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Age of the Pugilists.Yher* always has be* n a curious desire among the sports to know the correct age r»f Hobert Fitzsimmons, but so far no one has been able to find out Just when old 1 tv. v.as born. It has beef* taken ilt; r granted that ho first saw the light of day at Cornwall, England, 40 years ago. and is. therefore, the oldest fighter in active service to-day. Fit/, was raised in Australia. where he learned the trade of a blacksmith. The fact that Fltzcomes from Australia brings to noticea striking feature about the fightersfrom the Antipodes. Comparison proves that with few exceptions the Australian boxers are far more rugged than the Americans and last longer in the ring. At least such are the conclusions that must be drawn when wo stop to consider that nearly all the old timers in the ring to day are from the land of the kangaroo. Bob Fitzsimmons. Dan Crcedon, Joe Goddard, Frank Slavin, Hilly Murphy and several others, including George Dawson nnd Young Oriffo, can bo taklt; n as examples. Griffo was until a few months ago fighting every week, but is now down and out. Jim Corbett isthe oldest of the Yankee boxers stillin service, and he is hut 116 years of age. John L. Sullivan, who always comes in on the list of old timers, has had his forty-fourth birthday, but ithas been years since he took part in a real glove contest.A table is presented herewith giving the ages of some of our most rrom inent knights of the padded mittsNames. Horn in. Age.John L. Sullivan, Boston...........44Hob Fitzsimmons, Cornwall, Eng..40Joe Goddard, Australia ...........41Charley Mitchell. England.........411Frank Slaviu, Australia ..........41Billy Murphy, Australia ...........119Jim Corbett, San Francisco........36I Frank Childs, San Antonia, Texas..36Denver Ed Smith, England ........36Dan Creedon, Australia ...........34George Dixon. Boston .............31Joe Choynskl, San Francisco.......34Redwood, N. Y 32Ireland .............32Australia ...........31Tom Sharkey. Ireland .............30Kid I.avigne, Hay City, Mich.......30Owen Ziegler. Lunsdale, Fa........30Gu3 Uuhliri, Akrcm................30Joe Walcott, West Indes..........3lt;*Kid McCoy, Kushville.............29Young Peter Jackson, Baltimore.. . 29Art Sims, Akron .................30Jim Jeffries, Carroll ..............27Frank Erne. Switzerland ..........27Joe Cans. Baltimore ..............26Jack Root, Australia ..............26Young Corbett, Denver ...........25Harry Forbes, Rockford, 111........24Jack Bennett. England ............24Marvin Hart. Alexandria. Ky.......24Terry McGovern. Brooklyn .......Kid Carter, Brooklyn .............22| Billy Gardner. Ireland.............21Tony Feltz, Brooklyn ............2uBenny Yauger, New York..........20Tommy It van, Peter Maher,Young Griffo,o •*
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Newton Daily Herald
Newton, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 17, 1902
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