The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-03
PUG|L|STS NAMES
ARE FICTITIOUS
Many Famous Fighters Change
Their Names for More Con-
venient Ones

Chiariglion. Niederberger. Susskind,
and Trefhnger; R0ssolano, Prasser,
Slomovitz, and Ziegler.
That is not an extract from a Chi
nese bill Of fare. nor is it list of
words from q Swedish dictionary. On
the other hand, they are names Of
men, we'll known in the world of
sport, every one of whom has made
a high mark on the fistic roll of
honor.
American boxers have always had
the very disagreeable habit of having
been born with cognomens so unpro-
nounceable that it would take lin
guist to read the list with the cor
rect pronunciation. But these box
ers were wise enough to knock out
a few consonants here and there. stick
in a few vowels now and then, and
finally to produce a name which
could be remembered by the smallest
schoolboy.
Andrew Chiariglion, for instance,
became plain Jim Flynn when he
broke into boxing circles. Stanley
Ketchel, the Polish whirlwind, saw
in moment that fight rams would
have little difficulty in talking about
Stanislaus Kiecel. Young Otto was
formerly Arthur Susskind, while
Young Britt had the name of Henry
Trefflnger forced upon him in infan-
cy.
Phil Brock used to boast of the eu-
phonious front piece of Philip Slomo-
vitz, while Rickart Christensen was
the title which the parents of Dick
Nelson picked out for him.
Had Reason for Change.
These men had very good reason
for changing their names in the ring,
owing to the fact that the sporting
writer's and the fans would give up
the struggle of trying to pronounce or
write them, and they would soon sink
into obscurity. A simple name some
times has great deal to do with the
rise or fall of an athlete.
But there have been other reasons
for boxers changing their names.
Think of Lew Powell doing the pug
act under the name of Llewelyn, or
Battling Nelson calling himself Oscar.
1t would be little too much on the
Archie or Percy order. SO these men
got busy and dug up new handles
more compatible with their trade.
Tommy Ryan, once welterweight
champion. had a very good reason for
finding new name. When Joseph
Youngs was small boy in Syracuse,
N. Y, he was sent to the Rochester
Industrial school for some youthful
depreciation. He escaped. made his
way to Michigan on a freight and soon
Tommy Ryan was heard from in a
lumber camp in that state.
A partial list of boxers who have
adopted fictitious names follows:
Ring name. Right name.
Tommy Burns, Noah Brusso.
Tommy Ryan. Joseph Youngs.
Battling Nelson, Oscar Battling Nell
son.
Jack Dempsey, John Kelly.
Young Corbett, William H. Rothwell.
Stanley Ketchel, Stanislaus kiecel.
Jack O'Brien, Joseph F. Hagen.
Jim Flynn. Andrew Chiariglion.
Terry McGovern. Joseph Torrance
McGovern.
Jem Driscoll, James Driscoll.
Billy Berger, William Neiderberger.
Hugo Kelly, Ugo Mitchell.
Fred Welsh. Fred Hall Thomas.
INK Russell, John ]. Russell.
Fighting Dick Hyland. William Uren.
Lew Powell. Llewellyn Powell.
Frank Mantel, Frank Mintell.
Dick Nelson, Rickart Christensen.
Leach Cross, DR.. Louis C. Wallach.
Tommy O'Toole. Frank O'Toole.
Young Otto. Arthur Susskind
Young Loughrey. Thomas Loughlin.
Young Erne, Hugh Calvin.
Young Donahue, Phil Powers.
Terry Martin, Martin Martinson.
Tony Ross, Antonio Rossilano.
Harry Lewis, Henry Besternlan.