The evening world., 1910-12-28

H'Hve II TO me- says the fellow.
New stand here until ! get back anu
llhtSSe you 90 the place
vfJ father stands there two hours
and (hen another fellow comes along
and Ssks what he's waiting for. lie
ha\ terrible time convincing father
fhSt the fellow wouldn't come back with
the tth. too. My father was always
SOD about that. lie used to hunt
arounh the wharves to catch him. and
he tod me SO much about II that every
Tim go TO Boston to fight 1 take a
turh around the wharves looking for
th4t &uy myself. I'm afraid l wouldn't
kpAw. him from description now.
thvdSh. because that was before ! was
bofn Ind he may have changed n lot"
Herb Battling Hurley stopped as II
hdyhAd run down
'swAil.' ] asked. "how did that start
yos In the fighting gamer
Dat Got SO Cents for First Fight.
'Oh" went on Hurley. when ! was
hid ] wanted to know how 10 fight
DER caught that fellow. used TO
scfApI all fis time with the other KIDS
srourl the Garfield Bridge. Then one
An bunsheath over in Passaic. where
Hile., matched his little brother
ToAady 10 FIGHT another midget. The
otuer midget didn't show up. SO Alec
w4t<d somebody TO fight his other
brother Dave. He asked me II / could
nght.t I don't know says !. ell
tr} says Alec. So 1 tried It and
knyci}ed Dave out in three rounds. i
rot NIFTY cents for that first fight. That
wa 1t Delawanna. n. j.. four years
al. went right on fighting. The next
fellow was Kid Walker. When we got
into the ring he says to me: Go nice
all tasy now. because l feel
good.t Then the bell rang and he ''al-
lopedl me all over the place. lie clOcei
oun Dr. my eyes tight and hurt ne a
loty ahd ] got dizzy. So ! just hut the
otlters eye and swung as hard as l
cotkd!and dropped him. lie got up and
I DA my eye and swung On his Jaw
and Knocked him out. The crowd hol-
lerkd and the police Jumped IN. .
Indtn't get anything for that nsht,
Thvyt were so mad they told me &c
chssa myself out OF Delawanna or they
wqbld have me arrested. But l went
onVnvhtlhk ~ VIZ ieho" ha"''u NJ
RAJ Wood in Passalc used to put I {
glokeI on with the kids and lick then
untl nobody would box him. | bJxc,
hiG Ind he slugged me all over tn
plstei but / wouldn't take the glove
There was n club In rassaic whcr'
81 3iIjnnan worked. l used to 20 an,
wdfx lphysical culture stunts with Ism
lie bok ne over 20 the Pelican u
SoAth Brooklyn aud asked them TO pu
moot. They lust laughed at me.
'V5cn you hsht?' they asked.
Brt Stops Kid ~cam?aor.
All take q chance | says. 81
sr&k2td Kid clmphor CC-a-m-p-h-o-r-
get tba;?) in three rounds and got :
for IL Next week | beat Joe llage
am A.. $3.50. Next week they says, w
hayedt any fellow your size, but here
JIM 3nith. He's big. but all you've 90
toEotls to look out for his right hand
he FIRST punch Smith landed q
AWFUL right and closed my left eye.
iooket as II / didn't have n chance. an
thA ctowd yelled. Take him ofii 40
Il won't stop, ! might ~ We
be kbd as the way ] am The refer,
sals., Give the boy a chance So "
wAt .on. Tae referee wanted 10 see II
kfY lie kept sayias q sal,
XII BIN; SO on, knock him OUT But
knkc led smith out IN The thlrl. / =
;3Ptt that. AND a fellow beside the rir
hsVdSd me a dollar. You're the gang
kid n ever slw.' he says. When I x
oukide the CLUB that nisht a fe.l0
tr1D NO take the dollar away from ~
soIebcdy told me IA better run or /
be ltilled. and ! ran FOR a car and q
avn n aDd.iOoE the four dollars home
nj Iother. ! always give every doll
hrh TO my mother-every dollar.
'Ail that t!me | belonged TO the "a
heA Field cub and used TO play bss
bav ISL Gilman t1ld me t. Keep aW,
frin the tough gang around Carrie
Brhgc, but t,ey were my crowd and
w@kl3n't, 80 We split mp. one day VIII
wAwtre piayiJg a match game a fellc
got obt on the field. | pushed him bac
anl the umpire, who vas six feet /.
aI( Weighed about go pounds, came
beyirVl me ana hit me an awful pun
on the side oi the Jaw. | thought
my tketh went down my throat. IN
w0 The first Time I ever got knock
DOWN. ] Jumped right up and grabbed
bat and chased the amplre all the W,
hq&pe
Ne were a pretty tough bunci
xaf trimming Ia haA rutu a.,