Show sixteen die in prize ring new york in nil all the history of the prize fighting game from tom cribbs time down to the present there has not been recorded in n a single year anything approaching the number ol of deaths directly due to boxing contests that have occurred thus far this sea son eon the death at presque lale isle maine of billy dunning one 0 of the few boxers that could point to a draw with jack johnson worlds champion heavyweight made the sixteenth la fa of the prize ring in 1910 D while there are at least two other othe r boxers now lying at deaths door in hospitals including the veteran andy daly da ly favorite ten years ago |