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Show CHINK IS A COMER 89 fl8 9 pim Every nation under the sun Is represented rep-resented in the fight game. Now comes China. And China has a representative who is after the world bamtamwoight championship. Ho is George Lee. George Lee is touring the country. When ho finishes his tour, he is going go-ing after Pete Herman, world king of the bamtamweight class. It will bo the first time in history thaht a Chinese has been a contender for a world boxing title. And what is Lee wins? Two years ago, Lee was packing boxes in a large department store in Sacramento, Cal. He was supporting-a supporting-a younger brother and sister. When the noon bell rang, Lee hurried hur-ried home to cook the meal. In the mornings he got up early and had breakfast ready. He also saw that his brother was dressed neatly and his sister's bow was properly tied. Lee couldn't make enough money packing boxes. He watched a couple of men fjght and decided to take up a new boxing game. In his first showings ho looked' good. In a. few months he was a main event-er event-er and was fighting the best men the coast had to offer. Ho fought two draws with Bud Rid- ley, the bamtamweight champion of i the coast. In his career, Leo has only been sent to his knees once. And then ho was up in a second fighting as hard as ever. 1 Lee keeps training. He wears his Chinese togs in the hotel because they are comfortable and he likes to bo comfortable. But Lee won't be seen on the street in his Chinese clothes. Therefore, he .spends his odd moments In the hotel reading, wrapped In his Chinese costume. cos-tume. J He Is an American-born Chinese. Hp straps his ears back so they won't "cauliflower." Is well educated. Can speak English as well as any American. Is educating his brother and sister , with his boxing earnings, j Has defeated several good bantamweights bantam-weights on the coast. I Is now touring the country with the hopes of getting a crack at the bantamweight ban-tamweight title. After his tour of this country he will go to Cuba. Is under tho management of Ancll Hoffman. |