The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-05-08
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Hearts Broken by Defeat.

another illustration of history repeating itself And the
result in Terry date has not been serious in the
of many who have travelled the road before him.
There is hope for his recvery but is not founded
experiences of the past for the who have
fallen have gone down with such thud that all possib
ity of recovery shattered.
Nine out of every 10 fighters who have occupied the top
rung went straight to oblivion after defeat Of course
there is the exception which proves the rule
There is certain hero worship about CHAMPION
which the fighter can't forget after he has tasted defeat
Then in the fighting, like everything ese when you
top the world is with you, and when you down human
1y turns its back. In short the world loves winner in
anything, but has little use for loser
recall many examples of men, who have made the
pathway that McGovem is travelling beaten and
Tom Savers after his terrible beating at the hands of
John e. Heenan, entered the ring again. From
gentemanly fellow before the battle he became drunken
and dsordery sot after and his last days spent in
low class rum shops in England.
Paddy Ryan turned to the saloon business after Sull
van trimmed him at Mississippi City, But he did not stay
long. He turned his attention to the ring and
Sullivan gave him another beating at San Francisco Pre-
vious to this, however, Tommy Ryan, who coming into
his prime, gave him terrible beating in Chicago He fell
lower and lower
Then there Jack Dempsey, great fighter He
defeated by Fitzsmmons at New Orleans, and
recovered Like faithful dog that has lost his master,
he worried until he finally succumbed to broken heart at
Portland, Ore. a few years ago.
After Dempsey had been taken to his dressing room
and his seconds using possible to revive
him. he finally to- and have been told that could
painter have and depicted the and mysery shown
in Jack s face his fortune would have been made.
The first thing Dempsey is supposed to have said
Yes am licked and by an Englisfman too, and he has
the championship of America"
Dempsey should have been allowed to enter the
ring again. bat of his friends kidded him along and
he finally consented to meet Tommy Ryan in New York
What Tommy Did to him shameful His nerve and
heart were gone.
After you have scanned these go down the line
n IIo1l
day. when you find "Yong Corbett," John L. Sullivan
and Young Critic.
The fight the top is long, hard one but if you fall
before you reach the summit the result is less dangerous
than when you go and tumble down the other side
wrecked physically, to die of broken heart.
That Frisco Mob
1t isn't the general public that kills boxing it is the
promoter the fighters and their managers. Take the stu
alton in Frisco at the present time Stories going the
rounds every day of the actions Of this that manager
and the dirty work he is doing to get the best of the man
who is making his own bread and butter in the
ner And guess they will never learn.
All the United States there is feeling of hatred
for the Frisco promoters White comes all the way from
England to fight Britt for the worlds championship And
what the result? He signs articles to fight and prepares
himself When he is about ready he learns that scrap is
between the promoters Of this and that club and that
the officials looking it up and discovering under
hand work to gain an advantage.
Let the work go on When there is fighting then
they will realize how foolish they have BEEN
Echoes Answer Why?
Knocking the fighting game brings to mind friend of
mine in New York He is the bitteres enemy of the sport
and it is all due to fixed match and foul that didn't
count
Tommy Murphy of Jersey City and Joe White if re-
member correctly matched to fight 25 rounds.
My friend there heavy Murphy and in the 10Th
round White fouled the Jersey City boy plainly that
the referee stopped the MILL and of course it generally
expected would declare Murphy winner But to the sur
prise of all who not the inside he ordered the
fight to go The boys fought it out to the limit and
draw decision given. 49,.
Ny friend learned afterwards that he had been of
the lambs and admitted he got good trimming.
The foul White delivered unntentional, and to
this day my friend often asks himself why Murphy did not
protest and leave the ring.