The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-07
Birthday of Joe ChoynslSi.
 Greatest of Light Heavies

Every once in a while the sporting writers of New York and Philadelphia burst out with a. bIurb to the effect fhatgBattIing Levinsky is s'another Choyhski. g The Jew looks good but he still has a hard road to travel be- fore he, can claim to be as good as man as the great San Francisco fighter. Which reminds us that to- morrow will be the forty-sixth annilf versarys of the birth of Joe ChoynsIgi The mighty Joseph made his debut in the Golden Gate City on Nov. 8, 1868, and was less than two years the Junior Of that other great San Fran ciscan, James J. Corbett- Joe reached nearly six feet in altitude before he stopped growing. but he didn't 1iH out in proportion and when he was doing his best fighting he was not much over the middIeweight limit.
 J0e began his ring career thirty years ago, at about the time when from banker to boxer, and ths s'een- tlennan' was Joseph's first opponent. It was a bad start for Jim stopped him in the first chapter Joe won all of his next few starts against second raters, and in 1889 he decided to tae- was willing, and they were matched to fight at Fairfax Cal. but the cops broke up, the sport. A little later they met at sBenfcfa, Cal, famed as the early home of John Heenan, and Joe travelled tWenty-eight terrific rounds landing several wallops that staggered Jim and displaying remarkable clever ness and generalship before Corbett's superior weight and reach wore him down. A month or two later Qhoyn- ski and Corbett mingled in San Fran cisco and this t1m6 Joa was defeated in four rounds.
 Choynski then defeated Frank Nc Larney at Portland. Oress ana several other coats fighters. and then sailed for Australia. where he whipped Sew l ed by Joe Goddard the tough and durable 'sbarrier champion Nothing but an axe could dent Goddard.
 Upon his return to America Choyn- ski fought an exhibition with John L. Sullivan, and then went Hast, where l he knocked out Joe Godfrey in Phil ladelphia. A trip to London followed hand on his return he was matched with George Godfrey, at Coney Island
 winning by a knockout. In 1895 he fought a draw with Bob ftzslnnaons l at Boston AlfhouRh FItz was e,- act1y the same height as Choynslci. and didn't weigh much more, he had 8 considerable advantage in reach. Joe knocked F1tz down in. this bout l In 1898 Joe defeated Jim Hall, the Australian. but was, knocked out by i Tom Sharkey in San Francisco and by
 Peter Malner in New York. Both of these fights were short. but Choynski
 landed several blows that made his
 big opponents see stars.
 Tn 1897 Choynalzi was matched with
 Jim Jeffries and he held the giant to a draw In twenty fast rounds at I San Francisco. It was a famous af- I fair, scores of Los Angeles sports bet ting their rolls on Jeff, while the San l Fransico fans backed Joe to tbe limit.
 Jeff entered the ring weighing 22Q
 pounds, while Joe tipped the beam
 at only 16S. The veteran landed his
 best waIlops and used every trick in
 his repertoire. but he couldn't stag
 ger the giant Jeff, although the latter
 always declared that this fight was the toughest of his career up to his meeting with Johnson.
 I In his later battles Joe was de- feated by Kid Mccoy. Kid Carter aus
 Jack O'Briens but his worst defeae | was at the hands of the WelteFWeight
 negro, Joe Walcott. in 1900. That was l the worst blow of all when Choynslzi,
 the Giant Killer was himself whip
 ped by a much smaller man He
 avenged himself on the black race fn If1901, at Galveston. by stopping Jack
 Johnson. After he retired from the l,ring about ten years ago, Joe becanac
 a teacher of the art of which he -VFa
 so great a master. and became boxlnr
 and physical instructor of a 1eadsrr lathletic club of PzesasszEzh-