The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-18
CHAPTER xxx.
Training for the Championship
Battle.

n 7 OW that I was eally matched.
work started IN earnest We gOL
cottage al Aflenhurst, n J.
not Tar from the beach at ash
bury Park I always was a good swim
meT, and I liked 20 do a lot OF swim
ming while training. Some people think
Z stifen5 a man I'D. but L never stiff
fened me, and know that Tom Shar-
key who was a good. fast man. did a
lot OF swimming while training on the
California coast. where the water IS
cold as ice
Back OF our cottage We had 4 hand
bail court built II was ike the hand
Dall court COTDerL had at Carson e--
cept for the fact that Il wasn't rooted
over The weather was fairl-- wacm
now and / Ike 10 work a. much as
possible IN the open air Beside the cot
tage there --as crOQuet court CrOqueg
may be aides game, but NOBODY
would have thought so II they'd seen
Tommy Ryan and big Ed DJJnkhOrsL.
the human freight car at IL Then
e was more ike football Tommy had
q little on I'd They used TO bet q quar-
ter a game One day I WIS acting as
referee and Tommy had Won about q
dollar and quarter from Duukhorst-
Ia had only two bits left and be vas
sore. Tommy just touched the bail
with his mallet before making a shot
and moved Il an inch OF So DEnkhoTst
cree I decided that there was 10 foul
DUukhorst started 70 hOller and Ryan
TUNED on him
You big gutter yelled Ryan. and ne
reached over with his nalIet and crack
Cd DunkhOrs1 on the nose The blood
few all over the front OF his shirt That
broke Up the game
Ryan VS. tough custoT1er- There
way he could 6sht He certs inly could
90 that
Ny training star at that time con
sisted Of Billy Delaney. my special ad-
wiser, and Ryan and MY brother Jack,
and Ed DuEkh0rsI Jack weighed well
above go and was game and clever
DuuEnCrST was IKE an elephant he
weighed over 90. He was covered with
layers Of fat that made him Ike
punching mattress. but he was strong
and game and could put UP a good SIGHT
Duukhorst was never knocked out until
FitzsimuonS turned the trick He could
take Tot Of pounding and could hit
p-etE- hard himself
when brother Jack and put on the
gloves f. was hEht all the way He
was anxious 10 give me hard ETOr kOuIS-
and knew that being knocked around
wouldn't hurt him. so we went al Il
and mixed ali over the place
But when I boxed with Ryan = vas
g. pure fight. Ryan was supposed TO Be
in the camp % give me the benefit OF
his Skill Tor ne was one Of the great
est boxers in the world and fun Of
during the whole time 7 trained al
AIleuhurst Ryan didn't show ne a
single trick He surely didn't invent
the crouch for me- as most OF the
papers said at that time. for 7 used
that crouch IA my first fight and Il
every fight afterTyard whenever 7 need
Cd IT, Ryan didn't want 10 show me
anything His whole idea was all Ryan.
Ryan, Ryan. He seemed TO hate me
for being so big and strong He was
env1OuSs Tor Il he'd had my physique
with his skill. he'd have been heavy
weight champion as. lOpg as ne cared
10 keep on fighting. and nobody would
ever have come near him as q fighter
another thing that made RYAN jealous
was this F1CZsimUons had f-St d-o--
ped the mIddIexeiEht title because he
was doing all Of his fighting among
heavy wei gc1-s- and Ryan had claimed IL
Lots Of people still regarded F'itz as
StiU n1iddleweignt champion Now, I
was 20 fight FirzsiumOns and Ryan
tried VC vent his spite against F'itz-
simmons en- ne HIS one ambition was
20 knock ne out IN the training bouts.
He never coached me he always tore
IN arc rrisd 20 knock my head of
Many - time he landed on the tin Of
ordinary man, and VIXEN he could cut
or bruise me he seemed fuwardlv
pleased Yet kept Ryan because I had
a notion in the back OF my head that all
of his slugglnE and roughinE was the
best thing IN the world for ne I
learned day BY day how to handle him
in spite OF his speed and cIeverneSs.
and that was bound 10 help me when IL
came 10 handing q better man and q
harder hitter in FitzSiuln0Ds RYAN
never coached me and I'm glad he
didn Z All I needed was practice in
fighting, ana III give him his due and
say that he .gave me more Of that than
any other -rdn 1 know could have sup