Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-10

to make. Jack johnson might, per- f,
haps, have whipped Mace, but as a
, boxer, pure and simple, he would
have been outpointed. | can see
Mace In action as am telling you
this, and will never forget him.
Story of Wealth Improbable.
A fine tribute that, to a man who
lived his day more than half a CEN
tury ago. To have acquired repu-
tation that would last so long and to
have established himself not only be-
cause OF his own record, but for what
he did for others, is worth the doing.
The pity of 1t all Is that Mace, be.
| fore his death. suffered the pangs OF
! poverty and was forced to apply for
pension. in London, a pension that
he did not secure, because he tired
of the irksome questions that the PEN
sion board thrust at him.
,, The stories that are told and have
been published of the thousands OF
dollars that he made in the wrestling
game are probably overdrawn, writ
, ten by some glib correspondent wlo
wanted to improve his story. Mace.
in his day. 'ould not have secured
the fabulous purses that would have
/, brought him such a fortune ''~'~
lism was not business such y
and there were no big pa g., no
large guarantees.
The wire told the following:
LONDON. November 30. "Jom
! Mace, the hero Of many prize fights,
died at Harrow.on-Tyne of old age
I today. lie was in his 18th year
| Mace was at one time worth more
than $1,0OO,OO0. but of recent years
he had been dependent on friends.
Occasionally he had appeared in mu'
sic hall exhibitions.
| "Jem" Mace was born at Beeston,
/ in Norfolk, and In his day was one
of the greatest boxers. His first great
| fight was with Bill Thorpe, whom he
beat in IS rounds. When Tom Say
ers retired from the championship In
1860, Mace was regarded as his legi-
innate successor but his supremacy
was soon challenged by Tom King.
They met In January, 1862, when az
ter 43 rounds, Mace was given the.
verdict. For the next ten years he.
was practically invincible.
ST. LOUIS, November 3O.-News of
the death of "Jem" Mace was receiv-
ed here today with sorrow by "Bill''
Clark, better known as the Belfast
Chicken who was Mace's sparring
partner more than sixty years ago,
1--WE were the two oldest prize
fighters In the world" said Clark. 81
am SO years old and he was rs. TWEEN
ty-fve years ago we gave benefit
match In New York and it was hard
to tell which of us two old fellows
got the worst of the battle.
when .Iem' and | met we were
two little lads, but we knew how to
land good blow and win a fight. II
became boxer because had to sup
port my mother and her six children.
lem" was n natural.born fighter, so
we tied up for two years.
"He knew more about boxing than
any man on earth except me, because
| learned all he ever knew before we
were together a week We had rule
for boxing II was to land lefthand-
err AT the right time and in the right
place. That's how we won
81 once fought Jem a Underground
go at Greenwood Court. That day we
fought until we couldn't stand up, and
when the constables broke up the
fight Jem got away with the money.
That was the last saw of him until
we had that bout IN New York about
twenty-five years ago. IN t# u
KANSAS CITY, November 30.-Dls-
cussing the death of "Jem" Mace,
James J. Corbett, former heavy
weight champion pugllist, today said:
"Jem' Mace was the greatest
fighter of his day, and II was really
his style of boxing that was the foun-
dalton of the scientific school of box
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