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Show AVERAGE PUGILISTS RING CAREER I LASTS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS I JN the unceasing evolutions of time, as applied to tho activity of athletes, ath-letes, the career of a fighter is not of long duration, as u rule. Tho trulnlng and physical exertion of long contests are a great drain on tho endurance, and. while they aro ablo to. stand it for a reasonable number of jears, fighters cannot last as long in their profession aa actors or other persons not subjected to tho same hard strain. Tho average career of a pugilist Is about Revei years that is, tie active ngh'flng career, M'any stall afpund th small town for a much greater length otime,' boxing with rising j-oungstors or p)d vets for 50 and 100 purses You may play It hard when a pug gets to this stag? he is "cone." A large number of glove players hayc, tldpd over tho sevea j'ears, and somo have passed boyond th ten year mark, but these are Indeed exceptions, Abo"Attoll has been in the ring" nearly v ', I ,r . ' E&I2L1' JwimHMFV n!y fourteen jcars, but he 1b the acknowledged acknowl-edged cleverest ring general that ever crushed resin under his feet And. besides. be-sides. Abo has not been forced to labor overlndustrlously. His head has done most of his lighting 3lnco he boxed George Dixon A list of fighters who '"havo scon their best dajs and who jgay quit the big clubs before 1911 la over would probably comprise the follow lngi Boer Unholz. Dave Deshler, Matty Baldwin. BJz Mackey. AI Delmont Willie Lrwis Dixie Kid. Mke ("Twin") Sullivan Al Kubiak. Battling Nelson and Dick Webster. There are a few more who might also be mentioned, but they are not so very well known outside their native hamlets. Boer Unholz was" knocked out by Jack Redmond, a demon fighter who couldn't destroy a helpless cripple with his fists. Redmond ,hlt tUnholz twjqo ,n tbo Btomaoh. ond tho Bocrtrlaj on i . t the floor and groaned weakly. Unholz j , has been In tho fistic gamo nearly eight N jcars 1 Sj Dave Deshler is a veteran who will ' l never go any higher than he Is at ? present. He's still a good tough boj', , KJ but ho has passed tho stage whero he Jjk can get big monry. Biz Mackoy of !, 1m Ohio has been on tho down grado for " ffp three jears and Is now nearlng the " Fgt bottom Ho gavo Al Delmont a fight In K,( New York some weeks ago. but Del- jjfe mont Is nbt what he onco was. Dnnrij' !K, Webster of California onco looked like M the best bantam In the world nnd later jBgN was good fighting around 119 and 120 H?Tl pounds, and. although now he can't brJs'tmtL classed as a has-been, he's beyond r.'C- 'mZ. demptlon as a first rater. J aR Al Kubiak was touted as a hea'X'y- 'fa weight champl6n when ho cracked flB out of tho lumber camp ot MichlgaCn a ' IBW tow, years-ago. ibutthln. fighting ijios K? never won.him any gold medals. ? frlE-v N Wt ;f . & |