WHERE IS HE?
A Yankee scribe is looking for someone to depose John Arthur Johnson, world’s boxing champion. Here are his speculations : Just find a man ot Jeffries’ size, With Ruhlin’s reach and height ; With “Kid” M’Coy’s deceptive lett, And Bod Puzsimmous’ right; VV'ilh old Jonu K.’s pugnacity, And Dempsey’s lion heart ; With Jack M’Auhffe's shiftiness, Young Griffo’s blocking art ; A man with Corbett’s noble work, The skull ot Tommy Ryan ; With Sailor Sharkey’s rugged irame, The footwork ot O’Brien ; • With Nelson’s durability, The speed ot Georgie Dixon ; M’Goveru’s old aggressiveness, And Wolgast’s style ol mixin’.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1051, 1 June 1912, Page 4
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96WHERE IS HE? Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1051, 1 June 1912, Page 4
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