Lawrence Popeln 25-year-old cen- eg uith New York Rangers. has timed 37 points up to March 12 in

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Rugged Bob

Svi A-B ob Fitzsimmons iv a s ttw-iglit by some to be the great- Pal fiziiter, pound for pound. that eior lived. He was born in Corn- u.iII. England. June 4. 1862. and

lit-"iii After winning the New Zon- laiiii title he journeyed the it. S. in iiiiifl and was so impressive in running his first bout he was of- fered a chance at the middle- vreirht title held by Jack tNon- paricit Dempsey.

Fitzsimmona knocked out Dem- paev in I3 rounds and then ran UP a long string or K.O's includ- lng ii terrible heating to Jem Hall. an Australian who had previously beaten Fitzslmmons before Bob left for the.U.S.

tin November I9. I894 his career aiinnct came to an end when his 0llwtnPiII in I boiit.. Cal Riordan. Icnliapsed after two rounds and an liniir later died. Fitzsimmons was cleared of all -esponsibilliy by an investigating committee and con- vincrd by his friends that it was fnltv to blame himself for Riord- an": death he returned to the ring.

l"ll7.SlITlm0I1I p r e s s e d for a chance at the heavyweight crown hold at the time by Gentleman Jim Corbett In order to add II”-lE.l1t to his demands Bob took on Peter Mahar twice and ad- mltliilPi'Pd a terrific heating to an up and coming young heav.Wi'IlElif "Sailor" Tom Sharkey before foul- ing out in the eighth round.

l'ii1,simniona was g i v e n his rtiniicc at tile heavyweight title and llnsiiii City was selected as the Iiic of the bout to take place on It Patrick's Day 1897. Corbett was a it favorite and had all the ad- i'aiit:ii:es At ttt.'l be weighed 26 l"iilIltli- over Fitz and the age of :"l hart a 6-year edge in years. Fiixsinimoria being .15.

Tlic bout was a classic of the mic it only because Fltuimmnna lnll't)(llICEd a blow later dubbed by sports-writers as the "solar plexus” punch. It was with this blniv th,.t Fiizsimmons chilled Cor- boil in the 14th. rniind and be-

('i'tllli" the hr-avyweight champion of the niirld. Jiiiring the Chicago World's Fair

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t;owtE. Md. tAPn-A whopping daily double of ti.ao:i on which 57 W0 - dollar tickets were Ioid Iikrted off Saturday's racing pro- lmm at Bowie.

t'lai-ct won the first race at odds "' WWI for II. it was the first rate this year for the horse. a lion in nine starts last year

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Archie Moore Cops Non-tllle fight

HOLLYWOOD (AP) .. Archie core. would

hccnn boxing in amateur ranks in

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his aecond season in the National the 1954-55 season after three years

Hockey League. Born in Yorktpn.

.Sask. Popein came to Rangers in

That Amazing Fighter

Fitzsirnmons

Fit; agreed to a series of exhib- ition bouts taking on all comers. On one particular night seven dif- ferent mcn-all heavywciglits-decid ed to have a whirl at the champ. Tiicy iicrc brave men but they wore like sitting ducks for thc cliamp who flattened each of tlicm lil icss than a minute. The entire affair lasted less than 15 minutes. including the time it took to carry one opponent out of the ring and for another to get up enough nerve to enter.

Fitzsimmons lost his title In the first defense of it. James J. Jef- feries was his opponent and the challenger shocked the boxing world by flattening Fitzsimmonii In all rounds. at Coney Island in 1899.

By this time Fitzsimmons was 38 years old and was thought to be just about washed up aa a top fighter. But Bob began a come- back. In 1900 he had 4 bouts and won them also by K03: includ- ing a sensational victory over Tom

feries to a 25-rmind draw.

Cries began to he heard that Fitzsimmons had earned another crack at Jeffertes and in July of 1903 he was given his chance. Jef- feries was 27 and Fittsimmnns 40 and Jefferies was awarded the fight a' the end of 8 roiinda when Fitr. coiiidnlt continue.

Once more Fitrsimmona was giv- en up as a thing of the past, but once again he refused to quit and In 1903 this amazing man won his third world championship. This time it was the iightheavyweight title and ho was 4! years old. Just think of it a fighter winning I world crown at the age of It. it's almost unbelievable but Bob did it when he whipped George Gardin- er in San Francisco on November 25. Iittlfl.

downe with a cold which he he- glected. It turned to neiimonla and the end came on ctober 23 in Chicago.

But he will go on living forever in the memories of the men who saw him as a fighter and know him as a man. And. if we really treasurc what our for:-fathers in North American sport have estah Ilshed with great spirit and com age these memories will not ht aliowed to die but will be handr doun from gcnt-ration to generc tion.

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with Vancouver in the Pacific Coast. Hockey League. He previously play- ed with Regina Caps. ICP Photo).

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