The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-22
WHAT FIGHTERS SAY
Pugilists Talk Shop in ST, Louis
and Relate Queer Things
in FiStiG Battles.

Fighters can relate many experiences
we'll worth hearing. johnny Regau ana
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, who has
fought nearly 100 fights, talked shop In
st. Louis last week.
II suppose you never heard about the
time 4 was 20 meet Young COrbett for
the featherwetght championship SAID
tte8an. My home rs IN Brooklyn and
theIe rs not place on the b0Wery or
IN Chinatown or Couey Island where
a not perfectly at home ana have pleu-
" OF friends Well 4 was not fighting
any too often several years ago anu
Was al my home in Brooklyn 1t was
soon after Young COrbett had put Ter
y McGOvern out In Two rounds at Hart
IofG, conn, and won the featherWeignt
championship. Jack McKenna floaUed
into TWO about that time with Abe At
tel sam Harris, McGoVern' S manager
was also in town. and crazy to get a
match for Attel. About that time Me-
henna and Harris began 80 knock each
other, and / got Interested Finally
Tim sullivan, who was it. called Har-
rts up before MIN and asked what all
the trouble was about Harris replied
that Mckenna was trying 20 set "a los
era ana pedt 1effy out or return
match. McGOVeFn is almost WOTshipped
by MS eastern friends, and Sullivan told
Harris that he would attend TO the
matter all right. He then sent for Ne
kenna- with the evident purpose of tell
ing him TO stop trying 10 interfere with
ma told him there was no trouble. Sui
ryan asked him what he was knocking
Harris for.
GO Because need the money McKen-
ma replied, He has plenty of money,
and so has McGovern. Ali ] want is
70 get on 2 fight and get a chance to
sullivan told him that was pretty
good logic, and he would not interfere.
ana TO 80 ahead and get q match III
he could, CoTbett promised McKenna
that he would give Attel the first chance
at him, When ] saw how McBenna had
6ested Harris I instantly strung with
McINenna. Attel IS no good ] told him.
and IL Corbett meets him there VIII
be murder wanted 10 put on the
gloves with Attei Just to show him up
before Jack He would not allow us.
together until the time we met at. the
West End club several months ago be-
bett went out to Denver. Mchenna
managed TO sCraDe together three tick
cts, and went right after him When
we reached Denver Corbett told Jack
that he did not like AtteI and would
not meet him. bat was willing to take
me on Jack consented. as Corbett was
/ started training for the fight. and now,
considering that most everybody thought
Corbett was not much Of fighter and
had beste0 McGCVern by luke. [
thought ] had good chance to win. 7
don know whether it was lucky or
unlucky for me. but the police inter
Denver before the bout took place. Al
tel is right after C0rbeIt all the time
now for match and when We were out
i'm Denver thought he was the boy that
was going TO meet CorbetC but he
wasn't
when Attel was in New York some
Tine ago. when ne was matched 70 light
one day and tried TO get passed through.
Who are you" said the ticket col
Abe AtteI. he answered.
never heard Of him. said the door
I'm going to fight Terry McGovern.'
said Abe n dignited tone,
Well, If you are neTvy enough 20
think you have any chance WITH Nc
Govern, I suppose we viii have to let
the crowd Uttered. but Abe did not
mind.
Brooklyn is certainly q great place. q"
said Regan Il had some Of the fuR-
lest fights there and have to laugh when
L think Of them / remember one night
was fighting a fellow with quite q
Ter. During the first part of the fight
I did considerable mixing with him. but
he could hit IKE a piledriver. SO saw
that plan would never DO when i was
almost out Then started staying
away from my opponent, ja5biHs him
with my left continually 7 kept shoot
ing my left az him steadily, and ] saw
he was getting madden each minute i
was all out and 7 expected m0mentar-
liE Tor him TO get hT my suaFu ana
put me down. He made a rush at me
and 7 sent his head back. and what DO
YOU think the fellow did2 lie stops stll
for a second looks at me- and then
turns to the referee and SAYS.
7 can't biz that fellow. and walked
to his corner. pulls off the gloves and
Jumps out Of the rims. Wei. IT. ever
felt happy and SURPRISED ] did then
Still j had hard luck previous TO t1at-
7 was only a Kid al the time. but was
ambitious. 7 found bow OF my own
weight and we agreed to fight we had
some tickets printed. and enc SUNDAY
pitched g ring in an enclosed vacant lot
and started At it. We had sold enough
tickets between us TO bring the total
purse to n cOnsideran bic figure Wei, We
started after each other In the dirt ring
with skin-tight gloves Ny left hand WAS
then. as well as now. ms main reil-
ance. This fellow bad counter for my
left down 10 perfection, however Every
time 7 would lead with my left he would
slip the blow ana UaarfV cave tn TuF
ribs with his right He kent doing THIS
until 7 did not know whether I was
dead or alive
"The bout YVES 10 have been a teu-
round affair in the tenth round he
sliDnad nv left but I whipped ms right
7,D a. his chin and caught him coming
go with his right counter with sl his
weight behind 10. lie went down and
out The referee counted six but Just
then somebody yelled Police and
everybody made their getaway and j
was deprived If one of my knockout
victories cid not care for that at
the r,oraa.f however hia nnisfa-