| Show N PUGS PUBS N HONORS r 1 4 Became Bearne Q m Stars Stal In Prize Ring Ring 7 Through Universal i Ability I I Y t 71 1 ft g f TED WITH ENGLISH il ili i i an Mi Was AVus Vii time the Tim JIma T m of or 1 Ills fr Time Plume mo anti and X Never t tI II I t Jc al alt t 1 i Pugilism strictly speaking Is II im a af aam f tam aine am tl that t originated or lh the tho th Eng English nl t lish l Rl It remained for foi fO that sturdy Itura old Briton Mr irio Voni Figs to Invent the thc popular form ot nC o bill hlf ii Jr Figg commonly manly r spoken 1 j o ol as as tho father r her pt pC boxing nourished f ng in II time tho tt early curl part hart of the tho i nl century and nud mare 1110 prints 1 oil of i this illustrious lu gentleman show shod shO ihn lo to In lt 11 an nn individual who e taco faco Indicated 11 great Jl at H Mr 1 FiSt was tIme tho Jim rm Jeffries of 0 My ilm time and all l iS that he ho hec c traveled time the tle length and amid breadth of 11 tha British kingdom Id nd on and never met defeat When his imi hi joints began to 10 R Jt get t ta I a n bit stiff the noble Ible desiring It to II lluc the tho posterity his of ot the tho same ganiL of if f boxing opened si mL I school fur Emit Il time III Instruction lun of ur thin tho th British youths ami alil when Whelm hel time the lh peace f Jill ot 11 Mr I Lr Vigg FIgi passed 1 on in Oi t to j was W left lort mam mm any an mum In cain is I chit Cler who deem deemed ed el it his duty to kep 1 up tP p the good Work ork Since Sinco he time Ih day miny ln of af Mr ti 11 thu the box hox boxing ing game ane has to tm II most mo t i oven country tho I h Klobo hut but hit It ii hats ban ila lel I taken talton thu Ihn hold holdon t on tho th people to the th extent that it I has Jm on I the denizens nM of ml I tile th countries I where time the th h language is spa spot Icon t n L 1 Yet Vet in Iii II tiles the the p same a I English h 11 Y ing ng countries thu young of ot the tho foreign climes oon became infatuated ed d with the lH thi boxing same gaunt amI and amid in iii America today lodl there an tiLe hundreds of professional scrappers and fx per pers who hull huU from trl almost every oilier ul oth e 1 r country try under umu dem tho Ull tim i sun II Tu Tn II many manny eases canes ca O conceal true j I minutes and as It seems FO 1 to by bo b time the rule rulo for them to choose names having I mu i Hibernian flavor you Ol will wil I I U nil ni ul I nationalities Ii tiles S under ImIr time tie al appellation of UI lr OBrien 0 McCarthy Carthy N and uld KO so 0 un oil unTo 1 P To Tl give them them their just juist jl t Llos it must be he said that thee loreign 1111 lighters arc murt in I mm many ny caso CIl tup top and und Worthy to be called call by h hi numy i mime name s tho tim th good Sool gork gor that Tommy Burns nUIn bay limm ha been 1001 b en doing doing HO To deserves a whole 1111 lot o of credit because lie le ia Is I badly handicapped on In a account of his Il height which l I just ju t j c Inch h greater that of o thi th burly t Shulley 2 NO 0 GOOD IX IN X FRANCIS Burns Burs Is hi a n 0 and hutS his name Burns Burn at all 11 It is a I f question whether ho lie I bus hl a Il drop of Irish blood In his body lody hol But for fou all ni that than he isa great groat tighter and ul I certainly k f much underrated in lii America at tha thuC th i eRent time The rhe boxing h x game while Jt LIt has appealed ng id much to thug French rench wa wait aR l n for fOI ln into the time limelight sa of public I notice l 20 21 years jears ago ro a 1 French who taking nil all al fY all was U tIme the greatest re lt Ht r lightweight that over crr performed In 1 lierl d THis luls ns t fI US Kl Kid l Lahne i q ti ni th r Vero both m te h and lC tnt con 0 the tho hitting i I y r and t JhC lu stamina tai lm ot o otlIs i this l I together with lII r V bis hi scIence I llie writer Is II that th It It wilU iut 1 Ij ceded cede that t e was tho th best iest of 01 all 1 ll the U It If I there thero i 1 d m is an 1 exception tion to be o made a en the is I in iii favor of or lack Jack but no comparison at least cor correct reeL comparison can be lie drawn for fOl forTuck t Tuck Jack Tu rec Jt was ras WIM going goll when thu tho Kid was WI just arriving Still for JOr hard hitting powers and harl the strength to 10 stand l punishment had hal time tho tle peerless ss Jack beaten heaten yet eJ In science Jack Vas was vas perhaps tho tile master while as to II quickness both men m men n wore WCO are equal killed 11 1 the clover clever Andy And Bowen Dowen the time New Ness ew Orleans lighter fighter with wih one of ot his terrific circular swing A HiS tI lii While French parents parent produced a n champion lightweight Italian pro progenitors genitors brought into time tho world worl a I champion bantamweight hunt in ti Per pur Person son on of Cauper Leon who huo ho camo came to America from Casper fought fought from morn infancy to manhood anul ho he was n as tho tIle master of elf his huts class s and amid the tho pride of o all al Italians Halans until lie he was S whipper whipped by Imy h Terry Tel Before this tune time Casper Caspar I Leon Ion on was WI spoken of as the tho greatest bantamweight then hn I In the time business says Ran an eastern writer wrier He lie was wal a genial Jt fellow with wih as much playfulness about aboul him luau himas as af a I kitten He was vas a handsome lad lat too and amid nd had Imd the tho soft sor languorous eyes of a L troubadour and nd a 11 tenor voice Olce vol eo that would have his hi fortune on out tIme tho th stage Casper Caspel to bo ho nn a prizefighter and antI whOa whim tho the writer was talking to him him a few fow years ago ngo In one of ot the due local boxing clubs climbs Where he he was talking of time the manly art urt to lo a I crowd of or young oung Chestnut Hill Hi nobles tho tin game little Italian as mi 11 far fil as mis IH looks went more mo than thai held heW his hll his hll bred listeners Switzerland also nl o produced a n worlds champion In iii Frank Erne who defeated Kid Hid 1 l for tho lightweight hon houm honors ors 10 Krnc Elan was born bor in ln Zurich but Iut I ti t ho hue was mas Ott In Buffalo having to tl timis country when he hI hu was very euy young Krno lumie was I it splendid looking fellow and amid had bad ha U line fine principles nil pies and 11 aim ml no mm scandal candal was VOM eVer evor el laid laW at cut t his hI dour lur Ills His l feat of 01 LaVIgno f aI lo was wa one of lf tho tha sensations of or the time for fot no 10 thought for a moment that Krno bad hal u a I lookin with th tin Frenchman Yet Vet these theo people leople who ho were shouting about the Kid KIl being bell I tumble a ilium l to it talo tal into consideration the taCt fact that hc I hat had hal halI been straying badly hall from hum the tha narrow I fall ever cel sluice the th fatal light fight with wih I Andy mh was vas a one clue of those fish lighters tors who took miok I care ot oC ii f his hll money 11 l and a he ho Is 1 I s now 10 living on Oi easy street street Ho lie never lasted la tel long as miS H a champion amid nud it IH hI I a I aw wel oil understood fact a among followers Io I OWl 1 of sporting that flint had lunel lar been in iny my t kind ot of condition when ho lun went up against tho ti tim handsome halll omo Swiss the latter would never ne 1 hay havn gone gaume down Iown in tho the thea annals a of mit boxing as a onetime mile I t cham champion champion chum mu pion lightweight Thu Ihl last heal herll d of oC Frank he hue was aH aHI touching I the tho manly art of ot c to thu the athletically caly inclined students over oVel at Oxford University in |
