Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-21
DANISH TO
The FRONT.
Battling Nelson Brings that Ma
iianaliiy Uptor the First
Time.


come q prominent figure in tine ring,
the question of nationality among
puielists. crops up strongly. 1t is pro.
badly thasirst time that a boxer of
Danish descent has occupied q similar
position in the squared circle.
Kid Lavigne, q French Canadian,
wal the greatest lightweight cham
pion America ever had. OF course,
there have been many champions in
this class since then, but not u Of
them can compare with Lavigne in
point Of skill, gameness and powers
Of endurance. LAyjgnes parents we're
born in France. aandf although Law
igne wal brounipt CUP in Saginaw,
Mich. he is thoroughly Fren oh for
all that. - sbnsst
Frank Erne, whe succeeded Law
igne as champioHa isRswiss, and was
born in Zurich. ,ssYi5saEland. Erne
came here when he wasi very Young,
and wal brought up in Buffalo. Gus
; Ruhlin's parents game from switzer-
land, too ~1f aois~
Italy has contributearto the Ameri-
can prize ring. and ms,not boon dis
graced. Several of ner sons have done
remarkably we'll with the gloves. Size
had q champion in Casper Leon, who,
until beaten by Terry McGoveIn, was
acclaimed the hest bantam weight in
America. Leon vas born in Sicily,
but took up this manly art here.
. There are scores of Italian fighters,
but for some reason or other they
choose t O conceal their nationality
under Irish or American cognomens.
In Phila ielphia they speak with re-
spect Of Joe Grim, this .Iron Man."
as a fighter, and he is an Italian.
Not one Of SPANS son have shone
in the ropsd arena, SO far az known,
but Mexico has produced a wonderful
and gritty fighter in Aurelia Herrera,
commonly called 1.-THE Mexican. ="
Herrera has a punch that IA make
any man quake il the blow lands pro-
. perIy, as Kid Btoad can testify.
y Many Indians have taken up the
profession and some have succeeded
Bt(t, evidently, they like the cinder
path and the football field better.
Tommy Feltz was born in Poland.
Eddie (Kid) Garter is of Swedish ex-
traction JimmylrHadler and his broth
or Joe, of this city, .came from Russia
and are Hebre VS.. Bob Fitzsimmons,
may years ago, took Hadler in tow,
aud Jimmy is known as the ex-chRn
pion 9 first pupil Jack Everhart, of
New Orleans, who twice fought Kid
Lavigne for the lightweight title,
was of German extraction. So is Billy
Ernst, the tBushwick Dutchman."
Many prominent fighters were born
in Eupland--Charlie Mitchell, Pedlnr
Palmer, Jem Smith, Dick Burge, Ben
Jordan, Bill Plimmsr, Jack Bennett.
Billy Edwards, Will Curlegy, Jabez
White, joe Bowker and many others.
Among the Irish fighters who have
not done so we'll in recent years are
Peter Maher. "SpiSe'' and Dave Sui
Ivan, Geoege Gardner, Pafsey Swee-
ney, Martin Cauole, Tom sharkey'
etc. Australia has turned out jim
Hall, Paddy CoSttney8pu several 9th
ers Of high calibEe.
Once in a whiib . Chinaman looms
mp as a fstie aspirant. But his career
is usually of al ephemeral nature
About ten years hgo "Chuck" Connors
introduced one d an-American crowd
at.n stage in PED street. His name wa
Ting Io Chn. OF som, thing like that
"Chuckn picked him uptin Chinatown
and made q fiRhlfr out of him. Tins
was q young ALLOW, Americanized
and strong. Chihg Fong was also .
real ohinaman. Pr lived in oincin
nati. =
There are plenty of Hebrew fighters
and some Of them have been cham
,piuns. Tommy Ryan is a Hebrew
UE.to-aate followers Of boxing know
how good he is From Austria, WHERE
paeilism is just as foreigna sport a
& hull lighting in England, comes Jacl
Root, the crack heavyweight, wilt
0 makes Chicago his home. Roo
has q long record.
Russia has had several lring repres
en~tatiyes. One in particular, who
new conner, il John kid Good
man, of Boston.
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