The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-18
BENNY YANGER,
 ONE OF BEST ITALIAN BOXERS, B TODAY

Although no Italian naB ever won a worlds pugilistio title, many of the sons of sunny Italy have been game and clever boxers. One of the best of them was Benny Yanger, who re- tired from the ring about six years ago after a long career as a feather weight and lightweight Yanger, who was sometimes called. The Tipton Slasher,'' was born in New York City thirty three years ago today, Feb. IS, 1882. He stood only a. little over i've feet five inches.
 Benny was about seventeen when he started fighting, first as 8 bantam and later in the feather and lightweight divisions. He won many Of his early battles by knockouts, and among his victims were several boys who later held championships. In 1900 he Knocked out Harry Forbes in the fifth round Of a bout in Chicago, shortly before the Rockford boy won the worlds bantamweight title. In the same year he stopped Young Corbett and the next year the Denver lad annexed the featherweight title by knocking out Terry McGovern at Hartford. The little Italian also ad- ministered the sleep dope to Tommy McGovern, the famous Chicago boxer, and batt1ed draws with George Dixon and Young Corbett.
 At that period Yanger looked like coming champion, but the hoodoo that prevents Italians from reaching the top of the pugf1istic ladder was still at work Yanger defeated Young Corbett and Harry Forbes shortly be- fore they became champions, and in 1901 he whipped George Dixon short 1y after the Chocolate Drop had lost his featherweigtt honors to Terry McGovern. The Italian outpointed the clever negro in fifteen fast rounds at St. Louis. In 1902 Yanger stopped Abe Atteu in nineteen rounds, not many months before the little Hebrew claimed the featherweight title. Ben ny also defeated Austin Rice the veteran Iron Man, at Chicago. and Kid Herman, the Montreal Hebrew. was knocked out in the third round by the little Italian.
 In 1903 Yanger whipped Kid Broad, the Cornishman, in twenty ! round bout in Louisville, and defeated Hugh McPadden in Detroit Yanger then went to the Pacific Coast, where he was matched to fight Eddie Han 1 Ion, the little California @phenoYn''
 who had made such a brilliant rise in
 the f1st1c profession In their first battle, pulled off in San Francisco Benny held Eddie to a draw after 1 twenty rounds of brilliant work. They
 were matched again a few months
 later, and this time HanIon receiyed
 the decision, although Yanger went l e-AO @1AA IHSnly-rOunQ route, and
 made good showing. This was the first time in his career the Italian bow l had tasted defeat
 Yanger then returned to Chicago l and fought a draw with Aurelto Her rora, the Mexican lightweight. He l then defeated Charlie Neary in Mil
 Waukee, after which he was again
 marched with Herrera. His second l session with the Mexican took place in Butte, Mont, and Yanger was
 knocked out in the eighth round Ii
 was the turning of the tide for inc
 little Italian, and he was never las good again He defeated Maurice ] savers in Mi1wauke, and then went East and was stopped in the first
 round by Harry Lewis at Baltimore | In 1906 he was knocked out bv Torn my Murphy at Philadelphia, and lost | to Kid Herman at IndianapoIis. tr
 Steve Kinney at Davenport, and tc l Macty Baldwin at Boston In 1907 he | fought his last important bout wher
 he was knocked out by Packev Mo. 1 Farland at Fort Wayne, Ind A vea, | ortWo later he tried to pull a. come. back, but met only inferior men. Tr l his prime Yanger was a great little
 boxer, and he ranks among the hes, or the near-chamDiOns