Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-11

YOU hate to leave some other fellow como
along and take 1t away from you. But,
after the first few days, my resolution
FORMED long time before to take my
medicine came to my aid. and 1 was serene
enough fortnight after 1t was over And
was glad. as 1 am today, that Ii took
the greatest prize fighter of his weight that
ever fastened shoe laces-and that's Fitz
as l say with all belief and knowledge
to do the trick for me-"
Questioned along the same general line
Philadelphia Jack talked In an entirely
different vein.
Feel sorry for a man that Iick?" was
his onhand response to that question. "Um
mot particularly. take 1t that the fell
low who comes along and ticks me isn't 60
Ing to waste any sympathy on me, is her
why. then, should 1 feel sorry for the fell
low who. If 1t came his way. would be
betting my head Off?
There have. been some chaps I've met
that Eve felt sorry for. They were scrubs
thas met and licked very easily in Eng
iand They were accounted fighters over
there but they would be looked upon as
washerwomen on this side of the water
and they seemed such pitiabie dubs consid-
cred from any possible angle OF the fight
Ing game that l honestly felt sorry for
them when /. saw how foolishly easy they
were. l say 1t without boasting but I
met Fellows In the ring in England of a
kind that 1 could have beaten five or six
of the same sort during the same evening
without drawing a long breath. and 1t
used to make me laugh when the English
nghtlng talent gave me credit for putting
1t on such cattle. Those were the kind of
fellows. as | say. for whom 1 felt sorry
when 1 put them away, because they
weren't up to fighting or anything like it.
But can't see why should be expect
ed to feel sorry for clever fighter such
as most OF the men in my class are on this
side OF the water, when / put him away.
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notchers in the United States-they've got
to go through all of the grades and classes
before they get real matches. Take a fell
low, then. who Is worthy opponent, who
IS expected by great many people to put
1t all over me. who has been pointed to-
ward his fight with me for a long time
and who himself probably bankers, hopes
and believes that he's going to puncture
my game. Well. we mix, and l take him.
Is there any reason in life why 1 should
pity such a fellow? He hasn't anything
like as much to lose as l have. To get
thrashed by him would mean a tremendous
pretty well understood around-I never de-
MED it-that am in the prize fighting busl-
ness solely and exclusively for the coin
In 1t. and for no other reason in life No,
l don't feel sorry for the fellows / put
away. OF course. If they're hurt I'D. con-
siderably, 1 regret that 1t had been neces-
,sary to infict so much punishment upon
them to do the trick. But IL there's to be
any pity wasted. I'll save 1t for the time
when I'll need 1t all myself. I'll probably
need 1t some day. but when / do. need
1t do you suppose the fellow who causes
me to need 1t is going to do any repining
over my fallen condition? Not so that
you'll be able to notice 1t. And there'u
be thousand gloa over my fall where
there'll be one fellow who'll feel sorry for
me. philadelphia Jack Gets His Wallop-
ing will be the big headline in the news
papers. and the fellows who are great
with the Misunderstanding thing now will sort
OF edge away from me when that happens,
and-well. I won't be able to store up any
more sympathy than I'll need myself when
my hour comes. take 1t from me. I am, as
l say. In the game for nothing else but
the money. I hate the game itself. But
the game exists, l am In 1t, I am in It
pretty good, I'm something of an adept at
1t. and I can fight better than can do any,
thing else and get more money fighting
than l could ever get at anything else.
In view OF all of which / am going to feel
powerfully sorry for ]. OBrien when the
wallop fits his way thatH wind him up.
And that Is about as far as I can go in the
sympathy line" c. L.. c.