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Show WHITE'S RECORD OF ILEYEN FAST YEARS InqUIrerr-Jabez White, who Is matched to meet, Jimmy Brltt April 25, has' been boxlftg'fbr- eleven years. He is very popular in his own country and his prowess is highly regarded. He has none of the earmarks of a fighter and would pass for a well-groomed bank, clerk. Here is his record In full as you ask: He is 5 feet ,8 Inches high and commenced com-menced boxing In 1S94, when little over six stone (84 pounds) in weight. His first appearance was made at a tournament tourna-ment at London,; when he defeated Ted Marlow in six and, George. Edge In three rounds, White scaling well within with-in the bantam limit. He then met and defeated Charlie Mack, but in the final was outpointed in an extra, round by Ted Beach, the latter being awarded the tournament trophy In no way dismayed, White .practiced, and -about twelve months later (October, (Octo-ber, 1895), at another tournament held in London, after1- defeating Con Barrett and Bill Parsons; lost to Sid Scales(on points. --. : - : - On the opening of -the Olympic club, 'Birmingham.-'White metand'defeated Charley Tongue, -but lost to Charley .Simpson in ten rounds, i In . a return match with the latter for a purse of $250 at the Olympic club. White won easily In six rounds. - Jabet'- next customer cus-tomer was a Birmingham boxer named Harvey Checketts, whom- he met for a purse of $375. . He knocked out his opponent' op-ponent' In the eighth round. He also knocked out Bob Ford in two rounds, and ' then flew at higher game, when he met George Coefleld of Sheffield, at Curzon hall, Birmingham,' in September, Septem-ber, 1897, 1750 depending on the result. He knocked out Coeneld (who had made such .a fine showing against Billy Plummer) in the fifth round. AfVer defeating Dick Higgins in four rounds, he was matched to box Mike Sears of Boston, Mass., twenty rounds at 122 pounds before the London National Na-tional Sporting club. White being declared de-clared the winner in the twelfth round, when Sears was all but out. His next customers were Dave Newell,- whom he defeated In nine rounds, and Dave Wallace In eight. White's match with Ben Jordan, the holder of the English feather-weight title, ti-tle, fell through by reasons of the former for-mer having taken on weight and could not make the specified limit. He, however, how-ever, did not remain Idle long, and signed to box Harry Greenfield before the London National Sporting club for $500 a side and the National purse. .White stopped his opponent in the eighth round with a body punch. He then easily knocked out Bill Chester, at the National in nine rounds, while he beat "Spike" Sullivan twice on points at the same club. A- proposed match with Eddie Connolly of America-then fell through, and then came a reversal at the hands of Will Curlew of Newcastle. New-castle. White has also boxed a twenty-round' twenty-round' draw with Jim Curran at Birmingham, Bir-mingham, though the majority of the" spectators at this match thought White ought to have had the decision, v The English champion runs the "Fox and Grapes" Inn, close to Birmingham, .is happily married and. is the father of an embryo champion. - |