The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-26
SILER puG GE
Reveries Of q Referee.
BY George SiIer.

months. About three weeks ago ] be-
gan treating it. Hot baths. alcohol
rubs, massage treatments and medicine
made il as good as new. Now / said
10 myself, Jack, you are again IN con-
ditiOn to do yourself justice, and after
you trim that dub Mayo you will be in
line for some Of the big guns / trained
hard and faithful for tonights light,
not because 1 thought Mayo would be
troublesome customer, but simply 10
convince the knockers" that / could
go some when right. My intentions
We're to.feel him out for a round or two
and then bring my right on the point
and bow myself out of the ring. or
course. he surprised me by the rough
shOd manner in which he cut loose, but
he did not hit me hard enough to muss
my hair"
You went down, though. and did not
get up until you We're counted out. How
do you account for that
Account for it? Why, George, don I
You know that the rheumatism which
had bothered my right leg for months
shifted 10 my left leg as soon as
struck the floor and anchored me
:;
Speaking of knockers out reminds me
OF that once hard-hitting youngster,
Joe Percente. Joe could hit like pile
driver. but was a rattle headed fighter
and was apt to lose battles by hitting
an opponent when down. The first fight
I refereed for him was in December,
! 1900, his opponent being the now great
/ fighter, Battling Nelson.
! The "Battler" did not cut much ice in
/ the lighting game in those days and
| when he shaped up in front Of Joe he
I looked like the rawest of raw recruits,
/ Ii took Joe one round 10 size him IN,
/ and in the second he knocked him cold
with a Wallop on the jaw. Joe was in
good fighting humOr when he scored
! the knOckdOWn, and instead OF step
| ping back as he was ordered, he
/ sneaked in behind me and handed Nell
| son another wallop. which lost him the
| fight. About two weeks later he was
| on to fight an unknown named I'D
| Johnson, n hard-hitting suburban
! scrapper After instructing them,
/ said TO Joe: You lost a fight short
| while ago by hitting your man when
| down. Now,be careful what you do to-
| night"
I'm be careful. Every time I knock
him down I'll walk TO my corner"
However, he never was given a
/ chance TO walk to his corner or any
/ other part of the ring, as johnson
! knocked him down as fast as he could
! get up ana put MN " steep bSIOiC ll4e
! end or the first round.
After recovering from the effects Of
| the beating, he said: II hope YOU viii
excuse me. Mr.. Siler. for not walking
/ to my corner as l promised. as that fell
low had sleeping powders in his
| gloves"
Speaking of gloves calls 10 my mind
the ignorance of managers Of cheaI
] preliminary fighters. The question ot
| how much does a five ounce glove
! Weigh?" was put to one of them, &c
| which he answered: THAT depends or
the fighters and the conditions Of The
articles
| Fighters as u rule are cranks and
/ find fault with either the gloves, the
mana cement, water pals, steps lead.
! ing To the ring, and other trivial things
/ The champion faultnnder, however, was
| a cheap scrapper named Dugan
| Matched to hook up with r man abou
| his own caliber and whom he could
beat easily he tried TO crawl out of thu
| match by finding fault with everything
! connected with the fight. but withou
I success. On the afternoon of the nigh
| of the contest he approached the man
| agement with. What kind of & rinl
do I have TO fight in?"
"One of the best ever built. Il is {
! stakeless affair, ropes drawn taut, anC
a nice new canvas on the floor, he wa
| told
THAT settles it," he said. Il won
| fight in no ring that amt stuffed witt
boiler plate
What the fellow meant was boile
felt, but the management could no
drive il into his head and he baked OF
the fight.