Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-02


plenty on Victories marked down %
aIatiy'a ilsl. bat there arc also dticals
N abundance one ni9hi ne fights IKE
q champ ana me neat IKE ohump.
Hpl he u STIR prcofded chance for
hish honofs n h'n clasa. iust beeauas
nobody cnn teil when he VIII show
The rapid winning streak.
Fon this eide ~ TIE water We have
ceased "a reeord Moran NJ dnunerf
ouk quantity N the llehiwelnht class
but ufirnef owen nor hls country
men take That view ~ the case. ana
he exliaeia 10 return hero shortly FOR
business. aofan has been bcaten fire.
quently here. ioalnR 20 Murphy. bald.
win, Charley white. Jack white. Joe
Msudot ana lm9lns tbn X. Q. brand
stamped on his iowl BY Woleast
'Knoekout brown ~ New York owl
IDENTITY carried hoodoo moniker
when he Visited the Golden Date. for
sinrc Dla agqlvol on the coast iboth
named bud Anderson hive slnnEhed
nim for ahe ten count Tina majority
Rivers and promising yoonnsteF
~ Browns battles took plaro in abe
east under the no decision .rlnnac
nne no WAS frequently uutphiniSd. aui
looked upon an iunEerous on acesang
.of his punching powera.
"And that's me lineup OF EN-. Not
one. except McFarlnna. with m abso-
mtelv clean record pacNey has been
boxing since 1904 ana lne worst ne
ever got was q draw. although he has
participated In over one hundred bat
tles.''
well. what % ~" querIed his
friend as the statistical bug paused
TOT breath. apo you mean 10 infer
that our ilghiweiehts nowadays are a
set % dubsg"
May. nay" auoih the 3. y. They're
all right. pal. I was only shown you
eumpin. and as a matter of fact there
have only been two lightweight cham
pions who won the title without first
having lost battles. Jack McAullHe.
our frst Queensberry champion. had
no setbacks recorded against him and
retired undefeated. His successor,
Kid favigne began fighting In 1889.
and won the worlds championship by
his victory over Dick Burge % Eng
land IN 1895. Lavisne's irSt defeat
was ~ the hands OF Mysterious Billy
Smith az Frisco In fourteen rounds,
March 10. 1899. II was n fool match
for the Kid so make. as smith was n
big. husky welter. and one of the
toughest Of hts class A little over
three months later Iavisne lost the
title 20 Erne a. Runhlo. But for nine
straight years Invigne had gone along
without "a much "a losing decision
Frank Erne was beaten by Martin
Fiaherty and George Dixon before haI
annexed Laviene's title. Erne's con-
queror. Joe Cans. lost four decisions
and was knocked ont by joe Mcfad-
den prior to his grabbing the prize.
Az for HAT Nelson. the sgueicher of
Cans. Il was a mighty poor sort ot
mitt binger who couidn't beat up the
Battler In the iattcr's early days, and
a round dozen OF 'em secured decls-
ions over him. Wolgast came pretty
close 10 eqmaiing I.avigne's perform
ance. as he lost but one decision be.
fore winning the championship from
Nelson. Curiously enough. the chap
who bested him In four rounds on
that occasion fought under the mont
ker Of Young Nelson. ~ happened
during 1906. the year Al started box
ing And that brings US right mp to-
the present time. with willy Richie
as champlon--now. Rlchie-hus-;
where are you going2"
Far away from mere" Kissed the
unwilling recipient Of Information. as
he slid swiftly through the door. Ieav-
ing the :. r. 20 seek for another vic
tim.