Show vi v T i to fan n Organ ran Grinder ri n er Latest a test I Sensation in in American Ring in ina a a aL L 1 Nt A Laa OPS 7 Fl FY LA BaR QA I r J 1 4 t 11 U UI I i A s a il rJ f Qa J y i V Vir d i y ir 1 OOH SO ARt 7 d 1 s MAY ee fi G BUY op lr rj 4 I Y r. r f MY FUN 1 I l lj j DEVELOP D r tVR DING A A BARBA GA C NIM 1 sT o BosroN MORE Nis UARt Johnny V area Will Reap Profits for warded Battle With Fidel La Barba When Johnny the pound Boston sensation recently twice knocked Fidel La Barba for fora a roW or of hurdy hurdy-gurdies he didn't do doit doit it a complete knowledge of the organ grinders grinder's art Little Johnny one o of the family of six boys and two girls Is a full full- fledge member of the Organ Grinders Grind Grind- ers association and today Is the proud owner of two or of the best organs working on on the streets of Boston However Johnny is now oo oo busy in the ring to ply his his his' old profession personally but his business business busi- busi ness Is In the safe hands of his own amity amily who during the summer months grind out popular airs on the cobblestones while Johnny beats lC ac merry tattoo on his opponents Inside inside In- In side the hempen ropes It is not hard to understand where Johnny gets the fighting spirit that has carried him to the top of the bantam ranks when one considers that his father returned to Italy during the World war to enlist in inthe inthe the regiment of which he had been beena a member in his youth Sr took little Johnny along with him himon himon on on that expedition and though too small to carry a gun the boy had plenty of thrilling experiences in various capacities with the troops WON AS AMATEUR With the end ot of the war war Johnny r turned returned with hl his dad to America and after aft r cleaning up the amateur boxers of New England decided to try leis h luck In the pr professional 1 ranks That he has been successful so far will be readily admitted by Flyweight Champion La Barba whom he tU 1 on the floor loor four times twice for the count of nine and who was ex lucky to togO togo gO the route A funny angle on this battle was that the night or of the fight Boston was smothered under a terrific snowstorm and the decided ed t to call off the show who had harl trained for the fight as never before rather than lose the I agreed to togo go on for nothing The fight went as scheduled and Johnny bunt built up a reputation that will make possible the purchase or of bigger and better hand organs with bigger and better sharps and flats CIa tl THere are few more colorful boxers boxers box box- ers among the smaller fry than this little lad who caused the wires of a sports nation to burn with the news that he had flopped I the worlds world's champion four times These same wires have been burning burning burn burn- ing with a different news the past few weeks as Johnny has been een bombarded bombarded bom- bom barded with messages from near and far asking for his services Even Tex Rickard who never passes up a good shot h has s made overtures over over- i tures to and it will not be surprising to see Johnny in a battle for the worlds world's crown at the Yankee stadium next summer Such Huch is fame From an organ grinder rinder to a i worlds world's champion may be the rapid I rise of this young young- Bay State idol |