The Washington times., 1907-08-04

have him get away with the
/ title OF champion Of the world, got 50
eager that he pulled a six-shooter on
me. couldn't reach him with clOut,
as he was outside Of the ring. and II
I'd jumped over the ropes TO him I'd
lost the fight So I spat IN his eye 70
take his mind of his gun. II wasn't a
] nice thing 10 do. and I am ashamed TO
tell about II. but truth did always have
I fiction faded It vas all 1 had time for
/ Just then, for Mitchell kept me busy
! padding around after hlm through the
mud.
During the sixty rounds chase after
Mitchell there was a chance that the
hot sport with the gun would let his
sentiments get away from him. and he'd
try TO ventilate me. He would have to
shoot quick to get me, for Charley kept
me on the lope after hira around the
{ twenty-foot ring for about 80 miles. at
the finish stealing a draw
Then the French cops put me and
Mitchell In jail for fifteen days 70 rest
Up. I couldn't find the gun artist when
1 got out, which was money IN his
! pocket.
Say. II they had moving pictures in
| those days. views OF some of the fights
or the turf would show some things on
the side besides towel waving and divid-
| Ing the money.
Why He Never Killed a Man in the
Ring.
Paddy Ryan used 10 say. IF Sullivan
! ever hits another man as hard as he
hit me, he'll kill him" I hit lot OF
men as hard as l nit Paddy but 1 didn't
/ Kill any Of them, because they were all
/ giants in build. sound in every way,
/ built 10 take 2 lot OF rough work be-
! fore going 10 sleep. They were the very
\ best men, physically. in the world, for
/ when Sullivan was Sullivan no man
/ dared 70 90 5gaiRst me unless he
I thought himself as strong as 1 was.
They were all spunky sports. too. and
/ they never had any back talk after the
/ JOB was done.
| There have been some killings in the
/ ring. but there might not have been
/ any If the victims didn't fall on floors
! that were not padded enough. II these
men had the turf TO fall on most OF
| them would be alive today Fitz killed
/ his sparring partner Con Riordan, In
! Syracuse. Kid Lavigne put an end 70
I the career Of Andy Bowen. Oscar Gard
ner finished George Stout in Columbus.
! Ohio, and there have been some other
ring fatalities.
/ A lot 81 hollering has been done over
these accidents, but there isn't any
other sport you can mention that has
so few killings charged against it as
boxing. When you match up boxing
against the kerosene carts. for instance.
II leaves the manly art 50 far to the
good that Il looks about as gentle as
| a game OF button. button, who's got
the Hrice7''
Could Have Done JEFF in Less Than Ten
Rounds.
1 think I could have beaten JefIries
inside Of ten rounds, under London
prize-ring rules. II we could have met
when both Of US were at our best. This
is no pipe. Je1 Is a good man. but he's
never had a mix-up such as We used 20
have on the turf in rain and mud with
spikes. Fis crouch means a weak stom-
ach, and a couple Of slaps in the short
ribs would weaken him so he'd be easy.
! When you figure It out what has jeff
! ries done? He went twenty rounds with
Rubin, and. although Gus was scared
! stiff and quit. Jim didn't put him down
for the count Munroe lasted only two
rounds, but he was a joke. Corbett,
lighter and weaker. held out for twenty
three rounds Sharkey fought Jen
fOrty-five rounds. and never took the
count, and the Sailors friends svvore
the decision should have been draw;
no stronger for Jeff. Fitz was put out
clean by Jim. but Fitz never had any
license to so against so much beef. Jim
was 22O. Fitz 165; difference. So pounds.
All the good men Jehrries tackled. ex-
cept Fitz. were worn down and tired
out. not knocked out. Bear in mind
that I think Jim had all their goats. but
what he has done in the way OF storing
them away isn't much. What I'm get
ting az is that the boiler FOUNDER hasn't
learned how to pack the wallops close
into every round like he'd have to do il
he had been IN the ring at the time when
the public expected TO see fighting in
stead of romping, and deaf and dumb
signs with the mitts.
Forget Fits go with Johnson in
Philadelphia That don't count in his
record
If Fitz Had Put One Punch Through
That Crouchl
JeHrles owns UP that Fitz, even with
the beef handicap, gave him an awful
chopping before the end came, and he
also says he wouldn't take another lick
ing like Ruby Robert handed him, not
Tor as many as 10000. Here's the Of
fetal war map Of Jim's injuries. drawn
by himself after the battle with Fitz
was over. A cut over one eye that II
took eight stitches to close, a cut under
/, the same eye with the same number Of
stitches, the other eye also required
some needlework, his nose was smashed
almost level with the rest of his face
and all mis- teeth were loose.
Mind you, JEFF owns up to all this. and
there isn't any guessing about it. All
: that Jim set against 1t is a kick that the
floor sagged under him when he moved.
and he couldn't get up any speed against
Fitz. Now, what do you think Of that?
What would the answer be II Fitz
smuggled one of those smashes through
IN n IL