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Show battles stand out prominently even now. ' Ills tights with llattling Nelson were the one thing which brought him Into prominence, and it is now claimed that the last one. when he pttempted to brink; back the title he had lost, cost him his life. The exacting ex-acting conditions demanded by the Dune llterully took the life out of the crafty negro for h went to extremes ex-tremes to got down to weight, ami since that time he never regained his vitality. In everyday life Gans was the opposite op-posite to what ho wa? in tbe ring, lighting he was an agresslve person, always on the alert and in any case a dangerous opponent. Ordinarily he was typical of his race. Easy-going care-free, and apparently well satis-fled satis-fled with himself and conditions, he always made friends. near Boston, even though outweighed by many pouuds. Joe (Jans wa-s an-o'.her an-o'.her one of his old-time foes, and the two fought a sizzling 20-round draw at 'Frisco back In September, 1901. In his other battles wre included in-cluded such lighters as Sandy Ferguson, Fergu-son, Honey Mellody, Joe. Grimm, Young Peter Jackson and a host of lesser lights. Walcntt was usually known as tbe "Ilarbadoes Kid," tho place from whence ho hailed at tho time of his appearance on the pugilistic pugil-istic horizon. Going back to Peter Jackson, we find another colorod fighter who was always known as a bard hitter but cm account of his color was never conceded a clear title to tho heavyweight heavy-weight champloushlp. He was in his prime at the time John L. Sullivan hold sway over the heavies, and as the latter never would consider meet-ing meet-ing a negro, Jackson was eliminated entirely. It was much like the sltun-lion sltun-lion we had in the past year when Jack Johnson clulmed the heavy weight championship, but because of the fact that Jeff was never beat en a number were Inclined to take his claim somewhat lightly. Johnson was luckier than his predecessor, however, for he at last received the CAN THE NEGRO STAND THE PACE i (By Malachy Ilogan ) Denver, Aug. 26 Can a colored boxer stand the championship pace? Tills is a question worthy of a great amount of consideration aud perhaps more right now, on account of the recent death of Joe Gans, mourned an.l remembered as the "Old Master." Mas-ter." The passing of Cans, who by the way was one who helped to uplift foe game, recalls the finish of two other nc-KTo fighters who have fought th-lr way to the top, only to drop back suddenly from th.j pugilistic limelight. Just as suddenly hae these few been claimed by the grim reaper and in each thu c-nd was untimely. un-timely. Before Gans there went George Dixon, Dix-on, the vallaut little featherweight, who listed among his friends all th1? white followers of the sport. Then there was old Peter Jackson, the veterau of many a pcathing heavyweight heavy-weight battle, but who on account of his color never attained his one ambition that of champion of tho big men It was the fate of these three, and they "were all marvels more or less In their respective times, to pass Into In-to tbe great beyond lctlms of tuberculosis. tu-berculosis. That three of them Hhould meet the tame kind of an end ami the fact that they were all negroes lo.vis ouo to ask what reason can account for It. In addition, there wero any number of other ngro hoxers who, shlle never considered champion possibilities, pos-sibilities, bore enviable records and each and everv one of them have passed Into oblivion In so far as the outside sporting world Is concerned. One could name almost a scon- of these, but most of them have been foi gotten. Chief among them was Joe Wal-colt, Wal-colt, who In bis prime was a. tenor, hut "now seems to have dropped from the face of tho earth, du perhaps to the fact that his long career In the ring has left him lu a slate popularly classed nowadays , as "all In." Ho waH last heard of some lime lust fall, when he appeared up In Portland. Me., but, like the rest of the "old boys" he Is oil through. Speaking of Walcott, a glance at his record brings forth a few interesting fncts and his career Is probably as interesting as any of the past pugilists. pugil-ists. In this time he never did much bickering about weights, but he took on anyone willing to meet hlni :uid Tifvi'T even barred heavyweights. He fought two draws with Philadelphia Phila-delphia Jack O'Brien, and battled Sam Laugford to u draw in l. rounds opportunity to ihow that he was the superior of the white men. An Idea of Just how good Jackson really was Is furnished by the mere lact that he fought the memorable f.l-round draw with Corbett at San Francisco back in May, 1 SO 1 The buttle was one of the longest ever witnessed on tho coast, and it waj at tftls time that Corbett was looming up as a possible successor to Johu L. Sullivan. It was only a little more than a year later, September 7, that "Gentleman Jim" knocked out the veterau vet-erau of barc-knurklo days In the tv.entylirst rouud at New Orleans, the fight being remembered much as will the recent batt'o at Reno, when fans from all over tho world gathered in the little desert city to witness the day's event. Jackson stuck to the game to the very end. and it is even said that when Jeffries knocked him out In the third round he was more dead than oilve. due to the ravages of tbe "white plague." This meeting occur-red occur-red March 22. 1K9S, and it was not. long after this when tho great negro boxer breathed his last In George Dixon was a fighter who lived with his mitts and one who was never happy unless fucing some kind of a ring engagement. His record shows a list of 15f fight, aud In that number were men. who In weight, far outclassed the little feather-but rever in gamene.vs. Ills many ring engagements en-gagements kept him In training almost al-most all of the time and it was perhaps per-haps this as much as anything which hurried Mm to his death. Fur dev. rrness he was tho original edition of Joe Gans, so to speak, for tho "Old Master" followed his style more or less, and he never knew the stlug of a knockout until the last of his career, when he weut down un5er the blows of Harlem Tommy Murphy. Mur-phy. His many ring encounters took him to almost every corner of this country coun-try and even to England. In Chicago he is remembered for his battles with Terry McGovern, Benny Yanger, Kd-clie Kd-clie Sanlrv aud a few others, these taking place In 1800 and 1000. Joe Gans' untimely death recalls a career probably more brilliant In the eyes of the present day fan than any of those who liavo gone before him. Cans was as well. If not better, known than any of the lighters of tho prosenl generation, and his few big |