The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
BIRTHDAY OF THREE
 OLD VETERANS OF @
 THE PRIZE RING

l Three once famous warriors or the roped arena appear on the roll of to-
 days birthdays-AI aufman, George Green, and Jack Dougherty. Of the l trio, Green was the only one who at tained to championship standing, and he did not hold his. honors very long. George was born in San Francisco forty-fo UT years gosto-day. He came
 of a prominent and weII-to-do fam fly, and might have shone in social
 and financial circles, but his love for
 boxing led him to adopt the Diff game
 as his profession. Green first don ned the gloves at an amateur club
 where Jim Corbett was boxing in
 as Jims pupil and protege. Inci-
 dentally, he is the only man ftGentle- man Jim'' ever favored with his pa tronage who amounted to anything in the ring Corbett has picked a
 lot of lemons in his time,5 the latest
 being Tom CoWler, the Cumberland Colossus It is only fair to add that Tom still has a chance to win 1au- Erels in the game, but up to date he
 hasn't shown those qualities which the fans expected as a result of Cor- bettss husiasticA praise.
 Green was the first and original esY oung. Corbett,', :, and chose that mon= akers long before Billy RothweIl the Denver boy started the career which made him the featherwefghtl cham pion of the world. George whip ped a number of the Coast boxers be- the effete East. He didn't progress any farther than Roby, Ind., where he fought Paddy Smith and was knocked out in the twenty-eighth round. George then returned to his native town, a very discouraged lad, but Corbett again took schargezof him and after a year of hard work he took George to New York and issued a challenge to all the eastern light weights, oung .Corbett'' fought Jim Holmes. Eddie Pierce and Jack Hayes stThe Fig ghting B1aeksmith,', at .Eoney Island and knocked all of 'en o{at. He then went to Baltimore and landed ass1eep wafIop on ShadoW Ma Der, the clever Australian.
 Green then returned to San Fran cisco, and in 1896 he defeated Danny Needham, Owen ZiAgler and Tommy Tracey. The fe1IoWi ingryear he was matched tonight Billy Smith at Car son City for the welterWeight title. He won a victory in twelve rounds, but his victory was overshadowed by the defeat of his friend and mentor, Jim Corbett, 3who lost the heavyweight honors to Bob: Fftzsimmens the same day Green. defended his title against Charlie McKeever and Owen Ziegler, but toward the close of the year he was Knocked out by Joe Wal cot. The following year he defeated Dan Creedon. the Australian middle weight, but lost. to Tommy Ryanf and Mysterious Billy Smith, and soon af- terward retired from the game.
 Al Kaufman, who aspired to the heavyweight title a few years ago. was born thirty years ago to-day in San Francisco. As an amateur boxer Al was a marvel, but he was only nine teen when he was sent against Phi1a- delphia Jack OB'rien and swas knock ed out. in the seventeenth round. The willy veteran gave Al a terrible beat ing, but Kaufman was game to the Iast-too game for his own good. All though he afterward knocked out Dave Barry, George Gardner, Mike Schreck,i Jim Flynn Jim Barry, and other good heavies, he never fully recovered from the effects of the O'Brien fight, and he soon began to slip back.
 Jack Dougherty.TWho. was born. in England thirty -four years ago to-day, was a good lightweight and we4ter weight, but. not quite good enough. He started fighting in Milwaukee, and most of his bouts were pulled off in that city and vicinity. He made his first trip East iA 1906 and was knock ed out by Joe Wa1cott at Boston. A little later he was knocked out by Mike CTwin) Sullivan at Butte and by Jimmy Gardner at Davenport and his championship ambitions went Il