The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23

one of those right-hand swings of his, the
kind that he started from way behind his
back. Well. sir. you would have thought
Madden had been hit WITH With bTngstsrte; ts 81:
head under him, and l swear never
thought he'd move again. didn't walt to
three Jumps L thought sure Madden was
dead, and didn't want to get pinched. But
Madden was not killed.
the next day and told him that he would
do / got him at the West Side in his first
professional bout with Bob Dillon, whom
soon l saw a chance to make some money
with him. Up in Lowell there was local
man who everybody thought was COM
ing world beater, none other than &c
Gardner Well says ]. If l can ring in
Hanrahan in the guise of an unknown on
this Lowell wonder and work the odds in
it for me and my friends Hanrahan msan-
while had got his rep. down here
II saw easy money against IT, GaraiTer; anad,ns
race track in Massachusetts to train. ana
we named him Dick Sims. / tipped every
one of and the people IN dN1,es Mest d Lynn Sims
Well, the fight came off. and Gardiner inn
mediately began to put it all over Hanra-
a dummy, and see my friends money. 60
ing like water. You see. Biil had done
nothing but train on Glgarettes-thst @ was
We're looking like thunder clouds. and were
Whispering for me to save their money.
You see. 1 had pulled money out Of the
what l was going TO do. Things were get
ting worse and worse. and Bill was wab-
bling all over the ring. Suddenly / had
thought. and ] went over to the Sergeant
Just look. say, amt 1t a shame the
erne? ss You rs ought Ens f5 stop the ght
could not see anything wrong: But said
would be responsible So. suddenly he holds
up his hand. 1 runs over TO tell Referee
Billy Leclair. and touches him on. the
the policeman. holding up his hand.
" Stop the fight said the Sergeant. As
soon as hears that l runs to the referee
'.Cail it a draw
Call it pothin'::,, he says. pushing me
fight was stopped by the police the man
declared winner. fact which the referee
did not know-'but.' says /, You know it's
always a draw when the police stop the
:" All right says Leclair,. it's a draw.
By this time the other parties. who could
not hear what we had been talking. about.
came up. and when they heard the decision
there was fine howl. They brought out
the articles of agreement. but in the mean
Will while l had had ripped Hanrahan's ,,il,s nan gloves on
So the decision stood. But 'Leclair-poor
Leclair got roasted to death. And-well.
we did not win anything, but We did not
lose, either.
Later l brought Gardner down to New
York and staked him against Harry Fish
was a hayseed and they bet ali they had on
Fisher Oh: no. Gardner did not lick Fish,
er: Well. there never was better backed
of the fire was the time Tim Kearns. who
BSfraio, and igi rattlins good bow too. o.
Kearns was lighting under the name Of
Tom Cannon, which is his right
on the Brooklyn boy. Just before the fight
kearns drank a bottle of ale and good dig
In the stomach soon after the bell rang put
Il all over him, and Kearns was just about |
good for round or two more. ALI those |
passing in the Werd to save S them someow
said I'll try By this time the two were in |
2 mxup over in Goldstein's corner and |
walked around the ropes back Of the corner,
and and In g. the midst Of all the excitement I
stems seconds, jumps into the ring, and !
II the fight. of course, is given to Kearns. !
building after the fight. but he says he was |
over. He did
did 1 ever see a fighter killed? Yes. two |
2r three OF them. I was behind Jimmy
Daffy the night George Justice killed him |
1t the Broadway Athlete Club He got a |
rack over the heart and went down. When |
he came to says:
81 Too bad. Jimmy
Yes. Jim.' he said 1T was too bad. Bet |
ter luck next then he drops.
He was nice boy, too. 1t was the heart. |
You have to be careful of that.
DO you remember the Maher-Morrisscy |
bout at the Broadway? That was one Of |
he things that helped kill boxing here. |
Morrissey had hardly ever seen a boxing |
glove. but he was called the Irish champion |
md We had him so jollied that he thought |
lc could lick his weight in wildcats And as |
Tor Maher. he was so scared of the big fel- |
ow that he was a-scared to go in the ring. |
fou remember Morrssey fell down every |
line Maher feinted. Seven dollars seat |
at the Broadway for that"
Among other fighters. De Forest brought |
and others. The walls of his place are filed |
With gloves and other relics of past fights.