The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-20


 ''hea1th farmer" has been engaged for eighteen years in the training of athletes and the building I'D of run down people, and is a recognized al1- thority on all subjects connected with athletics physical culture. and scien- Etihc exerciSe.l
 Where do the great boxers come from?
 During the course of an investiga.- ton into this subject I have looked i4into the antecedents of one hundred ischampions. near-champions and larunners-up of the Queenaberry era. I have made no attempt to pick out the hundred best boxers Of the present generation, since that would involve enoiess differences of opinion. have included all the champions of the last litwenty-dve or thirty years, and others who were or are ear-champions, as tsWen as some of the best of the also rams Right here I admit that it is lsprobable that. some boxers have been | omitted who were better men than Esome of those included, but I have
 sought to make the list fairly well representative.
 For the purposes of this compilation
 have selected the following men, the
 place of birth following each name: I Bantamweights: George. Dixon, Hal l flax N. S., Caspar Leon, Palermo. Si- | cI1ys Jimmy Barry, Chicago: Harry | Forbes. Rockford, III; Frankie Neil, I San Francisco; Joe Bowker, 1Ealford l Eng: Jimmy Walsh, Newton, Mass :: Harry Harris, Chicago: Digger Stan-
 ley. Norwich, Eng; Johnny Cou1on. Toronto, Cam; Eddie Campi. San
 Francisco; Kid williams, Copenhagen, | Denmark.
 l Featherweights: Tommy Warren, I os Angeles: Ike Weir. Belfast, Ire
 land; Frank Murphy. Ireland; Billy
 Murphy, Auckland. N. z.; Johnny l Griffin, Braintree, Mass. SoI1y Smith
 oB Angeles; Dave Sullivan, Cork. Ire land; Ben Jordan, Bermondsey, Eng I Eddie Santry, Aurora, ILL, Terry Mo I Govern, Johnstown, Pa; Young Cor I bett, Denver; Abe Attell, San Francis
 co; Tommy Sullivan. Brooklyn; John l ny Ki1bane, Cleveland; Johnny Dun I dee. sharEasi, Italy; Pedlar Palmer. Fl Bennington. Eng; Johnny avacax,
 Montreal: Jack Skel1y. Brooklyn; Bill ly Trimmer Birmingham. Eng. l Idghtweiglnts. Jack AGcAuliffe. Cork,
 Mich. Frank Hrne, Zurich, Switzer-
 land; Joe Cans. Baltimore; Jimmy Britt, San Francisco; Battling Nelson, Copenhagen, Denmark; Ad Wolgast
 Cadillac. Mich Willie Ritclie, San
 Francisco; Freddie Welsh, Pontypritld
 Wales; Packey Mcfarland. Chicago; Il Jack Britton, Clinton, N. F.; each N Cross, New York; Charlie White. Lav- II erpooI, Eng; Joe Mandot, New Or leanss Young Griffo, Sydney Aus.s Joe I Rivers, Los Angeles: Kid Herman, Montreal; Charley Neary, Mi1waukee; Jen Carney. England; Tommy Mur- I phy, New York.
 l ~ Welterweights: Billy Smith. East
 port Me; Tommy Ryan, Redwood. N. 1 Y; Kid Mccoy, Rush county, Ind; T George Dawson. Dark Corner. Aus
 tralia; George Green ('.Yquns Cor I PittsburgI1; Matty Matthews. New 1 York; LJoe Walcott. British Guiana; I ixie Kid. Fulton, Mo; Honey Melody
 charIestown. Mass..; Mike Twin I Sullivan, Cambridge. Mass; Jimmy
 Gardner, County CIares Ireland; Ray
 Bronson, Webster City. Ia- I Middleweights: Jack Dempsey. l County Kildare. Ireland: George La I Blanche. Point Levi. Quebec; Jack IlO'Brien, Philadelphia; Jack Twin l Sullivan, Cambridge, Mass; Stanley
 Ketche1. Grand Rapids, Mich; Billy l Papke, Spring Valley, H.; Johnny
 Thompson. Ogle County. Ill.,; Frank
 Klaus, Pittsburgh; George Chip. l Scranton, Pr.; Jimmy Cabby, Nor 1 wich. Conn; Eddie McGoorty, Eureka,
 Wis; Mike Gibbons. St. Paul, Minn;
 Jack Dillon, Frankfort, Ind; Hugo Kelly. Florence. Italy; Jack Root, Bo- l henia, Australia; George Gardner. 1 County Clare, Ireland; Tommy West Cardiff, Wales; Jim Hall. Sydney, Aus
 tralia.
 Heavyweights: John L. Sullivan
 Boston; James T. Corbett, San Fran
 cisco; Peter Jackson. West Indies;
 Charlie Mitchell Birmingh gham. Eng. ;; Robert F1tzsimmons, HeIston, Corn
 wall. Eng; James J. JeHries. Carroll,
 O.; Marvin Hart, Louisville; Tommy Burns Hanover. Ont; Jack Johnson, | Galveston, Texas; Sam Langford h Lens, France; Tom SharkeY, Dunda1k, Ireland; Gunboat Smith. PhiladeI- phia; Battling Levtnsky. Philadelphia;
 Joe Jeannette, Heboken, N. J.; Luther \ McCarthy. Hitchcock county. Neb.; Frank Slavin, Maitland, Australia; Pe- l ter Maher, Galway, Ireland.
 Of this list of 8 hundred boxers. I fifty eight were born in the United I States, thirty-four in England, Ire 1 land, Canada, Australia and other
 parts of the British Empire, and eight i on the continent of Europe. s As the birthplace of star boxers, u San Francisco easily takes the lead I among cities the above list includ- \ ing seven who made their debut ip Fl the Golden Gate City.
 A study of these statistics shows
 that the majority of the best boxers
 are the product of. big cities Of l those in this list. born in the United
 States and Canada, forty were natives
 of large cities, and twenty-six hailed from smaller cities. towns and vi1- , Ia ges. Outside of North America, the II division between urban and rural communities is more nearly equal with eighteen natives of big cities and
 sixteen of smaller places.
 Among the states of the Union, Cal ifornia is the foremost as a producing
 center of pugilists, according to this | list. The Golden State has ten of it's | credit. New York, Illinois and Penn sylvania are tied for second place, each having seven native sons on the . list, three haiIing from the Province of Quebec. and two each from Nova [. Scotia and Ontario.