Joe Gans

THE DESERT FOXTex Rickard, owner of a Nevada gambling house, began his career as a fight promoter 48 years ago this week. He offered $30,000 in gold or a lightweight title match between champion Joe Gans and durable...

Sirs:Frank Erne is dead at 79 (SCOREBOARD, Sept. 27). He was the oldest living of the former boxing champions. Erne, born Jan. 8, 1875, was the only Switzerland-born ringman ever to win a world's pugilistic title....

A sign along Highway 95 in Goldfield, Nev. warns motorists to slow down to 25 mph. One can't help wondering why. In Goldfield today the wind cries past lifeless buildings. A sign on a grocery store sways on a rusted...