Swing (Feb-Dec 1951)

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(See Page 304 for the Answers) KNOCK THE CHAMPS OUT by Lawrence R. Barney In the past sixty-eight years there have been sixteen Heavyv-'eight Boxing Champions of the World. The left'hand column gives the years in chronolog' ical order during which each Champ held his title. The right'hand column gives the names of all the heavyweight crown-holders in a scrambled order. See how many of the title-holders you can knock out by correctly pairing each Champ's name with the years he held the Heavyweight Crown. ANSWER YEAR(S) TITLE HELD CHAMP'S NAME 1. 1882 to 1892 (A) JOE LOUIS 2. 1892 to 1897 ; (B) JACK SHARKEY 3. 1897 to 1899 ■ (C) VACANT 4. 1899 to 1905 • (D) JAMES J. CORBETT 5. 1906 to 1908 (E) MAX SCHMELING 6. 1908 to 1915 (F) JESS WILLARD 7. 1915 to 1919 1 . (G) JOHN L. SULLIVAN 8. 1919 to 1926 * .'(H) MAX BAER 9. 1926 to 1928 i id) PRIMO CARNERA 10. 1928 to 1930 M:(J) EZZARD CHARLES 11. 1930 to 1932 GENE TUNNEY 12. 1932 JACK JOHNSON 13. 1933 k (M) TOMMY BURNS 14. 1934 ; (N) ROBERT FITZSIMMONS 15. 1935 to 1936 ^t|(0) JACK DEMPSEY 16. 1937 to 1949 J.^MES J. JEFFRIES 17. 1949 (N.B.A. only) ..»(Q) JAMES J. BRADDOCK