2—Pete Herman
3—Kid Williams
4—Joe Lynch
5—Bud Taylor
6—Johnny Coulon
7—Pal Moore
8—Frankie Burns
9—Eddie Campi
10—Panama Al Brown
_Featherweights_
1—Terry McGovern
2—Jem Driscoll
3—Abe Attell
4—Johnny Dundee
5—Johnny Kilbane
6—Kid Chocolate
7—Willie Pep
8—Young Griffo
9—George K. O. Chaney
10—Louis Kid Kaplan
_Flyweights_
1—Jimmy Wilde
2—Pancho Villa
3—Frankie Genaro
4—Fidel La Barba
5—Benny Lynch
6—Elky Clark
7—Johnny Buff
8—Midget Wolgast
9—Peter Kane
10—Pascual Perez
It will take a long time, probably years after I’m gone, before we will
thrill again to the likes of these men. I do not live in the past, but I
do believe that the romance of the prize ring rests almost entirely in
the years gone by.
There is no end to what one can recall when one attempts, as I have,
to jot down the names of fistic heroes whose acquaintances I have made
and whose friendships I cherished. The vivid anecdotes associated with
their names, and the names of others close to boxing in my lifetime, the
thrilling contests I’ve seen, the people I’ve met in my world travels, my
experiences in far-off countries, have all left their special impression
on me which I have tried to pass on to you.
Down the years I have meandered, telling a bit about this and a bit about
that, and with all, having as fine a time as I hope you have had in
following my journalistic career.
As for the future, I don’t agree with those who predict nothing but gloom
for boxing while they lament the lost glories of Rickard and Dempsey,
Jacobs and Louis. Studio television will dominate promotional efforts
during the coming years and eliminate the fear of financial failure.
There is no end to the fabulous returns the future holds for world
championship matches with television wired for theater and home pay
viewing exclusively. The receipts of the golden era of boxing will seem
insignificant measured against what can be grossed with this new medium.
I see America’s boxing monopoly broken now that the sport has taken a
firm hold in far-off countries hitherto unseen on the fistic map. South
America, Central America, Europe and Asia will crown world champions.
Whatever the caliber of present and future talent as compared with olden
times, the pulse-stirring excitement will still be there. The humor,
pathos and glamour of the ring will never cease.
Were I to live my life over again, there is nothing I would cherish more
than to be a part of the boxing scene and play the role that has been
mine during the past half century.
[Illustration: Stanley Ketchel, the famed “Michigan Assassin,” was
the most exciting fighter I have ever seen. I rate him the greatest
middleweight of all time and often wonder what other ring glories might
have been his, had he not been shot and killed by Walter Dipley at the
age of 24.]
[Illustration: Here Ketchel (left) poses with Billy Papke prior to
their second 1908 title fight in San Francisco. Stanley regained the
championship with an eleventh round knockout.]
[Illustration: Though not a popular champion, Jack Johnson ranks as the
best all-around fighter of modern times in my book. The demand for his
dethronement brought aging Jim Jeffries out of retirement. Tex Rickard
promoted the bout in Reno, July 4, 1910 and refereed it. Sentiment rode
with the balding Jeffries (shown above sparring for an opening in an
early round), but age soon told as the cat-like Johnson battered him
into submission. The end came in the fifteenth round (below) as Sam
Berger threw in the sponge and referee Rickard pushed Jack off the fallen
ex-champ.]
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Johnson’s unpopular reign as champion continued until
high living and Jess Willard caught up with him in Havana, June 10, 1914
(above). Willard’s great size and strength proved decisive as the bout
wore on and Jack was finally counted out in the twenty-sixth round. He
claimed afterwards to have taken a dive. In the picture below it appears
that Johnson is shading his eyes from the sun. However, such a gesture
is not uncommon for a beaten fighter (see photo of Billy Conn on another
page), and since I was present at the Havana fight, I cannot agree with
Johnson’s version.]
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Tex Rickard’s rise to greatness coincided with the
appearance of hobo camp brawler Jack Dempsey on the heavyweight scene.
Paired together by destiny, the rough, pug-nosed battler from Manassa,
Colorado, and the imaginative promoter personified Boxing’s Golden Age.]
[Illustration: Dempsey had been nothing more than a rugged in-and-out
slugger until he fell into the hands of Jack Kearns (white cap, above),
who groomed him for the title meeting with Willard at Toledo, July 4,
1919. Jack gained fistic immortality with an explosive three-round
knockout victory. The beating that Jess suffered was so severe as to seem
impossible to administer with only padded gloves. The false rumors that
Jack’s gloves were “loaded” with plaster of Paris persist until this day.
Jimmy Deforest (standing next to Dempsey), who bandaged Jack’s hands,
denied the story. Below we see Willard down for the seventh time in the
opening round.]
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Above is the architect’s sketch for a new Madison Square
Garden which Dinty Scanlon had drawn up and which appeared with my
exclusive story in the _New York Telegram_, May 22, 1923. We submitted it
to Tex Rickard the following day. Tex feigned disinterest, calling our
proposal impractical. However, he used our idea to get financial backing
for the building of his own Garden, as is indicated by his architect’s
drawing (below) which was not submitted to the press until more than a
year later.]
[Illustration]
[Illustration: For breath-taking excitement, the Dempsey-Luis Firpo
title fight at the Polo Grounds, September 14, 1923, was the wildest
I have ever witnessed. In the picture above, Jack, who was down
twice himself—once completely out of the ring—stands over the fallen
challenger. Though as courageous as any man I’ve ever seen, the mammoth
Firpo was finally knocked senseless and the fight ended with his tenth
knock-down at 1:12 of the second round. Luis was floored seven times in
the first round and twice in the second before the knockout punch was
delivered.]
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Dempsey’s dominance of the heavyweight division was
brought to an end by handsome ex-Marine Gene Tunney, who took the title
with a ten round decision in Philadelphia, September 23, 1926. Jack’s
defeat stunned the entire sporting world. Rematched before 104,000 in
Chicago’s Soldier’s Field, September 22, 1927, Dempsey flashed his old
time fury in flooring Gene in the seventh round (above). The long count
resulting from his delay in going to a neutral corner (below) remains a
subject for debate until this day, for Gene regained his feet, and his
senses, and went on to victory.]
[Illustration]
[Illustration: One of the more colorful fighters of the 1920s was the
unschooled primitive, Battling Siki, who somehow managed to swarm over
Georges Carpentier to win the light heavyweight championship of the
world, September 24, 1922.]
[Illustration: Here is one of the greatest arrays of fistic talent ever
assembled for an evening of boxing. Shown at the weigh-in for the Milk
Fund Show at Yankee Stadium, June 26, 1924, are (l. to r.) Harry Greb,
Tommy Loughran, Young Stribling, Sandy Seifer, Ted Moore, Gene Tunney,
Ermino Spalla, Dan Lieber and Panama Joe Gans.]
[Illustration: Rickard’s death in 1929 closed as exciting an era as the
fight game has ever known. Though marred by depression, the decade that
followed was almost as eventful, with shrewd Mike Jacobs the heir to
Tex’s promotional mantle. I negotiated Mike’s first title fight between
Henry Armstrong and Petey Sarron (above) at Madison Square Garden,
October 29, 1937. Jacobs’ meal ticket was Detroit “Brown Bomber” Joe
Louis (below), who ruled the heavyweights from 1937 to his retirement in
1949.]
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Joe’s first title defense saw him gain a fifteen-round
decision over the Welshman Tommy Farr in the Yankee Stadium in New York
City, August 30, 1937. Farr earned the respect of the American sporting
crowd, but he never would have gotten the match had it not been for my
trans-Atlantic telephone negotiations in Jacobs’ behalf.]
[Illustration: A devastating puncher with either hand, Louis was one of
the greatest finishers the ring has ever seen. His destruction of Max
Schmeling in 2:04 of the first round of their meeting, June 22, 1938, at
Yankee Stadium is often compared with the carnage wrought by Dempsey at
Toledo.]
[Illustration: Jacobs had to wait five years to rematch Louis with Irish
Billy Conn after their sensational 1941 meeting. This $100 a ringside
seat offering saw a heavier and not so daring Conn fall beneath Louis’
fists in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium, June 19, 1946. Conn is
shading his eyes as did Jack Johnson in his bout with Willard.]
[Illustration: Joe retired in 1949, but financial difficulties forced him
to return to the ring wars in 1950. He lost a fifteen round decision to
then champion Ezzard Charles, but managed to campaign successfully among
the other challengers until hard punching Rocky Marciano belted him into
permanent retirement with an eighth round kayo at Madison Square Garden,
October 26, 1951.]
[Illustration: This shot of me in a familiar ringside setting was made
for a fight sequence in Rocky Graziano’s 1957 film biography, “Somebody
Up There Likes Me.” Also shown with me are some of my longstanding
pals among the fight scribes: (l. to r.) the late Jim Jennings of the
_Mirror_, the late Caswell Adams of the _Journal-American_ and Joe
Nichols of the _Times_.]
[Illustration: My work has taken me around the world several times
through the years. The picture above shows part of the crowd of
69,962 that sat in the huge Bangkok stadium to watch the Chamrern
Songkitrat-Robert Cohen bantamweight championship match on September 19,
1954, despite a terrific downpour that lasted until the main event was
about to get under way. Cohen, shown (left) in an early exchange below,
won the title by decision. I am proud to have been associated in the
negotiations for the battle and to have acted as judge.]
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Here bantam king Cohen and myself greet New York State
Athletic Commissioner Julius Helfand upon his arrival in Paris for a
meeting of the World Boxing Championship Committee in 1955.]
[Illustration: This picture of my 1958 visit with Cuban Sports
Commissioner, General Fernandez y Miranda, caused me considerable
embarrassment when it appeared as part of a _Life_ Magazine feature
article on gambling and gangsterism in Cuba. A long time sports friend,
Miranda is also a Batista relative and in _Life_ was alleged to have
interests in slot machines.]
[Illustration: Here I am chatting with my life-long friend, Dan Daniel,
at _The Ring_ offices. Dan and I have shared many an exciting moment
through my more than fifty years of sports writing.]
[Illustration: This is part of the Boxing Hall of Fame, which I organized
in 1954 to commemorate the many truly great fighters of days gone by.
Those of modern times are selected by the votes of a panel of more than
100 of the leading sports writers of the world. To be elected, a fighter
must receive at least 75 percent of the total votes cast. The old timers
are chosen by a panel of twenty veterans who have covered the sports
field for forty or more years.]
Books by Nat Fleischer
_History_
THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS
FROM MILO TO LONDOS—_The History of Wrestling from 2000 B.C._
BLACK DYNAMITE—_A Five-Volume History of the Negro Race in Boxing_
THE RING RECORD BOOK AND ENCYCLOPEDIA—_14 Volumes_
_Biography_
RECKLESS LADY—_The Life Story of Adah Isaacs Menken and her Husband,
John C. Heenan_
JOHN L. SULLIVAN—_The Champion of Champions_
GENTLEMAN JIM—_The Life Story of James J. Corbett_
TERRIBLE TERRY—_The Brooklyn Terror_
YOUNG GRIFFO—_Will O’ the Wisp of the Ring_
STANLEY KETCHEL—_The Michigan Assassin_
JACK MCAULIFFE—_The Napoleon of the Prize Ring_
LEONARD THE MAGNIFICENT
JACK DEMPSEY—_The Idol of Fistiana_
GENE TUNNEY—_The Enigma of the Prize Ring_
MAX BAER—_The Glamour Boy_
THE JOE LOUIS LEGEND
_Instruction_
COMMANDO STUFF
MODERN WRESTLING
TRAINING FOR BOXERS
HOW TO BOX
HOW TO JUDGE AND REFEREE A FIGHT
BLOCKING, HITTING AND OTHER METHODS OF SELF-DEFENSE
INDEX
Abrams, Al, 271
Abramson, Jesse, 270
Adam Hats, 144-146
Ade, George, 269
Adulyadej, King Bhumibol, 5-6, 230
Akoose, Paul, 33
Albany Hotel (New York City), 110
Albertanti, Francis, 17, 47, 246, 264-265
Alberts, Jim, 33
Alger, Horatio, 55-56
Allen, Stonewall, 192-193
Almy, “Doc,” 59, 60, 270
Ambers, Lou, 143
Anderson, Andre, 188-189
Archibald, Joey, 218-221
Armstrong, Henry, 141-143, 282
Arnst, Dick, 237
Associated Press, 14, 15, 154, 269, 271
Astor, John Jacob, 16
Atlantic Gardens, 168, 190, 192
Attell, Abe, 171, 256, 279, 282
August, Jimmy, 276
Austin, Sam, 253
Azua, Ernesto, 222
Backer, George, 102-103, 105
Baer, Max, 147, 280
Bagley, Jim, 269
Bailey, L. N., 272
Baker, Police Commissioner, 110
Bald, Cannonball Eddie, 32
Baltimore _Sun_, 271
Bang, Ed, 271
Barbour, W. Warren, 55-62
Barbour, Colonel William, 56, 58, 61, 62
Baron Wilkes’ Hotel (New York City), 76
Barrick, Constant, 136
Barton, George, 271
Batista, Gen. Fulgencio, 222, 223
Battling Norfolk, 94
Battling Siki, _see_ Siki, Battling
Baxter, Harry, 217
Beall, Fred, 187
Becker, Charles, 49
Bedell, Joe, 164
Bedell, Johnny, 33
Bedell, Menus, 33
Bendigo, 182
Bennison, Ben, 268
Berlenbach, Paul, 32, 92-93, 256, 257, 281
Bernaugh, Peter, 17
Biltmore Hotel (New York City), 111
Bimstein, Whitey, 276
Black, Julian, 141
Black Colossus, _see_ Johnson, Jack
Bloom, Phil, 195
Bloomfield, Jack, 194
Bonhag, George, 33-34, 43-44
Borden, Eddie, 246
_Boston Post_, 59, 270
Bothner, George, 187
Boyle’s Thirty Acres, 119, 200
Boys’ Club (New York City), 7, 10
Brace Memorial School, 7, 8
Braddock, James J., 6, 140, 147-149, 153, 155, 158
Bradley, Hugh, 268, 271
Brady, William A., 32
Breitenstraetter, Hans, 135
Brennan, Bill, 32, 202
Brenner, I. C., 247-248
Britt, Jimmy, 259
Britton, Jack, 185, 281
Brix, Lou, 217
Broadribb, Ted, 147-154, 157
Broadway Club (Brooklyn), 185
Brocco, 33
Broderick, Johnny, 37
Bromberg, Lester, 270
Bromely, Joe, 272
Bronx Home News, 271
Brougham, Royal, 271
Brown, Freddie, 276
Brown, Joey, 224
Brown, K. O., 180-184
Brown, Major, 26
Brown, Natie, 140-141
Brown, Ned, 221, 246
Brown, Panama Al, 282
Brown, Warren, 263, 271
Browning, Jim, 187
Brown’s Gymnasium, 168
Buck, Al, 271
Buelow, Arthur, 127-134
Buff, Johnny, 32, 282
Burke, Jem, 182
Burke, Joe, 60-61
Burke, Sailor, 195-196
Burns, Frankie, 201, 282
Burns, Tommy, 77, 279
Butler, Frank, 272
Butler, James, 268
Butler, Tom, 32
Butt, Captain Archibald, 16
Cameron, Ruth, _see_ Johnson, Mrs. Jack
Camp, Walter, 249
Camp Greenleaf (Chattanooga), 27
Campi, Eddie, 282
Cannon, Jimmy, 261, 271
Canzoneri, Tony, 193, 282
Capone, Al, 46, 47-49
Capone, Mrs. Al, 48
Carbo, Frankie, 46
Carey, Bill, 262
Carmichael, Johnny, 271
Carnera, Primo, 189, 260
_Carpathia_, 16
Carpentier, Georges, 90, 91, 93, 119-121, 125, 135, 202, 257, 281
Carroll, Dink, 271
Carruthers, Jimmy, 225-229
Castro, Fidel, 223
Catholic Youth Movement, 175
Chaney, George K. O., 282
Charles, Ezzard, 4, 204, 270
Chavez, Simon, 218-221
Chemaris, George, 276
Chicago _American_, 265
Chicago _Chronicle_, 265
Chicago _Tribune_, 48, 260, 270, 272
Chip, George, 184, 236
Choynski, Joe, 256, 257
Christodora House, 7
Cifuentas, Armando Garcia, 223
Cincinnati _Enquirer_, 268
City College (New York City), 8, 10
Clabby, Jimmy, 236
Clark, Elky, 282
Clarke, Jackie, 33
Cleveland, Grover, 12
Cleveland, Harry, 268
Cleveland _News_, 271
Cleveland _Press_, 271
Coe, Bill, 34
Coffey, Jim, 32, 188
Coffroth, Jim, 111
Cohen, Robert, 229-230
Cohn, Harvey, 34
Conifrey, Frankie, 168
Conn, Billy, 251, 264-265
Considine, Bob, 271
Cooper, Jack, 24, 58, 59, 258
Copeland, Al, 17
Corbett, James J., 6, 28, 32, 58, 154, 166, 171, 176, 199, 204,
253-254, 256, 257, 275, 277, 279, 280, 281
Corbett, Young, 257, 259
Corum, Bill, 270
Coulon, Johnny, 200-201, 282
Coultry, Frank, 103, 247-248
Critchley, General, 148-149, 152, 153
Cross, Harry, 246
Cross, Leach, 9-10, 32, 163-168, 183
Cuba, 218, 221-224
Cuddy, Jack, 271
Cunningham, Bill, 271
Curley, Jack, 83, 135-137, 187, 260
Curtin, Johnny, 194
Dale, Grover, 9, 10
Daley, Arthur, 271
Daley, George, 246
Daly, John, 34
Daniel, Daniel M., 17, 38-41, 43-44, 270
Daniels, Gypsy, 131
Darcy, Les, 236, 282
Dartmouth College, 33
Dartnell, Fred, 268
Davies, Parson, 276
Davis, George, 271
Davis, “One Round,” 197
Dawson, James P., 122, 158, 270
Deforest, Jimmy, 118
Delaney, Billy, 257, 276
Delaney, High Police Commissioner, 229
Delaney, Jack, 256, 257, 281
Dempsey, Jack (heavyweight), 4, 6, 28, 32, 57, 64, 78, 84, 112-124,
125, 140, 171, 174, 176, 191, 201, 202-203, 221, 226, 249, 250,
254, 257, 263, 273, 277-280, 281, 283
Dempsey, Jack (the Nonpareil), 268, 275
Des Moines _Register_, 271
Descamps, François, 135-137
Detroit _Free Press_, 261
Dexter Pavilion (Chicago), 266
Diamond, Robert, 229-230
Diekmann, Max, 130
Diener, Franz, 131, 136-137
Dillon, Jack, 278, 281
Dipley, Walter, 74
Dixie Kid, 195, 282
Dixon, George, 28, 32, 57, 256, 257, 279, 282
Doesserick, Charley, 194
Dolan’s restaurant (New York City), 29-30
Domgoergen, Hein, 131
Donovan, Mike, 23, 24, 32, 258
Dorgan, John (Ike), 103, 104, 132-133, 247-248
Dorgan, Tad, 70, 112, 247, 252-260
Drew, John, 34
Driscoll, Boyo, 197, 198
Driscoll, Jem, 155, 171, 253, 279, 282
Dry Dock Club, 50, 168
Duke family, 212
Duffy, Arthur, 34
Dundee, Angelo, 276
Dundee, Johnny, 32, 279, 282
Dunkley, Charley, 271
Durborrow, Louis, 37-38
Echevarria, Orlando, 224
Edgren, Bob, 34
Egan, Dave, 271
Egan, Pierce, 28
Eighteenth Amendment, 46
Einstein, Izzy, 50
Elks, Harry, 32
Empire Athletic Club, 168
Erickson, Egon, 40-41
Erne, Frank, 256
Ertle, Johnny Kewpie, 169
Erwin, Jimmy, 142
Escobar, Sixto, 216, 217, 221
Esparza, Nava, 190
Fairchild Newspapers, 214
Fairmont Athletic Club, 168, 195, 197
Fangio, 223
Farnsworth, Bill, 140, 143, 145
Farr, Tommy, 146-155, 157
Ferguson, Elmer, 271
Ferrera, Chickie, 276
Firpo, Luis, 4, 78, 121-124, 125, 172, 202-203
Fiss, Doerr, and Carroll’s Horse Mart, 67, 186
Fitzgerald, Willie, 257
Fitzsimmons, Bob, 24, 32, 172-173, 176, 203-204, 206-207, 236-241,
256, 257, 275, 277, 279, 280, 281
Fitzsimmons, Catherine, 239, 240
Fitzsimmons, Jack, 239-240
Fitzsimmons, Jarrett, 238, 240
Fitzsimmons, Rose, 203-204
Fitzsimmons family, 235-241
Flaherty, Martin, 79
Fleischer, Harold, 133
Fleischer, Jack, 156
Fleischer, Joan, 231
Fleischer, Mark, 8
Fleischer, Trudie, 126, 135, 262
Fleischer family, 8
Florio, Dan, 276
Florio, Nick, 276
Flowers, Tiger, 32, 206, 249
Flynn, Jim, 84
Flynn, Porky, 70-71, 188
Fogler, Joe, 33
Foley, Larry, 239
Foster, Ed, 154
Foster, Judge, 42-43
Fox, Richard K., 267
Fox family, 267
Fraley, Oscar, 271
Fralick, Dr., 132
Franco, Gen. Francisco, 137
Frank, Dago, 49
Frawley, Senator, 246
Frawley Law, 49, 163, 190
Frayne, Ed, 140, 145
Frazee, Harry, 83
Fried, Jack, 271
Friel, Ed, 272
Frohman, Charles, 16
Fullerton, Hugh, 253
Fulton, Fred, 113, 202, 257
Galiani, Eddie, 214
Gallico, Paul, 47, 48, 270
Gans, Joe, 32, 166, 254, 256, 257, 278, 282
Genaro, Frankie, 282
George, W. G., 33
Gibbons, Mike, 169, 195, 282
Gibbons, Tom, 281
Gibson, Billy, 32, 179, 188
Gibson, Truman, 223
Goethals, Major General George, 212-213
Goldberg, Hy, 272
Goldberg, Rube, 254
Goldman, Charley, 276
Goldstein, Ruby, 164
Goodman, Murray, 271
Gordon, Lady Duff, 16
Gordon, Joe, 10
Gore, Bill, 276
Goss, Joe, 266-267
Gotch, Frank, 187, 266
Gould, Mrs. Jay, 10
Gould, Joe, 148
Goulett, Al, 33
Graham, Frank, 270
Grayson, Harry, 271
Greb, Harry, 32, 186, 206, 249, 278, 281
Gregory, L. H., 272
Grenda, Al, 33
Grieve, Curley, 272
Griffin, Hank, 78
Griffo, Young, 279, 282
Grim, Joe, 172-173
Grody, Ray, 272
Grosvenor, Walter, 9
Guerrero, Gus, 33
Gulick, Dr. Luther Halsey, 8
Gutteridge, Reg, 272
Gyp the Blood, 49
Hackenschmidt, George, 187, 265-266
Hackett, Desmond, 272
Hadley, Ralph, 272
Hale, Teddy, 32
Haley, Referee Patsy, 186, 203
Hall, Captain, 26
Hammond, John, 103, 104
Hand, Jack, 271
Hannigan, Steve, 47, 262
Hanson, Knute, 137
Harlem Hospital, 169
Harriman, Mrs. Oliver, 10
Harris, Sam, 205
Hartford _Courant_, 271
Harvard University, 21, 23, 24
Harvey, Charley, 165
Haucap, Referee, 180
Hawkins, Dal, 257
Hayes, Johnny, 20, 33
Heeney, Tom, 137
Hegelman, Pete, 33
Henie, Sonja, 100
Henneberry, Bill, 228
Hennessey, John, 16, 50-51, 213
Henry, O., 32
Herman, Babe, 194
Herman, Pete, 32, 279, 282
Herrera, Aurelia, 205, 257
Herse, Otto, 129
Hillman, Harry, 33
Hippodrome (New York City), 140, 143-145
Hirschfield, Harry, 271
Hitler, Adolf, 237
Hoff, Boo Boo, 46
Holly, Dave, 205
Horton Law, repeal of the, 6, 45
Howard, Phocian, 57
Howard, Roy, 18
Howard Athletic Club, 169, 192
Hoyt, Richard F., 106
Hughes, Ed, 193-194
Hulls, Syd, 148-153
Humphreys, Joe, 205
Hurst, Norman, 268
Hurst, Tim, 36, 69
Igoe, Hype, 66, 70, 72, 81, 158, 254, 270
_Illustrated News_, 261
International Boxing Club, 218, 223, 271, 273
International News Service, 272
“Jack’s” (New York restaurant), 254-255
Jackson, Peter, 205
Jacobs, Joe, 133-134
Jacobs, Mike, 6, 105-107, 119, 120-121, 135, 138-159, 251, 264-265,
283
Jeannette, Joe, 32, 78, 205
Jeffries, James J., 32, 58, 59, 75, 77-78, 84, 109-110, 111, 176,
202, 203-204, 206-207, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 259, 275, 277,
279, 281
Jeffries, Mrs. James J., 112
Jenkins, 187
Jennings, Jim, 270-271
_Jewish Forward_, 166
Joh, Billy, 189, 191, 196-197, 198
Johnson, Jack, 56-59, 75-89, 109-110, 111, 136, 141, 171, 176, 199,
205, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 259, 275, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281
Johnson, Mrs. Jack, 76, 77
Johnson, John Lester, 191-192
Johnston, Jimmy, 32, 134, 260
Jones, Horace, 136
Jones, Jersey, 270
Jones, John Paul, 34
Joyce, John, 34
Kane, Peter, 282
Kaplan, Louis Kid, 250, 282
Kase, Max, 271
Kaufman, Al, 84
Kearns, Jack, 114, 118-119, 173, 194, 202
Kearns, Soldier, 197
Keck, Harry, 271
Keefe, Bill, 271
Keener, Sid, 271
Kellerman, Annette, 37
Kelly, Judge, 70
Kelly, Tom, 198
Kennedy, Bill, 32
Kessler, Gene, 271
Ketchel, Stanley, 63-74, 186, 254, 255, 257, 278, 281
Keyes, Bert, 257
Kid Chocolate, 279, 282
Kilbane, Johnny, 279, 282
King, Harry, 17
Kiviat, Abel, 33
Klaus, Frank, 282
Kline, Izzy, 276
Kofoed, Jack, 271
Kottman, Dr., 11
Kullavanijya, Brig. Gen. Pichai, 225, 232
La Barba, Fidel, 282
Laing, Jack, 271
Langford, Sam, 32, 78-80, 171, 190-192, 205, 277, 281
Lanigan, Ernie, 11
Lavigne, George Kid, 256, 282
Lee, Bill, 271
Leon, Benny, 169
Leon, Casper, 169
Leon, Jack, 169
Leonard, Benny, 32, 164, 166, 167, 168, 171, 177-180, 195, 199, 200,
249, 250, 276, 278, 282
Levinsky, Battling, 188, 281
Levy, Papa, 94
Lewin, Murray, 47, 158, 271
Lewis, Ed Strangler, 187
Lewis, Harry, 195, 282
Lewis, Ted Kid, 185, 281
Lewis, Whitey, 49, 271
Lewis, Willie, 32, 71-72, 185, 195-196, 282
Lieb, Frederick G., 11, 17
_Life_ Magazine, 222
Littleton, Happy, 194
Littlewood, 33
Ljungstrom, Gusta, 33
Lomski, Leo, 186-187
London, Jack, 258-259
Londos, Jim, 187
Long, Tom, 21
Long Island Bowl, 173, 186
Longacre Club, 168
Longboat, Tom, 33
Losada, Jess, 218, 220
Los Angeles _Examiner_, 265
Loubet, Nathaniel R., 248
Loughran, Tommy, 147, 185, 186-187, 202, 281
Louis, Joe, 4, 6, 80-81, 140-141, 146-155, 158, 171, 174, 176, 265,
273, 277, 279, 280, 281, 283
Louis, Lefty, 49
Lovelock, Jack, 237
Luchow’s Restaurant (New York City), 72
Lumley, Arthur, 261, 266, 267, 268
Lustig, Elias, 144
Lynch, Benny, 282
Lynch, Joe, 32, 282
Lyons, Dan, 122
Macadam, John, 272
Mace, Jem, 239, 240
MacFadden, Bernarr, 248
Mackey, Biz, 197, 198
Madden, Frankie, 49, 164-165
Madden, Owney, 46
Madison Square Garden, 8, 30-37, 99-107, 108, 110, 111, 121, 127,
132, 137, 138, 140, 141, 148, 174, 178, 180, 185, 186, 187, 189,
193, 200, 222, 241, 245, 246, 250, 256, 260, 263, 276
Madison Square Garden Corporation, 47