The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-07-09

0ghtsr than any other manager:
Nolan moro money.
m9 10 an interesting list Posi-.
by 0raney's IsAninG toward Cor.
= bstt ~ one Of the two greatest
heavyweishts" might b explained ~
Nh personal friendship for the sx-cham.
plsa. who was born and brought up In
The same part Of San francisco that Dc.
voaeped Oraney himself. Cosbstt's rsoorl
o not startling. He made great nights
a0aiust Choynsid. Peter jackson. John
L Sullivan and Charlie Mitchell. But
~ weighed iS3 to ChoynsaEi's i7S Dulii.
VA was past his prime; Peer Jackson
had . sprainsd ankle and stood on one
cot, pivoting on one foot ~ Corbstt
danced around him for siHty.ons rouh1s
1eltehsll weighed only lea pounds. After
this Corbett was beaten by Titssimmons,
0hArksy and JsRriss In turn. II doesn't
Z Jeok like the record Of greatest"
champion.
. Dempsey was the greatest middle.
wsisht when weight 10 considered" says
0ransy. when he beat Billy McCar.y
for the championship he weighed only
OF negro boxers oransy Gays: "of all
The great colorsd lighters no others svsr
saualisd Peter Jackson. Joe Waloott
and 0sorge Dixon"
The samsst thing he ever saw was in
che Corbett- Choynski aght on . barge IN
aAn Pablo Bay. Joe had been badly
6ea1sn up. His lsgs became cranpsd
70 nat he could hardly stand. Both
eyeo were closed tight. In the interval
before the twsnty-fourth round Jack
Dempsey Whispered TO 0ransy suggest.
.tng that they had better throw up the
spoaSa Choynaki. swAying In his cor.
nef. gvoped around and. finding 0ransy,
1eaned over and whispsred into his ear,
sDon't let them throw UP the sponge,
1dAis: ia rather BE- killed than that. .
Corbstt won In the twsnty-ssvsnth
.seun1 EITHER" declares oransy. could
have whipped any man In the world st
thAt tims. barring only Peter Jackson.
Partly ~ result Of that battle Corbeti
,A0ver fought shove III pounds afeer-
Nor1: Choynsh abovs les. have
Sftsa wondered what these men might
AAys done aftsrward In the ring II they
oAlnt fought sach other"
'VVyDLI. we'll, Now they're exposing
w the dark. mystsrious past OF
W 0unboa& Smith. His name.
,thsy cay. isn't snlth At all. and he's ne
>mors Irish than Johnny Dundee" ID
ocetch. Jim Buckisy's frantic protests
70 the contrary notwithstanding.
'Ounboat" 10 . native Of Mica Town.
yAiD. Minnesota. ana his real name Il
inward Eckbiad. With the Oibboni
boys "Ounboat" he bane kesping old
Minnesota right square on the MAO. BY
yiaksi
~ HE discovery Of 0unboat's sscrsl
will be q terrible blow TO Buck.
= ley. but James can look over the
list Of champions and nsar champions
and see that II isn't absolutely nsoessar!
20 have any trace Of that famous
Irish nghting blood" OF course Boil
'Fitssimmons. Jim Corbstt. Terry Nc
Govern. Johnny Kilbaas. Sammy Kelly
Patsy Haley. John L. sullivan. Jimm,
other Irishmen have brought fame /,
the ring. But don't overlook Q fsy
others. Tommy Ryan was Of Q mixst
aascent-B0hemian-I Luther Nc
Carly was Irsh-Indian. Carl Norri
0srman-lndian. LAwtsne was French
Canadian. Young Corbstt was Tsutou
Battling Nelson Dane. Cross and AZ
tell Hebrews. Dixon. Cans: waleo'
Iangford and johnson Of African negr
descent, Erne. q Swiss. Rubin . Ger
man. Dundee an Italian. Driscoii an
Tommy West Welshmsn. Jim JsdS1ss'
family was American for over Q hun
dred years. English before thaA.
Note that ] refer to Bob Fttxgimmon
~ Irish. II 10 generally known that h
yes born In Cornwall and brought up 4
New Zealand. but his mother and lathe
: both came from Ireland originally. an
Fits even intimates that there u Q lon
line OF Irish kings somewhere IN hi
ancestral tree.
Yea. q little Irish blood doesn't do
fighter any harm! But there are q 70,
oGhtsrs from other parts Of the world