The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-15
,nly man who defcated tho wonderfu]

only man who defeated the wonderful
Jsm Mace: Tom Allen. who downcd
Bill Davis in ST. Louis for the heavy
weight title of America in 1863: BiliN
Edwards. former lightweight cham
plon OF the world; Charley Norton,
h claimed the lightweight honors
of America after Edwards retired:
AIT Greenfield. once heavyweight king
OF England; Jem Carney. lightweight
champion of England; Billy Plimmer,
former bantam champion of the world,
AND owen Moran, former feather
weight champion of England.
London with its teemlng popula
ton. is far behind Birminsham as :.
producer. Among the title
holders born there recall Jem Smith.
heavyweight; Nunc Wallare, feather
weight; Fred Johnson. another fcath-
err; Matt Wells. the present light
weight champion of England. ana Sid
Burns. who claims the Welterweight
title OF his native country.
ireland. for its size. has produced
many great fighting men. We all re-
member reading of the great lighting
g We all remember reading of TN.
great Dan D~onnelly. who defeated the
English champion, George Cooper. or
the Courrash of Kildare: Jack Ran
dali the prime Irish lad. who was ONLY
a middleweight and crossed over tc
England and walloped all the British
champions in the big heavyweight
class; Jack Langan. another lrishman
n did likewise: Ned O'Baldwin. who
fought Jem Mace and Joe Wormald a
draw in England for championship
honors: Peter Maher. who defeated
Slavin. Godfrey. Chnynski. the Coffee
Cooler. and other good mon. and Tom
Sharkey. the champion of the .Amnri.
can navy.
Wales is the birthplace Of Bob
flt7slmmons. former heavyweight,
champion of the world: Freddie Wolcr
eN-llshtweisht champion of England
"ho is booked To meet Matty Wells
AGAIN before the National Sporting
club for the title. and lem, Drisco]l
the present featherweight champion Of
Eneland.
The greatest fighting city in Aus.
tralia certainly is sydney. New South
Wales. Nearl% all the great cham.
plons Of the Antipodes began thci,
ring careers in this famous fistic CITY
Among them l remember Feter Jack.
son, heavyweight champions; Bills
Murph%. f"atherWeisht chamrion ol
America and Australia; Critic. vino
defeated Murphy for the title: George
iSItN elSllr En3n11iON al
Australia: Paddy German. w%elter-
weight champion: Dan Creedan. mid
dleweisht champion: Frank 2. Slavin,
who became heavyweight champinn of
England by defeating Jenl Smith nm
der terrible conditions. Jim Hall. who
might have been hsavyweieht if he
had acted right: Jim Burce. the iron
man. II Bob Titzsimmons. 1t was
Larry Foley. an old pupil OF Jem
Mace. who turned out most of these
splendid Australians Tho clover s,vle
OF Mace was handed down TO the Aus
trallans by Foley. and they cerr.lniy
cut quite a figure in ring contests il,
this unit since twenty Years ago.
For a windup let mo pick out The
birthplace of the present American
TIL" holders. Johnny C'oulon was hrrn
at Toronto. Canada. mot Chicago. a..
siven by the record books. If Arn.ri-
can parents. l got this from the
clever little hantam champion himself
Johnny kilhane. tha featherweiEht
title holder. is a native If Clavaland.
Ohio. Adolph Wolsast. lici,tweieht
CHAMPION. first saw tho light at Cadjl-
lac. Mich. Mike Gibbons. who * prob
ably the neares: Ia the mlddleweieht
prize. is a native of st Paul. Jack
johnson, the heavTweicht chanrion.
was born az Galveston Tcy,