Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-06-18

right after the fight. He was gam
bling. Of course. They wouldn't have
been worth a nickel II had lost.
The night after the fight / was 70
box an exhibition with Jim Daily at
! the Philadelphia Academy of Music
/ l hardly showed a mark from the bat
/ tie with FitzsimmOns. My knUckles
were swollen a little from pounding
I him. and there was a small strip Of
plaster on my eyebrow, but the cut
/ there didn't amount 10 anything My
shoulders were stin from the work I
( had done. I slept until 10 O'Clock in
/ the morning before starting for Phila-
I delphia and felt 1T TO fight again that
night. Grover Cleveland was on the
same train when / boarded with my
brother Jack. Billy Delaney. Billy
Brady and Tommy Ryan. but ] guess
the ex-president didn't see so much as
a porter that day. Everybody connect
/ ed with the railroad was ia my car.
| At Jersey City. after crossing the
Twenty-third street ferry there was
such q rush from the crowd that they
had 20 send me up a freight elevator
at the depot 70 get away. ! was get
ting my frst taste OF real popularity
II was amusing at 6rst. After awhile.
! I'u have 10 admit. 1 got awfully tired
Of IT,
Those were busy days for the new
( champion The day after showing in
Philadelphia I umpired a ball game at
Paterson. Monday night / went to
see Handler and Walsh fight at COney
Island. Tuesday night l was In Bos-
ton. Wednesday I split up between
! Hartford and Providence. Thursday
| night ] showed in Buffalo. Friday
| afternoon was billed at Rochester.
| Friday night az Syracuse. and on sat
urday I appeared again az Coney Is
/ land After that went westward.
] showing az the large cities along the
/ route
Before going west. however, ! had
pleasant experience. Admiral Dewey
was lying in the Hudson river with
! his fleet. aboard his hagship. the Olym-
pia. Somebody suggested that the
/ worlds greatest ring champion onght
/ 90 pay his respects 20 the worlds
greatest sea fighter. was more than
! anxious 20 see Dewey. Tor Z always
} had q great admiration for the man
who sailed into Manila bay at night
/ over the torpedoes and slammed the
| dayllEhts out OF the Spanish fleet ly-
] ing at anchor there.
So / went aboard in state The ad-
miral had me brought down TO his
cabin and congratulated me on win
I ming the championship. told him
that my punch wasn't a circumstance
beside his and he laughed like a good
| fellow. Then Ne had little talk. and
as I went over the side again be wish
cd me luck 10 the future.
! guess it was a good wish. for the
! luck has surely stuck 90 me.
ON the 9th OF July. a month and n
half or so after beating Fitzsimmons
! went 20 England. Billy Brady and
my brother Jack were with me- IL
was my first long trip away from my
own country.
! We had twenty-five days OF show
work In England, aud then Scotland
and ireland. ] worked eleven days IN
| Paris and had seven more 10 look
I around in and see the town. A great
! town. Paris, but I think liked it bet
+ ter years afterward Oh my second trip
Ny 1rst experience in London was
( at the Royal aquarium. Brady had
posters out every where. and the news
papers an sent men 20 see me. They
asked me al! sorts OF questions, but I
didn't feel like talking very much. so
they hued their columns with descrip-
uons OF how / looked aud what wore
and what ] ate. They were more in
terested in what / ate than anything
else one writer asked me il / ate
raw beef The old time English fight
ers used 90 eat raw meat because they
thought il made them more ferociOus.
All English boxers duck They liked
the way ! handled a straight left too.
AS long as you stick out your left
every few seconds and keep your
head bObbing you can get away with
10 In England. In one round Jack
and 1 jumped at each other and slug
1 ged all over the stage. and then the
! English cheered their heads OF. They
kept calling us out again and again
until / got tired
: A few days later IL was announced
I that Ia meet all corners. The first
= man sent up against me was George
Crisp OF Newcastle. George explained
I that be Jolly well knew what chance
I he had. but he needed the money"
He didn't put up much or a fight. so
/ after two rounds ! called Jack IN and
finished the bout with him 10 make IL
more interesting
The next English fighter I met was
! Arthur Norris Arthur was a stone
mason. They'd told terrible stories
| about his strength.
! Morris wrapped his head IN his arms
I and backed away several times when
felnted. At last dropped my hands
| not wanting 20 punch man who was
afraid TO fight. and all OF a sudden he
1 unwrapped himself and NADIA vicious
| swing at my jaw. He was~trying "a
| sneak one over. ! jolted my right
| into his body. He doubled up like a
| jackknife and fell into a clinch
| pulled his hands down and threw him
| against the ropes he bounced of and
| made a couple OF wild swings. / gave
4 him a good left in the ribs that lifted