Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1910-04-20
AID W0LGAST I
ENTITLED IO.
HONORS

the open air pavilion in forty rou,,
he proved beyond doubt that As :,
worthy successor to Nelson n.
Britt, Young Corbett, Erne. h
Lavigne and McAuliffe, lishtv,,,
kings Of the past twenty yean !,
an exchange.
OF all the light weight ehsmo,..
Jack McAuliffe and Kid Lavim. =.
the most popular. McAuliff.
never beaten. Jack Dempsey h,,,,l
the lightweight title over to y
Auliffe. The three Jacks-sulU,,
Dempsey and McAuliffe-wsr
preme in their day.
Dempsey was the Arst to fall
ing down before Fitzsimmons IN is1
Sullivan was toppled over BY Corb.
in 1892, and McAuliffe quit the i,
before anybody had . chance TO \,
him. The nearest McAuliffe .,
came to defeat was at the hand,
Jem Carney, the English lishtw,id
champion. They fought at R.ys
Beach, Boston, with skin.tight slov.
and Carney is said to have had ~
best Of II when McAuliffes fd.,l
broke up the fight.
McAuliffc, when ut the zenith
bis career, was backed by Dich Rod
who furnished McAuliffe's side ,t,l
when the champion fought a and
with Billy Meyer, at North Judss
Ind. Mike Mcdonald furnished NvI
er's side stake. Meyer and MeAulth
fouht afterward at New ORLEANS, a,
McAuliffe won hands down. He
came a race track bookmaker n,
passed the title over to George N
vignc.
Lavigne hailed from Saginaw, Md
and was backed by the Conads
brothers Of Detroit. While MeAulih
was n more scientific boxer than N
vigne, the Saginaw Kid had u
stiffest punch Of any man that svu
fought at 1913 pounds. He beat Did
Burge, the English champion, in Il
ring Of the National Sporting cluA
London, in 1896, In seventeen round
Sam Fitzpatrick had Lavigns d
charge, and advised Burgess eoeE,s
mob to be careful about betting thsl
Bank Of England notes. Burge was !
one to ten shot the night of the 6ghsl
Lavigne surprised everybody by grI
ing Mr.. Burge the worst hiding n
his career.
The Michigan thumper put IN
British champion out in the xvu|
tenth. Burge never came TO ua7|
the next day. Another great I'D
OF Lavigne's was his Afteen.round b.
tie with Joe walcott at Maspsl
l.. l. Tim Hurst refereed that us|
test, and he has oftern said Il VI
the wickedest fight 10 ever NV d
tn cropped arena.
Walcott was short and sousuSI
something on the order Of Sam Lad
FORD, black ~ the sec Of spades, =
he had picked Lsvigns % an ~
mark. But the Kid was there ~
the wallop. One year prior to nsA|
ing Walcott he had killed Al
Bowen in the ring at New Orleans
Lavigne knew no fear; wsdsd III
waieott and tickled the black bsat|
hide. He never wasted a punch n
waieott's head, but kept pumping
nght and left into walcott's bo&|
uhtii he had the black hanging vi
the ropes and yelling for help.
Lavigne lost his title in Buffalo d
cans acquired tho title by beating
Frank Erne In one round in BuffIs|
In March, 1902. In November Of M
same year Britt knocked out End
IN hfteen rounds at San Francisco. Oh
the strength Of his victory over Ens
BRITT claimed the title. He bssi
ioung corbett in twenty rounds nd
0u'pointed Battling Nelson in twenty
rounds in 1904, the year he won frss
cans on foul in Ave rounds, TN
'ans'Britt fight is said to have bsss
a frame-up.
Nelson disputed Britt's claim TO "
.i'ie and the pair met at Collins, Ca-
IN September, 1905. Britt, mud
eieVerer boxer than Nelson, gave "
durable Dane rafting good arg
1882 Erne defeating him in twsn'I
rounds.
Britt never had much claim to "
championship, but no managed to gsa
considerable prestige and acqui's
quite bunch Of coin while he pod
as the title holder. TIE clever cti'
iornian won on a foul from Joe Ca
In 1904, and claimed the champioushil
until Battling Nelson knocked hs
stiff at colma in 1905.
ment, but Nelson VISA there viii