The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-04

promised another match at the West Enc
Club. He fights Ole Olsen in Jackson
away easily. He has beaten him twice al
ready.
Those who follow pug.lism closely believe
that a man once knocked out never fight
again with the same confidence. especially
against the fighter who put him TO sleep
A Knockout blow usually not only takes ali
the hSht out OF a contestant. but also
breaks his heart and destroys his courage
He knows how 1t feels to receive a crushing
blow on the point Of the jaw OF q nerve,
destroying smash on the solar plexus. He
also knows that his opponent IS meeting
him with increased confidence. and will
probably take even greater chances than
In their previous encounter.
Fighters who have been put away once
have seldom GENE back to their old form.
After a long career. in which he scored
knockouts innumcrabla, George Iixon of
Boston was stopped BY McGOvern in the
ring of the Broadway Athletic Club and
ended his success as q champion feather
weight then and there. True il IL that Dix
on has appeared In the ring since, but he
has been unable TO display any of his for
mer dash. skill and strength. and. in fact.
has upon several occasions been ou,pointed
by comparative noyices.
Frank Erne. the Buffalo light weight. was
invincible after ne won the championship
from Kid iaVigne up 10 the time he met
McGoyern in n fight at special weights in
Madison Square Garden. Then Erne was
treated to a picturesque wallop;ng and WAS
so badly beaten that he suffered a virtual
l III diH AihS Isi.lt lii' q -
gain his old prOwess since that unfortunate
incident. He trained faithfully, but was al
most always Il loser. Then Joe Cans came
along and in n fight for the title Erne was
| signaily beaten.
The mighty John l.. Sullivan never tasted
defeat until James ]. Corbett beat him down
| Ivan was broken both in heart and spirit.
and never tried to fight again. When FItz-
deprived the Californian of all the stamina
| that had made him famous. Corbett gave
a magnificent exhibition of boxing. but 1t
was a fash In the pan, and when Jefries
put on the finishing touches. Gentleman
Jim was easy.
Ff:zsimmons got his first nockcut In this
country from Jeffries. He tried again and
received the same dose. only in quicker
time. Fftzsimmons went into the ring con-
fdent in bis own ability to administer pun
ishInent. but feeling inwardly that his an
tagonist had Il punch that was dangerous
In the extreme. And II, was the dread Of
| that particular blow that prevented the
Cornishman from fighting his man as he
had all OF his victims.
Kid Mccoy was on the high road to sue
cess when Tom Sharkey knocked him out.
He was hailed as the coming champion.
His cIeverness was wonderful and his heart
s Sas s aftar hI oak hy T Tam VIZ 6!RoH naark snd T ths
Kid felt the force of the bury Sailors ter
rife blows he weakened. The knockout
came In the tenth round and was the result
Of superior strength and greater courage.
With 1t came. too. the breaking of Nc
Coy's heart strings He had never expert
~ SuNl d s'Il-aNiDH ~ as IL ~
went to the floor and could not arise with
in the prescribed limit: After that the KID
whipped Maher. but Maher had less hen5s
Irishman had been twice stopped by Fitz-
simmons's terrible iolts and swings.
Sharkey got along swimmingly under the
care of Tom ORourke. After stopping Nc
Coy and Corbett he went after JeffrieI. ana
in a great fight. which went the limit OF
that many OF the spectators thought the
decision should have been a draw. Sharkey.
however. got a beating from Jetf,ies that
ribs broken and received other injuries
which seemingly affected him
Malachy logan has the following re-
marks to make about Benny Yanger in the
Sunday edition Of the Chicago Record
Although Benny Yanger easily won from
Kid Herman at the American Athletic
Club last Monday night. the fight between
the two local boys had a couple of features
outside OF the result. The surprise of the
bout was that ranger. after having Her
man beaten early in the fight, was unable
TO put his man away.
1T is a long time since Yanser disposed
of a good fighter by the Knockout route
in his career and his Knockout of Young
Corbett in the first fight between the two
are about the only two mills in which he
has not gone the limit. OF practically So
This has given rise to some discussion. and
many people are wondering whether Yam
ger is as hard a hitter as most people have
believed him to be.
"Yanger had an advantage at the very
start last Monday night. because Herman
came into the ring in a decidedly nervous
The boy allowed the fact that
a victory meant not only considerable no.
toriety. but more money than he had ever |
seen In his lifetime to upset IN. He was |
nervous when he put up his hands. and only ,
once OF twice in the light did he make a !
of confidence. |
LAS early as the second round Yanger !
had Herman to the bad. and, although thu !
'siasher' tried his best all the way and fire.
quently fioored his younger opponent. he
could not put over the decisive punch. Yam
ger did not receive any punishment that ',
should have weakened his blows. and thu
only explanation is that either he was not