The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-09
The Woods Are Full of Fighters
 Who Could Whip Champions

:. There's many a husky fellow chopping down big trees fin the back woods all winter who would wallop the life out of Jack Johnson, the coon champion, or big Jim Jeffries. if cor nered by, either of these prSfsssional p io,n ing of days gone by the other even: ing. T tell you, the woods are full of great fighting men, and so are the cities, but they won't come out in the the notoriety of the prize ring, also the element with whom they'd have to mix.
 of good, clever boxers among the best class of citizens who enjoyed flstiana in private with their friends. There was the noblest Roman of them all, Senator Roscoe Conkllng; who lost gard of 1888. He was mighty handy man with his dukes and could more than hold his own when 1t came to pinch. When Conkling was in the Senate at Washington he never took water from any fellow member, and was always held in high esteem. Conkling was magnificent man phy- sicaily, standing oyer ,v,,S s,S feet, lee, r-os as portions of Roman gladiator. One night in Washington Conkling gave stag supper to a few intimate friends and associates in the Senate. produced a set of boxing gloves and offered to spar any man in the room. Senator Zach Chandler, who was of bounds % heavier, accepted the chai- lenge. So they donned the gloves and the fun began.
 "ConkIing soon proved himself to be the more scientific and proeseded the face, did not relish this at all and quickly sailed to get square. ling, finding his opponent was get ting a bit rough, crossed him with his right The blow was pippin, too. for Chandler found himself in a heap body Iaughted. including Chandler, but that ended the boxing part of the
 . m11,s osSnd1sr; ne . TsS ss,sr sartBi tS,. affair party, and COnkling. of course, was invited. Among the other guests was black haired man. who was intro, He was a very quiet fellow. who scarcely uttered a word. but seemed to enjoy himself in his own way.
 "Everybody smiled as the two men zen a bout The complete annihilation of
 Brown was, of course, looked for. Conkling lowered fully i've inches over his SLOck opponent anu Sihli VI fnerciful1y as he gazed down at the latter. In the first round not blow landed. It was all beautiful, scientific boxing, and the Senator was supposed to be letting up on Brown, who seemed to be satisfied with stoppin and stepping away. The second round was another fancy, exhibition, although COnkIing appeared to be serious and also anxious to land on Brown, who was quick on his feet and clever at duckinR with his head.
 "As Brown came up for the third round 1t was noticed that Senator Chandler whispered something in his ear. which Brown answered with a nod. Conkling then let go his right and left in quick order as the men foed the mark, but both blows missed the mark. Suddenly Brown tapped Conkiing with e stInger on the top oi the nose, and the Senator looked both puzzIed and astonished. He made q wild rush at Brown who neatly side stepped and then floored the Senator with a right hand. smash on the jaw | after his man, hammer and tongs | Brown nimbly got away, and before | he senator recovered from his heat | long rush, Brown landed another ight-hander that sent his distin