The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

who never got a chance to be cham
pion because John L. drew the color
line. He tried for years to coax Sui
Ivan into the ring with him, but
failed. When he had lost his STAN
ina and strength Jackson fell an
easy victim to Jeffries in three
rounds. He was probably the most
popular and most admired of all
the colored boxers.
JACK JoHNSoN-The man who
beat Jeffries. and the first colored
fighter to win the heavyweight
championship. He is boxing ma
chine. one of the best in history,
and there are those who say he
would have beaten the best fighter
who ever lived the day he battered
poor old JEFF into submission at
Reno. Johnson. although he says
he has retired. stands head and
shoulders above any of the pres
ent day fighters. He got his chance
to fight Jeffries after chasing Tom
my Burns around the world and
beating him in fourteen rounds at
Sydney. N. 8. W.. on December 20,
1908.
JACK DEMPSEY GONE,
But NOT FORGOTTEN.
JACK DEMPSEY-Jolln Kelly
was his real name. and he was
known as the Nonpareil. He was n
wonderful fighter, who boxed them
all. big and little. and ruled with
firm hand until outmatched and
outweighed, he fell before the cruel
punches OF Fitzsimmops. the Aus
tralian freak, when very sick man.
Dempsey was a fighting Irishman
from County Kildare. He is gone.
but not forgotten.
TOMMY RYAN-His right name
Is Joseph Youngs, but he lived up
to the name Of Ryan as fighter.
He was recognized. as middleweight
champion when Bob Fitz started
mingling with the heavies and at
one time was welterweight cham
pion. He fought his biggest battles
when weighing between 14s and
1854 pounds. Kid Mccoy was the
only man who ever squelched Ryan.
and Mccoy was too big for him.
Chicago fans will never forget the
night Mccoy tricked Ryan into get
ting into the ring out of condition
and gave him terrible beating for
fifteen rounds. That was in 1897.
Ryan fought his first fight in 1898
and his last in 1907. They never
. make them any better at the weight.
STANLEY KETCHEL-He was
the last Of the middleweight cham
pions. We have had none since he
was killed. He was the greatest
15S-pounder since the days of Fitz-
simmons, and the power of his
punch reminded one of Lanky Bob.
He was game to the core. and lost
but once. to a middleweight. That
was to Billy Papke, and he beat
Billy three times out of four.
JOE WALCOTT-He was king of
tho welters once and fought them
all, large and small, for fifteen
years. Walcott was one of the few
colored fighters whose gameness
was never questioned. The little
negro once almost cut leg off to
box Kid Lavigne at 1873 pounds, and
In Chicago fought big Fred Russell
six rounds. Russell weighed over
zoo pounds and was. over six feet
tall. Walcott had to jump up in
the air to find his jaw. Walcott's
last meritorious performance was
Knockout OF Joe Choynski in seven
rounds.
JACK M'AULIFFE-He was
lightweight boss and one OF the few
champions who ever retired without
being whipped. He was the con-
queror of Harry Gilmore. Billy
Meyers and other stars of oIden
days He won from Meyers, the
Streator Cyclone, in fifteen rounds
ut New Orleans, the night before
Corbett whipped Sullivan. McAullffe
was n wonderful fighter. and when
he was through he did not go back
into the ring for a beating.
GEORGE LAvIGNE-The sagi-
nav Kid. was the bravest and best
Of Ightweights. Ring fans never
will forget the time he took doughty
Joe Walcott to trimming after
taking a terrible punching for the
first few rounds. That fight, their
second one. was in 1897. and La
vigne won IN twelve rounds. The