The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-03
tBy Igoe.)

New York April Jack O'Brien
WAS seated in the Metropole hotel,
eating his dinner. He talked as fol-
! lows:
"This, Is the first solid bit of food
I've tasted since the fight" he offered
by way of greeting. mot III. mind
you; no bad effects but this" and
he showed his tongue; which was bad
ly lacerated all along the right side
This is the result of those wicked
little uppercuts he delivered In the
| clinches. | have been unable to chew,
| SO ] eliminated solid food.
Il don't want to take anything
away from that boy, and am not CO.
Ing to say nice things about his great
ness simply because 1t was Jack o.
Brieh he bested. / got little care
less In that tenth round though, JUST
as sure as l am sitting In this chair.
| don't remember that lest part of 1t
at all. | didn't realize what had TAX
en- place until | felt the towel brush
Ing over my face. and even then l
had but vague Idea Of the outcome
of my fight for reinstatement. | want
TO fight him again, and l have made
my wishes known TO Johnny White and
Britt. | called at Ketchel's hotel this
morning to see If | couldn't get him
to promise me return bout. but was
disappointed, inasmuch rs Ketchel had
taken machine and returned to
Woodlawn Inn to remain In training.
Britt doesn't seem anxious to have
his man meet me again. OF course,
don't quote me AZ saying that they
fear me. don't believe that, and they
inay possibly be counting on easier
ghme That's business, OF course,
and / can't kick
What do you think OF Ketohel's
chance of beating Johnson"
HES got bully chance. I'm not
saying that because ho got me, but
that Is my honest opinion. His cour.
age and punch would beat the black
man. He can whip Gansford, too.
l don't suppose that many will agree
with me when I say that Ketchel can
whip Johnson. but you walt and see.
He's the man to do 1t, He's getting
heavier all the time, and that is what
he needs. He Certainly Is great man,
Besides his shift, he mas a splendid
left jab. Do You know that he hurt
me more with his straight left jabs
than with his justly celebrated shift
punches? He didn't hurt me about
the body. But that shift is really Won
derful and l would say, far superior to
Bob Ftzsimmons'. Not as deadly?
Indeed it is. You must remember few
men ever landed one on me. and he
did. Many of them were wild, but
recollect | am as fast a moving man
as there Is in the ring and this boy
had that to contend with.
: Let him hit men who are not al
ways going round, as do, and some
thing will drop. You know he has
piled up that wonderful record Of
knockouts with that left hand and
just because he didn't always land 1t
on me is no, reason that II isn't as
deadly as F1tz's. It's natural shift
and the greatest ever seen in ring
The beauty of it Is that If he misses
he comes out of one shift into another
and what one hand has failed to ac-
complish the other has.
1.-THE thing that struck me most fore
ibly about his work is, that though he
missed time and again. he never was
off his balance. That is remarkable.
Never once was his body out OF plumb
1t isn't necessary for him to get set
He doesn't hit with his body as other
fighters do. BythatI mean, he doesn't
send his body along with the rest of
the punch
1T comes from either hand. He
hits With the full force OF his arms
alone. He's the hardest puncher I
ever faced, and I've met them ALL And
don't think he isn't clever He's clev-
Ell IN his own way-homespun, IL you
WILL Did you notice the queer way
he has of turning his shoulders away
from you as straight left comes at
him? Like flash he Is shifting and
bringing his right hand around to
counter you. He made me miss re
peatedly; and how many men have l
ever missed with my left hand be-
fore?
Now. that is just where they are
going to go wrong whom they figure
Langford TO beat him, 1t won't be any
easier for Sam TO hit him than it was
for me- Wait and see now IL they
fight His advantage over me was in
that small ring. 1t can't be over 1S
feet, and you know the regulation
"a foot is my workshop. II we meet
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