Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-11-19
FleATERs' SHORT CAREERS.
Pusilists Are HAS Reens" Before They
Arc Thirty Years Old.

Arc Thirty Years Old.
New York SUM-: TN TOrmeT yours a
pugilist was not considered in his prime
until after he had passed 3d." said a vet
eran follower of the prize ring recently.
Nowadays, however, it is different. A
fighter who is still at the top of his class
after his 2sth year is considered a won
der. OF course, there are exceptions, as
In the case of Bob Fitzsimmons. He is
certainly a well preserved man, and 1t
will be many moons before we find an
other like him. Fitz Is nearly AZ. but he
can light as well as he did ten years ago.
Then there are Tommy Ryan, Joe Choyn-
ski and Joe Walcott. Choynski was never
a champion, but he is a great pugilist for
all that.
Take the old timers, such as Barney
Aaron. Jem Mace, Dooney Harris and
others. They did their best fighting after
they were 30. Then there were Joe God
dard. Frank Slavin, the late Peter Jack
son. Billy Edwards and Pete Mccoy.
John l.. Sullivan was all in, so to speak,
before he was "a. Kid Mccoy Is under
80. and has been forced to retire, because,
according to his own admission. he can
not fight any more. George Dixon lost
the featherweight title to Terry Meow
! ern when he was in his 3Oth year. Nc
Govern, In turn, was defeated by Young
Corbett before he was %. Pedlar Palmer
won the bantam championship of the
world from Billy Plimmer when he was
~ ana gave way to McGovern four years
later. Although Palmer Is %. he has been
regarded as q .has-been' for some time.
Billy Pltmmer was compelled to quit the
ring before he was 30.
KID Lnvigne, one OF the best light
weights the arena has produced i'm the
last decade. was all in before he was %
frank Erne. who succeeded him at the
top OF this class. went down before Joe
Cans, the present lightweight champior
in his 9TH year. and now he has Retired
Jim Corbett was knocked out by Bob
Fttzsimmons and lost the heayyweirh
championship when he was 81. Tom
Sharkey. although only In his Goth wear.
mas been out of 1t ever since hin last
fight with Jim Jeffries in 1889. Sharkev
always paid the strictest attention to hin
health, too. Starlight, the veteran Ans.
tralian m~iddleweight. who has been the
trial horse for o number of the foremost
Australian heavyweights. past and pres
emit. Is still fighting. Starlight Is nearly
9. but the youngsters have all they can
do to beat him in decisive fashion.
"harry Forbes, who II only q young
ster. having been born in 1879. lost the
bantam title to Fankie Neil a few months
ago. FORBES has been fighting ever since
1887. Jack McAuli6e was not more than
81 when he retired. Gus Rubin, who was
born in 1872. II still, in the ring. but he
has never shown. much form since he var
put to sleep BY Bob Eitssimmons three
years ago. Peter Maher has been out of
It Cor years. although he IL stiil q youne
man. He was born In 1859. The Sullivan
Drothers. Spike q Dave. have been re-
ceding In form for years. yet neither AZ
them - over %. Kid McPhartland Of fhia
city. who was expected to nil Kid ia
vigne's shoes some. day. has retired from
the ring. Mcfarland was born In ls7b.
but he was forced 70 quit boxing n ven
fsEo, when he was knocked out BY Joe
| Cans.
III method al modern pur,,,.t. ~
training n looking after their hesIth 4
different from that which the old timer.
used y undergo. Present day s~crapners
make twice as much money a. some Of
the champions did IN the past, and i E
i've only for today.
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