Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1911 — THOMPSON GETS BIG BOOST [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THOMPSON GETS BIG BOOST

“Cyclone Jqhnny” Is Getting to Be Great Favorite With Fight Fans in Antipodes. '

After a poor start, “Cyclone Johnny” Thompson has become a great favorite among the fight fans of Australia, according to letters received by fight-'

lng men In Chicago. The Sycamore fighter got In "bad” when he first went to Australia because of his failure to make the weight necessary to keep him In the lightweight division, os he had been advertised, but since Thompson has been taking them o&

without weight restrictions and going out of his class he has gained an immense following. Rudolph yUnholz, the Fighting Boer, who has returned to America, fought Thompson several times In the lightweight class, and declares he is the greatest fighter In the business. Unholz declares he does not think the light, welter or middleweight lives who can put Thompson out in twenty rounds. Unholz said the other day: * “I think Thompson must be nearly forty years old, and he is certainly a wonder for a man of that age. He is fighting stronger than ever; seems to be getting younger.”

"Cyclone Johnny" Thompson.