OCR Text |
Show JOE GANS, DYING, HOMEWARD BOUND Ia Junt. Col., Aug. 3. Joe Gans. fcrmer lightweight champion, racing cero6s the continent In an effort to reach hla home In Baltimore and see his mother before he dies, has given up hope of reaching home alive. Gans is dying of consumption. "I'm going fast," he said to friends who eaw him when the Santa Fo train on which he is traveling passed through here today. "I won't take anv chances by Plopping in Chicago." The trip over the Raton mountains affected tho former champion greatly and restoratives had to be given re-poatedly re-poatedly In order to prevent total collapse. |