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Show AMERICA LEADS li MIT SPORTS ; With Exception of iwo Titles United Slates Has 'em All ! Stored Away I Although many foreign boxers have 1 visited America." s shores during tho p.'i-t 11 w years, fen ot them have made good. Some of th various repreeen ( 'tatlvefl had reputations, some of them' InVaded America On their nerve but I all came for the gold which they believed be-lieved to ijruw on our trees and nearly 1 ull of them proved false alarms The worthwhile fighters Who Ik.v visited America during the past decade can be counted on one's fingers of the two hands. Les Darcey would no doubt have qualified had he been given giv-en the chance. -f the entire list j Jlinmle WUde( hub shown the most class. Jim Driscoll, Owen Uoran,-'1 Freddie Welsh. T-.i Lewis. Nat Wells, Johnny Summers and Oeorges Carpentler Car-pentler just about complete the list. The heavyweight mlt class In particular par-ticular has been mediocre. f the entire lot Bombardier Wells was the beat of tho lot. but then A I Palser landed the sleeping touch to the Kng-liShman's Kng-liShman's Jaw In the third spasm. Carpentler Car-pentler has demonstrated his class In the light heavyweight department but his status In the heavyweight class is yet to be tested. With the possible exception of the flyweight und light heavyweight divisions divi-sions the United S'.ates reigns supreme and has done so for the past five years The former home of champions was Kngland but Knglnnd has deteriorated deterior-ated woefully and Australia, one of the former leading countries at the mlt art has taken a buck seat. With, unusual ring training the French expect ex-pect tin accomplish wonders, but ou'-side ou'-side or QeorgSs Carpentler has iitti"; to offer 111 the way Of a champion. , Boxing is fast becoming the major sport In America and If the game con-I tin lies to grow cs it Is now growing, 11 Is a certainty that success will come. Many states have already legislated boxing, while universities and colleges throughout the country have taken up the game. In the army the boxing: art has become universal, As a rc-, suit of these facts the Impetus will tend the l ulled Slalcji to the fore with I living colors. |