The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-16
Sporting Department
FEW BROTHERS WIN FAME
AS FIGHTERS THESE DAYS
Gardeners and AttelIs Are the Exeep-
tions to the Above Rule-Jaek jeff
ries is One of the Notable Examples
of Those Who Fail to Repeat Sue
cess of Brothers.

Chicago, Nov. 16.-It seldom hap
mems that lightning strikes the same
FAMILY twice and leaves the imprint
of "a good fighter on more than one
member.
The other night in a Boston ring,
Dan sullivan, "a younger brother of
the famous Killarney battling twins,
lack and Mike, essayed To- show that
me was made of the stun that stern
Sullivan made the whole world feel
years ago.
Dan failed utterly. lie was n good
amateur and would have been all
right had he stuck to his class. But
when he ducked out among the pro-
ressionals he was the rudderess sail
boat in typhoon. Harry Lewis
knocked him "kickin" in exactly q
minute and "A seconds.
Thus il always has b zen with broth
ers of famous fighters who would
emulate the example set by the rela-
tive.
Fails to Make Good.
one of the most startling examples
of this was displayed when Jack JEFF
fries, Jim's young brother, tried to
show the fight fans that ii ran in the
family 1t didn't, but Jack made a
brave attempt at il before being
shown himself. And he was shown,
for Billy stiff punched him full of
holes and what remained after that
was attended to by Jack Johnson.
Indeed, it is said by the spiteful
critics of Jim that IL was what John
son did to brother Jack that decided
him to cut out the blacks altogether.
hut OF course that is only spite talk
and can have little basis IN fact.
Kid Mccoy had a brother too. His
name was Homer, and he was the
same sort of a tender looking silver
that Norman was when he first began
To develop championship symptoms.
Homer tried to fight just like the
Kid but subsequent events proved
that the Selby family had produced
but one real scrapper AMI he was the
original Kid Mccoy. the Innocent,
weak looking boy who gave Tommy
Ryan the licking of his life and
dropped Tom Sharkey several times
as easily as if the sailor was n feath-
erweight.
Gardeners Break Rule.
Then there was the Gardner fam
lily, and this time the exception was
the rule. because three of .he brothers
of that famous Lowell family could
fight like tigers, every one of them.
1t would be hard to say whether
George. the oldest of the lot, was
better than Jimmy, the weltcrwcight.
George was "A grand fighter, and won
the light heavyweight championship
at Fort Erie from Jack Root in about
as gallant a battle as one would want
90 see. George did other timely ana
highly interesting things, and must
be given the palm as being one of tho
grandest of the middle and light
heavyweight boxers.
Jimmy is star row, whereas
George has passed. The third brother
was Billy, an excellent lightweight,
who, after winning some fights, saw
that he was up against the toughest
class in the business-which always
has been true of the 1885 FOUNDERS
and had the good sense to seek
other occupation.
Back in the days OF the early '90s,
Billy Myer, the original "Streator
Cyclone" now respected. If corpu-
lent resident of Chicago, had broth
er Eddie, who aspired to a ring ca
rccr. He fought Kid Lavigne, and
that was about all for Eddie.
AtteIIs Do Well.
The Attell family may be another
exception TO the rule. Abe is a real
champion. boss for several years, boss
now and probable boss to come at 1872
pounds for many long moon. His
brothers, Monte and Caesar. are only
fair. Monte is fighting now--he was
beaten the other night i'm Los Angeles
but Caesar appears to have had
enough.
The Memsies, George and Mike
two Bohemian lads of most willing
natures and some instructive agrees
siveness, both could go well but nei-
Their is n champion. The same may
be said of the Galligans, Joe and Jack