Telegram-herald., 1890-02-03

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jack Dslpas tas rAoaesrsll "a
good asAl ks b5Ly Edesras hota ia
hls genius for the rng sad tu the f.s
that as locks ike anytaiay b4t ~hat
he a. paEllist Ia spesz-ng of the
relation betgesn tas nd An1 ghe
body 10 gEiks agatlng enc evening nog
long aEc. be Sad Ee~ people realize
boz m4sE the brsln enLsrs iato al
p1gilsm nan ~h0 starts match
~ith ths feeling taas re eaR beat MS
sdsers4rY las bis strength tni skiil
increased - lssst tea per cent on ghs
0sher a8nd the Uan s4o believes hs Is
gong - 20 beaten or sko = afraid cf
Ais antagonist loses those qualities
Any here from tweRty-dvs per cent
upwards sullivan. great though he Is
has wcn matches simply oy the strength
- ais reputation when be scowIs a.
tce average man ard says. Im John
J. tne champion CT the world the
latter Is usually ready 70 fan down and
faint have seen the same tniug hap
con with suca great artists as Jem
Mace Jake kilr4in and BILLY Edwards
had l. in my 0wn experience once and
IL served noe ln the gre eatest s.eaI On
one ot my tours ! vas staying over
night 10 q small town IN the west In
TIE hotel in the evening 1 ran scross
one OF those local lighters who nght
and usually hght we'll FOR the mere love
OF 10 and not as professionals do. FOR the
money which the business brings lie
we'll Quilt man who would add one more
10 the l.st oi his victims. proceeded to
pick = quarrel ana fight ne then and
taere. Before 4 roand had passed, l
discovered that no was far stronger
than myself that be was an expert
boxer and wrestler and that in rough
and tumble lighting was but an
infant IN lis hands. AZ the begin
ming OF the second round man
who knew IS both said 20 him: Great
Heavens, Tom, do you want TO be
killed? Do you know who you're fight
Ing2 That's Jack Dempsey, the cham
pion. II you keep on you're dead
man.
The fellow was game and kept up
the fight, but the announcement had
fallen upon him ike a vet blanket and
so taken away his energy and force that
F I had no trouble in soundly thrashing
/ him m the next three minutes
And yet ! candidly believe that ~
he hadn', learned who | was, he would
either have whipped me or given me
/ the hardest tussie OF my life.
Jack Hopper, the middle-weight prize
/ fighter. IS not very handsome man.
/ While he IS quick, clever. plucky and
/ industrious. his face is devoid OF ex-
/ preston, or. II il has one. it is that OF
middle aged farmer who thinks OF
nothing but his cows and crops In
speaking OF odd incidents in his career
no said: Last summer I was managing
a sporting house uptown. in New
York City, when hulking fel.
low entered one afternoon whose
face and manner said. I'm bold, bad
man and don't yer forget IT, There was
only one other person in she room. the
bartender, Young and slender German.
/ The stranger looked around and said
1 hear the-e is fighter around here,
named Jack Hopper, where can ! see
him2'
Il looked mp and said. I'm Jack Hop
Pc, what do you wantT
lie looked az me and said, contemp
tuously Are You Jack Hopper, the
fighter? gave him quiet Affirmative
He responded. 4 think You're a fraud
and know can lick you said. For
how muchf
He said: For twenty dollars
Make f. thirty and its 4 go He
replied. I'm your man, and imme
dia-eiy put up the money. We weni
into ne reading room of the place
where there wore a mum Der OF custo
mers sitting and made ready for ths
match. He was q game fellow. but ne
could not have Ought small boy Hs
no.e- struck no once. but 7 struck hin
as often and 81 hard as I pleased lie
vas so innocent that IL almost seemeC
cruelty % animals % hit him on the
twentieth blow he laid down and took
shor, nap. W-en he came %. he got ur
and wi sh Tho remark = guess i m pretty
wsll licked, gentlemen, be left ths
place. We all laughed and gave tae
man no further thought. About three
months afterward tho door opened and
there he was again
Good morn NJ, Mr. Hopper
Good morning
I've been trainin ng FOR thres months.
can lick you now
T again got OF the time-honored
query. For hov mu-h3'
For a,tg this iimo and I've brought
Few friends 20 pat up the stake We
again repaired 20 the reading room aud
had our second bout. He had improve
q tns interim bus only enough 20 get
ny blood uD ANA 70 have nc give bin
worse thrasaing than be got ire f-si
.iue. When t1e fghs was over AMI he
was ready % 80. he smiled as far a. ara
mouth would lel 1im. snd said Gen
tlensn. In satisfied IN licked Mr.
Uo00e-. good morning
"a month afser be cane in thi-d
t.me. took tine h7 the fcrelo-x and
SAT- For 1w n gch2
Ha TTirred from ear e. e1r As bo an.
sVerei. For nothing a. AL NJ Hop
rer. bat n st a1r t.ne Yoa can 20 some
smart roosta- s.-h "a used ,o he 81
rn Taa wo.t. .rks te lscayoa fe-
couple -f h-ndr-f
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