The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-13
HOW FIGHTERS
TALK TO WIN
Many a Joke Passed During Heat
of Battle.
KIDDING HAS ITS EFFECTS
MORE THAN ONE WHIPPED By
THESE TACTICS.

Those who follow the fighting game and
are in or close to the ring when trouble
occurs hear many funny things A fighter
does not go into the ring to talk usually,
but often the best talker wins IL is con-
sidered good move to talk your man
into a cornos. and then hand MIN one.
For example when Jim Jeffries was
defending the championship against Jim
Corbett that night at COney Island Cor
bett flew around the big fellow like deer
hound around a big stag. jabbing ana
worrying him almost he pleased Ma
turaIly. il he could make Jeff think ne
had him at his mercy that state of mind
would help him to victory; so, after whirl-
ing a left hook on the champions mouth,
Corbett laughed and exclaimed. 'Welt
jeff. I taught you all you know out at
Carson City, but 1 kept a few things up
my sleeve; I'm going to spring them on
/ This didn't worry Jeffries little bit
/ He grinned his good natured, school boy
] grin as he answered:
JEFF Had Good Trick.
/ well. 1 have few tricks that never
showed you out there, Jim: but i Will
( show them TO you pretty soon"
In the twenty-third round Jeffries
+ swung his left to COrbetts jaw and put
! him down and out Corbett was stin
/ dazed when he got up and his seconds
had TO lead him back to his corner JEFF
/ fries came over
Say. Jim he exclaimed, II fought
! you fair, didn't To-
! We'll. I don't know" answered Cor
] bett, who had not quite come to. 1T was
a good fight, wasn't it? I guess it's all
I right, Jeff"
The effect of a knockout on a man is
] always curious. remember Jack Dow
J ney was knocked down by Jim Burge the
{ Iron Man. one night. and only the gong
at the end OF the round saved him from
/ being counted out. AS he came to the
! corner his eyes had a PARKWAY express
| sion. l asked him how he felt.
Bully, he replied, Il can lick the
All right. Jack. I told him. just try
and punch the middle one hard and then
You will be oil right 3"
Terry McGovern and Young Corbett in
their whirlwind fight at Hartford for the
championship a year ago didn't talk
/ much. but theiF words came ont as fast
/ as the blows, and they were the quick
est I ever saw in the ring In the first
round. in a hot miX-up a right swing of
! Young COrbetts landed high on Meow
ern s head and daZed him for perhaps one
! second he jumped back. took a deep
4 breath and rushed in again.
sIung you Up. some didn't it?' says
/ why wouldn't it?" says Terry 1T
was with the right"
There With the Left too.
Yes. but I'm there with the left too.
Just then he swung his left in a ter
rifle hook and caught McGOvern on
his knees. no.
When Fitzsimmons and sharkey
fought at COney Island some time after
their battle at San Francisco. the sailor
who had improved great deal I'M tht
meantime. rushed at F'itz swincinn both
hands; His left caught Fitz on the jaw
and shook him up pretty we'll
/ Ihat 8 a good one, Tom Fitz ,PX-
claimed.
Yes and here comes another one.
SAD sharkey. m not as easy as you
Just wait till you see me sink tn,
snip F1tz prophesied. The ship. OF
course was the fine. big. full-riggcc
his enormous chest In the next round
/ F1tzsimmOns suddenly exclaimed: 4" Ere
| now. Tom, ere goes for your face" Tn
/ tninflngly the sailor threw Up his guard
TO protect his jaw, and just then Fitzsin
/ mon right i'm fierce uDpercut LANDED
/ on the keel of that big blue shin like :
torpedo The keel is just about on Shar
The ship reeled, Ouivered and sIowly
sank 20 the floor with all on board Ton
was a great rallieT however. and in
rev seconds he was UD and fiehtin,
again. Once more Fitzsimmons told him
I Ere's one for your face and as Ton
threw up his arms Fits fist landed un
.
! Tom went down and out.
oh. saws Fitz,. Il meant to say 'erei
/ one for the ship"
Peter Maher and Mccoy
The most effective conversation. iude
J ing by results, that ] ever heard in tn,
ring was between Kid Mccoy and Pete
Maher, i'm their celebrated fight at Cone,
Island, on New Years day. They Clinche,
in the second round and Mccoy held Ma
hers arms so that he could not move
I Then he looked him I'm the eye and smiles
his malicious. cold, sneering smile ant
said:
well. you big stiff. see YOU are n
the newspapers nollering for sympath1
because your wife is sick. Well whel
] get through with you YOU viii wan
more sympathy than ever"
As a matter Of fact Peters wife wa
terribly sick at that time. When h.
beard McCoys words. the Irishman be
came frantic with resentment and O
z course. that helped Mccoy TO beat him
When the fight was over Mccoy wen
/ over TO Peters corner and shook hand
with him.
: What [ said in the clinch don't 60
/ Peter he remarked. That was lust
: little matter of business Won know
Peter was madden than ever to thin
, how he had been fooled into losing hi
temper, but II was too late to do anythin
e then.
George McFadden and Spike Sullivan
! had great fight at the Broadway A. {
Z / McFadden had ali the best of II. y
, thumped and banged and smashed Spik
all around the ring for a dozen round
I or more
'Ha. ha, Spike. I've got Won now, h
: / exclaimed. as Sullivan came staggerin
! Z UP from a knOCkdOwn. The Irishma
I grinned at him contemptuously
Z large ne said you're just limberin
! ! me soople." That repartee pretty nearI
2 dowped McFadden.