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Show MEHANlClilMJl TITLE IS LOOKED ! UPON AS JOKE j - - j Experts of Biff Came Do Not Give .Californian Much Credit. CHICAGO, Oct. II Willie Meehan la now posing on San Francisco streets as tha champion heavy- weight pugilist of the world. He bases his claim on the decision presented pre-sented him at Han Francisco In his four- , round bout with Jack Iempsey. Demp- I aey'a manager advertised his star aa the champion,- baaing hla claim on tha quick i defeat administered to Fred Pulton, who 1 had also claimed the belt. But, Inasmuch aa Jess Willsrd Is still alive and kicking, the idea of Meehan claiming the tltia Is rather ludicrous In the opinion of sporting men. Cntil Meehan met ' and declsloned Pempsey, he was considered something I of a Joke fighter In California. He never entered a ring unless he waa aa fat aa a pig. Rven when he met empeey he seemed far out of condition- For all that, th sailor lad waa aa cool aa a cucumber. And he got the decision. Meehan'a real name la Oena Walcott. He waa bom In San FVanctaco about twenty -five yea ra ago and haa fought most of his battles on the coast. Folks thought him a Joke, because he refused to train. Most of hie bout a were for four rounds and he didn't find it necessary to go through gymnaaium stunts. He wss strong and rugged from the atari, with big. broad shoulders and atout legs. Meehan haa fought fifty fights and. with few exceptions, they were all four rounds or less. Only four tlmee did he go the twenty-round route. He won one bout and got a draw tn the other three Kleven times he haa gone ten rounds snd of these battles three were draws, seven sev-en he won and one he loot to Rob McAllister McAl-lister Dempeey end Meehan have now met In the ring three separate tlmee and twice Meehan got the decision. Tha third bout waa a draw. In his sole visit to the East, which ! was in 1917, Meehan fought no decision battles at Philadelphia with Jack Dillon and Leo Houck. and at Boston when he went twelve, rounds to a draw with Tom Cow Ver. who waa knocked out by Demp-scy Demp-scy very recently. OWLINO AT SEATTLE. SEATTLE, Waeh., Oct. 1 PJlght clubs a re In Sea r t le s CI t y Bowh ng league, which Is playing Its isM-lt schedule. Plav will continue until earlv In March. |