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HERMIT LEAVES £13,000. Esau Field, of Westbury- terrare. Canton Cardif, who was: Scores of apparently hopeless case found dead in his house, where have been completely cured by the he lived alone and subsisted on Now, if any youngster who well known --French Orlene." I dry bread, herbs, and water, left chances to read this article thinks NOTHING EQUALS THIS SIMPLE | property of the value of £13.897. he is a budding Fitzsimmons, and REMEDY. Price per Box He bequeathed his estate to the cares to show off his paces Booklet Free.
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the left hand is of the utmost surer. Js appealing for £100,000.) So far, 230.000 has been promis- led. including £10,000 frora But let me say that 1. personal-importance.
As yet Journee does not put & Lord Cowdray, who will give s. will not be carried away by:
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it his principal has been subscribed. The total worth of a boxer by weight. High but he makes intelligence that is fighting in-weapon of attack and defence. fund will be allocated as follows: telligence--every man hust have and by means of it he earned his before he can hope to take a place way to victory against Berry some inches more in the front rank. The fellow Journee is who imagines that he can hit than six feet high; he has harder than any man alive is no reach as long as Billy Wells, is his feet, and good, and, besides, he is not want fairly fast on ed. How many boxers of pro- he has convinced me that he can digious build have we had in the take punishment. In his right ring, and yet how many have hand he carries a sure knock-out proved duffers!
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It was a feather in his cap placed there to facilitate such an when, upon a recent occasion, he lextension as we have in view Let it always be understood caused Sergeant Penwell. D.C.M., now." that glove-fighting from first to to retire, but I thought he did last is a game of skill. If it were better against Berry than he did not, it would not be worth the in his first match in London with candle. I am not one of those that very worthy soldier. Journee am and Kid Lewis, who beat who believe that British boxing has a long way to go set. but Frank Mouds, the young Welsh- Manchester, in 181 has gone to smithereens, but if he continues as he has begun, man. am bound to say that, generally he will "get there," or else I am seconds. I understand that efforts speaking, we are in a poor way. much mistaken. I wish I could are being made to get them into We certainly have too many drop
another Journee the ring. It would be a rare upon mediccrities, and we shall add to among our boys.
match, and yet, simply because their numbers if promoters will
they are are not heavy-weights. I doubt whether they would make persist in offering them purses at which many real champions | All boxers were delighted to a lot of money for a promoter who would have smacked their lips hear of the great personal caused them to take the ring to- not so very many years ago. triumph won by Jerry
We have got to cut out much in his country's Rugby match of the money element and get against England.. I do down to some, sane policy, else recollect a professional boxer we shall be left behind. The having achieved such distinction bury, of Lime house. "who by the French boys are going to wake us in the Rugby game before. There narrowest up, not merely by their excellent was a time when not a few Thomas, of Birmingham, at the skill, but because they are so thought that Jerry Shea would National Sporting Club last Mon- splendidly intent on learning the seriously extend Johnny Basham, day will be Basham's nextoppon- game and their liking for proper, our welter-weight champion, but ent. If he is, I do not think the systematic, intelligent training. somehow he lacked the fire and the champion need fear unduly the go necessary to reach great about his title, Newbury is a ness in the ring, which is remark- good enough lad but he is not of Towards last week-end, being able, for of all the games ever the same class as Basham. as I am, especially interested in played none demands more grit heavy-weights, though my mis-and determination than Rugby sion, as you may suppose, has to football.
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I am sorry to hear that Bob Marriott, our light-weight cham- pion. is seriously ill, and will not be able to meet the Frenchman, Papin, who is to be st coded by Carpentier at the Albert Hall an the 30th of this month, when Beckett will make his reappear- ance against Dick Smith. One Phil Blovin, an American with an excellent record, has just ar- rived, and he will take Marriott's weiter place.
do only with Britishers, I took A man who will"stand up and LONDON DIRECTORY, the opportunity of seeing Paul take his chance in an England Journee, the nineteen-year-old and Wales Rugger match must Frenchman, who, according to have the heart of a lior, and the the original programme, was to spirit, the daring, and the enter have met Frank Ray. of New-prise of a real man. A good castle. Ray, unfortunately, could enough boxer is Shea, undoubted- not turn up owing to illness, soly, but Rugby footbal: is surely the Holborn management brought more after his heart. from Customs House that very And talking about hard and dour scrapper. Tom weights, we have Johny Griffiths, And in conclusion, nothing Berry, a most excellent trial horse dubbed the "Akron flash," who definite has been fixed up about for the Frenchman,
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I found quite a good fighter in had to be content with a draw the Dempsey-Carpentier figct. against Kid Doyle, of Liwnypia, The latest news which I have Journee. He is no flier. by any at Liverpool Grifiths, you will received from France is that Mr. means, but unlike most young perhaps remember, came over Cochran is disposed to link him- men who seek to topple over the here with a high reputation, but self up with an American pro big men in the business. he doeshen I saw him at the Albert moter, and have the contest try to box, and he shows that he Hall on Boxing Day I was more staged in the States; but he will is determined to box with all
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