The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-20

Redding and | knocked Mcclure out In the
seventh round. 20 you see ! was q cham
pion at the age Of 10.
lesser er' iish tnof I Mas 1 oss ssGt to meet e aoJ Joe
Thomas, WHO was q riaing star or. the
Coast. We fought a twenty round draw
at Marysvifle On July 4, fe07. Thomas
knew more about the game than / did at
the time and was extremely clever In
ayoiding ,~punishment. felt. however.
September . OF the same year We faced
each other again In Frisco. II vase long
hard battle Of 'thirty-two rounds. the
longest fght 1 ever had, but I kept going
At top speed and finally knocked Joe
GOLD. After this I was right In line for the
middieweight : championship, and the
in one round. Also beating his brother
made q big hit X California.
After that / a matched with Billy
Papke, who claimed the middlew eight
title. and the contest took place in Mil
wankee. PaPke's town. where they made
the decision, however, after q smashing
battle Of ten rounds, which made me the
middlsweight champion. Then knocked
out Hugo Kelly In three rounds and Joe
Thomas In two. both fights taking place
in San Francisco.
fapko Wanteu announcer Cnance LOT tno
title, so I met him at Vernon. Cal, last
September. Perhaps I was careless and
maybe ! was too anxious for a n punch
victory, but the fact remains that Papke
handed me a wailop In the first round
that stuck TO me for twenty-four hours.
They tell me ! fought on until the twelfth
round. when Papke put me away good
happened after the first round. In fact l
was in a dream until the next day. It was
the first time / was over knocked out or
defeated and It got my gost.
with Papke, for,I felt that my defeat
after much newspaper talk we were
matched again to meet at Colma in
November. / got in fine shape for this
affair and was confident OF victory In
spite Of the tradition that a defeated
man could not win back from q victor.
1t was = slashing battle all right, and !
received some s hssvX punching 5Sh nss,s put at
I kept at my aggressive bing bang style
until / finally scored q clean knockout In
the fourth round. Now I'm going to let
Papke have another chance next month.
He may catch me with n OF his walloRs,
but ! think I've got his MEASURE and Will
win inside Of ten rounds. for I'll be bigger
and better than ever before.
who IL the cleverest man I've ever
metz Why, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
without a question. Can he punohl
Well. I should say he can. Don't you
remember how he cut and bled me in our
ten round bout In this city, Yes, he gave
me q fine walloping, but I never backed
time: That's my way Of fighting. always
rushing and tearing. In until the finish
comes. I don't claim to be q clever
boxer. I'll often take q couple Of punches
70 land one blow. This may. be poor policy,
but I've won over 800 battles in this way.
L.. me tell you 0'Brien K q game fellow
and : fa saht ne ., CAV s,s me the hardest ton
.That 60 with Tony Caponi up. at
Schenectady the other night was only q
picnic for me. Just sailed in and wal
ioped away right and left until poor Tony
was knocked out In the fourth round.
His punches had little effect on me and l
first round, but people who pay. to see q
fight should have a little run for their
money, don't you think
"Tm not worrying a bit over my COM
ing fight with Jack Johnson. You see
I'm getting bigger and stronger every
day and when I enter b ring With the
negro III weigh about iso pounds' prob
enough to whip anybody II tho world.
! stand 5 feet II inches Just th~ree-quar-
ters OF an inch less than Bob Ttzsimmons.
but I'll be a bigger manthAn Fit2 phys
icAliy. I'm tired OF Constantly hearing
that I'm too small q man for johnson:
going to light him. but you q depend
on II that IN bring him down a few inches
before many rounds.
Il never wal more confident OF defeat
ing anybody than I am Of whipping john
son. I went over to Philadelphia when
T-l---- ,-hk .f~ ro,,nlo xvtfh ntpri0n
and II that was q fair sample Of the negroes
work you can say that I'll be the heavy
weight champion Of the world before the
snow fies next fall. They say johnson
wa not in fine iettle when he tackled
O'Brien. That may be. but at the pace
he's going he'll be In worse form IN octo-
Der, although I hope TO meet him at his
best. I'll make Il Q fast fight and he
won't have time to set himself. The
negro may outlook me. but I'll Outright
him. I've met big fellows before.
sYou know I've been q hard working
boy In my day. | don't forget how !!
RAPIDS for twelve hard hours ! day at
o. q week. ] know the value OF a dollar,
and when ! put up that 5000 to Fight
johnson Il meant q small fortune to ME.
You can bet that I'm going to fight in.
formally hard 10 win II back. too. I'd
rather hand the 5000 TO my father.
mOUQeI ana VTOb0eLo Nl6i wv ~ W oohh-
son II I though the could put me out.
No, I'm not stuck on fighting. coons,
but johnson holds the Zig championship,
and that's what I'm after.
DO I like the fighting game? Wei!
yes, / like TO scrap after l get started.
There's a certain amount OF excitement
that thrills you "a you punch the other
fellow and get punched back with rapid
itv. never think OF the punishment
or the blood when ] get going fast. ~
course I have no desire to 60. through
ne with caulihower ears and a broken
nose. but some medical friends tell me
that surgery can tx these things up nova
dave n taken In time.
IOf course ! like the prize ring for the
money there 10 in IL tor me. l don't
Know just how I could make rs m loh
nj come other occupation. ] don't In
tend to stay In the ring more than . couple
OF years. You SEQ I am stuck on having
a GOOD sized farm out in Michigan. and
that's where I'll plant my money when
retire. The open country for me, with
lots a fresh air. ] soon tire OF the bright
jiehts OF Broadway. They've made A
nm out OF many q good REhter and I'm
eoinR 10 give them q wide berth.
sNo, l won't accept a theatrical enga ge-
ment. although I've had many Offers to
70 out With shows. Other fighters may
fancy the Sootliehts, but not me Like
10 80 A GOOD show or hear good music once
In q while, but that lets mt out. I'D rather
70 back to cowpunchlnG and mining than
Sc an a~ctor-hGhter. You know may
be A bit Of q crank or come subjects.
I've never se4n A horse race or a profess