The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-17
NOVF|TY AMONG RING BOXERS
Is N|EEHAN FROM THE COAST
Went from FEyweights to the
Heayies - Beat Dempsey
and Is Ready for More
: Action.
~ant Prom F1ywetgn4s TO aeS'oe
Beat Dempsey And Is EeaoY So3
d, Moro Action
~ DICK RREXEE
fT,,st Rack From Wary

h- f.t toy-ial boy. who strikes one
mx h>inr more political than puSHESe4e'
Upright eyes that actually pour Aof't !,
happiness. great big regular s1n,te ai'o
"a sense Of hursor which an outS'oe. ~
preciates more than hirnset'-'n -.
william Meehan Of San franclsco' NC
only boxer who has tho dlst'nc,'ot1 v.
starting in the flyweiEhe class anu go.
all the way to the top notcn nea'S
1pe,ehts IN short Willie is Ike tne
American soldier who. upon SettlhS nts
A-t glass Of French beer. said: IL looha
ltte beer It smells like peer ensu ~
>epanos like beer. but somehow OF o.''1
dt lacks the authority. 80.
MeeAa, fought like fighter WIN .ffe
fes. Of fighters, but somehow OF o .ue,
ne lacked the reputation: that is' W.
lately. HIS ring humor has oeen -
ment rather than help 10 hitn' I1e ''s-S
inst come east from California "ner .;,, ue
-Soz,eht Jack Dempsey six bouts WINE
-, +he decision in three Of the
s..,4.e Deu,nsey won one and the other
tuo we're hfty-nfty. Veterans AZ ene
rfrs-stde at the last contest say tnat -
, the fight could have been OF nVe roonos
duration instead Of four. MT. DS1npses
s,vos,ld have been compelled % KISS the
canvas ,..
Mecha, had been giving exhibitions N
the various camps Of California LOT Cie
soldiers and was a big faYo1Ite WI -
men who staked their al " ~
bemocracy even though they never nHn
4ha Measure Of meeting that mysterious
rersoo He has also boxed Tor the III
,,a4es of st. Quentin prison and on one
occasaon at that institution after ne ana
Benrie Leonard. who was the seco,'o
party finished their bout. one OF Ci's
inmates (there were eighteen nutSo' w
nresent) asked Willie to sing a song.
Teehan. who is a good bit OF singer;
steeped to the footliGhts and requested
tho band leader to play Gee no"
hate to get up in the morning.
The leader did not know the song ana
,s,-ad While to hum it. Meehan did. out
stiu the music dispenser could not graz
the air. .,.s
How long have you been here" asked
Meehan. 49,. ,-,..
oner. -,,a,
Sweet Rosie O'Grady.
Willie started the song and mad just
finished the chorus when one OF 'l
-risoners Who was sitting IN the rear OF
the auditorium got up and star'eo 'oII
ward tho exit
..Whgt are you dotng. walking out on
rne?~ said Meehan-
He can't walk out II he wants 10
rsirned another inmate; "he IS lifer.
Mehan received his honorable dls-
charge from the United States navy las'
Feoqrary. he kept In shape by boxing
-vir, any -gub- who cared to pat on the
gloves. According to Billy GIBSON VINO
Az handling the business end, heenan Is
an set for anybody. any place. al enS
time, He has fought them al WIN
eredit-all excepting "hlaru-a1fo mas
never been decisively beaten Incl.oea
,1rnone hfs opoonents arc Sam LanS1ord.
pf11v Nlste Fred Fulton twice, (ano
F,,lton says newer aIsain.) Dempsey. as
~, xatd before, and Jack Dillon. licking
ne tar out Of the latter when he was In
Mic crime OF his defeats Of Dempsey
alone Gibson says, he ought to have
been the man selected by Rickard 10
Mznt willard