Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-23
THE SPORTING NEWS.
memorable battle at Carson City.

| had walloped the champion of the | British navy at Honolulu. After his
 triumph Sharkey immediately set sail for Frisco, which was then the
 Mecca of pugilism. He was a novel;
 ty in the fighting game and was soon pitted against such stars as Corbett,
 Fitzsimmons and Jeffries. Jack Dempsey started his athletic
 career as a collar and elbow wrestler
 He and Jack McAuliffe worked to. gether as coopers in a shop in Will liamsburg. In the same shop was an old time fighter who gave the two Jacks boxing lessons during the noon hour. Dempsey developed into the
 middleweight champion with won. derful record of hard skin glove bat. ties, while McAuliffe, because of his remarkable generalship and gamenesS became the lightweight champion oI the world. This particular cooper shop also turned out several other noted pugilists who have earned fame in the ring.
 Bob FitZsimmons was a journey man blacksmith working hard for his daily bread at Timaru, New Zealand when he entered Jem Mace's boxing competition in 1880. He defeated four men and won the middIeweight amateur championship of that coun- try. The following year he won tho same competition and then decided tc put up his hands as means O, livelihood
 Brooklyn Jimmy Carroll could have been the middleweightf champion il he had not allowed his great friend ship for Dempsey to stand in the way of his ambition. Carroll was a more rugged and powerful fighter than Dempsey, but he always refused tc take away the honors from the non. pareil. Carroll was only boy when he began boxing in amateur contests in Brooklyn. One night he came home very late with black eye and severa. boxing medals pinned on his coat. Ht was as proud as peacock over his success.
 Why, where have you been SC late, Jimmy" asked his good mother in amazement, as she gazed at the blue optic.
 At boxing match, mother" re. piled Carroll. Look at the medals I've won."
 Mrs Carroll was mortified and lost no time in reporting this shocking state of affairs to Jimmy's father.
 You must stop that boys fighting, It's disgraceful. leave him in yeur hands!' she said as she left the room Carroll senior compelled to preserve the dignity of the household and te satisfy the protests of his wife. pro. ceeded to take his son to task in this way:
 So you've been fighting, eh? We'll I'll give you all the fighting yOu want" Then Jimmy received a punch on the jaw that sent him sprawline into a corner. The boy iumped nm quickly and made his escape, after saying:
 m very sorry you are not some other fellows father for about five minutes
 The next day the young fellows | about town were talking about Jim my's fighting ability. In the after noon Carroll senior drove pair of | fast trotters in front of the house.
 Jimmy, my boy" he said kindly |
 Jump m and take a drive down tho | road with me" At first young Car roll refused, but after much pers,,a- sion he went along. They stopped | at all the road houses on the way to | Coney island, and the elder Carroll with evident pride, whispered to his | friends:
 mats Jimmy, my boy. who won Inc big boxing tournament last night but you can bet if I'd known about it ned not have fought lick. Have a bottle on the boys victory.
 Terry McGOvern was once il news boy selling papers to passengers nm tue rum avenue cars in Brooklyn, near Greenwood cemetery. The old Greenwood Athletic club used to hang up purses for. the young fighters in | the neighb0rhood. and ii WAS tbcre that Terry made his first bow as T professional. Before that he used to lox in the open lots near bv. where any number of young prize fighters got their first points in the game of hit. stop and get away.
 Jimmy Britt comes from 4 noted lighting family in San Francisco. His brother Billy was noted rough an.I tumble artist before Jimmy ever ba- 'ame famous. so it was natural fur The latter to enter the ring.
 Joe Cans the lightweight cbamnio, or the world. used to hang around the baseball grounds in Baltimore. \ white boy named Joe Elliott kent after .ians Tor fight, but the cOlnrpI box IT steadfastly refused tn meet him dr- ,laring that he would tackle any negro of his size. hut barred tbe white elbows. After a while Cans told ,,,p 'f the ball players how Elliott had been trailing him. with the result thnt arrangements for q fight in private in he ball park were made. and Cans such beating that FL lott was never heard of again. This 'ood showing convinced Cans ina, bs sas cut out for a ring career apd bc con became noted.
 Dan Creedon and his supposed half 'Fother. Tom Tracey. were two hard 'orking young men when they went . see Australian Billy Smith tackle ofne notei pugilisfs in NIeIbour... Inc next week they purchased ls,v- ng gloves. praetieed steadily and lnally entered the professional ranks freedom afterwari came to tllfs conn. ry as the miilleweirht ehampion of Iusiralis. only io he beaten dscisiys5v Y FItzsimmons.
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