Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-22

1916, he made his professional debut with
Walton, the Twickenham youth. for q
purse OF $25. Randall astonished the am.
ateurs with his style and the decisive action
eexhibited.
Paddinxton, Jones and Whale were his
seconds on this occasion, and in the short
space OF ten minutes tho Twickenham
Youth, who in other battles had showed
some talent for milling. was 90 peppered
that he left the ring.
After Carter and Robinson, had exhibited
at Moulsey Hurst the first time, Wednes-
day, April -. 1916, Randall entered the
ring with George Dodd for purse OF $25.
1t WAS wellcontested battle and twenty
five minutes elapsed before victory was de-
rided i" favor Of our hero.
On Wednesday, May 20, 1915, at Coombe
Wood, Randall entered the ring with a
Jew callei Ug;y Baruk" for subscription
purse OF $50, collected on the ground. The
amateurs were completely astonished at
the milling capabilities displayed by Ran
dali, the more especially 90 his figure ap-
peared SO meagre and lank, that an opin-
ion was generally entertained that "Young
Paddy" must in the eourse ola few minutes
he tini i,hed by his determined Ixaelite. But
the opposite = as the result.
The greatest battle that Randall sus-
tained was with Bclasco, a Jew, whom he
defeated in seven rounds.
The second pugi list who earned the title
OF ''Nonparsil' was Jem Mace, than whom
no better pugiiist erus&oed il the rise.
He also was q very light middle-weieht
when he irst began his fighting career,
usually weighing about lao to 145 pounds
when trained for an encounter. He had
the great advantage OF height and length OF
reach over his predecessor, standing at
least feet inches high. How he worked
hi y
into the heavy.weights and finally became
the champion OF the world, is known to all
who follow boxing.
For years he was under the stigma of be-
ing coward, but his memorable battle
with Tom King in 1868, when he fought
iour rounds with q broken jaw and
partly blind, refutes this assertion. The
tact of the matter is that Mace was always
tricky fighter and tried all he could not |
to get hurt. often going as near the foul |
line as he could in order to avoid punish. |
ment. That he could give and take ter
fif1io blows is undeniable. When he |
was pltted against bigger man than |
himself he would resort to all sorts of |
dodges to wear him out, but whenever he |
saw an opening Ire generally managed to |
land one Of his hands, even il he got q |
straight counter or a right-hand cross
counter in return. Mace's great forte was
his counter, and the boxer who was fool
hardy enough to do all the leading gener-
ally found this out as speedily az any one.
tie had the most flexible neck ever seen in
the ring, and would almost lay his head on
his shoulder, thus battling the quickest of
left handed men. His judgment in the mat
ter OF distance and force was wonderful,
and he seldom threw blow away. This,
Of course, gave him a great advantage
over Il wild fighter, and often when
the latter was thoroughly exhausted
Mace would be as fresh and lively as
4 kitten at play. The latest Nonpareil
of the fistic arena is Jack Dempsey, whose
unchecked career. for four years will bear
favorable comparison with the doings of
sandall or Mace. He is scarcely q modern
'tyle fighter-that is, as we understand the
;erm now. He is less shifty than Mace was,
,ut is OF the regular John Bull type OF pu-
'iiist such as Jack Broughton was. In
'tyie he approaches Randall more than
Mace, but has some of the best traits OF +.
he old.timers, but wherever occasion ser.
'es he can "break ground and get out OF
langer quite as quickly as Mace ever could
Instead OF standing square, he offers with
lis left side. This gives him tremendous |,
each with the leading hand, and offers less
i a mark to his antagonist than ha other
wise would.
II it were possible to present the styles of
tandall, Macs and Dempsey at one time :
hey would prove quite an interesting
tudy, and perhaps set at rest forever the /.
moot point as to whether the old fashioned
ghters, with their bold and unresistine
ght, were superior to the quick and shift
ng boxers OF the present day.