El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-04

pieces in the world. and no doubt
many Of these cards are held a. SOU
yenirs at this time. Jack was con-
sidercd quite a featherweiEht when
/ into lightweight Of considerable
merit II was i'm 1887 that he won
. The featherW light championship Of
New York among the amateurs. He
. then turned professional and the first
fight he had was with sEintight
gloves which ne won from Jack Nc
craze in nine rounds This contest
took place in Brooklyn, y. Y Later
he fought Willie Clark. considered a
very tough boy, and also Ike Weir.
the famous Buffalo Spider" whom
he lost TO in ten rounds. He also lost
a hard battle with the famous Kid
Mccoy in II rounds at Cleveland, O.,
in 1884
Among other top-notch men whom
Grace fought might be mentioned
Johnny Eanheest, owen Ziegier,
Jerome Quigiey. Tommy Lynch, Jack
Johns. He fought sam Newman 20
rounds in Calcutta. India. and not
long afterwards won from Young
Fitzsimm0ns in seven rounds In South
America. Quite a jump,
From there J-ek next appeared
in Bolivia, where he fought BIZ
Jones, and not long after he ap-
pcared in Western Australia.
where he had two fights and his
last one VS. with Geo. Johns,
whom he lost to in nine rounds
mt Sydney. Australia. Johns Wns
considered one Of the cIcverest
boxers in his time in the Antip-
Odes.
There are few more interesting
characters in the sporting game than
Jack Grace, and many nights have
been spent by prominent sporting
men in New York City as guests Of
Bat AIastersOn at Chanely's cafe. lis
tening to stories Of adventure by the
same Jack Grace.
Grouse to Come Beck.
Buck Grouse. the Pittsburg middle
weight who was well thought Of a
year or two ago among the 15S pOun-
ders, is making a strong effort to
come back. The smoky city has
turned out some very good middle
weights the past few years in George
Chip, Frank Klaus and Harry Greb,
the latter being one OF the conten-
ders at the present time for the
championship. Grouse is only %
years OF age now and he admits that
he has made mistakes in the past. but
under new management he wants to
get going again and says he viii have
no abb to offer if he fails to make
good. He wants to live down the
Fast and get new start.
At the present time he is Weighing
around 162 pounds. but says ne can
make the middleweight limit very
nicely. and he is most anxious to meet
his oldtime rival George Chip. and
also get another chance against
Harry Creb.
Grouse is very well thought Of by
the newspaper critics in the smol-y
city, as they think he is better than |
any Of the others as a boxer and when
right he classes with any Of tFem in
hitting ability. 1t all depends on his
condition and his willingness to train 4
and put his heart into his Z
work. It is very probable that one I
Of the Pittsburg clubs will give him l
a chance in the near future against 4
either Chip or Greb and IL will mean 7
the making or breaking Of Grouse. /
Fulton CIsims Title.
Now that Fred Fulton, the Mime ]
sofa giant, has put in a claim for the .
heavyweight Championship Of the I
world by notifying Jess Willard that I
unless he accepts his challenge and I
viii claim the same. Others are fol- /
lowing in the wake Of Fulton and will I
Law claim 10 the title as though il I
were vacant at this time.
Charlie Weinert. who was twice /
knocked out by Fulton in two I
-un@s, has made the ridiculous claim !
that he is best entitled TO Willards !
crown Charlie IS a very nice fellow /
personally. but he had better forget /
about the heavyweight title at pres I
ent
Bill Brennan. the Chicago heavy
weight. IS another claimant, and aC- 4
cOrdlHg to his record he is probably \
better qualified 70 contend for the I
same than many others. Bills man
ger. Leo Flynn. is sending out a
-.~fe-~ent to the effect that Bill has
scored more knockouts than any