The Senators finished seventh both
v-n;-s MeAleer was their pilot. In
!f'12 MeAleer joined the -ranks of the
magnates as president of the Boston
Hed fox which captured the John
son gonfalon and the world's banner
that year. In 1913 Mac got Jn bad
with the Boston fans by dropping
Jake Stahl from the management.
find Ban Johnson induced him to sell
his interest in the Bed Sox tc Joseph
.1. Lannin for $100,000. McAleer then
iUred to Toungstown and settled
down to a quiet life.
V THIS date 'way back In 1S57
Harry Lazarus defeated Benny
Horrlgan in 97 rounds at Point Al
bino, Canada. Lazarus had an ex
cellent reputation as a game and
clever fighter, while Horrigan had by
his prowess gained the popular nick
name of "Dreadnaught." In those
daj's there was much prejudice
a gains boxing in the United States,
and many' of the biggest battles were
pulled off in Canada. The Provinces
were not very thickly populated at
that period, and it was an easy mat
er for the American boxers and their
followers to dodge across the boun
dary, pitch a ring in some uninhab
ted spot along lake or river, settle
iheir differences and dodge back
again. Only a few weeks before ths
f.izarus-Horrigan fight, the heavy
weight championship of America had
neen decided at Long Point. . Canada,
y a battle between John Morrlssey
rid John Heenan. One of the last
f these Canadian Invasions was pull
ed off in 1872, when tho famous
'rrhtweights. Billy Kd wards and Ar
bur Chambers, scrapped on Cana
1!an soil near Tsroit, crossing the
Ivor to the scene of conflict at 3 in
the morning.
