Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-07-02

''fN ALL RIGHT. BUT I'VE GOT COLD
FEET" SAID GUS.
we began fighting Kennedy started
cleverly and got through the hrst
round all right. but in the second /
dropped him with straight left on
the jaw. and he was counted out.
I was beginning 20 feel like lighting
again now. Billy Delaney had fixed
up the training camp. and IN few
days / went 20 work. At first / did
lot OF hunting and hill climbing-thc
best training IN the world. I expected
a hard fight and trained for g. 4 few
days before Nov. 10 I was ln the best
shape OF my life. aud when / boxed
that four rounds with Griffin In Los
Angeles they had said was Tat and
would have q hard time 20 come
back" again. We went down 20 the
bay. The last days work was done I'm
the gymnasium OF the Reliance Ath-
letic club. II was a ladies day I'm the
gymnasium. but the club gave them
another room 20 exercise ina. and al
most all OF them. FOR that matter came
In 10 see me work. When that days
training was over I stepped on the
scales IN the dressing room and
weighed just 2l2ia pounds. stripped
That is the lowest lighting weight
remember except the 2O4 pounds az
which l won the championship from
FitZsimmons.
There was lot OF betting going on.
I was 10 ! favorite. and the Rubin
money was all from the east. Cali
fornians were with me.
Rubin was still staying out az Blank
ems. taking Il easy on the last day.
They told me that he looked in great
shape and seemed 10 be confident OF
winning. Gus was weighing 2O2 pounds
stripped. He was OF my own height.
He had plenty Of cleverness. He was
strong. He could take a punch. In
reach he had a big advantage over me.
having a stretch OF seventy and
three fourths inches. the longest of all
the heavyweights.
On the morning OF the fight I came
down from my room in the Metropolis
in Oakland and found the weather out
side gloomy and wet That was my
lucky weather. All my big fights have
been won on wet days. Late in the
afternoon Delaney and / went across
the bay 10 San Francisco and had din
ner together at the Western. where Al
Smith was. Then we went 10 the St
Nicholas, a big. quiet hotel. and l slept
for an hour while waiting the cali 10
the ring. / can always sleep well just
before fight. That's an indication of
good nerves.
Rubin left Blanken's Six Mile House
az o'clock and drove into town with
Pop Blanken and Billy Madden After
the fight they told a funny story about
that ride. When they came into the
city Pop turned to Gus and asked him
how he felt II was raw and cold and
damp. Gus shivered and said, Gee.
I'm all right but my feet are coldP'
What. already" asked Pop.
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