The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-16
JUDGE HAYES TALKS
Of JACK MAG AUL|FFE
Was Best Fighter in His Day
and Won Many
Battles.
Had the Same Weakness as Other
Boxers-Was Always
Pleasant.

ed in Boston and went to Bangor,
Maine. He lived with his parents,
moving from there to Williamsburg,
Brooklyn, in 1882, where he has
lived ever since. His height is
feet inches; weight, 1873 lbs. Jack
is a pupil of the old school, and
in his palm days was one of the
best. I have seen few more skill
full men in the ring than McAulif-
fe, and few less brutal
AS boxer he ranked with the
peers of the new school, and his
GOODNESS and gameness under all
circumstances were truly remark
able. McAuliffe never brutally ILL
used an opponent that know Of,
and yet he was one of the creators
of that style of boxing to which
Kid Mccoy and others have made
violent objections
do not wish to be understood
as detracting the minutest par
ticular from the undoubted qualities
as fighter of Kid Mccoy. His
skill and GOODNESS, personal courage
and ring generalship were beyond
question.
McAuliffe contends that the new
school of boxers had no advantage
over the old school in the matter
of science.
l have been amused at the discus
sion which has arisen about the
reckless manner by which successful
ring champions squandered the fin
ancial fruits of their talents. Sui
Ivan managed to spend 100000.
Dixon has also thrown thousands to
the bad, following almost in the
footsteps of Sullivan.
McAuliffe's ring career had been
very successful. In playing the
ponies on several occasions he had
over a hundred thousand dollars,
but he wanted to be "Pittsburg
Phil and went to the bad. He has
another start now and is getting
together a stable of horses, and is
reported to be in fair circumstances.
Many sporting writer's endeavor
to draw strong moral lesson from
these examples. They hold these
victims of prodigality up to the
public scorn, and warn blossoming
champions that dark and dismal
future is before them. The
youngsters seldom profit from the
experience of the oldsters. They
make brakes and fools Of them
selves with with their money.
Bet With Jay Anderson.
My old friend Jay Anderson bet
me a hat in 1889 that Billy Myer
would whip Jack McAuliffe when
they fought in North Judson, Ill.
Big AL. Kinnedy wrote to Jay, tell
ing him to have his friends put
their money on Myer.
They fought over a saloon called
an opera house, while after an
hour trying to stall the sheriff
away, but could not for the sheriff
meant business. Al. Kinnedy
mounted a key and said in an as
surfing way that the fight would
come off all right. It did come off.
McAuliffe was in no shape to fight.
He did not train. His opponent,
Myer, was in good shape. So the
fight did not turn out to be of
much account. After fighting 81
rounds, Mike Mcdonald, the referee,
called it a draw.
McAuliffe offered Myer thou
sand dollars if he would only make
a lead, but Billy was wise and all
he did was to protect his jaw, and
let Jack do the little leading there
was done. But they fought again
when Corbett and Sullivan and Dixon
and Shelly met at New Orleans and
there was a different tale. Nc
Auliffe knocked him out in short
order.
After the fight, myself, Nick
Drew and all the boys who went
from here and West Superior, went
up to see a great gambling room
we had heard so much about while
we were in New Orleans.
While we were there in walked
McAuliffe without scratch on
him. He sat down to a faro table,
ordered the dealer to give him
two hundred dollars worth of
chips and asked the limit. I watch
ed him play and when he quit he
was something over five hundred
to the good. He bid the dealer
and lookout good night, and walked
out.
I saw him once more when I was
In Long Island, at the Jamaica
race track making the bookmakers
take his money Whether he won
or not I do not know, as he had
the same expression on his face.
| 1t was always smile. He wore
| it when fighting or betting and
greeted his friends with "Hello
Tom, Dick or Harry" So McAulif-
! fe WAS ALWAYS a good fellow and