The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-15
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IT'S RIGHT
LUCKY PUNCH
DOESN'T EXIST
Dal Hawkins, Inventor of FIuke
Fling, Says There Is No
Such Blow.
BY IGoE.


Is there such a thing as lucky
punch" in the prize ring? Dai Ha,v-
kins. the inventor of the "nuke" fling
to the jaw, says that il doesn't exist.
Dal was perhaps the most remarkable
one-punch artist that ever let a fist
fly through space. Hawkins said Tho
other day that the man who claims he
was beaten by a lucky" blow Is ser
ting out of an awkward position with
a howl that is becoming threadbare
Mike (Twin) SuIlivan's cry about
Ketchefs sneaking one over when he
wasn't ready, set Hawkins to tafking.
When man goes into a ring, walks
to the center shakes hands and thon
steps back and puts up his guard with
tour good feet between him and the
other fellow, there isn't a chance il
the world for a lucky punch. II the
other fellow pops you on the jaw in
the first minute Of the fight, as Ketohel
did Mike Twin. It is perfectly Iegiti-
mate. He's there 10 get you and you
are there with the same idea in miad.
When KetcheI started that punch To-
Nike jaw he knew exactly what he
was about, and what was expected OF
his padded fist. Mike saw il coming
and couldn't escape it to save mis- Ife,
and when he said that il was chance
ne was confessing the Other man his
superior
DaIs Famous Left Hand.
Hawkins was famous for his left
handed punch. Spider Kelly. who WIS
his friend and cprnud ol,s-.- 81
tie Hawkins hit a harder punch with
his left than any middleweIght- ever
did with his right. He knocked Martin
tlaherty out in four seconds at Car
son. the shortest fight on record for
many day. Every time a man walked
out of his corner toward Hawkins the
cry was, Look out for that LETT pc
With few exceptions the men who
fought Hawkins took the count IN the
first round. They were always warned
but Hawkins had the knack of wbiU-
ping over that deadly southDaw, and
then II was chills and fever for the
man who stopped the blow with his
jaw.
Hawkins says that those punches
weren't lucky. The men Simply
couldn't get away from them. ne
dropped Frank Erne in san Francisco
before Erne knew he was in a felt
usual cry Of Look out for that Ieft"'
greeted his ears. Erne smiled. Tented
once, and bang, After all the care he
had taken TO watch, he fell a victim
to it.
Put Joe Cans Down.
Tom O'Rourke said the other dav
that he went into Joe Cans dressing
room the night he fought Hawkins I'm
New York and told Joe that he mad a
little bet down on him. but t. be sure
and look out for that left" Cans
grinned and said, "Oh, he cane hit me
with that, Mr.. Tom" But Hawkins did.
The first crack out of the box ne
brought it over on JOes jaw AMI down
he went. Joe came back all right, but
the minute he got back in the dress
ing room he sent for ORourke and
said:
Well he did what you told me he
would do. Mr., O'Rourke."
Show any fighter Dial Hawkins pic
ture and the first thing they will saw
is, ''Oh. that Ieftr' Bob FitzsiInmons
always finished his fights with one
punch. Whenever Bob sent a man IN
the Stats the man generally stayed
there. Corbett claims, and many good
Judges who saw the fight at Carson do. .
too, that Jim lost his title through a
lucky punch. Fitz won't have it that
way.
Any time I sent it over it was fer
keeps 1 always saw the hole in the
other fellows defense, and knew ev-
cry time that the fellow was a goner
even while the blow was half wav
there. / waited patiently for a chance
to pin COrbett with one, and 1t came.
1t wasn't luck-it was better work
manship, that's all"
When Jeff Nailed corhAtt
Jeffries nailed Corbett the same way
in their New York fight. Jim iabhci
James for twenty rounds 70 his
hearts content. and suddenly Corbett
was caught with a lucky" punch. Go
into Jeffries' place and tell him that
blow was chance" one, and You will
probably land in the middle of the car
track, but that it took twenty-thrze
rounds to get it over. John L. Suni-
van doesn't believe in the lucky punch
business.
ANY time a fellow lands one OF
those things he shows his ability over
the other fellow" offers the Old 70
man.
"a man who has the reputation Of
being a dangerous puncher is ALWAYS
carefully handled, and if he does con-
meet, then he has something in stock
that the other fellow lacks is the way
Young Corbett puts It Poor iiltie
Terry will always believe that 7 took
his title away with a huke punch II
took another fight and a beating 10
convince him that there was real art in
that first win. There's no sUcn thing
as lucky punch"