Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-20

TER defeating Eddie Penny and Bud Winters sn April and 1 May of 1899 they tried tn
 stack me up against ringe, ia Chicago, who Will be found iu my 'morgue' of kii"ckouts under the nar1s, af John Smith.
 IhlS man Smith was a strong. well hailf. tough looking customer. He looked the part of a ringer all over, but feared him not was out to Ag,l my way t, to tue top and didn't care. WHO he was or what he had lo:e ore siousiy Well. anyway, the plans ( smith and his followers went sadl> asfray, as I handed the fellow the. aeatest trimming of his life. The bou; wont only two rounds.
 This victory marked the ending of my sche't8le for the sss,sun. I returr. ed {" Hege"iSrh and took Up my train. sns in ou: White House club
 lieks Neaso h Picnic Fight.
 Now. heres what cali :; funny one. After l hat3 taken d long rest, in which l iearned tow {" slioot hig game on q western hunting trip. l decided tu fight negro. His nuyne was Feathers Yer. non. and 1 n1et him at a ricnit. which was held in Dalton, H.. on July i, i.t,o. did net knock hin cut .or the rt.asoii that lie never would get close enough, to me so could land my slee, pr, IHrer. l baited hifa all around i,e ring, however. and but fer the mo de rlsion' claAse would have won easil.y. We fought for the >alu oI $ln.. which. of course, was easily divided. Whcn the president of tie club was in i,e act of paying us of a fight vas started and the money was knocked out of his hand. managed to ave q dollar and a half of it. have tue torn dollar Stiil but It WAS too badly torn. so l kept it as q nteiileH1o of my first mixup with d "onlInd Narson.'
 hay" fought close to q hundred bat ties so fur. but l had more fun during that $ cap than l have ever had since l licked dozen negroes during the .uefee
 His First Big Fight.
 Your reautf:; can easily imagine how tickled and proud I was when the Aanager of ie old Stas. Theater club iii Chicago offered me the chance to fight before T regular club and the big sports, Thi, first big battle was with Charles l'elghcrty. This being the first time thar I had appeared before thousands of people, many of whom were regular fight fans, cheering and roofing for their favorites, one would imagine hat l would have been nery- ons, but not so with yours truly.
 l naturally was worked up |" d high pitch of cXcilemcn, at times. but 1 never lost my head As soon as the fight was started 1 went after l,ough erty in such vicious style he imagined q Kansas cyclone had broken into the building and taken my place in the ring
 fought more determined than ever, as l knew if l was lucky enough to score a knockout it would he the means of securing good engagements and large purses. knocked him out iu the first round. exact time being one minute and ten seconds. From tf,is time on l got offers galore. d whole bundle of press advertising and was kept busy. I received S15 for putting out the lights on noughcrty. which was handed ro me in nickels and dimes
 Bat Gets Good Beating.
 Luck was not so good, however. for it was right after this that lost my first battle.
 Joe Headn,ark is name. l shall nev. CT forget We fought at the Star theater in Chicago on Sept. II. He licked me good and clean. Headmark NT WT VIZ "