St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-02-02

day To be more pacific he
was my last opponent in a six
rounder in st. Paul.
Jackie during his boxing career
boxed under the name of Jackie
Cameron and it was his life time
buddy Danny Schultz who gave
him the ring name and today they
are still the closest of friends.
Jackie and his charming wife,
Vernice have been happily married
for 80 years land she is the boss,
I'm told).
While he has been out of the
game many years, he still enjoys
reading the sport pages and will
go to any part of the state to see
a boxing show.
His favorite all time great
fighter was Bud Taylor Who
at 118 pounds could beat most
feathers, bantam or lightweights
around today.
His favorite local fighters were
Jock Malone, My Sullivan and Al
Van Ryan.
He says he had happy child
hood. owe were poor, but happy')
He is 5-foot and weights 100.
About 10 pounds in reserve, he
says. At the height of his boxing
days he boxed as a featherweight
(126 pounds) But his first
fights were at Crowley school on
the West side of St. Paul
('T had to straighten some of those
kids out with their name calling.")
When one talks to Jackie it
doesn't take long to start talking
of the good old boxing days
He best remembers great boxing
promoters like Mike E. Collins,
Harry Lennon, Jerk Doran and
Jack Reddy All have passed
away But why haven't we
since had any of those type of
boxing promoters, Jackie asks d?
]. The artistic boxing of Jock
Malone The 'Pavlowa' Of the
ring And whether you liked
or disliked him personally he was
one of the real master boxers of
all times The Gibbons Broth
ers, Mike and Tom both
brought fame to the Twin Cities
and Minnesota . Johnny Tillman
AL Van Ryan, Billy Showers,
Billy Light and Honneyboy Conroy
Pinkie Mitchell and his brother
Richie boxing out of Milwaukee &. . &.
Plenty of class Jackie likes
to talk about boxing in the good
old days and I'm enjoying every
moment of our visit while taking
notes "Dago" Joe Cans &.
What a crowd pleaser he was &.
And one of the best middleweights
too Little Jack Nitti E.
Jimmy Delaney and his masterful
boxing When boxers were
fighting like Harry Greb, Gene
Tunney, Jack Dempsey, Bud
T aylor, Billy Wells, Dave
Shade, Rocky Kansas, Bobby
Ward, Mike O'Dowd, Tiger Flow
ers, Sammy Mandell, Billy Pet
role, Mickey Walker, Billy Miskie,
Fred Fulton, Otto Won Poratt,
Dick Daniels, Duke Horn, King
Tut, Ted Blatt, Russie Leroy, Pete
Sarmeinto, Joey Sanger, Willie
Pepp, Young Stribling, Battling
Sikh, Barley Madden, Jackie Con-
way, and Billy Defoe =. In all my
years of boxing I've never met a
brain for names and places as
Jackie The above list are just
some of the boxers who fought
around the Twin Cities at JaclIie's
prime in boxing He well re-
members the Rose Room" gym
nasium downstairs of the Hamm
Building in st. Paul 20 to 80
boxers working out there every
afternoon
Jackie is considerable and pune
tual. ('Gts a joke. Friends tell
me that they set their watches by
me.")
He wears casual clothes, Stacks
and sport shirts most of the time.
He'd never even buy a new suit If
his wife Vernice didn't force him to.
('Gt doesn't matter what 1 wear
nothing looks good on me.")
He is a good listener when others