The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-24
THE GREATEST PRIZE
FIGHTER Of ALL
TIME

Copyright 1910 hy Iho Tribune
Company Unauthorized r,produc
riots oi This Utco win he Wofr.
tut.dJ
unmg bo.u roquc.tcd 90 p.ch 'h' .
aa vino in my opinion ws tha
greatest pueI.e, bs world ha. 'srr
scan and e, give uc reasons for my
-I.,ulu. t.Iy with ut amy he.i
uiou to thc Crt woation lamof
I J.GuDa oft lo. Angeles CAL
rac reasons for my selection may
.uurc something of "a review of
ostHua. although Z may ay at the
outset that mEui.nc history e.npr.
ally epoahue. does MT offer amy
one Who may bc used Zoo close com
parsun Jcnrics seems to nae to
nave been IN 4 class all by himself
rhat ho should retire as AN uude.
r,atcd champion to my mind cuts
Off nearly all argument
The question has frequently been
asked. however. as in the case with
other ring champions and in fact
u nearly every elias uf sport as to
what posnlun Icnrlcs would have
held had hr been born ten, twenty,
rry. cr even one hundred years
.co My answer i'm this ease would
o., the same Jynres has a variety
of ring accomplishments that no 9th.
nr puriist ever had and as search
through the pages of history reach
the same conclusion. that hc Stands
out a. the ideal pugilist Of al time
Old Tactics Lose Value.
In nearly every decade since the
days of Fgg in l7l' there has been
now champion. one man AZ least
who classcd above all his fellows.
From the old prints showing the
poses assumed, In tho ring by form
or champions and frcm all can
find in written history or have heard
during my travels about the world
from those who had close personal
contact with former champions. and
I have made probably more or a
study Of this matter than any other
man. do not find that the old
champions had anything that could
DC developed into any value today by
our flstic champions
In review of this subject We
must start away back In the old,
old days when ring contests were
held out in the open and the FOL
Owcrs Of the sport were largely
drawn from the toughest element
This was necessary. because 81 keen
was partisan feeling that when cith-
rr contestant showed signs of de-.
feat the ring ropes were cut and fire.
Guently the man with the touchcst
crowd behind him won the battle
II has taken years to change all
this and We e the present Say
should rejoice at the different condi.
tons that now prevail lioXiug con
toriums lighted 10y electricity. attend.
"a by men in evening dress and FIRE.
luently 10y women; there are pad
led ring posts and ropes. honest
~rfcrcos and large purses 20 offer
u pleasing contrast with conditions
of other days And. incidentally. /
call attention particularly 10 the fact
mat the character OF the men rngag
ed has much to do with this change
Brute Strength in the Past.
The prints of the early champions
chow maiorit, or poses in the
ug hut absolutely no indication of
what we today cal science u box
ing. our present day amateur.
would Doc r.d'culyd should they strih,
tbc samr attitude 20, the champion.
of even 100 years ago. and that De-
really ouD ten decades bon bu. pg
1hcy had chem to develop wrcetliu'
skill as wen as punching ability
aud their muscular development
viii admit was somclhiue 'u al
uIrr nut it NaF an summed mp d
nruto strength and tine science Nn.,
BOW mrnishoo tro p'waut sauce O.
H, sport WAS then almost pu'i~H
wr.up. Tny Same conditions loia
ncyoud the attraction o' noycu
would not only Nu the sp.rt bu