The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-27

1uleululeiy AIter ! won the neHHy-'
weight championship OF England
from George Crisp. in May. 1901, I
was the recipient Of many challenges
and offers. The BrItishers seemed
lot hto see the title carried out Of
Albino. With an eye 10 the main
chance was insisting on good
sized bet. tina larger the better. and
this disposed Of many OF the aspir-
ants. One morning a gentleman I
had met several times before. but
who 1 supposed knew very little
about the game came TO me and Of
fcred match with Harry Newmier.
saying he would go as far as cared
to go in the way OF a side bet. I
had never heard Of Newmier. but
quickly accepted the challenge and
the side issue with it. 1 at once be-
gan making inquiries about this man
Newmiers, but all could learn about
him was that he had boxed lot of
second-raters about England, had
been TO the United States, was not
very successful there, and was not
considered seriously by the best
posted men that / knew. was told
that could finish him with a punch
whenever l got good and ready. 1t
looked so easy that 1t was difficult to
get club to take the match on any
terms. No club would offer a purse
for a contest so plainly one-sided, as
they feared II would draw no money.
Finally, after a lot of dickering, II
was arranged to have the affair come
of at Newcastle-o n-Tyne during the
Northumbrian race meet, and we
were to accept a share of the gate re-
ceipts. My friends and spent
great deal OF time figuring up the
money we were sure to win, and }
neglected my training shamefuIiy.
In sight, coming from no one knew
whore. We had no reports from tho
Ncwmier training quarters, and
really didn't care to hear. 1t was all
Il grand lark. The night OF the con-
test, June %, came and when l en-
tered the ring and saw my opponent
In ring costume for the first time.
was amazed. He stood over six feet
In his ring shoes. weighed about 10
pounds, and plainly was trained to
tho minute. Every muscle in his
body was in good proportion; he was
flexible and lythc as a panther, the
very picture OF health and strength.
and behind him sat the shrewdest
handler and trainer of boxers in all
England-Sam Blakelock. realized
instantly that there was something
doing" ! knew now why there had
been so much Ncwmier money offer
ed. and oh! how / regretted tho time
tpI NJ EpIn
tors. This was to be the last supreme
effort to take from me the title
had won from Crisp. and / and my
friends had been robbed like lot Of
school boys.
We stepped to the center at the
sound of the gong and Ncwmier
reached me at once. He had much
longer reach than had, and quickly
made me realize that he was mighty
good long range fifhtcr. The crowd
only laughed when Newmier raped
me repeatedly on face and body. They
believed ] was playing with him, and
that when had allowed him to stay
long enough to make good show,
would put him out with a punch and
walk away. No such luck. He had
AAlG at AOio AAhesGs anu a AOullA my
self compelled to get right in and
mix 1t with him. toe to toe, changing
all my plans and taking all the
chances Of a fiuke blow. This didn't
last long for l very soon found that
Newmier was very far my superior
in strength, and for the first time I
was puzzled as to what tactis to
adopt. He was a vertiable dancing
master, and was landing on me very
often. but not effectively, thanks TO
my own duIckness in anticipating
and evading his blows. Through the
first second and third rounds l ac-
cepted many hard face and body
blows, all the time trying to find a
way to get at him. l was reaching
him often, of course, but not nj a way
satisfying to myself or convincing TO
him. / began to fear that because of
my neglect OF training I might not
be able to last the entire twenty
rounds even II could not put him
out. Right at this point l decided to
abandon my reliance on speed. which
had won for me SO many contests and
set for decisive punch. l knew n
terrific "wallop' would be required,
but l knew ! had 1t. II only l could