Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1918 — BELIEVES BOXING IS BECOMING LOST ART [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BELIEVES BOXING IS BECOMING LOST ART

mt,. toVa nhnnAPfl going to hit the other fellow If he isn’t dose enough to reach him? No

boxer, if kg knew anything, ever went Into a ring without understanding that in order to win he had to take chances. “People tell you that a elever fellow tOOk a I** ll **' ‘Tsmnsose Gans wasn’t taking chances when he stood close eowngti guess, when he stood flat-footed and Zht oh the palms of his gloves the straight punches that terrific hitters like Kid Carter and Mysterious Billy Smith aimed at his nose. “They all took chances. Pm telling you. Jim Corbett took chances when he faced* John L. Sullivan; hear ’em talk about Corbett dancing away until ■ John L. tired himself <?ut. “Corbett hit Stfllivan a lot <of times. And if he hit Sullivan didn’t Corbett have to get dose enough to do it?”

Jack McAuliffe.