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Show JOHNNY I OrLON SAYS Becn'tse I have few troanes left l"lon niy bean, they s.o Although I was a boxer once Th.nl 'now I um passe. Bui I would warn th critic bvincb To judgo me not in bus And tell them I II be boxinK whi n 1 ve whiskers to my waist. '-ii r.-. n followers of thf fistir game will be Smerestod to l.:i in th it Johnny Coition h.-is go lie- abroad again, lie has a couple of F rench youths who nre tvlUing to box him ami he renll) ex-poots ex-poots in meet Jimmy VVIIde before hi r i urns. ... , Now, Johnnj at iin time wa king of the bantams! He was a renl wonder, won-der, Old timers .recall how he died to tour the i otwtry with his father aa his manager. Johnny used to; knock int srift in :hr- ring and hls father ueveT knoeked down any lol-' lara at the turnstiles ! The Coulbha, frtth-r and son. kept the money lu the family, and the r--auit is that .lohnnv is p landlord now and owns a flock of Chicago apart-! tpent houses. . . n matter of fact, Johnny" Bhotlldh't be JtOlllK to KuiOpp MS a; Ibozer but us a blooming sightseer--one of those Vanket- tourists with pockets full of kale. ... Perhaps he is figuring on Just mak-; . llip hi t-pensrs 1 a couple of bunts in Paris. , Anyway, the French hoxinr fans should receive Johnny more in the light of s tourist than a bQXOJT. Johnny John-ny wears an Iron hnt and It covers a hald head. He is getting along in' yearf and he cnu'i box Z cents worth anymore . simply n - . : i is uln.ll;. wu nins lo the gallant lrohch boxing enthusiasts not to judgi- American bantamweight boxing by Johnny's efforts in the ring. |