The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-06

hIm ! VIII hay" no losers sweets 10 hold
my stomach. with him fresh from a hcai-
ing by George Taylor Ne has friends
10 back MIN ZOO hC SAYS | covered
that as n side Is Your Iiighness minded
TO venture on me-
Every farihlng | can find taier
lot answered the Duke enthusiastically
Bets on the Battle.
Captain Cleveland was watching the
champion kccnlS. Two weeks is none
too long in which 10 lose some of The
WrlshI I,.S1 on That great body OF yours.
The boxer flushed SLACK will find me
liShl and heavy enough. and YOU too.
captain Cleveland, II YOU care TO wager
on The butchers chances"
Captain Cleveland held his peace. bu,
he was not convinced Broughtou 10 n
carctui eye; Was n trinc too portIy for
Noungster like slack II was evident
moreover. that tho champion dospiscd his
hd,ycrsary ,,, and would make no efforts 10
bring himself 10. condition. The captain
promised himself 10 have y lock NJ Slack
before he riskcd money on the outcome
ON April 10, loo, tho day before that
sci for tho battle, I'roughion sent ono Of
his supporters TO the inn where SiacI;
had put m. Tho messenger carried ton
suincas which he presented to the puei-
list. explaining that Broughron desired
To chnch tEc arrangement beyond any
Does ho thinl, shall fan to be there
them asked Slack. rockctiuG the coins
lie feared YOU might draw out" said
Tel him / kGep his money to bet
rest easy. jack Broughtou will have
cause TO know that 1 am knee 10 knee
Slack, who was then at the height of
his powers, had been a butcher I'm Nor
wich; He had fought straight series
OF Victories through tho provinces and
had come TO London in thc preceding
january 10 try his fortune with the
members of the notable group that gath
cred about Broughtun Ills first trial had
ended in defeat nj tlr hands Of George
Taylor after n desperate contest
He was fully three inches shorter than
Broughton. though HIS weight was nearly
equal 10 the champions in his prime. His
build WAS rather compact thau graceful,
with thick ankles and wrists and cxtraor-
binary width Of chest VI" had learned
tho various blows and methods Of guard
mg first devised by ErouShton hut
had developed = style ot his own. being
remarkably agile and quick OF eye II
was said OF him that hc never gave back
I'm a rally and that he stood ready To
meet a knockout blow If he could not
stop il, rather than jump ont Of range
For all RrouShton's scorn of him.
Slack had not the slightest streak OF the
coward. He had stood mp TO TAYLOR until
flesh and bone could do no more After
that crushing defeat, with his star
checked and faltcring in its inward
course. tho butcher had determined upon
q plan that testified both 10 his shrewd-
ness and to his uudeterrcd ambition.
B-aten by Taylor. he aspirnd 10 obtain
match with tho conqliercr of TAYLOR
and snatch the surcIs from the father OF
tho science. Ills behavior had been al-
rcctcd To that end, and Broughton's fear
OF lis withdrawal amused him nightly.
At o'clock OF Wednesday morning
the doors of Erouyhton's amphithcater
werc thrown open to the swarm Of men
and bows that had gathered In Oxford
aS,N, NlN
tators OF tho pit. The champions wore
not 10 meet until noor and tho wcalthior