The Washington times., 1926-02-23

from being clasHed WITH the 1ILst
Like Jack Johnson, says Van
Court. he has never met and 0e-
feate dany great heayyweig ne
n fast. game and good hitter put
Il not what might be claaaed az 2
good boxer. He Is very lacking u
defensive work and has proven
several times that he u lacking 10
the stamina required Tor unish
f,rhts. Dempsey;s fighting exper-
ience has been limited 70 fifteen
rounds. and that with Tommy GiD.
hone. q light Heavyweight. ID his
tights he has proven that he II not
hard TO hit. and any heavyWelG ~.
who is easily hit is easily beaten Dys
sDemnaevs mental attitude dur
inr 4 contest unfits him Tor long
distance or finish fights.
Van Court Is the maan VINO
found and developed Jim JET
fries and stiII believes that thae
heavyweight Is the best ne ever
; knew.
as the greatest light heavyWelgn NJ,
because he won the heavyWelehl
when he was but the
weight Of q light heavy
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as follows:
Bob FitzsimmOns.
kid Mccoy.
g. Charlie Mitchell.
Joe Choynski.
SACK Root.
He declares that Kid Mccoy had
everything champion should have
science, speed and Knockout
Charlie Mitchell Il listed az the
greatest English fighter ever pro.
Joe choynski, says Van was
one OF the hardest hittors IN the
ring, was a fine boxer and was
game and fast. His weakness was
his lack Of stamina to take punish
naent.
Bob FitzsimnlOns also heads the
Iniddleweight class. having also
been middIeWeigIIf champion.
wan, lists the nniddIsweight divi-
sion as follows:
i. Bob FitzsfrmmOne.
3. Jack Dempsey lthe NonpareilJ
g. Young Mitchell.
4. Stanley Ketchel.
5. Billy Papke.
S. Dan Crecdon.
Z George Greer.
Van" pays great tribute to Young
Mitchell. who Is none other than
Johnny Hergert Of the Olympic
Club. Mitchell defeated several good
heavyweights after winning the
championship. and then retired un-
defeated as none in his class were
willing to meet him.
The greatest fight in history
would have been one between
Young Mitchell and Nonpareil Jack
Dempsey says Van" but IT
couldn't be held because Of the close
friendship between tho Two men.
Tommy Ryan leads the weller
weight division because Of his clean
record Joe Wolcott follows closely.
and Mysterious Billy Smith in third
position Van" doesn't mention
any other welters in making his
selections.
Joe Cans leads the list Of great
lightweights. with the present un,
defeated lightweight king. Benny
Leonard, taking fourth place. In
second place he lists Hid Lavigne,
and Jack McAuliffe il third.
The featherweight roll Of honor
is as follows: George Dixon. Abe
Attell. Terry McGovern and Jenl
Driscoll.
The bantamweight list IL headed
by George Dixon. with Jimmy
Barry second and Terry McGcvern
third.
The dean lists two fighters IN
the flyweight division whom lie
considers greater than Fidel La
Barba, present f1yweight title
holder.
He declares that Johnny Coulon
was the greatest boxer at the
112.pound limit in those days when
there was no flyweight limit. Cou-
lon, he says, was a wonderful lit
tie boxer. with good hitting powers
and great ring generalship.
Jimmy Wilde, of England, was a
natural flyweight of great ability
and is placed second.
With La Barba in third place.
Van Court lists Pancho Villa as
the fourth among flyweights.