Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-03

inc ne(h. ne came 10 me
very groggy in that round, and
l let him get into position for
the last blow. knew it would be the
last, and landed it with unerring aim.
With Maher it was the right-hand
jab that proved the most effective.
had his nose for mark right after the
first round, and never let my mind get
off that one point. Every round laid
for the opening, which saw at the very
outset he cOnldR't guard successfully
against, and | should judge that land
ed there from seventy to eighty times
l think that would discourage any
man. OF the two fighters Dempsey was
by all means the cleyerest fighter,
while Maher was the bigger and strong
er man. There is one thing In con-
nection with that last fight Of which the
public is not fully aware. The report
that l was knocked out 10 the first
round is all wrong. The fact is that
had landed rather hard on Maher, aud
Just as the round was finished | STUN
bled backward and he stumbled for
ward, turning round as he did so, and
hitting me accidentally on the side Of
the head. 1t was not an aimed blow
and was altogether accidental. Those
who were at the fight saw how clean
and clear looked after the fight, and
the only punishment | got was to my
good right hand, which, of conrse, was
due to my own hard hitting and to the
very hard wall Makers mouth made for
me to hit against.
Writing OF fighting men with differ
ent tactics reminds me of some OF my
other battles, and these again prove my
assertion that good fighter must not
depend on any one kind OF effective
lighting. whipped Jim Hall twice In
FIVE rounds. The first time l saw at
the very outset that could get at his
face without much trouble with some
clever feinting. In the second round l
made his nose my mark, and at the end
OF the fifth round Halls seconds threw
up the sponge. 1t is almost diScourag-
ing to be hit in the nose fifty times in
quick succession or on the mouth. In
my second battle with Hall be protected
his face. He had learned a
thing or two. and l then
aimed for his stomach. 1t took just
five rounds Of that kind of hitting to
finish him. Billy Mccarthy made a
good battle, but he was unable to touch
me, so l hit him at random everywhere.
| came out OF that fight without a
scratch. Upham, whom | whipped In
five rounds in New Orleans, was also an
easy mark.
BrinSmeade was one of the heavy
weights / fought in Australia. 1t was
science backed by hard hitting that
beat him. l found out in that battle
that there is everything in proper sys-
tenn Of feinting and always changing
the manner OF it, so that the opponent
never knows where he is going to get an
opening or where he is going to get a
hit.
The good fighter must know how to APP
ply every kind OF blow the moment his eye
catches the real intention of a feinting
opponent. With Maher l also found
the stop and cross counter TO give a
cross counter very effective. With
Hall, again, one Of my good blows was
what is known as the right hand body
blow.
Dempsey'S clever work compelled me
TO be on u o most careful guard and l
"piyoted' out of position and got in on
the turn very effectively several times.
The shift from one position to
another requires all the swftness
man can put into his frame. puz-
lied Maher with the left-hand shift.
changing like lightning, stopping his
blow with my right aud hitting out
with the left. l hope to be able to
show the American public some more
cook work before go out of the ring,
and know that square dealing, honest,
hard work in the ring, and a constant
endeavOr to elevate the standing OF
1.-THE noble art of self-defense," will
bring me the good opinion of all lovers
Of sport. | will challenge, as I have
said before, the winner of the Corbett-
Sullivan match, and | will do my best
to give the public fight worth seeing.
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