Evening journal., 1903-11-04
Interesting Notes
Cleaned from
Many Fields

cause he is brave and knows that he is
brave.
What IS punishment to me? Fitzsim-
mons broke one of my t6enth in the
founih round. I laughed and smashed
him N the eye lie knows that 81 Is a fool-
sh thing 20 break the tooth of Joe Grim.
VIII not allow any man to break my
ltoeth and not pay FOR ht. When we meet
lagain he viii know that he has made al
mistake.
DO not care how often ] am hit in the
face or the body. but o. is bad business
lto lose teeth.
He Never Trains.
] never train. 1 never box except when
am in the ring. All the exercise l take Is
a walk IN the country. The reason / go
Go the country before a fight is TO get
away from my thousands Of friends, who
Twin not let me get a Mtue sleep. Whor-
lever I 20 YOU hear the words Joe Grim
lThey are on every mans dps lf ] was
not fearless / would not be popular. When
lanybody sees me fight he gets his moneys
worth.
/ never fake. ] do my best an The tme.
IN dishonor would come to Joe Grim In
the prize ring it would knock him out
corners and 10 keep up the courage born
I in me Is enough for any man.
] DO not smoke, but ! can drink 80
rlasses of beer whhout showing a.. Moth
ing can knock mo out. always carry a
lnutle extra weight. never train down. IT
Is foolish to train. Anyhow. A brave man
does not need to train. A brave man Is
always ready.
!
out
J VIII not go ON the stage unless q Is to
hight A fighter cannot fight and act and
keep his friends and his courage. IL re-
lquircs no courage 10 be an actor. Joe
Grim S. fighter and win nght anybody
when ! get TOO old TO fight / viii open a
Restaurant. And when Joe Grim opens "a
restaurant A will be like his lighting
the best in the world RI
BY Robert Fitzsimmons.
Says cx-Champion FhzNmmQ6s;
Grim is the hardest proposititn TO knock
out that have ever mot. .Iie is the most
amazing man in mis- wy that ever
knew. While ! did n9I hand on his head
as hard as 1 was g'ole TO. I struck him
three Of the best blows 1 could give on
the eclar plexust
Every tme III hit him what 1 thought
was knoc'Kout blow he either burst into
Laughter ~or launched "a speech 1 knocked
him down tdme and time again, but he
camE right back.
II agure lt out that this man Grim has
lKhs nervous system located about two in
ohes under his skin. The organism that
responds TO suffering IS batter protected
IN him than in any other fighter | ever
mot. lie ls lnsensible ITO physical pain.
And Il IS .his characteristic fhat makes
lhim such a hard proposition TO handle.
Philosophy Of the Knockout.
Ii Is the series Of shocks TO the nervous
sysaem that does the work in the priz'
! ring especially so when you are punish
ing a man in tho body. Take a repeated
; laatack directed over the heam. Ever!
smash driven IN shocks not only the cen
tier OF the circulatory system, but the im
q mediate spot hit as we'll. A hard puncl
, on any part OF the body Will stop thi
{ flow of blood for a second or two, and
when the flesh has recovered its norma
; lpositlon the blood rushes dnto tho vein.
! again. taxing and shocking The heart. II
put left hook into a mans neck, ,
fright cross to his heart and then hit HIN
Ion the Jaw / expect tno onock NO MS H'i
vous and circulatory system to finish him
Any one OF the blows should do NJ. Blu
sthey failed to work on Grim.
The two body blows didn't seem to reaci
, lany.hing vital, and the smash on the jaw
was not as hard as ] can hit, as 1 wa.
careful of my hands. / did not dare taxi
: lany chances with my hands as they
must be Ia good condition when / figh
lGardner.
Several times / was on the point o
handing ON Grlm's head, but I was ofrai,
of breaking my knuckles. AS it. was.
knocked him down u times. Seven time
he took the fun count of nine seconds
and then got on his feet again wtthou
lam effort He invariably came up smiling
- What is more he talked and pratte
Y about mot being hunt In every round.
at orim's Remarkable Guard.
to lie has a most remarkable guard Pre-
nt tecung his head and upper body almo.
as completely as though he were swathe
ht in horse blankets. His recuperatve pow'
le- is wonderful.