The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-10

| lhe mill In Reno between JcfFrlcs and
| johnson recalls the great fight In tho
| bonanza days between Dublin Pete and
John Askew for the heavyweight cham
| pionship OF Nevada"
The speaker was a little gray man, sit
Ing in the lobby OF The Waldorf Sunday
| evening.
Were you there?" he was asked
Was there? Well, i think I was.
the winner and my advice won the
| neht'
II is not hard to find men who think
| they were the prime factors of all kinds
the scribe led his man on to talk.
"Can you give us Il line on IT,
The little gray man half closed his eyes
and and began thinking, 1T was more than
reporting on the Comstock for the vir-
ginta City Chronicle. l had to steal
horse to scoop the Enterprise. but L
got there. There were lots OF queer
Things connected with that battle. and
II was the bloodiest you ever saw. j,
was the longest fight l ever Witnessed
IL was London rules and the siXty-th three
rounds that were required to settle the
question OF whether the Irishman or the
Cornishman was the better man took over
four hours.
John Askew, the defeated man in the
MILL had long been the terror of the
Comstock. He was Of great height and
rcach-a long, gaunt raw boned man,
who always signed his name on hotel
register as John Askew. best man on the
Comstock.' He was fond OF trouble and
so tough that nothing seemed to hurt
him. The Cornish element was very
proud OF the fact that the Lode was not
able to produce an 1rishman who could
take his measure,
"Onc day stocky Irishman drifted In
from New York, looking for a match for
$1,000 side under London rules. His
aeposit was covered at once and John
ASkcw matched against him.
The ConiSh hackers of SSkeW made tho
match to weight and studlousIy kept
!GMd 1neir m man out CT the New Workers. sight:
Known as Dublin Pete
Bad for Dublin Pcte.''
Before the time of the meeting Pete
was as good as beaten lie was told
that his antagonist WAS the quickest man
and best boxer OF the coast etc until
lie made up his mind that nc stood no
chance. The effect OF these talks TO Linn
was plainly apparent, He seemed to have
lost heart, and his hackers Paddock and
Hughes, felt that they had made a bad
bargain:
sent down 20 Carson To interview The
chief Justice Of the state on somc poiiti-
NAL matters the day before the fight and
he were not holding IL position ON Inc
Dgneh .,rS be would like TO sec the mill. His
Of very delightful and nvigoralint-
punch. which was considered the cor
rcci thinS at Carson social events; at that |
punch contained the real elixir OF lIGr
and would carry mau through even |
q ring battle.
The Real punch
As lef, the house she handed me
pint p bottle Of that remarkable punch
directed me TO give that 10 the IrIslmnn
with the compliments of one of his race
po,da, mad neyer personally met Dublin
me Comstock In the evening, some
friends OF Askew asked me To come inio
ms , training quarters and see him in ac-
saw OF his work with his trainer as
-onished me. He was Iogey' and slow
seKed seFe ali 81 good 3hc dsisnse and his blows
guard was always open 40
After leaving his quarters 1 went In
.:awlor's and got him out of bed III II
asonist was Il very much over-rated
nan and to brace up and prepare for
'ieIory He was quite astonished. and
,d,d ,ire mat mat l was the first man to bring
Nskews slow right swing. he said he
rou'a @ throw his head back few inches
ma G then . come In with his counter.
See that you get your head back far
nnugh. Tor If you don't he will land an
Ugly blow. for there is a lot of strencth
n ~ was my reply: and he said. Never
But when | told him of the bottle of
uncn sent up from Carson by lady
riehd OF his race. he grew susnjcIoIe | :
nd suggested that 1t might be 'doped
TOOK some time 10 convince him OF the
ehuine character OF the punch and be |
remity VI SA-
Next day all the Comstock v,e y,
he fight The mines suspended and II
,as ,a q nonday the ring had been pitched
bout three miles from the city. a few
eet sSt eyer over the line In washoe county
hat they had occupied I'm = baftIn ~
ne ne |nar before, and everyone felt sure
fob Lindsay then district attorney NT
torey, was master OF ceremonies at tbat
tne 1.n,s ana s,r Dad selected the spot as being
,,,. heh en- the I,ri men were lined up for the
nd the Cornish behind Askcw IL was
al arainssiG cIoss - scene EN- Every man there who
ock and Hughes. who were backing and
scondlng Pete, were loaded with weap-
MS They stalked up and down, an