The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-22

v who say he would have beaten the best fighter who ever lived the day he battered poor old Jeff into sub mission at Reno. Johnson. though he says he has retired stands head and shoulders above any of the pres ent day fighters He got his chance to fight Jeffries after chasing Tom my Burns around the world and beating him in four rounds at Syd- ney. \. s. w. on December 26, 1908
 DEMPSEY GONE BUT NOT FOR
 GOTTEN.
 Jack Dempsey. John Kelly was his real name. and he was known as the Nonpareil. He was a wonderful fighter who boxed them all big and little. and ruled with a firm hand until, out matched and outweighed, he fell before the cruel punches of Fitz- simmons. the Australian freak. i Dempsey was fighting Irishman from County Kildare. He is gone but not forgotten.
 Tommy Ryan.
 His right name is Joseph Youngs. but he lived up to the name Ryan as fighter. He was recognizd as middleweight champion when Bob F'itz started mingling with the heav- ies, and at one time was welter- weight champion. He fought his biggest battles when weighing be l tween HIS and 154 pounds Kid Mccoy was the only man who ever 1 squelched Ryan, and Mccoy was too big for him. Chicago fans will nev- CT forget the night Mccoy tricked | Ryan into getting in the ring out of condition and gave him a terrible beating for l. rounds. That was l in 1S97. Ryan fought his first i fight in 1888 and his last in 1907. They never make them any better at the weight.
 Stanley ketchei. l He was the last of the middle weight champions. We have had none since he was killed He was ! the greatest 15Spounder since the days of Fitzsimmons, and the power of his punch reminded one of Lanky ! Bob. He was game to the core and lost but once to a middleweight That was to Billy Papke, and he i beat Billy three times out of four. WALCOTT FOUGHT ALL ROUND. Joe WaIcott.
 1 He was king of the welters once and fought them all, large and small, i for eighteen years, Walcott was one of the few colored fighters whose gameness was never questioned. The little negro once almost cut a leg i off to box Kid Lavigne at 133 pounds and right here in Chicago fought big Fred Russell six rounds. Russell weighed over 200 pounds and was over six feet tall. Walcott had to i jump up in the air, to find his i jaw Walcott's most meritorious i performance was knockout of Joe Choynski in seven rounds. 1 Jack McAuliffe.
 He was lightweight boss and one of the few champions who ever re- tired without being whipped. He was the cOnqueror of Harry Gilmore, l Billy Meyers, and other stars of olden days. He won from Meyers, i the Streator Cyclone, in 15 rounds at New Orleans the night before Corgett whipped Sullivan. McAuliffe was a wonderful fighter, and when i he found he was through he did not go back into the ring for l beating
 George lavigne.
 and best of lightweights. Ring fans will never forget the time he took doughty Joe Walcott to a trimming after taking terrible punching for the first few rounds. The fight, their second one, was in 1897, and Lavigne won in 12 rounds. The first was 15 round draw. Lavigne. lost the championship to Frank Erne on a 20-round decision.
 CANS LIGHTWEIGHT WONDER. Joe Cans.
 He was a Jack Johnson. George l Dixon and a JCe Walcott all rolled into one colored lightweight. Frank Erne and Elbows McFadden are the only lightweights who ever beat him when he was good and he stopped | both of them afterwards. Erne ! knocked one of Joe's eyeballs out of place and won in eleven rounds, and McFadden actually knocked out Joe in 23 rounds. Battling Nelson beat Cans when the latter was a consumptive. Ring fans will never | forget Joe Cans He knew his place and better fighter never drew on a glove.
 Battling Nelson. A bulldog who never knew when to quit. the toughest fighter the ring |