The editorial of 13 August 1919 issue of Boxing (a.k.a. Boxing News, this is the last time I am writing this) included a story, which shows that a certain practice in modern times, i.e. the crazed fanaticism often exhibited by a horde of teenagers following any famous super-star, goes back 100 years. Moreover, if today you only see teenage girls drooling over a poster portraying a member of their favorite boy band, in the 1900s the fans of a famous personality, in this instance a boxer, included women and men, young and old. Read the story of OLAD (Operation: Let's Ambush Dempsey, ok ok, I made this one up), where the presence of a boxing champion caused a crowd to act in such a manner that a witness is forced to call them "boot-licks." And you thought your grandma was boring...