The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-01-02
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Best Fighters ia ! e. g
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Colored Men are OPP Notchers, Bait
DO Not Receive Credit Due them
From the Sporting Public. Z:


champions of t$the prize ring last
night in The ENQUIRER once sthen
some one asked z joe Humphreys to
give his opinion whether or not the
old-time champions were, better than
the. men who hold down the Honor
at the present time. !, ,t...'>.
Why, there's no comparison
whatever" shouted Joe. The hight
CTS OF today are a lot of fans. :. Not
one of. them could hold downi;, a
championship In the days OF Bob
Fitzslmmons, excepting Jack .JShn.
son, and he Is the best colbretl
heavy weights since the days OF, Peter
Jacteon.." '...":T < - -, y
"Look here y continued Joe,. drag
ging out his pencil = and paper.
What would be the betting If the
hew and old champions ., were
brought ltogsther? Take, for in
stance, tAes following matches. .'..
Bob FIfsslmEhons vs. Tolfmy
Burns. ~ :%,.&% :"
Tommy Ryan vs., Billy Papke or
Hugo Kelly. rs. 50 ~" :, -. H..
Joe .Woleott VS.. Young Ketchell,
Joe Cans vs.. Packie Mcfarland.
Terry MnGovern VS.. Abe Attell. '~
You could play the old-timers to
win right; down the line without
losing bet, McGovern could whip
.Attcli, Moran. Tommy O'Toole and
Jimmy Walsh all in the same ring
without any danger, Of being knock
cd. out, -. :, 49, ~. r.. =: -.
I'm, my opinion Fitzsimmons was
the greatest Of all the heavy weights.
He gave JEFF two Of the worst, beat
ings he ever. got, in his ,lfe,"., and
+ would ''~have > whipped the boiler.
maker had old Bob been few yea, years
Y ,Aonnger salg LET thex sgsaas asfsld
%''fSao nlantas tIt ias mighty queef
how he aufgkly &: i@lierg i + rack
Johnson. thss BIZ ,blslBK I'd man / l6onied
ub on the horison.% think johnson
is superior to- any heavy weight in
the world today. He is the king OF
the heavies. y This looks tough for
tho white; men, yet the facts before
me are very plafh.r Johnson is the
best Of the sheavies;: Joe Jeanette,
leader Of the light heavy weights:
sam Langford superior to all middle
wights. Jack Blackburn the best of
the welter weights and Joe Cans IS
the daddy Of all the light weights.
LanRtord can fight at 1853 pounds
at o'clock and Blackburn can
make 1886 pounds ringside. If the
white boxers do not get >up their
nerve pretty soon there will be NO
way to determine where the class
Hes. AS IT. is now the colored boxers
have all the others scared. 49,.
McGovern Fought All Corners.
Just imagine Terry McGoyern
drawing the, color line on George
Dlxon when the latter was feather
weight champion! He would have
been roasted from one end of the
country to the other. When, Terry
became champion he went out and
met all cotders. Dixon was cham.
plon for about ID years, and alwa w
wore the American colors. He fought
I'VE battles with foreigners, winning
the championship Of Great Britain
from Nunc Wallace ;at the National
sporting Club, London. Later he
defeated Abe Willis for the cham
rJonshlp of Australia He again de-
Nehded the title against Fred John
son. OF England. at Coney Island, N.
7, Later he. battled with Rillv
RUNNER, who was then recognized
bantam champion of England Plim-
,ner went back and fought Pedlar
Tor the bantam-w weight championships
or England and host. The new
champion came over. and fought a
@'x-round draw With Dixon. Though
co'crcd, Dixon was the marvel of tho
age and the best liked fighter Of his
day. - M"|y
There are no Dlxons today. He
never weighed more than 12O
pounds In his life. This is a. lighter
dsuro than anys of the socalled feath-
er weights Of the present time can
make. The light weights have All
passed up Cans and Blackburn The
real reason why Cans has retired I'm
my, estimation IS that none Of the
light Weights wodld mset him, and
nc realized that he could. no longer
Eot any money in public. Before
retiring he should have named at
least half dozen legitimate weights
who can honestly and fairly make
90 pounds tHngside, such as Wnue
Fitzgerald. Battling Nelson, Packie
Mcfarland, Tommy Murphy, Ber!
Keys and Matty Baldwin, and had
them fight it out among themselves
thought st first Johnny Summer
might do,~-but~ since he returned
from England the last time he has
NOT chnunLf "a. \ - -