The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-30

i So sang Bret Harte. in his ia
nous poem, but if the "Chink" had
anything on some of the prize-fght-
ers of this generation he must have
been a hot one, as the following story
will illustrate:
You may not believe it, but there
really are tricks in the prize ring.
The long end of the evil root is
many times copied by other things
than the singing jab and the Earring
jolt. A line of conversation has been
frequently known to help. Terry
McGovern was more leary of Young
Corbett's kidding wager than of the
Rothwellian wallop.
Dial Hawkins had it on Joe Cans
one time for round at the Old
Broadway Athletic club. In the sec
ond stanZa, after a breakaway, Joe
looks down at Dal's trunks and whis-
pers to him:
Dial, your support is hitting your
knees"
Dial falls for the gag and takes his
eyes off the dinge for an instant. The
instant is enough. Joe whips the
right over to the jaw, and it's sunset
glow and the PARKWAY lullaby for
Hawkins.
When Fitzsimmons was matched
the second time with Jack O'Brien
Kid Mccoy gives Jack tip.
Step on the old mans feet said
the kid" His feet are in the con-
field and you will get his goat more
by keeping on top of them all the
time than by stabbing him in the
food hopper
All through the session Jack
crowded Fits hoOfs and had the
bald headed bruiser of Benson hurst
on the hop to keep them in the clear
ing. After the fight F'itz said,
among other things:
"O'Brien had a funny way of try
ing to step on my toes | couldn't
make out what he was after, but it
bothered me more than anything else
he did
Mccoy was in Jim Corbett's cor
ner that memorable night at Coney
Island when Jim came so near, but
just missed, beating Jeffries and
winning back the championship.
You are hitting him when and
where you like said the kid" be-
tween one of the rounds. "Why
don't you push his head back with
the left and send the right over to
the jaw? Take a chance with it.
You may cop him hard enough to
put him away"
Corbett shook his head at the adj
vice and continued to tin can. Nc
Coy repeated the advice for several
rounds and finally Corbett, turning
to him, said:
Il don't want to do it, Charley.
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he gets mad l don't know what he'll
do
George Dawson. an old Australian
pal of Fitz and his principal second,
played low down Brummagen trick
on Tom Sharkey before the fight be-
tween Fitz and the sailor at the CO.
ney Island Sporting club. Dawson
sent Skimp Mckenzie to Sharkey's
corner to tell him that "One-Eyed
Connolly pinched 50 note from the
! lining of his sock.
There wasn't word of truth in it.
Sharkey had the two sewed up in his
mattress at home, but thought that
maybe he had overlooked that sock,
and it worried him so he forgot to
duck when Fitz sprung the shift.
When kid" Mccoy fought Peter
dangerous piece of going and was al
ways there with the paste that sung
the curfew. 1t was on New Years
day and so cold that the breakers on
the beach froze as they came tumbl-.
ing in and the next day they had to
be planed off so that the ferry boats
could get by. On the level.
Peter climbed into the ring dress
ed in feather bed. The Kid up
against nine-foot baseburner in
Billy Brady's office-Brady ran the
show-kept the harp waiting in his
corner for three-quarters of an hour.
Peter had the reputation of being a
stiff puncher He was pretty stiff
puncher that afternoon, and then to
help steady the harp's nerves, Nc
Coy had telegram delivered to him
at the ringside telling him that his
wife had just died in Pittsburg.