Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-07
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New York that he, his record and
his title are the bunk.
Il was the recognized 133-pound
champion for twelve years. held the
title longer. defended it more times
and went through more finish fights
than any other champion of any other
class" Jack says in self-defense.
"When started fighting in the pro-
fessional riig in 1885 there were only
four classes, the featherweight, light
weight, middleweight and heavy
weight and the featuerweight division
didn't amount to much.
There was no recognized worlds
lightweight champion until 1886,
when l claimed the title after Jimmy
Mitchell refused to fight. Edward
Holske, "a writer on the Boston Police
News gave me belt to defend as the
lightweight champion and | retained
it by knocking out Bill Frazier in
twenty ?one rounds in Boston, October
/ %, 1886.
an 1887 Harry Gilmore, champion
of Canada, came down with belt
supposed to be emblamatic of the
international lightweight champion
ship. | fought Gilmore with skin
gloves in Lawrence, Mass, on Jan,
II. 1887. In the twenty-eighth round
he gave up with broken nose and |
was almost blinded. 1t was tough
fight and | won the belt.
after the Gilmore fight, the Bos-
tor sports raised purse of $1,000
and gave me another belt to defend
as the worlds champion. The belt
was stolen some years later out of my
saloon in Brooklyn and was given to
jim Carney, the Englishman, who
still holds it.
Later in 1887 the Police Gazette
presented me with belt in recogni-
ton of tho worlds lightweight cham
pionship. | hooked the belt and put
the money on Blue Wing in the Brook
Ign Handicap and he was second by
whisker
THE editor of the Police Gazette
got the belt out of the pawnshop, had
it done over and presented it to Terry
McGovern, Sam Harris, who used to
manage McGovern, still has the belt
81 never kept track of the belts.
Money used to go easily in those loose
days and l was usually in need of
cash, so l hooked them just as soon as
! got them. When friends would ask
to see them | would tell them that
they were too valuable to carry
around and that ! had them locked
up in the safe.
I trr
doings was arranged in the old Wal
lick Theatre. The late John Sui
Ivan, master of ceremonies, was to
announce my retirement and intro
duce Kid Lavigne as the next champ
ion. He went through with long
speech and then turned to me and
asked for the belt. / told him | would
give it to him after the show. | was
all dolled up in the full dress and |
nearly had it torn off by Sullivan af-
forwards, when | handed levigne a
hook ticket for the belt"
McAuliffe claims to have been the
first champion under the Marquis Of
Queensbury rules in 1886 when he
knocked out Frazier. He fought I'M
der both rules, making 1873 pounds
for the Queensbury rules and 135 I'M
der the old London prize ring rules.
There was very few hghtweights
in those days who weighed less than
140 pounds. The biggest purse | ever
had offered me was $500 to meet
Dick Burge at Coney Island. He
weighed around 40 pounds and he
refused to make 1873 pounds so the
fight was called Off" McAuliffe says.
In defense of his four belts, Nc
Auliffe fought draw with Jem Car
neg in 1887; knocked out Sam Col
lyer, England, in 1888, knocked out
Jake Hyams in 1888; fought a draw
with Billy Myers in 1889; knocked
cut Jimmy Carroll in 1890; won from
Austin Gibbons in 1891 when the po-
lice stopped the fight and knocked
out Billy Myers in 1892. He retired
in 1907