The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-01
MIKE SCHRECK'S CAREER
AS FIGHTER ABOUT OYER
Recent Miserable Showing Made
by Him in Pittsburg Dis
liked by Fans.
EIrySkfei -
FAILED TO TRAIN PROPERLY

Mike Schrecks checkered career as
puglist may be said fairly to have
ended with his miserable showing i'm
Pittsburg recently, when he entered
the ring hog fat and was knocked out
i'm less than a minute by the negro
sam Langford. Mikes recent flasco
with Tony Ross at Houghton Is still
fresh in the minds of those who wit
messed il.
Mike never played fair with the pro-
moters and the public. He was never
a party to double-cross; he never
paid some one to lay down for him
or accepted money for lying down for
someone else. To that extent he was
honest. But it was honesty that went
only half way around. The honesty
that demands of fighter that he be
i'm the best possible condition for
every battle. that he not only fight
honestly but train honestly; that was
an item of pugilistic ethics too high
minded for the understanding of Mike
Schreck
There was never time I'm his ca
rcer when Mike Schrecll could be de-
pended upon. Ten years ago, when
Charley Haughton was running the
old West End club at st. Louis,
Schreck and Hugo Kelly, then scarce
ly known outside of Chicago, had
fought a terrific round draw and
had been rematched. Haughton was
an enthusiastic admirer of Schreck
and freely predicted that Mike would
be the next mddleweight champion of
the world. The day for the second
meeting of Schrcck and Kelly arriv-
ed.
Advertises the Event.
laughton had thoroughly adverts-
ed the event, and the advance sale of
tickets had been large. At noon
Schreck's manager tclephoned that
Mike was sick and could under no
circumstances enter the ring that
night With Haughton, sporting
writer visited Schreck in his room.
He was indeed in bed, and he was
indeed in no condition to fight The
room was Uttered with emptied bot
ties.
What do you think of your COM
ing middleweight champion now?" the |
sporting writer asked Haughton.
MY opinion is Unchanged" Loyalty |
the promoter. mark my |
words. Schreck has slipped this once,
but he will still be champion of the
you're wrong, Charley" the writer
rotortcd. You can't make a cham
pion of a man who trains on beer
diet"
The next time the sporting writer
saw Schrecll was i'm the gymnasium of
the Chicago Athletic assertion. A
circle of gentlemen i'm dress suits
was watching him battle with Jack
D'Brlen. George Siler was referee.
For four rounds Schrcck made
pBrien look like a monkey O'Brien.
rounds. and Siler gave him the de-
'ision; one of the few very poor de-
'isions to be charged to the memory
If George Siler.
Should Have Won.
Asked his opinion. after the fight,
he writer answered: "Schreck should
rave won. 1t was the best fight of
lis career. He whipped the best man
mong the middleweights. but he will
lever be a great fighter because he I
$ unreliable"
For some time Schreck prospered.
silly Hogan was n good and an as
ute manager. In order that the criti-
ism Of Schreck's drinking might not
tand in the way of lucrative matches.
logan gave out the statement that
like had discovered great virtues i'm
eer as a steady diet during the per-
DDS OF training, and that by follow
ng this diet he was gaining i'm weight
nd becoming an eligible candidate ]
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