| Show F FRANK K BAKER fn Earl r l c excuse US us we n ean Freddie Ste Steele is s' s is being being- hailed by many any cr rl s as tS t the c most t satis satisfactory th- th factory 1 pound 60 fight sinde Mickey walker alker 4 JU any Iny ny r rale has bas the l re ut ti of tb being n a a. re real l mans man's ans an's lighter a i a powerful puncher and a eleven cleve rasin m through and n i through h. h Th The T Tacoma punches puncher has ka ta b. b been the h mO most magnetic ag drawing card ever developed in th the Pacific northwest so northwest so popular lar that he has not had to the leave coast in iri search of ot money money- drawing drang m marts I That la largely explains in wh h he bp has Tt r risen fe ht more nore na national ia- ia prominence until inti now as middleweight champion the champion the I title he won recently by beating beating- t Eddie Babe t L at Seattle Seattle- he heis is iz gaining the attention H coas coast authorities say he deser deserves s. s s. s Steele has JIBS scored m more re than thaD 50 iO knockouts ts ip iii th the re j 1 than contests he be has h had Q over v i h hi nin y years Jr rs i in tI HW i Ic nd at 1 23 b bs nl the rare distinction s t o q of h Had hd 9 98 per percent J I. I cent of his llis opponents ts on the he floor I Fr Freddie was born botn il in ii a small Y between S. S Seattle t l 1 and r co on ou p mb t I 18 8 19 1912 I- I ji His Ii i mother W was S Irish and his hiis i his a 2 Scotchman Steele is 15 s the name of h his Ith stepfather t r which h h. c explains pJ ift W why y he be e discarded the n name me oft of tB Burgett rg t u S. S Steele I. I Iha ba has ha been called ced He a jawbreaker because of the i power Bower in his punches les lie He Ic k knows Y W what lat it is hW ever hoY y jg JI hye ve his Ins 9 pvn j ja W n for or his was was cs fractured by J. J Leonrd Leonrd Leon Leon- on- on rd Bennetts Bennett's s left J hook ook back h in 1 19 3 U. U S St Steele's Steeles e s 's f friends s ex explain cx- cx plain that a an in impacted P c cd wisdom tooth provided the weakness weak weak- w aks ak- ak xi ness s that caused the ilie j jaw jw w to yield und 1 under r B B. Bennetts nn t s punch Th Tb The trail r i to 11 the U I b has kas s. s not 1 t b been r rosy s all l tJ the e way Iy for Freddie A year car bc before ore he st th the b bJ k n jaw v lie was waT was wast stricken t by a serious blood niJ tn th that f kept p. p him i n out t- t of ac- ac I 1 lion tion for eight g months Doctors s said sait the te w wa was in hi a abad abad bad c sh shape e an and m men 11 A the hc ways WIY ys of f the rh ring g ire rew gloomy ove e th the youngsters youngster's e. e o outlook Steele e c s sho shook k off the ailment however er a and g t c in ip togs pigs og to o win hi himself a championship and Ild a nice ice pi piece ce of ch change ge He lie says ays h he P Y s t to i J t 1 in iii J f four tI y years ais s. s By ly that tip time e he lie s should be bewell e well fortified financially if h continues tin cs hi his p present nt vell n gea c career r r. r rf The e champion h first donned professional gloves in 1925 when lie he was only 13 He e W weighed i d but 95 5 pounds s and fo fought his W why way y through h j. j junior highs high i h s school ho hool l a as a s skinny bantam m. m He fir first attracted attract attract- tra ed cd attention only l by kno knocking ing but V Wildcat cat C Carter W whose j jaw w. w he broke brot in a light welt welter I bout that tha was Freddie's thirteenth pr professional start rt That was in 1930 sh shortly rt y before h he h had turned ed 1 18 Steele Steel was yas given h his s. s first re real l. l t test st i in 1 1932 32 w when en he twice flattened Ceferino Garcia t the Filipino w who J r recently engaged d in ill two bo bouts ts with Jackie Burke Burk of Ogden g n. n Burke lr e it will b be e recalled c lIed got a a. draw in a home borne town lown fray with Garcia and lost to tl the Filip Fili- Fili p in a return e r engagement nt on th the cp coast st st. After iter the Garcia encounter encounter- Freddie conceded Gorilla Jones pa poundage and traveled ten furio furious s rounds l to 10 a araw raw with the Akron A oi 9 fo dUsky Th The fr fray y was wasI held iq in Seattle i 3 e knocked put it Freddie Apostoli in the i tenth round roundo o oJ oscR a. a scrap s r p. p at Sl San SaR Fran Francisco r last year H He floored oo d Vin Vince e Dundee Dun Dpn- d dee e the e fornier forur champ champion champon on elev eleven n t times before knocking him c down t to sty stay Y i in the h thi third d of f a furious fJ fray y at at t S Seattle tU D Dun Dundee's c dee's dees s 's J jaw iw F W was yas S broken n. n Jones rones was vas whipped d in a another an- an other ten-rounder ten Swede Berglund was knocked out in six T The e records further c sl show w i that f Y Young sl i W was s' s beaten p. p twice wic and m that Bisko k W was S decisively sh ly whipped ipp in a o tit engagement ent prior to the battle tle in w which i h Fr Freddie ascended d t the e thron throne z c |
