- est specimens of his breed in this country Paul has another pet pet pet-a a saxophone and saxophone and he harbors a se secret secret secret se- se I cret ambition to become a n. jazz band kin |