The Alaska citizen., 1913-07-07

the top rung Of the ladder. Some
rafting good lads have been turned
out there. plenty OF near champs. IS
bat just al NJ the time their cham
pionship aspirants looked as if thew
might De realized. some enemy from
The outer world would block the
way up a strenuous jaw jolt and
relegate the Quaker to back seat
LONG ON CHAMPS.
Brooklyn and Boston have bred
and developed more worlds cham
2ions than any other cities in Amer
,ca, with h nors slightly in favor Of
The first mentioned While Brook
lyn no longer possesses a separate
identity. being merged into Greater
New York. yet fer the pun ,.oses
OF this article it must be considered
according To its old-time record. in
the heavyweight division. Johnny
pwyer. before the advent f the
mighty John l.. Sullivan. was Amer
ica'S champion. James Dunno, keeper
OF The Brooklyn city hall. was
counted even better man than
pwyer, but he only fought a few
battles, in which he was victorious.
and retired. When Jack Dempsey
defeated Pete Mccoy for the mid
dlew light championship Brooklyn
furnished another champion and a
few years later Jack McAuliffe.
neighbor and fellow workman of
pemFsey's in Brooklyn. won the
lightweight championship by defeat.
ing Harry Gilmore With the death
OF Dempsey not long after being
whipped by Fitzsimmons. and he re-
tirement OF McAuliffe. new cham
pion in the bantam division. made
his appearance-the Terrible Terry
McGovern.' For a number of years
the little Brooklynte held sway. UNI
I'll dethroned by Young" Corhett,
Boston has the distinction of be-
ing the birthplace of the most pop
ular fighter Of modern times-the
great John l.. Sullivan. who for
twelve years held the heavyweight
championship of the world George
Dixon, although a native OF Nova
Scotia lived the greater part of his
life in Boston. 1t was there he
learned the fighting game, and when
featherweight champion made that
city his home. Joe Goss. although
an Englishman. beat Tom Allen for
the American heavyweight cham
pionship. and at the time was resi-
dent OF Boston. where he eventually
died. Paddy Ryan. who defeated
Goss fer the heavyweight champion
ship. was a native of Troy, \. Y.
James ]. Corbett. who wrested the
heavyweight laurels from Sullivan
first saw the light OF day in San
Francisco, while Bob Fitzsimmons.
who defeated Corbett, was born in
f-nSldliu. jim JellelltS IL d native
OF Los Angeles, Cal. and his con
queror Johnson, halls from Calves
n. Texas Kid Lavigne, who sue
cteded McAulffe as the lightweight
champion. was born In Saginaw,
Mich His successor. Frank Erne,
was Buffalo product. and Joe
Cans, who took the title away from
Erne. claimed Baltimore for his
home town. Battling Nelson, al
though born in Denmark, rose to
fighting eminence and shared Cans
title while resident of Chicago.
Ad Wolgast. the past monarch of
the lightweight grade, is another
Michigan star, with Cadillac for his
birthplace Tommy Warren, the
featherweight champion, twenty-odd
years ago, hailed from Texas. and
Ike Weir, the Belfast Spider" who
succeeded Warren, was from the
"ould sod" Johnny Murphy. OF
Boston. claimed a victory over Weir
and at the same time grabbed the
feather championships Cal Mccarthy,
who beat Murphy. was from Jersey
City. and was defeated in turn by
Dixon.
BANTAMS IN CHICAGO.
Chicago has been peculiarly for
tunate in rearing champions in the
bantam division. In the early 80
Jimmy Barry held the title and re-
tired undefeated. Harry Forbes was
bantam king until defeated by
frankie Neil, of California, and Har-
ry Harris, another Chicagoan, Whip
ed Pedlar Palmer, OF England, be-
COMO +ba National Snortinu cluh Of