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Show THREE COAST BROTHERS SEEKING RING TITLES I GEORGE, BILLY ANT) DAVE SHADE OF CALIFORNIA IN FRONT LEFT TO RIGHT, DAVE, GEORGE AND BILLY SHADE By BOB DORM NEW YORK, Mar. C. The three fiKhting Shades. Only once before in tho history of tho American prlr.o ring have three brothers come to the front with the real article. t 'a!ifi-n!a gets credit for producing produc-ing botb families. The first to be recordod were the At-tell At-tell brothers of San Francisco Cac-sar Cac-sar Abe and Monte. Now we have the Yallcjo, Cal., brothers George Blllj and Have Shade "Dad ' Charles W. Shade, in perhaps per-haps to blame for their fighting ways He was a boxer of note back In the days of tho 20-round game in California. Califor-nia. With advancing years, his love for the game did not desert him, and he Started Co make champions out of his boys before they had left the cradle. His first Christmas presents to them were boxing gloves. Each of the boys by the time he was 5 ears uld, Kru . all the standard blows of the boxing jgame. At 15 they could take "dad" on for 20 rounds. George, the oldest of the three boyt I is 2Z. Billy -'1 and Dave is 19. George was the first to outer the ring. At 1 S ho met his first opponent. Kid WIImmi. a lanky lightweight, at Crockett, Cal. Against the advlco of his manager. Frank Tabor, and of "Dad ' Shade, to "tako it easy" George tore into his man right after the handshake ahd knocked him out In record tlmn. is AFTER Wilson s TITLE Slnco then ho has been In over 1B0 bouts, his most Impressive victories being over Tommy Rnlison. the Boston middleweight. whom bo defeated twice. Robsnn is the man who recently recent-ly dropped Mike Gibbons three times , in l '1 rounds. George now wants a crack at Johnny John-ny Wilson, the coy and retiring rnld-dlewelght rnld-dlewelght tltleholder. Billy and Dave were not long in following fol-lowing George Into the ring. Billy's j'irst fight was about a year and a half after Georgf m:id.. his debut. He, too, won by a knoekmit, dropping Bert Meyers, featherweight. in three rounds. Billy, however, was gaining weight .fast. Ho swiftly grow into a light -I weight nnd th'-n S welterweight, de-I de-I fasting the best buys in both classes In California. Shortly after, he went I to Australia In the short space of I a year he won every tltlo In that i country from a welterweight to heavyweight heavy-weight OARPE24TIER PASSED BILLY I P Every fight was won by a knockout i except one with Jimmy Clabby. which Shude won on a foul in tho thirteenth round. Clubby fouled in order to save himself from a knockout. It was then that Cacpentlcr. the French idol, turned down an offer of $100,000 to battle Billy 20 rounds to B decision at Sydney. Dave the "baby'' Shade, starred hit ring career six months after Billy. jH Like his two brothers he started au-jsplciously au-jsplciously by scoring a win In his first B bout, defeating a bantamweight. John- fJH ' ny Garcia. Growing into the lightweight dlvis- SLBI Ion, iJave won the coast fltle by ib-- j H featlng Prankle Perron. Ho then won iB . oast welterweight iwn i- eerna ing the decision over Jimmic Duff?. -itvBH 'IWK I. lilll.W WITH BRITTOM ! . Since then Dave has twice fought fAVH j Jack Brltton. the welterweight worlfl , pBpJ champion, tor his title. Both bout.- ended in a draw, though the first time . ViVJ Lave sent Hrltton to the mat for count of nine. Lae. though, lack" hSVbVJ the experience necessary to cope with '1 the wily veteran. Britton. Another 'f-BBw year may tell a different story. I And ' Dad" Shade, who used to maul flBpJ the boys with the gloves, now carrle 'LwA water in their corner w henever they jHH have fight. HVJ Por "dad" sjys. "I'm going to stick ! until I see all three boys world cham- VtwAal plons. Then I'll feel as If 1 can tnk EflgS lit easy. Maybe that day is not so far bwAYJ oft as you may think." r'VAH |
