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Prizeftghtesr Who Discard Their Orig-iaal Names. ^ X: IPossibly the thought never occurred I to any siwrrtive philosopher in the I past, but it Is true that % mug can I ight quite as well with somebody else’s name as with his own. Norman ‘Selby isn’t the only pug who appropriated a new name when he put h on the gloved lnstgna of the Knights of Biff. As “Kid McCoy” he gained renown before his secret leaked out. Denver Ed. Smith was born Corcoran, and it is claimed that Mysterious Billy I Smith borrowed his name, but he snys Ithat ’’Billy” was alone assumed; that I he is one of the Smith family, and Ithat Amos wasn’t a likely froutispiece to take throught the ropes with him. Davy Richards is really Dave Dahl- I man and Tommy Ryan, of Syracuse. I is a son of Erin by adoption only, for I his name is Joseph Youngs, and there Ito Semitic blood In bto veins. When I j Cincinnati was closed to all save na- | tive boxing talent, Joe Bertrand, of I California, drifted into town under I coyer of the night and as Joe Pack-[bin, passed muster as a good Forko- I poll tan citizen, Jake Kllraln to really John Joseph Killion. Young Griffo to 1 Alfred Griffiths, and Young Pluto I plain Joe Brown, Ole Olesen has just confessed to Chicagoans that he la I I tired of his ring nom de plume, and Iberefater lie wants to be known byhis right name—George Stead.—Ren I
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San Antonio Daily Light
San Antonio, Texas, US
Wed, Jan 25, 1899
Page 14
Full Page
Clipped by
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