New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-03-14

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and Ju
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by facts. Joh1 - ~
heavyweight chani3 jI5l :, , - M ~ ~
under London Prize Tslhg rif1e and |
he never lost that titlel
The first real champion in pusil- |
ism was James Figg, an Englishman, |
who reigned back in 1919. From that |
time on for more than q century, the |
tracing of the cham pionship is rather |
rdificuIt. But in 1858 one finds Tom |
Sayers ranked as the heavyweight |
champion of England and John G..
Heenan, "The Benecia Boy, the out
standing warrior of the American
prize ring.
On April II, 186O%Sayers and Hee-
nan met in England in a battle for a
1000 side bet and the Heavyweight
cham pionship of the world" After
a battle of AZ rounds, which occupied
two hours and 20 minutes, toughs
broke into the ring and stopped the
} hght. The referee could do nothing
but call the fight a draw. Almost
! immediately after that battle Savers
retired from the ring and Heenan
claimed the heavyweight champion
! ship of the world. and hissclaim was
generally recognized.
Late in 1850 Sam Hurst of Eng
land whipped Tom Paddock, a fellow
Briton and a belt. emblematic of the
heavyweight championship of Great
Britain, was awarded. to him. on
January IS, 1861 Jem Mace defeated
Hurst and in turn became the cham
pion. On November 26, 1862, Tom
King whipped Mace in 81 rounds and
established rights to the heavyweight
championship of England. On De
cember 10, 1863, King clinched claim
to the title by defeating Hurst in n
rounds.
short while afterward King re-
tired from the ring. Joe Wormald
laid claim to the title. SO did Mace.
When Wormald retired temporarily
from the fighting world due to an in
jured hand, Mace was recognized as
the champion. In 1886 Mace, i'll de-
tending the championship, fought
draw with Joe Goss. A year SO
later Tom Allen, of England, came to
the front and after vainly challenging
Mace claimed the British heavy
weight title. But Mace etained the
belt. Then Allen came to the United
States
Meanwhile. various battles on AM
erican soil between American fight
ers. established Mike McCoole at the
top of the fighters in the United
States In 1863 Allen and McCoole
fought in st. Louis for 1.-The heavy
weight championship of the WORLD.
McCoole won in the 9th round oil a
foul but Allen refused to cOncede
McCoole's claims to the championship
of the world.
Shortly >afterward Mace came tC
the United States and sought a battle
with Allen. He was accommodated
The two Britons met in KenrcrsVille
Ind, May 10, 1870, and Mace won il
10 rounds. At once Mace declared
himself heavyweight champion of the
world. although McCooie, by virtue o.
his earlier victory over Allen, had {
better claim.
Mace became inactive as Il ring
performer along about 1873 and the:
Allen and McCoole decided to fgh
again to determine the real heavy
weight champion of the world" The,
met in st. Louis, September 23, 1877
and Allen, the Englishman, won il
seven rounds. The public then recog
nlZGd Allen as the KING OF heaVleS.
On May I. 1876 Allen fought 10
6Ioss and after one hour and tifty-tw
minutes of furious fighting Goss wo
and the crown was passed along t
him. On May 80, 1880, Goss tough
Paddy Ryan in Collier Station, Wes
Virginia. The men battled for )
rounds-and in the end Paddy Rya
was the winner.
And in 1882 John l.. Sullivan cam
along and knocked out Paddy Ryar
Doesn't that prove Sullivan's rigl
to the heavyweight cham piOnship
the world under London Prize Rim
rules:
From that day in 1882 until h
died. no man ever whipped John
in fight under London Prize Rim
rules And John L. fought the ne
men that would face him.
Some persons claim that Sulliva
was not the real heavyweight chan
uion because he failed to whip Cha
lie Mitchell who, at the time of the
second fight, was the outstanding o,
yilist in Great Britain. cut the rul
of the prize ring are specific on III
point:
A champion remains such I'm
beaten!
And Charlie Mitchell, although
put up ii wonderful fight against Jol
L., did not beat him. The best
rould do was to earn a draw. A
no King in pugihsm can DE oethron