The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-26
5 IFlT HAPPENS IT'S HERE.

Probably the most humorous side Of
The. pugiEstic game is the supreme con-
fidence fighters have in their abilities
TO beat any man they are asked TO fight
and the exalted opinion they have OF
their knockout WallOps and their clev-
erness. Talk TO almost any of them OF
fighting a certain man in their DIVISION,
be he ever so scientific and ever so
good a scrapper, and they invariably
say:
''Wot, fight dat mug? In a minute.
Jist show me der money, der place 10
fight, an I'll sign an wot l won't do 10
him, Well WOts der use OF talllin', Jist
give 'em 10 me quick
Fighters. or supposed fighters, who
tear loose in such strains invariably
collect the short end OF the purses, but
that does not shake their confidence
one iOta as they throw out the same
line of talk when again approached 10
fight Defeats, should they come as
often and as regular as the sun Shines.
do not feaZe them, and 10 hear them
explain away their defeats is ridicu-
lous.
& IS
The best excuse Trainer that l ever
bumped against was my old friend
Jack King, whom I introduced 10 my
readers in my last article. Jack, al
though a strong husky, heavyweight,
could not fight for beans, Still he
thought he was overloaded with cham
pionship timber.
The chance came when In the fall of
1901 Charles L. PaTsOm Davies ar
ranged Il show with Jim Han as the
star attraction. Davies looked about
for pair of ordinary heavyweight
pugs, each 10 stay four rounds with
the clever Australian. When King
heard OF il he hunted up the ''Parson"
and volunteered TO be one Of Halls OPP
pOnents. This was the chance Jack
longed for, and after being booked he
called me on ana said: George. you
OF all others have doubts as TO my abil-
ity as q fighter. Today l arranged 10
go OH with Jim Hall, who, you viii ad-
NIT, is a pretty good man, but I'll show
him a few tricks of the game that he
never will forget, aud l want you TO be
there and see how ii is done"
Jack however. forgot TO inform me
that he would not so on with Hall un-
less he (HalD agreed TO let him stay
the limit. which Davies had tipped of
to me. On the night of the contest I
sauntered into Kings dressing room.
and. just TO feel him out, said: I hear
Hall is going to knock you out"
What. knock me Out?' he replied.
in surprise. "Uh, If that's his game III
have To swing my right on him.
Jack demonstrated he could not fight
enough 10 keep warm by connecting
his head with every one of Halls leads,
and before the end of the second round
he was on the floor taking the long
count
Thought YOU were going TO swing
your right?" l remarked 10. him after
he was able 10 sit up and notice things.
so ] was, but as ! wanted TO give
the crowd a run for its money I con-
cluded 10 hold back until the third
round and. well, l suppose you saw
that lucky punch of his in the second"
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That contest made sawdust- out OF
Kings championship timber but it did
not warp his confidence nor his abili-
ties as an excuse Trainer. and he sprung
a good one when. a few months later,
he was stopped In about a minute by
VIII Mayo Jack would not talk 20
fighters in Mayo's class before Hall in
PRODUCED him TO the canvas, and took
on VIII simply 20 convince me that the
Hall knockout was a huke. He and
Mayo came together at the Chicago
Athletic association, and Will, under
my Instructions. tore into Jack as soon
as he hit the center Of the ring and be-
fore Jack had time 20 dance around for
an opening. 4 left and right to the
head staggered King, and couple Of
hard wallops on the head and body pat
him out of the running
How do you account for his max
ing such short work of your" I asked.
well you see, George, II Is like
this. | have been troubled with rheu-
matiSm i'm my right leg for several