Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-06
nd TOhn l. Tells of His Vicious
Fight With John
Flood.
THEY WORE SKIN-TIGHT GLOVES
=, when a Hard Blow Landed, 1t
70, like a Chisel--The Contest
Was to Finish

80. after supper, and John l.. was
,otlng fall out Of Dig peilec'o Writes
'L .rs uos a hard clip you hit me last
Dew swbot clip was that?' Numbered the
lg fellow ,,o, r,ood epht lust
n and old Red Head got into the
linz on mat see-saw barge.
' ~oh mrew said Sullivan ! got
~ ave see, and when go pounds OF
~, .s,s sleepy. why--l git impolite some
lines aye seer
oTlme" said l.
oc ~" an and lick Flood again for me.
'G9 ~" ",id Inc man behind the per-
Vas told you, we were az me
lgV'eslde on the barge, ana TIE !inb Mth
ilV ssill both sides being lower theh inc
center ,ookcd as though they
10, 6rni,en hotties and nails.
Assl =" VAS a rough looking layout
fo aiobr Flood came through the crowd
climbed In between the ropes ~ WIS
Nv MAI lime / ever had Il good looK NJ
Kim. or he nj me, so We tooh So f'yeo
tAiel Il, ne papers. glarod at him;
l'agg - tbnt redhoaded chap h0nded tnht
Hsck NH right / viii say Tor MIN
t did,ft ret ratified ana sgaItui IN
sroaf many men when ] looked az lhvIn,
~ was "a man. John floou w" .in',
,sme back at me with "A long looh' S'@'"b
No an as / sized him up "a ...,,..
nSEi6od was then little under ~ years
o., are mig, redheaded Fellow, WIN
yiro IH bong face and hard gray eyes,
10 stood a shade under NIX lest ~ n,s
siocklngs aud weighed 100 pounds, Ihero
wasn't n bit OF fat ON NM re lla9 "'fii e
gisslpated lie had thlck hech' n's
eho,,iders and very long thick arms. WIN
1870 and red hair ON them. Ills legs
,ore long and well musclcd ana nhu lhe
appearance Of being speedy ne was -
oilet determined looking teluW, put
you'd pick him out iot a nS Nav yorSeS.
,gd son a lot Of these New Workers can
~ was IA few months past p years old.
4 fact l0lg inches tall IN my SOCKS, ana
Weighed l19 pounds-the lightest ever
fought don't suppose to look ny nc
now YOU'D ever think | made that weight.
,nr although I've lost so pounds in my
sickness. / sin weight over go pounds.
ToBut | was a. big, rawboned young tel-
low then. big In the shoulders ana lQng IN
ihe arms with all the hitting muscles or
The back and breast and IONS stahdlhB
out In solid rolls.
'"dI Vas FAST on my feet and in perfect
health having lived outdoors most OF my
lie playing ball in the lots and l had
never known what days sickness was
had never dlssipatedi never mad
"fli never forget Joe Elliott, 'the
Nakohodcr o splendid looking old fell
hW, with white hair and long, Whlte
bard Ike a preacher Al Smith the ref
cree, got into the ring.
H." Gentlemen he said ] viii not allow
any interference with this fight II any
cue breaks into the ring or binders the
battle IN any way ! will stop the contest
and give the decision 10 the one who
has had the best of It up to that point
"iou ought to have scen the face OF
ihe sure-thlng players. Some Of them
had given two or two and half 20 one
against me- Joe Goss and Billy Madden
we're IN my corner Barney Aarons and
p0oncy Harris seconded Flood We wore
fan-tight kid gloves ANA fought under
london prize ring rules.
u suppose everyone knows you can
III, man harder with small gloves than
with the bare fist, because the gloves
hold the knuckles together so that a
punch Is almost like a lab with a chisel
There wasn't sound to be heard
When Al Smith called 'Timer for the
Inst round
well ] went up the hill from my cor
tsr as fast az I could go, but Flood was
D the top Of the hill In the middle OF the
deck as soon rs ! was. Yes, Mr.. Red
lead was there first, | think Just as
got set for a rush Flood let drive his
hit for my head ! ducked under Il, ana
IS ran In let him have left and right
on the belly and ribs.
lie clinched TO save himself and |
5000 up and threw him away from me.
A. 10 was going backward | hooked my
lghl list on his Jaw, pretty well back,
ald down no went. close 20 tho ropes
ilat was the end Of the round, and ii
cont seem Ike a minute 10 me- Flood
Umer "''
AS sat IN my corner | was sure Of
Ws tnlhg-in spite Of his greater height
s0u eleven pounds advantage In weight /
Ss stronger than he was, for ! could
, TanNLo MN pretty much as ! liked In Il
He looked mad noticed and ! was
seu ~ mat too for when you're lighting
nun IL gives you a big advantage to
s s,ye nm angry while you keep your own
Round two was another lively dash,
sq 'h,s tine ! was first to the top OF he
5a,,,.A1s FIood came to meet mo |
USPped down his guard with my left
qua swung my right for his head, IRVING
y. edIeh him on the chin or under tho /
,, t, good punch in either of those
Fao5S WI PVT any man down and out
.ul Iloud duCked, and my right |
ees'uIs went over his head, Then he came
t1W ana cllnched, We both sent I'm
S ana right iolts and hooks on tho |
''' ana III admit that he stung me !