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FORGOTTEN Sparring Partners Who Have Aided Champions To The Top

COLUMNS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN in glowing phrases of the brilliant deeds of the various boxing cham- pions. Headlines have told of Dempsey's terrific hitting power, of Loughran's superlative skill, of Tunney's ring craftsmanship, of Firpo's tigerish ferocity and of Louis's invincibility, but seldom is a thought given to the for- gotten men of the ring who helped those men to the top- the 'sparring partners.

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Who they were or where they wildare that Godfrey had knocked came from was of little concern, the champion stiff.

and whence they went was less.

CONFESSION

ir

Naturally reached

But though the sparring part- George Immediately became quite ner occupies no niche in boxing's a personage. At first, Godfrey in- Hall of Fame, they are indis-sisted that Jack simply had run inte pensible units of pugilism, one, but later, under the warming

influence of repeated hospitality, The arrival of a bunch of sparring broke down and confessed that he

any day. partners in training camp is thecould knock-out signal that serlous work is about to begin. The pay isn't bad, as wages Dempsey's ears, Ro next afternoon go, but the job might last from one Jack stepped to

to Godfrey's corner as the gloves were being tied on, and duy to six weeks,

said in a voice that boded no good for

hear Mr. Godfrey. "I Dempsey and Tunney were miles

thai apart in the use of training-camp you've been saying that you could fodder, Tunney, seldom employed knock

me out any time you wanted more than five, and often as few as to. Now is the time if you ever three sparring mates preparing for

for expect to, because I'm going to give a battle. Dempsey, on the other hand, you the works."

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DEMPSEY'S PARTNERS-.

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at-

mercy on his hired. handa. Less than a minute later, comp Even with the, 100z. glove Jack tendants were struggling to lift Mr. exacted a terrific. toll Though it Godfrey's Imp form out of the ring took an exceptionaly durable fellow and down to the dressing room, to hold a job at Dempsey's camp, he where the doctor was busy rigging paid them well

up braces, splints of whatever they use to fix up broken, ribs. Dempsey had landed one left to George's ribs. JEFFRIES THE EXCEPTION THERE is an old saying, "Often a toss a punch in his own right. sparring partner, but never a Martin drew top wages for his champion," and in most instances it labour, but he was a first-class work- holds water, one notable exception

being Jim Jefferies.

ONE of Jack's favourite sparring

partners was Martin' Burke, the New Orleans Irishman, who could

man.

"Another of Jack's_favourite hired The Big Californian gut his first hands was big Bill Tate. Tate was taste of leather while helping Cor- gigantic specimen of manhood belt prepare for his battle with whose ability to sop up punishment Fitzsimmons. After that Jim forged was little short of miraculous. Bill ahead under his own steam; but his and the misfortune to be bomense is an unusual one. negro,

otherwise he might have

Usually these brawny lods are so

Friday,

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THE RING GODOY-BEATEN

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BUT UNBOWED

Louis-Baer Bout

.

Abandoned

NEW YORK, July 27 (UP)—— Mike Jacobs, leading promoter. announced to-day that be had abandoned plans for 3. world heavyweight championship clasti In September between Jos Louis, le-bolder. and Max Baor,

former champion. Ho ab nounced that Louis Instead will fight the winner of the bout he tween Billy Conn, world Hght- heavyweight champlon, and Rob Pastor, New York heavyweight title-holder.

The bout, belween Conn and Pastor, who was twice beaten by Louls, will be held next month.

lunded close to the pugilistic top necustomed to absorbing punches that COURAGEOUS

himself. Not many of the white boys cared to spend an evening in physical combat with the big negro;

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they are unable to dole them out.

CHAMPIONS IN APPEARANCE Two

but he sulted Dempsey exactly as wo notable cases of this kind

sparring partner.

GODFREY'S FALL

WHEN Dempsey

were A Reich and Jack Mc- Auliffe II. They were two man who gave the appearance of becoming preparing champions. was Wor the Gibbons fight he im- McAuliffe was matched in the ported another gigantic negro to semi-final against Luts Firpa. Ex- assist Burke and Tate.

perts were agreed thut McAuliffe The Ind in question was George would eut and slash Flape to rib- Godfrey, a coloured boy who later bons: became a menace in fight circles. When the fight started he was com- In the course of the training slege, pletely at sea. Firpo bounced him Godfrey happened to rap Jack one off the board a few times and had afternoon with a pinch that bounced an easy evening scoring a ko. Put the champion off the canvas. Jack the pair in gymnasium, and Firpo Kearns hartly rang the bell and couldn't have touched him. Jack called off boxing for the after- Relch's case a few years before

noon.

Though the knockdown serious and might happen to any rater in the ring.

CRIPPLE BECOMES TRACK ATHLETE.

His face battered and bloody, Arturo Godoy, the Chilean heavyweight, is restrained as he wants to continue fighting Joe Louis, at the New York bout, after the referee, Cavanagh had stopped the fight in the 8th round. Louis, at left, is shielded by his trainer, Blackburn.

West Conference Athletes

Foremost In America

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CHICAGO, Ill.-The Western Conference Track and Field Championships have produced no less than 11 Olym pic champions who, among them, have won a total of 22 world's titles.

Jesse Owens, the Ohlo Stato distance runners in the world; Ar- ace, accounted for three vicchie Harels, another Hoosier whose tories in the 1936 games at Ber-discus throwing has been of Olympic lin, but his record is surpassed Michigan's distance nee.

standard, and Ralph Schwarzkopf, by Archie Hahn of Michigan, who won the 100-metres title in

1904 and 1906 and the 60 metres Recreio Rinks

and 200 metros. in 1904.

J. D. Lightbody of Chicago was a three-time winner, ni 300 metres and 1,500 metres in 1908 and at the

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SEBASTOPOL, Cal.metric mile in 1904. Stalph Hose of Michigan was a shotput winner in Greater courage hath no man 1904, 1908, and 1912. than that which goads him to A double winner was Eddie Tolan surmount his own misfortunes. of Michigan, who won the two sprint That might well be the slogan of events at the 1032 games in Los

THE FOLLOWING RINKS have (20-year-old Louis Lombard

who, Angeles.

OTHER WINNERS

been chosen to represent the Club de despite a useless right leg, became a

Recreio in League lawn bowls mal- OTHER winners high school track star and now is

who had first ches this week-end: pointing toward an active athletlo life

carmed reputations as Conferenco "A" v. Clyll Service C.C, (away, In Junior college..

champions were Jackson Scholtz of The story goes back to 1928 when Missouri, the 1924 200-metre chum-liva, F. X. Soures, R. F. Luz Lombard, then eight years old, was plon; Dan Kinsey of Illinois, 1924 and H. A. Alves.

burdles Jiggly

champion; George L. F. Xavier, C. M. Silva, F. V. was almost identically the same curiously watching worianen at

hurdies Sacramento blacksmith shop. A Saling of lowa, 1932 high was not champion in the gym, but a third-asoline drum exploded suddenly, champion; C. E. Dvorak of MichigRibeiro and F. X. Silva,

igan, J. A. Luz, C. E Marques, J. F. champion, the word-spread like There is no doubt thai-there-hu-hurling blin aeross the shop into a 1004 winner in the pole vault; Harold Ribeiro and C. G. Silve

take of burning gasoline and crumbl-;

Osborne of Illinois, 1924-high jump v. Kowloon B.G.C. (home, 3.30° ing his right leg.

champion; DeHart Hubbard, Michi- p.m.). gan's 1924 broad jump champlon, and F. A. Machado, C. A. Lopes, C. Eddie Gordon, broad jump winner Roza Pereira and B. Bacio. in only in 1920 and 1928 have Con- ference representatives falled to win an Olympic event. With the 1940 Olymple Games cancelled, speculation centres on those of the current, crop who might be of K. R. Pinna, P. Yvanovich, J. R. Olymple slumpionship calibre. Soares and O. P. Remedios, Outstanding are Roy Cochran of}. P. M. N. Silva, J. A. Remedios, C.- Indiana, International 400-metre hur- (M. Alves and A. M. Rodrigues.

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Skillful doctors saved his life after long hattle, but when he was rea

leased from the hospital, his injured leg remained,twisted and shrunken. He was a cripple for life, and re- malued under physicians' care four

more years.

Wistfully, he watched other school- boys from his window 49 they envorted at play.

ATHLETIC RECORD

TO-DAY, even though, he must use crutch, Lombard is graduating from Sebastopol High School with an athletlo record. He has been a member of the school's track team; winning points during his career in the high jump hurdles and pole vaulting events.

man shock-absorbers were, and still are, a great body of men..

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JOE Louis, the "Brown Bomber," from Detroit, is about as hard on his sparring partners us Dempsey. In fact, no fighter in re- cent years pummelled and handled his training comp. eldes as did Louis for the Carnera fight.

Perhaps it was part of publicity, but the fact remains that almost all of Joe's sparring partners were so roughed that Lou Bux, thought a tornado had hit him. e came back for a second round but Louis floored him twice more.

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Larry Johnson, not so long ago one of the most promising prospects in American boxing, was determined to have no such nonsense, but Louis sent him through the rapes with a right to the jaw in the second.

Bobby Dean, the last victim, was lifted completely off his feet and driven so fast through the air that his great body actually bounced when it hit the canvas.

It took twenty minutes to bring him back to life.

All these sparring partners re- signed their jobs when they re- galued consciousness.

Of course, that kind of man- handling is repulsive to most fighters, especially if they have any standing in the fistic community, but in the caso, of. Dempsey, Louls and others

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