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Thinki He Can Beat Johnson—Bi|, . . •Missouri Farmer Now in Chicago.Chicago. III., Sept. 28.—Miles Mc-Leod, one of the first unknowns to bet,mentioned as the “white man’s hope,” arrived in Chicago yesterday from his home in Albany, Mo., and will at once undertake to show a few persons interested in finding a man who can dethrone Champion Jack Johnson^ that he knows something about the fighting game by boxing with. Joe Choynski. The aspirant for pugilistic honors is six feet and five inches tall and weighsClt;toFlt;d£scaSinuiwtvtj 22G pounds.- He is 2S .years old andneither smokes nor drinks. McLeod asserted that unless he is convincedihe can whip Johnson he never will• come forward with an offer to fightVYfVi-dritn-hini.‘T feel reasonably sure 1 can beat that fellow.”'McLeod said, “for 1 have boxed since I was ten years old and I know something about the fine pointsl ►of the game. I believe L can hit as hard as Johnson and I know I can take a great deal more punishment.”Joe Choynski, who is trying to find a man to defeat Johnson, said if Me-^ f'lt; *Leod can figh at all, he. will be just the man to will back the title for the white race and if he shows a willingness to meet Johnson, Choynski asserted he w;ould take hold of him andttrain, him for all his fightsi'
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Daily Advocate
Victoria, Texas, US
Sat, Oct 01, 1910
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