The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-02-20

Jack Reilly and Barney Mullin left
Spokane Saturday night for Walla
Walla, where Reilly hopes to ar
! range for another match with Jerry
| Mccarthy. to be pulled off in the
penitentiary town. Failing in this,
in the penitentiary and make his
home in Walla Walla.
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had a long talk with Reilly be-
fore he left and what he said at that
time backs up to some extent the talk
of dark doings" which has been go
ing the rounds-and which had sew
eral days start of the fight
While 1 do not wholly endorse the
talk. at the same time there Is SO
much circumstantial evidence to sup
port the statements, together with
Reilly's msistence. that I am con-
strained to give the two stories for
| what they are worth.
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Jack Reilly insists that he was
doped at the end of the second round.
In making this assertion he clears
! the club people of all knowledge of
| the deed, but declares his belief that
a coterie about the Club cafe was
| mixed up in the plot and that cer-
tain Jew tout who was recently
] vagged in Butte and floated out of
that camp, to come to Spokane, knew
, something about the medicine"
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II got it all right" said Jack before
going to the train. Il know 1 got it,
There could have been nothing else
to affect my head and eyes so. Why,
you say yourself, Willie, that l was
strong on my feet to the last punch.
I was strong. 1 was strong all over
my body except in my head.
when 1 went back to my corner
at the end OF the sixth round l was
feeling just as well and strong and
fresh as when l first went out. My
wind was perfect and l wasn't bit
tired.
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Il had been working out my plan
of battle and l could see where
was making good. You and some
others there thought 1 wasn't using
my right enough and overlooked
openings to Jerry's ribs and wind, but
l was sticking to the plan mapped
out and that holding back with my
right was part Of it.
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Il kept brushing him with my left
and keeping up the game of outpoint-
ing him. l knew this would worry
Jerry as he would be afraid that
would get the fight on points. I knew
he would have to open up and go to
fighting and l was saving myself for
that time when I would go to fight
ing, too.
Every time 1 would get to lead
ing in on him and / thought he was
coming out Of his cover he would
cover up just that much tighter, but
I knew if l stuck to my tactics it
would open him up sooner or later.
up to the end of the sixth round
neither one of us had turned loose
and there was nothing to cause either
to overexert. The few miXupS that
came amounted to nothing as just
about the time we'd get going good
Jerry would go back to cover and
lay for me. There was once in the
third round that Jerry put in hard
one to my stomach which hurt and
| thought he knew it hurt. / was
waiting for him to come back again
with it and l was going to use my
left hand to push his head back and
get in q hard, short chop with my
right on the jaw. But he didn't know
it hurt, 1 guess, because he didn't
come back with it. That is the only
| time a stiff punch came to me.
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Jerry hasn't got a hard punch.
pledge you my word there was no
force to his blows.
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"When I went back to the corner
after the sixth 1 felt bully. 1t looked
to me that things were coming my
way. had taken no water, but
had bottle or water there and a
bottle of beef tea. After the fourth
| round 1 took swallow of beef tea
| and then every round after that.
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"After the sixth round I took two
swallows of beef tea. 1 didn't feel
anything until 1 got up to start the
seventh AS the bell rang.
"As I left my corner everything
got back before my eyes and l could
hardly see Jerry. L wondered what
had happened and before could fair
ly place him before me Jerry was. in
with a rush. 1 was blinded and
| everything was black before my eyes.
1 could barely see Jerry and Quinn
| and sometimes couldn't see them at
all.