Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-27

When McAuliffe fought English Jimmy
Carroll at the old California Athletic club
he was again out Of condition. Dick Roche,
his hacker, had about ST., 900 on the result
and saw no chance of getting a dollar of it
back as he sat in Jacks corner disguised
at the champions helpless condition. About
the thirtieth round Roche turned to several
race track men and said:
"Ill sell my entire interest in this fight
for 500! Jack can't win He's all i'm
There were no takers, but McAuliffe,
hearing Roche's offer, turned quickly and
roared:
Sci nothing, you old fool! I'm not licked
yeti" In the forty-seventh round McAul-
life caught Carroll with a right hand smash
on the point of the jaw and scored a clean
knockout.
The night before McAuliffe met Billy
Myer, "the Streator Cyclone at New Or
leans in 1892. Roche and Jack were sitting
on the veranda of the broken down train
ing quarters at Bay st. Louis.
Dick said McAuliffe. tits a fine night.
How would you like a nice cold bottle of
wine before you retire."
Nonsense, Jack, . replied Roche. "Where
could you get any wine in this bum town?
You'd better go to bed"
McAuliffe smiled as he reached under his
chair and pulled a quart OF champagne
from a concealed cooler. Roche jumped out
of his seat as If shocked by electricity.
You've been fooling me-" he yelled.
Come down and get on the scales! I'll
bet ten thousand you're overweight" Roche
was wild with rage as they went to the
weighing machine. where, sure enough, the
lightweight champion was just ten pounds
too ~heavy-1471S pounds.
You can never get that off! I'll go right
to New Orleans and forfeit" exclaimed
Roche as he jumped around.
Wen drink the wine, Dick" said Nc.
Auliffe, land leave the rest to me. I'll bs
at weight Then Jack uncorked the wine
and drank 1t all, Roche protesting all tn,
time. The next morning Jack was M
bright and early. He ran, walked anC
trotted many miles, and when he steppe,
on the Olympic clubs scales that after
noon he was just a hair under 1874 pounds
required weight. That night he pu
Myer out in the fifteenth round. afte
which he and Roche celebrated the vic
tory with more than one cold bottle.
New Notions on the Coast.
When McAuliffe and Brooklyn Jimm.
Carroll went into training on the Pacifi
coast they astonished ring followers b.
their reckless methods of getting int
condition. President Fulda of the CaIiforni
Athletic club wrote several letters 10 prom
inent eastern sporting men asking Their
confidentially for an explanation OF tn
go-as-you-please style of training. Fuld
went on to state that this ~happy-gc
/ lucky pair never got out Of bed befor
noon, after which they took a pleasan
1 stroll for about a mile. On their retur
to training quarters they ordered severs
rounds Of cocktails or a few small bottle,
Then they devoured a couple of pound
Of beefsteak or a dozen chops. After tina
there was another easy stroll. with a fe,
drinks OF whisky or beer. In the afternoo
/ they boxed a couple Of rounds or punche
the bag for perhaps five minutes, just I
; get up an appetite for a big supper. The
; the fighters spent the whole night tryin
to find out which could hold the mos
| whisky or ale. This unheard of style {
training greatly alarmed the California clu
officials and caused the betting 10 be thre
and four TO one against each pugilist. Tn.
was the time that McAulifte stopped Ems
} lish Jimmy Carroll. while Brooklyn Jimm
Carroll put Australian Billy Smith ava
? in a third Of that time.
Probably because Of fidenc
Fitzsimmons did not train hard for his fir,
mill with Jeffries. Two weeks before the