Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-19
Watchful Care and Common Sense
Methods Saved Many of
Them.
WAYS or PEARSON" DAVIES.
Directed the Work Of Top Notchcrs
He Has Handled. Poor Work of
Jack Roots Seconds.

A local fight fan stated the other day
that In his opinion Jack Root would have
lasted much longer In his fight with Geo.
Gardner at the Salt Palace, and would
probably have secured draw II II had
not been for the miserable way in which
he was handled by his seconds and train
ers. No matter what the outcome would
have been, Roots seconds were almost
useless to him. Had he received the care
that was given to Gardner he might have
turned the tide OF battle. II will be re-
membered that In the twelfth or thir-
tenth round the men came together In
fierce exchange Of blows and when they
went TO their corners both were bleeding
from severe cuts over the eyes. When the
gong sounded for the next round. Gardner
came up fresh and clean. The cut had
been closed quickly and the How of blood
stopped, while Roots face was covered
with blood which streamed from the
cut, This all goes to show that many
successful puglists owe ther success TO
the care given them by trainers and Sec
onds as much as anything else.
One OF the chief essentials In handling
a man Is to know how 10 care for him
during the minutes respite during
rounds, It is not uncommon to see in con-
tests at the present day. seconds. entering
the ring with buckets OF Ice filled with
bottles containing everything from water
TO cold tea and when their charges return
TO their corner after the rounds, the four
or flve seconds all scramble into the ring
and almost smother the principal In their
efforts to doctor him up.
One of them Will plaster big lump
of Ice on the back OF his neck while an
other Will take big sponge soaked with
water and squeeze the contents all over
his body, while vet another viii almost
rub the skin OF the poor lighters chest
apI Of aal. In, lac ~. IL
lievlng him OF the pain caused by few
hard raps in the stomach.
But the fellow who does the least goo
and the most damage Is the man who
handles the towel Instead OF waving the
towel with an easy motion high In the
air, 10 allow the ighter TO breathe in
the fresh oozne. without gasping. he
switches the towel frantcally around his
feet disturbing the resin on the floor
and causing II 20 rise In Il cloud and al
most choke the principal.
Should their man during tho fay look
10 be getting shade the worst OF It.
they shout all sorts Of orders to Nm, not
one OF which he can understand, and
fused,
one OF the best men ever seen in n
flghter's corner Is Charley Mitchell, the
English boxer He watches every move
ment of the opponent, and Is quick to
note any signs Of weakness, aud when
his man returns to the corner Mitchell
imparts to him this knowledge and in
sists that his man act on 1t In the com
ing round
Mitchell is a great believer in toilet
waters TO rub on a mans head and face
after round, and only In extreme cases
does he resort to anything stronger to
revive his charge.
managed, trained and. seconded Peter
Jackson, the black wonder; Jim Hall an
other Australians Joe Choynskl and
Tommy Ryan IL considered one Of the
best handlers in the business. Davies
seldom gets into ring but sits behind
his charge and directs his assistants In
what TO do. IL things are going his
mans way a word or two OF encourage
ment Is all he gives him. -
second was shown during the battle be-
tween mysterious Billy" Smith and
Tommy Ryan before the Sensible A, {.
few years ago.
II was slashing go for about hfteen
rounds, when Smith assumed command
OF affars. and I'm Il few rounds he had
Ryan on the floor In a emiaunconscious
state while the referee was tolling off
the count Of ten,
At this stage "A police captain and sew
oral officers Jumped into the ring to stop
proceedings. In the meantime Davies had
Ryan lifted into his chair, while the sec
onds worked heroicaly TO revive him.
smith, thinking the fight was over ana
his pail and took from II flask of whis-
Ky which he proceeded to empty. while
his friends stood about him shouting con-
CALCULATIONS,
Davies all the while was lmplorlng the
police captain TO permit the light 10 con-
tinle, claiming Ryan had not been
knocked out and was then Mt to fight all
night, Turning to Ryan's corner the
captain was convinced that Tommy was
not much the worse for the beating he
received
The fight was permitted to go on. pa
vies informed Ryan OF Smiths indul-
gence in the "old stun and told him to
80 for Billy's stomach This Ryan did,
and In three or four rounds Smith was
badly beaten man and Ryan was de-
clared the winner,
Charles c'KidD Mccoy Is another val
liable aid TO a fighter when he IL looking
after his interests. He was behind Frank
Erne when the latter met Joe Cans, the
lightweight champion. at the Broadway
A. G.. several years ago, and for time
everything was coming Erne's way
Cans played tattoo on the then
champions face. and Mccoy seeing there
was only one hope for Frne, ordered him
TO cut out all his fancy work and go In
md mix " with his man.
This bit OF advice was Immediately