San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-06

years. but developed exhibition boxing
with gloves. His last ring battles were
fought when he was about Go, when
he went to South Africa and won sew
eral limited-round boxing matches.
Among modern boxers the oldest to
still hold championship in point of
ring activity is Johnny Dundee,
Dundee fought for thirteen years,
engaging in over 400 ring battles. be-
fore he won the featherweight cham
pionship by defeating Eugene Criqui.
He has fought well since then, and,
although showing some sign of slow
| ing up, seems able on any especial oc-
casion TO get into condition to beat
any of his rivals handily. Dundee
uses up so much energy in each fight
that the stamina he displays is little
short of marvellous. Judged by other
| fighters, he should have been burned
out" years ago.
Jim Thorpe, the great Indian foot
ball player, went through a remark
able career as a track athlete and In
other amateur sports, then turned to
professional baseball. which he has
been playing with fair success ever
since. Thorpe was one of the great
est all-around athletes on record.
In amateur golf Chick Evans is in.
vincible in the middle west. Besides
winning a large number of sectional
and local championships, Chick per.
formed the unique feat, in 1916, OF
winning both the amateur and the
open championships in the same year.
In 1916 he defeated Robert Gardner,
and 3, in the. final amateur match
Hx,.1-aN (sItth and N tho
open beat Jock Hutchison, 2S6 to 2SS.
at the Minikahda Club, Minneapolis,
He was runner-up to Jerome Travers
in the amateur in 1912. and runner-up
to Walter Hagen in the open-in 1914.
In tennis Nat Mics. n. Norris Will
liams and Watson Washburn show
surprising ability to repel the increas-
| ing numbers of formidable youngsters
and stay close to the top rung of the
ladder. These veterans are counted
upon as some of our best Olympic
team material today, ssince Tilden says
that he would rather write than play
tennis anyway. and William Johnston
is going to find it hard to find time
for the trip.
In these days. when there is little
club football, and the gridiron game is
practically only a college sport, few
players go through more than a few
years of competition. The only foot
ball veterans on the active lists are
coaches. amateur and professional.
Joie Ray. in track competition, has
stayed out in front long time in spite
of hume npus attempts of younger ath-
letes to dethrone him. Ray has been
national mile run champion since he
| first won the title in 1917. His great
est performance was in 1913, when he
won both the mile and the half-mile
championships, the mile in 4.142-5
and the half mile in 1.5E-both re-
markedly good records. Ray does
tremendous lot OF running, giving prac-
tically all his time to it during the out.
door season and nearly as much in the
indoor. He is lasting a long time for
a track athlete.
George Orion. an old-time champion,
won the one-mile championship six
times in nine years. =.
Abel Kiviat, great runner and
Olympic champion, won the American
championship mile in 1911, 1912. 1914,
after which he was out of amateur
competition for many years, being dis
qualified by the A. A. U. Recently.
"Kivvie" was restored TO amateur
standing and began running in anna
teYr meets. Kiviat never ran in pro-
fessional races.
Runners Seldom Come Back.
In the last year he HIS run aston
ishingly well, considering the circum-
sHnces, and may be an Olympic team
member again. If he makes the team,
after being out OF it for ten years,
it will be a remarkable performance.
Runners who have dropped out Of COM
petition seldom come back. A runner
who has begun to drop hack from his
best performances usually is burned
out" This is especially so of sprint
ers because of the terrific Heart strain
of their events.
] Nearly all athletes who have