The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-01-23
'WAL.!C:OTT
!, y
Still Claims Welter
:. Weight Belt j..
BSrbadoes Demon Says He Has
: Never Lost Weller Weight
A.. Championship and Will Take
r. On All Corners. .-

>Joe Walcott, the Barbados wonder.
who Will soon begin his 18th year as
a fighter, in which time he has en-
gagged in, more than goo bouts, is ready
f0r more BOUTS 49, H. I
The sawed-oR black, who ls only S
feet inch in height, promises to be
seen frequently, in Philadelphia. this
winter. ,'., .,..I" }%,r r' E#.*s.a'
l|,"I am not yet down andEout," says
|NWalcott. IT still claim the weIter-
weight. championship 'because<I have
never been defeated, at l142 pounds, q
weight / can, easily, make to-day. ...*
In my time have met them all,
from welterweights, TO heavyweigbs,
and old Joe Is sttll ,able.to bring home
the bacon. Tie, lighters of nowadays
have 1T easy compared to the way /
fought all over the eopptry, and many
q 4tlme was chasad ffDno 1plaoe tb. place
T BY hy sherif1s, who Wod1d tsy to- prevent
ny ssent and nie 20
"a Wblpped Many Heayysyeights. !
III whipped Creedon, .Choynski, Aus,
|stTaitan Jimmy Ryan and many others,
who had almost foot advantage in
height, don't know how I did 1t, but
T II could always reach, those tall fel.
lows Jaws. . .. .., %..-.
The big men always used to think
ER would try foh the stomach and let
Eethe head alone. When fought Cho-
ynsli in New Yoyk seven years ago,
Choyinski had teen told that would
play for the body, and he practiceds a
srent defense to defeat my attack
When We got in the ring l made a
left teint for the stomach, and Joe
laughed, saying that | could never
land. Before he had finished talking
| crossed hard right to the Jaw, and
Choynski fell to the foot. He got up,
but knocked him down again. ~
Choynskf Fails I'm Defense.
The first time he was down Is sec
onds and the second time IL seconds,
but they let the white man continue.
was sick at the time and couldn t
finish Choynski in that round. In the
seventh II got my man, and they
stopped the bout to save Knockout.
THE hardest blow l ever received
was handed me by Mysterious Billy
Smith in New York nine years ago.
He drove right to the jaw and | fell
fiat. I never realized q thing until l
heard the referee count five I thought
was gone, but was able to get my
feet at the count of nine.
| Then l slipped to the floor purpose
ly to take the count Of nine again.
when / got up once again the bell
rang and the minutes rest put me
! right again. then started In and
punished Smith hard, but lost the de-
clslon because Of the knockdowns. In
| another fight l whipped Smith, but /
always considered him one Of the
strongest punchers I ever faced.
Didn't Draw Color Line.
II wasn't troubled much by the col.
or line In the eallier half Of my ca
4 l.reer. In those days the public
Wouldn't stand for gutter. The only
men who wouldn't fight me we're Jack
! McAutffe and Tommy Ryan, but they
gave other excuses.
/ II think that Jack Johnson is the
| greatest heavyweight in the world.
| know what he can do, because he
worked with me when I trained for
my fight with Cans We put ON the
| gloves every day and | gave him
many pointers. You just bet he can
| step some.
| Walcott's coal-back face shows little
effects Of the namlnering it has re
! ceiYed from knuckles. Two years age
Joe had quarrel at a Negro dance
and he was shot through the right
hand. The bullet went through the
flesh and tore away the leaders Of hi,
third finger. He cant straighten ou
this member. yet wthal he has scored
several knockouts even with the dam
aged hand.
Walcott is now only 35 years old, hi
having started in the game at the agt
of II. -"
I Andrew Park3r continues III at hi;
4, g.