Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-08
could not be comforted and refused to

could not be comforted and refused to
talk.
His cries were piteous and there was
filled the hotel room. Dixon was
with the pillows. he wept for hours, re-
fusing to take consolation in the fact
that his friends still stuck by him.
ooh, it's too bad" he moaned. II
should have known better. Here
am after my long career as fighter,
and have not got penny" He was
assured that his friends would care
tor him, but this only added to his
sorrows.
A well-known newspaper artist who
was in the hotel was sent for. 1t was
thought that owing to his friendship for
the little fighter he might be the
means of cheering Dixon. When he
looked into the room he ran out, with
the remark that he could not stand to
see the sorrowful sight.
Frank Erne wept like child when
Terry McGovern knocked him out at
Madison Square garden. He was an
artist with the gloves, and 1t was
thought he would easily defeat the
Brooklyn boy, but was like a novice be-
fore the rushes of his antagonist.
| When Terry McGovern was knocked
out at Hartford by Young Corbett, he,
too, cried, but 1t was anger that
brought the tears. Terry cursed his
! luck, and, claiming that the victory
of the Denver boy was a chance one,
would not listen to the comforting
words of his friends. He chased Cor
bett from city to city and frequently
roundly abused his conqueror. Finally
he got the return match which he
sought and that Corbett won again is
we'll known.
Both Fighters Cried.
Little Danny Dougherty, the bantam
weight, who is the only Philadelphia
who ever held flstic, championship
took his defeat by Harry Forbes very
much to heart. When the Chicago
boy knocked Dougherty out, the latter
cried piteously and even Forbes was
moved to tears at the sight of his late
foe.
/ Forbes shortly after gaining the
championship lost 1t to frankie ,Nei
at San Francisco, but took his defeat
good naturally, claiming that it was 6
chance blow and that he was the vic
tim of dishonest referee. He sough
return match got it, and was ngail
easily vanquished by the present ban
tam-weight champion.
A strange thing about pugilism !.
that few men who lose championship
ever amount to much in the fighting
line following their dereat. With tn
possible exception of Fitzsimmons
none of the others have done anything
of moment after their first defeat.
Jim Corbett has lost several battle
since Fitzsimmons knocked him out
He has scored but one victory since tn
battle at Carson City, and that was
questionable one over Mccoy.
Tommy Ryan was defeated by Nc
Coy, and, although recognized as tn
champion of the middle weights, It'll
which Fitzsimmons disputes. he ha
not defeated any men of note saw
Kid Carter.
Dixon has frequently met defeat a
the hands of second-rate fighters. Will
Dougherty and Forbes, while still
the prime of life are not fighting i
, old-time form.
McGovern, who moved down ma
after man while he was champion, ha
fought several battles since his defea
7 at the hands of Corbett, but he ha
not displayed the old form.
AS a child breads the fire. so wit
{ a fighter once knocked out they alway
: fear the dangerous knockout blow.