Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

University Of Wisconsin and the
mOney nc earns through professional
f0hts pays his tuition. Here is the
story:
|HICAGo, ILL, Nov. s.-That an
I Client code Of the Marquis Of
Queensberry is going hand in
hand with Blackstone and other emit
nent legal authorities at the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin.
A young man from Racine, Wis, is
law student at the famous Madison
seat Of learning and is fighting his
way through school
He is a pretty fair sort of boxer
and Is taking matches in the ring
whenever and wherever he can get
them. He weighs 1873 pounds when in
condition.
His name is George Howard Love-
quest and he was born in the city Of
Chicago % years ago. He fights in
the ring under the name of Young
McGann.
Close inquiry reveals the fact that
he is probably the first and only MN
in America to-day who is finishing
college course and paying all of his
living expenses out of what he gets
from glove contests in different sec
lions Of the Middle West.
Studies Not Affected.
Further, Lovequest, or McGann, is
considered a good student, too, in ad-
dition to being a pretty good scrap
per During the summer school just
ended in Madison he attained marks
of 70, S5 and 81, which are rated well
above the ordinary.
The young man doesn't have to. do
this, because his folks in Racine are
well TODD, his father being a steam
filter and owning his own property
there. But youno Lovequest early "a
cided that he would not ask his faith
er to pay for his schooling, believing
that every young man who can
should pay his own way through. This
independence was encouraged, but
when las father discovered that he
had selected boxing as the means for
paying his tuition he entered Vigor-
Gus objections, but the son overcams
these easily.
He will graduate in 1915 and enter
a law office In Racine soon after.
definitely He says he doesn't care
for the game enough to follow 1t,
although he limited that II he beca ne
a real topnotcher he might continue
on until he had accumulated enough
money to make him independent. But
he loves his law books and does not
intend to ever be separated from
them for any length of time.
Authorities Do Not Object.
Since boxing has been legalized III
the state OF Wisconsin there can be
no objection to the boys professional
ideas. Even before the Heddin bill
was passed in the Badger State the
university authorities did not dis
courage him, 1t was generally known,
too. what he was doing, for several
times he returned to school with black
eyes and other bruises and had to
explain them.
I.oveuuest wac born on the South
Side in 1888, of American parentage.
There is a mixture Of Irish and Swe-
dish blood in the boy. His parents
moved to Racine fifteen years ago
and George went to the high school
there. He picked up little boxing
there and later got some lessons from
Joe Stehlik, of that place, being then
16 years old.
He could best most or the lauS in
the high school and began to be
known and respected as more than
ordinarily dangerous with the gloves
covering his hands, In September
1910. George realized his life's ambi
ton, entering Wisconsin as fresh
man law student. He Immediately
began to cast about for some means
of making his expenses, and chum
of his, Peter Mccain, suggested the
daring idea of his becoming a profess
sional boxer,
Gets SIPS For First Go.
1t appealed to the boy, but he
feared he might be asked to leave
school il it were found out. He made
some carefully guarded inquiries and
decided to take n chance.
His first battle was fought in Ore
gon, Wis in the barnlike opera house
there His opponent was young
fellow named Britt, of Madison, and
Britt was stopped in the very first
round.
The promoter OF the show there
upon handed Lovequest or Young
Mccain, as he was introduced, be-
cause he took his chum's name, s1.25
as his part Of the purse. There was
$40 taken in at the door,
That settled MCGann with mana
gers, and he decided to have none of
them He wasn't discouraged with
the game, and soon after got a chance
In Madison in a private battlef with
Red" Wilhelm. He got $3.50 for
boxing six rounds to a draw with
"Red" and began to feel that a fight
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