The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-19
JEWS ARE GALLANT
 FIGHTERS IN RING AS
 WE'LL AS IN BATTLE

st IhoSe WhOs Know anything or He brew history are not at all surprised by the Jews who are now serving their countries on European battle fields. Palestine was the Belgium of the ancient world, surrounded by vast and powerful empires and everyone knows what devoted heroism the Jews manifested in defending their coun- try against their foes. Old Gen. Fla vius s. Titus, with all his Roman 1ez gfons and machinery of warfare, found the siege of Jerusalem the hardest job he had eyer tackled, ands while defending their city, the Jews found time to fight among themselves.
 The Russian army conn prises a large percentage of Hebrews, and, in spite Of the persecution to which they have l4been subjected in the Czar's country the Jews are reported to be among the best of the Muscovite troops. The. armies of England contain many He Ebrews, and the same is true of the American army. Of the seventeen soldiers killed at Vera Cruz. two were Jews.
 In the pugi1istic arena as well as on the battlefield, the Jews have won fame as fighters. The cleverest and most scientific of the carry pugilists of England was Daniel Mendoza a Spanish English Jew, to whom Thack- cray referred as that fighting mem Der of a fighting race-''
 Daniel Mendoza was the first Jew to attain prominence in the ring. He twas born in London in 1764, and, aI- | though lighter in weight than most of l the heavyweights of his time, he l fought his way to the championship l of England. His ring work was a revelation to the fancy, who hailed him as the father of scientific fiStic l disrepute, and almost into oblivion, when Mendoza, appeared, and to him belonged much of the credit for say ling the game His boxing school in London was patronized by some of the greatest men of the time, and Men doza was honored as man as we'll as a pugilist. He had cousin, Aaron I Mendoza, who was also a. fair fighter and long prominent in pugilistic cir IcIes.
 Another great Jewish pugfIist, a contemporary of Mendoza, was Isaac Bitton, a giant in stature, who weigh ed 240 pounds in his ring clothes I Bitton whipped some of the best men of his time, but he lacked Mendoza's l cleverness. and generalship, and never l held the Championship
 In the early part of the nineteenth l century the fighting honors of fight l ing race were upheld by a number Of good men, among them Dutch Sam l and Ably BeIasco. For his weight,
 Dutch Sam was the best fighter of the I l him in his prime. One of his greatest 1 scraps was with Bob Britton- The i latter was ringer a clever fighter l who under an assumed name, posed as | a rural yokeL Dutch Sam was ta- | ken in by the trick and didn't train
 for the but, but at that he gave Brit
 ton a thorough drubbing in thirty irounds
 Young Dutch Sam, who was at the height of his career in the '30's, was the best nniddleweight of the period,
 and the cleverest boxer of his time.
 Izzy Lazarus was another famous
 Jewish fighter who could hold his own
 with the best of them
 I IN Those who imagine that Jews are not fighters should look over the list
 of present-day boxers. While the
 Irish predominate, the Jews can give them run for their money In fact t=the Irish and the Jews are the great lest of fighting peoples, even if, as to
 a navy, they haven't a rowboat be-
 tween en1.''
 Abe AtteIl, the former feather . weight champion, is a Jewish boxer who will long be remembered by fans
 who admire a rugged, game and clever everything a featherweight boxer
 needs And Monte AtteI was nc
 s1ouch of a fighter, either.
 Matt Wells, who won the English
 lightweight championship in 1911 by l defeating Freddie Welsh is He
 brew. Charlie White is another
 English Hebrew who has unused uI i a lot of good nghtweights. and Jack
 White has also made a good record
 on this side of the Atlantic, though
 he was knocked out by Johnny Dun
 dee at Vernon.
 WaIlach out of the ring, is one of the