The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
THE SUN, SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1897

new one on Jim. lie looked agile and ath-
say. said Jim to this new man in ,camp.
you're a pretty husky looking, young fellow.
Can YOU do ANYTHING with your hands,
"A little said the young fellow.
Then herman sprung the talk about the
camp'H lJS- myself and made mo
usual suggestion about a go on tho following
WIZ is this chan inquired the new ar
rival. without much. Of a show Of Interest.
got a law single out up at Mrs. Cannon 3
shack. He, a college kId, and'a pre- " good
against ANYTHING ]tip.ion. not being a profes,
slohaI Hos about your build. Think you
care. 70 90 a few rounds with him
plv. and 50 II was fixed Tor the following Satur-
day night. Tho boys came to me. and told me
It, at that, | was too busy e. look my next
man o"et, but kept at my modefate system o.
fSr Tx a, ali until HIN we sfG in 1tS t inaT RIM ! w %isG G9 him. 10
When he Jumped into the ring I could see
that he Sas an atnle:e proper, although
looking ut him. He made. me a Wit, nervous,
though. by tn. stylish way he carried himself.
and tho way he went about feeling the ropes
10 see IL they were going TO break. stamping on
the canvas platform, and so, on. didn't en-
10y tpose moves Of hi: q little 1T. and Wills
low my corner that they had stacked me no
against a ringer. although in reality had no
He's shapy. the bows WHISPERED back 10
me, but you'll see that he's one Of the ordinary
run of counterfeits when he puts up his
dukes. Go IN and knock the lid of him
Then we shook hands and squared of, It
was something ridiculous to see the way that
was on to him at once, but the fellows out in
front weren't. He totally. fooled them with
the clurnsiness he assumed with his hands. al
the way he leared back ward like a eat every
time | sent one out for him. He didn't mysti-
that we shook hands knew that | was n dead
one. but determined to do the best could 10
hang on to my prestige, He wonHiidp,t let me
way dom with an imitation Of aykwardness
that was plain 70 me, but it fooled the bows out
n front, as well as the two men in my corner.
Every tin. went after him he ,hQDred back;
dropred his hands, and ran round the ring, and
the boys gave him the laugh.
" Take 4 s~lnpstick to him they yelled at
me. and l could see a sly grin on the face of
my antagonist when cracks such as these were
In the second round he continued his run.
nins,away tactics. without making any show
q teht!nE with his hands. and grinning all the
time. The crowd hegan TO hiss. him. and TO
yell: Take out that sprinter!'. BUT | want to
20 on record as saying that | knew what was
Ny man changed his tactics from the be-
ginning OF the third round. He lnst stood up.
and iet me- meT puhc Ih3t q; him or Il W w. Ike I inb ,hTn:
time / set sal! Tor any part, Of him /, landed 50
the. gloves. And he had an exasne rating grin
on his mug all the time. too. When that third
round was IN he hu1n Z moved a quarter nf an
inch from the first stand he took, nor had he
made the slightest attempt to hit me. He let
me dn ne pMnchinv; l2u never ;aw such q
in front were. They were too much surprised
TO SPEAK. even.
This is my finish said I when I went into
my. corner at the wind-up Of the fourth round.
and that was about the hottest prophecy | ever
Ny man met me smiling and squared OH
Ike z rrizefRhter when went up to him for
me fourth round, and then he began to toy
Two mnitts straight down. and when | led /
found him all closed pp and nothing doing on
the spot | led for. Then he'd give me a light;
and throw his hands Town again with a grin.
He tanned me thus twenty times during, that
Just showing me that there WASH half an inch
on nv carcass above tho belt that didn't be.
long b TO H WELT Tny wifi sime r he Ep b6ss nv, in front
down in nv corner TO get my wind for tho NTH.
one on my man in the coming round.
There wasn't 30 much as a puff coming
from him when we met in the centre and both
". but nix, he. wasn't there When the rnund
was ABOUT half over he stepped T. the middle
Where Do YOU waat it for the .hnish?' he
aske! me. without hardly moving his lips.
plI.d Any fof olf f tei, t Eher my y0 Ikea can ap put G II. ! re- ss
AZ right, said he. and then his len shot
'uS Il7NpH Iol. L saw L. t'IlllDR. ava
my hands went up to catch 1t. I was on the
slow freight. whereas he was travelling eN-
press. and the left caught me square on the
point of the Jaw. and ] took my little fifteen
minute trip to the Land of Nod light there and
then. When ! came to the boys were tanning
Inc and telling me that / wasn't queered. for
they elieyed the man who had nat me ont
must have been q ringcr--that his work was too
finished along toward the wind-up for a duh.
My Antagonist had disappeared. they sail,
when he left his dressing room.
We'll, ! didn't lose prestige a. MI. so conf
dent were the boys that | had been licked hv a
professlona al travelling about cullinG of ringer
stunts. Three or four DAYS after that Strap |
went up TO Denver In connection with some
cases was working on. Imet nv recent antag-
nnist face to face on the street in less than an
hour after | got in town. He was gotten up in
swell style. He recognized me and addressed
ms cordially. He seemed a pretty nice sort Of
fellow. and invited me to take a walk around 10
tho Denver Athletic Club with him. | went
along. | noticed that a good many Of the
men VIC met walking along knew him. and |
Wondered who in the deuce he was.
" Good morning. Mr.. Dcmpsev.' said the
buttons at the door Of the club as we passed
%sheepishlv.
Il Just took a run down to the camp to look
II over. and your friends got me into it, he
said:grinring. Il didn't hurt you:much. any-
hos did IL"