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Show 1 Give him credit he who falls short of greatness by the margin of the thin line. Three times Charley White hs missed beinK .. champion ami th. foitun.- that po.-s with a world crown, bv a del Scat f shade. " Never will he Know the Joy of b- inc acclaimed a world-beater, u belt-wearer, belt-wearer, or a blu-rlbbon winner Three times he has built his castles of air apd saw them topple down on his shoulders because he could never quite reach that moment ol supremacy suprem-acy His scrapbook contains but the strewn memories f what might have been. From Freddie Welsh t- BeriftJ Leonard, the onc-tlme pride of Chicago Chi-cago has climbed up 'he hill time all. r time, only lo flip back from the hopes of a contender the scrap heap of a has-been. Th dizzy whirl of hopes, old pal. That build and rise an i tower - All mingle In one hblooausi, I The fighter's dream of power. I But fate Is nulck to pass one by. W hile some forget we always shell Remember this You had your cham I And let It slip. Too bad, old pal. It is easier to be mediocre than to I be near-great unless "tje hOS ths full birihright of a champion 'ihe name of Charley While will always ie . .m-j pied with thai disappointing though He was Just one of the boys who CoUld see, but not step i.Ho the promised land His brain worked a click t"" slow to make him i champion h'lfi glove lacked Ihe one blow that spoiled the title |