The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-12
FULLERTON BASEBALL s1

With these remarks they left the room,
and that before ] had time to tell them I
ala not care TO be placed on exhibition.
stiil was determined 10 keep well within
myself until / entered the ring, but q few
minutes later another bunch of sports
trotted In and practically carried me out
OF the room and down to the liquor re-
freshment board OF the hotel, where a
crowd or about atty and several quarts
Of cold grape juice awaited me. After
assisting in depicting the bar stock OF
about case Of the stun that makes one
forget his home and family, / Was like
putty IN the hands OF a glaZier and willing
10 be steered anywhere Although there
was not a man in the crowd that had ever
laid his eyes On me. my identity was not
doubted; Still Promoter Marks would have
felt more at ease had some one bumped
into me with q" How do you do. Mr..
Siler?" and with that in mind he suggested
tour OF the =" wet goods emporiums
/ was IN fine spirits about this time and
hoped, as did Marks. would meet an &C
quairtance, but after making the rounds
thrice over 1 gave il up.
The Sandusky feeling was beginning to
creep over me, and l am sure Marks and
the crowds that did the Joints" with US
thought II strange my acquaintance were
so limited. About 9 o'clock I ran into
Jack Chtnn, the well known tuTfman, who
grasped my mitt. pump handled my arm,
and declared 10 the crowd that was " it."
Marks face frightened as if he had re-
ceiVed a seven figure check from Rocke-
Teller, and ] felt as If he had cut II in two
with me. It was close call, and we put
JACK under the table for saving the show.
was not so fortunate in a small In
diana town, where, a week later, | was
slated 10 select the winner OF a hght be-
tween cheap pair Of scrappers. Neither
the promoter OF ,4e show nor = 7ghters
ever had set eyes on me, ana did not
give the pOpulace a chance 20 look me
over, fearing my appearance might be
against me, 20 the detriment Of the box
Office receipts. I stuck as close 20 the
hotel as possible during the hours inter-
Veuiug between my arrival in the town
and the hour set for the night, so prac-
ucally was g. stranger 70 the promoter,
the fighters. and the spectators when I
crawled through the ropes 10 do my stunt
/ met with a fairly good reception, all
things considered. but | noticed one OF
the scrappers, a fresh sort Of youngs;er
VINO, as | saw during the mill. could not
night fast enough TO keep the flies off him,
eyed me rather suspiclously, and while
lnstructing aim regarding the rules, he
SAID something about me being butter
IN. The promoter also had his doubts
as 70 my being the original simon pure
blown IN the bottle George Siler, but no
had the sense and the good judgment not
70 shoot of his mouth, presumably think-
ing that II he was being imposed upon. no
would not tip his hand 70 mis- townsmen-
The hght, ike the majority Of the cheap
nights that are pulled of in small towns,
was a lopsided affair with the suspicious
scrapper being beat TO a FRAGILE. II went
the limit Of fifteen rounds. and at the final
gong l decided against the fresh young
ster. The decision met with the approval
Of The spectators, but not with the loser,
who cut loose as follows:
Wats dat" he shouted, loud enough
10 be heard all over the house. you
give The fight 10 dat guy. afterI beat his
head of? Who told YOU you could referee
a fight? You don't know a tight from
rrdnkfurter sausage, You're d ringer.
OATS vat you are. cure a fine stlff 10
come in dis town and say you are George
si!er. know Sler as good as I do me
own moth'r, n If he was here he would
give me the fight over that bloke by a
mile
Anything else, sonny?'' 7 broke in.
Not till 1 get you outside. then I'll
hand you few" he replied
Remember" I said, you lost one
night, so be careful you DO not lose an
other, with no losers end attached"
guess that took ali the fight out or him.
as I saw him and his seconds about an
hour later, drinking out OF a can, and
when ne spied me he invited me 10 stick
my nose IN the froth."