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Show HAGUE COMES FROM ATHLETIC FAMILY f (By Robert Edgren.) Dan McKetnck, who has Lewis and Jeanettc In Paris, went over to London Lon-don to boo lan Hague fight Gunner Molr. Hague knocked the Gunner out In two mlnulcs and forty-seven seconds. sec-onds. "The fight was too short to get much of a line on Hague." says Mc-Ketriek. Mc-Ketriek. "but so far as I can see he won't do. He's big and strong, and can punch that's al. It looks as if he would take Johnson's place against Langford. So long. Hague." Ian Hague's name is William Hague. He was given the nickname Iron Hague, and he thought "Iron' was spelled "Ion." Hague was bom in Yorkshire, and is 26 years old. 5 feet tall and 190 pounds In weight. His father andg.randfather were famous fam-ous football ana cricket players.' Ho has fought fourteen ring fights, and has won the last six with right-hand knockouts. He depends upon the right and can hit a heavy punch with it. He knocked Moir down first with a body blow, again with a right bander band-er to the jaw, and finished him with another right Lander on the sami spot. If Hague heats Langford he can make a lot of money by coming to America. Am-erica. His chances are slim. Whilo not training he wrestles with the can like most English heavies. |