The Bismarck tribune., 1924-07-15
BISMARCK BOY
ISB00STED AS
CHAMP BOXER
Jack McCann Is Coming Sue
cessor to Jack Dempsey,
Claims Los Angeles Man
TAKES HIM UNDER WING

Will Jack Dcmpscy's successor be
a Bismarck boy?
Fred Winsor of Los Angeles who
is declared to have discovered Jack
Dempsey, says that Jack McCann oil
Bismarck, will rise to the dizzy
heights of pugilistic fame in the
nation.
McCann now is in Los Angeles and
he has been taken under the wing
Of Winsor who is enthusiastic about
his discovery. McCann went to the
coast a few weeks ago.
"Jack" McCann, whose correct
first name is Ralph, was reared on
the ranch of his father near Sanger
his father now living in Bismarck.
"Jack" wanted toSbox, so he came
to Bismarck three or four years ago
to take lessons. He sought out var
ious people who could box and learn
ed something from them He went
down to St. Paul last year and en-
tered Mike Gibbons training classes,
and fought several bouts under the
name Of Jack Flanagan. A short
time ago he went to the coast.
The Herald's Story
The Los Angeles Herald, printing
pictures of Winsor and McCann has
this to say:
Erred Winsor, who started Jack
Dempsey on a career which led to
worlds heavyweight championship
and the greatest fortune ever amass-
ed by a boxer, is in Los Angeles with
a nineteen-ycar- scrapper, who,
Z he declares, will be the proprietor
of Dempsey's title about three years
5 hence.
Winsor, volatile and voluminous,
{ and who is affectionately known as
"Windy," openly asserts that his
f. ncw find, Jack McCann of Bismarck,
/ N. D., is the greatest heavyweight
prospect he has seen since 1917
I when he first lamped the raw look
ing Jack Dempsey.
Winsor is one of those fellows
who believes in advertising. Severa
+ months ago he circulated notice!
( asking all aspiring heavyweights t
get in touch with him, and promis
3 ing reward of $1,O00,000 or mor
in three years if they could delive
the goods.
Among those who answered the a
was Jack McCann. Winsor locke
him over, and the youngster shape
up so we'll that he was given sev
eral tough battles around San Fran
cisco. Among his opponents wer
AL Hoag, a seasoned veteran, an
Eddie McGovern, VIII o recent
trimmed George Manley at Vernon
: AS green 'un, McCann acquitte
himself so creditably that Winso
: now THINKS ne has the makin's {
the next champion.
"Soon as | saw him l knew h
was the goods said Winsor. "Tt
s thing that struck me was his resen
blance to Dempsey when first ! sa
: the champion. He is what | call
wire haired Irishman,' just lil
y Dempsey was when | brought hi
to the coast. Jacks something
sheik now, but l knew him whe
his hair would not stay brushe
Then McCann is just about Dem
seys weight and height when tt
champion started-6 feet tall al
1870 pounds.
"McCann has the fighting spr
the heart and the build to make
champion. He can take 'em, tc
Eddie McGovern cracked him on tt
jaw in the first round of the
fight. McCann's knees sagged, b
when he came back to his cornt
all he said was That fellow cal
hurt me-
I eff McCann hadn't hurt his rig
hand in the next round he probat
= would have stopped McGovern. T
judges called it draw, but
~ of experts thought McCann was
>. titled to- the decision"
Winsor would like to try his p
tege out against some of the hea,
weights around Los Angeles.
Since Dempsey grabbed the ii
Winsor has been combing the hi
ways and byways for heavywei
to dethrone him. He has tried
small army Of them with no S
cess, but he thinks that McCann
the lad destined to fill the bill.
"He may be from Bismarck,
he's no herring" was Winsor's p;
ing boost for his protege.