Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-02

INTERESTING STORIES OF THE RING.


ingly let us box together until the time
We met at the West End club several
months ago before a $4,000 house. Well
finally Corbett went out TO Denver. Nc.
Kenna managed TO scrape together
three tickets and went right after him,
When we reached Denver Corbett told
Jack that he did not like Attell and
would not meet him, but was willing TO
take me on. Jack consented, as Corbett
was not nearly so heavy then as he is
now ] started training for the fight,
and at that time. considering that most
everybody thought Corbett was not
much Of a fighter and had bested Nc
Govern by a fuke, / thought | had
good chance to win. ! don't know
whether II was lucky or unlucky for me
but the police interfered and stopped
the boxing game In Denver before the
bout took place, Attell Is right after
Corbett all the time now FOR match,
and when we were out In Denver
thought he was the boy that was go
| ing to meet Corbett but he wasn't
| when Attell was In New York some
| time ago when he was matched TO fight
| Terry McGovern, he went 10 theater
one day and tried TO ret passed
through. Who are your said the tick
ct collector. Abe Attell' he answered.
i never heard of him., said the door
keeper ] am going to fight Terry Nc
| Govern, said Abe In a dignifed tone.
| Well, II YOU are nervy enough to think
| you have any chance with McGovern,
| suppose we will have TO let you
| through said the doOrman. and the
crowd Uttered, but Abe did not mind.
Brooklyn is certainly great place
| said Regain, II had some Of the funni-
est fights there and have to laugh when
| | think Of them. l remember one night
| was fighting a fellow with quite a
| reputation, who was considerably heav-
| Ter. During the first part OF the fight
did considerable mixing With i'm, but
he could hit like a pile-drlver, so | saw
that plan would never do when | was
| almost out. Then ! started staying
away from my opponent jabbng him
with my left continually. ] kept shoot.
ing my left az him seadly and | saw
he was getting maddcr each minute. I
was all out and | expected mOmentar-
lily for him 10 get by my guard and put
me down. He made rush at me and
sent his head back and what do you
think the fellow did? lie stops still for
a second, looks at me and then turns to
the referee and says I can't hit that
fellow and walked to his corner, pulls
on the gloves and jumps out of the
ring. Well, If ever felt happy and sur
prlsed, did then,
"stnl. / had hard luck previous to
that, ! was only Kid at the time, but
was ambitious | found a boy OF my
own weight and we agreed TO fight, We
had some tickets printed and one sun
day pitched a ring In an Enclosed va
cant lot and started at IL. We had gold
enough tickets between us TO bring the
total purse 10 u considerable figure.
Wei, We started after each other In
the dirt ring, with skin-tight gloves.
My left hand was then, as now, my
main reliance, This fellow had coun-
ter for my left down to perfection
however, Every time | would lead with
my left ne would slip the blow and
nearly cave In my ribs with his right
lie kept doing this until ! did not know
whether / was dead or alive.
1.-THE bout was TO have been n ten
round a1air. In the tenth round ht
slipped my left, but ! whipped my right
up TO his chin and caught him comIns
In with his right counter with all his
weight behind II. lie went down anC
out. The referee counted six, but just
then somebody yelled police, and ev.
erybody mare their getaway, and was
deprived Of one Of my knockout victor.
les, did not care for that at that mo.
mcnt however A big policeman wal
coming at me across the ring wai
coyerd with mud as the result of falling
In the slop made by the water my soc
onds threw on me when going to my
corner and I knew ! would be hare
customer to handle, Well any way,
waited until he Just reached for me
and then worked the sde.step on hin
and was under the ropes before he re-
covered himself"