The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
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lshing contest. At this period II lool-
ed as II the very highest horors Of the
/ ring were within tho roach Of tho Young
Yorkshircman but he wus laid upon the
shelf by a most unfortunate accident. me
Kick OF Il horse broke his thigh, and TOR
year llo was compelled to rest hllnsel X
When lie returned to his work the frnc-
tire had set badly, and his activity was
mitch Impaired. It was owing to tli1s
TINT no was defeated In seven ronds by
Wilox tho mat, whom he Ind previous
" beaten, ana nfterwnrd by James Sna ",
OF London, though the latter ncRnoWi-i
edged that he had found tho toughe 81
customer OF his career.
"Undismnycd by his reverses, the MAS
ter adapted the style Of his hghting 70
his physical disabilities and resumed ms
career OF MISUNDERSTANDING Norton cine
blucls), Bobby Wilson and Levy Cohen,
the latter heavyweight. Conceuing
two stone. he fought draw with tho ia :
mo,,s Billy Mcguire. and afterWnrd. for
n purse OF ESQ, lie defeated Sam Hare at
the Pelican Club, London. In 1891 de.
cision was given against hin, upon toui
when fighting n vim Ing fight against
Jim Taylor, the Australian, mddlewclght,
and SO mortified was be BY tho deci-
sion that he withdrew from the ring.
Since then he has hardly fought nt M.
save to accommodate any local nsp'rant
who may wish to learn the difference be-
tween q bar-room scramble and scion
tlnc contest The latest OF these am
bilious souls comes from, the Wilson coal
pts, which have undertaken to put up a
stake OF C 100 and back their local cham
pcn There arc various r,mors aflont as
to who their Representative Is to be, tf q
name OF Ted Barton being freely mon
toned; but tho betting which Is to
On the Master against any @untrcd man.
is fair reflection Of the feeling Of tn
community.
Montgomery read 1t over twice and 1t
left him with very serious face. NO
light matter this which he had under.
taken; no battle with rough-and-tu m-
bio fighter who presumed upon q local
reputation. The mans record showed
that no was first clnss-or nearly so.
There were few points In his favor and
he must make the most Of them. There
was age-23 against 40. There was an old
ling proverb that youth will be served"
but the annals OF the ring offer q great
number Of exceptions. hard veteran:
full Of cool valor and ring-craft could give
ten or fifteen years and beating &c
nest strlplings. He could not rely toe
much upon his advantage In age, But
then there was the lameness: that must
surely count for n great deal. And last.
W there was the chance that the Master
might underrate his opponent. that he
might be remiss In his training and re-
fuse to abandon his usual way Of Wife. i
lie thought that he had an easy task be-
fore him. In man OF his agc and hab-
Its this seemed very possible. Mont
geometry prayed that It might BIO 50.
Meanwhile. II his opponent were the best
man who ever jumped tho ropes Into 2
ring his own duty was clear. l7e must
prepare himself carefully, throw away no
cha nee and do the very best that h"
could But he knew enough to appre-3
clate the difference which exists in box
Ing, as in every sport. between the anna
tour and the professional. The GOODNESS.
tho power OF hitting. above all the capa
bility Of taking punishment, count LOT
SO much. Those specially developed, !
gutta- percha like abdominal muscles OF
the hardened pugtlist will take without
nlnching a blow which would leave an
other man writhlng on the. ground Such
things are not to be acquired in week.
but all that could be done In week
should be done. f n W. 55-
The medical assistant had good ba-
sis to start from. He was five feet
eleven inches-tal enough for anything
on two legs, as the old ring men used 20
say-lithe and spare, with the ACTIVITY
OF a panther, and a strength which had
hardly yet ever found Its Limitations. HIS
muscular development was finely hard.
but his power came rather from ma.
higher nerve-energy which counts for
nothing upon measuring tape. He had
the we'll curved nose and tho widely
opened eye which never yet were seen
UPON the face Of craven. and behind
everything he had the driving force.
which came from the knowledge that his
whole career was at stake upon the con-
test. Tho three hackers rubbed their
hands when they saw him at work
punching the ball in the gymnasium
next morning and Fawcett the horse
breaker, who had written to Leeds to
hedge his bets, sent a wire to cancel the
letter and to lay another nifty at the
market price OF seven to one
Montgomery's chief difficulty was to
fnd time for his training without any
Interference from the doctor. HIS work
took him n large part of the day, but as
the visiting was done on foot, and con-
siderable distances had to be traversed.
1t was training In tself. For the rest,
he punched the swinging ball and work
ed with tho dumb bells for an hour every
morning and evening and boxed twice
day with Ted Barton in the gymnasium,
gaining as much profit as could be got
from rushing two-handlcd sloggart.
Barton was full OF admiration for his
about his strength. Hard hitting was
the feature Of his own style. and he ex-
noted 1t from others.
Lord, sir, that's turble poor poonch
for m eleven-stone mani" he would cry.
"'rhou wilt have to hit harder than that
afore t. Master will know that thou art
theer. All. thots better. mon. that's
fne' he would add as his opponent lltt-
cd him across the room on the end OF a
right counter. '"Thnt's how likes 10
feel 'em. Happen thou'n pull through
yet" He chuclsled with Joy when Mont
gomery knocked him into corner
"Eh, mon thou art comm along grand.
Thou hast fair yarked me OF my logs
Do 1t again. lad. do It again.!
The only part Of Montgomery's train
Ing which came within the doctors OBJ
ceryation was his diet. and that puzzled
him considerably.
"You will excuse my remarkng, Mt.
MONTGOMERY, that you arc pecomlhs