The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26

the same stud farm. In their gallops
around the field, in their promenades
about the pasture, Salvador always led
and Tenny always followed. Tenny
had dropped his goat to Salvador"
There were two other great sprint
ers among the Observation-Disclosures
R Rod Firearm and James r:
race Voter came near being scratch
ed, because his trainer had such a high
appreciation Of Firearms wonderful
speed. But Voter was not scratched
and the " met. There wat a gruel-
ing struggle. Voter won by an eye
lash. 1t will be heard to convince a
person who knew these two horses
Well that there was an ounce Of diff
ference between them: yet after that
every time they met Voter won. Vot-
RS winnings that year brought his
owner a fair-sized fortune. II Fire
arm had won that first ace probably
1t would have been the case of Fire
arm beating Voter every time there
after, but Voter had got firearms
goat.
1t Is the same in the prize ring.
Terry McGovern was Of the great.
est fighters among the little men We
ever have had. A young man came
out from the west. He was not a
wonder, but he got a match with Ter
ry. Terry was in his prime then and
the outcome Of the contest was looked
upon as a foregone conclusion. They
fought at Bridgeport on the afternoon
Of Thanksgiving day. McGovern was
the overwhelming favorite In the bet
ting.
The westerner was Young Corhett.
AS he started from his dressing room
to go to the ring he passed McGovern's
dressing room door. Very few persons
had been in to e Young Corbett. but
Governs dressing room was crowded
with admirers. As Corbett passed he
pounded on McGovern's door and
shouted; Come on Terry, and get
on, the quicker 1t will be over"
This was an astounding thing for
such a man as McGovern to hear. 1t
was no mor astounding. however.
than what happened to McGovern in
the ring. Young Corbett put it all
over him. McGovern was a dethroned
champion in a few minutes. Many
persons thought 1t was a fuke. The
men met various times later and Cor
bett had McGovern's goat" Meow
ern could whip men who could whip
Corbett, but Corbett never had any
trouble about beating McGovern.
Jeffries was beaten the day before
he went into the ring with johnson at
Reno. johnson had simple pestered
Jeffries for years and years. When
johnson did not have enough money
to buy a cheese sandwich he used to
go after Jeffries and beg him for a
fight. Once Jeffries in anger offered
to go into a cellar and fight Johnson
then and there, but johnson only
laughed at him. He said there was
no money in 1t. He further enraged
Jeffries by telling him II he ever got
him into a ring he would beat his
head off. johnson laughed at the idea
Of Jeffries having any chance at all
with him. johnson simply got on JET
fries's nerves. although Jeffries was
not supposed to have any nerves. JEFF
before the battle at Reno. He went
into the ring q tagged and beaten man.
He had "lost his goat"
Mathewson won every game he
pitched against Cincinnati for three or
four years. 1t was the belief Of many
men who followed baseball that all
that a necessary for "Matty" to do
to win a game against Cincinnati was
to walk on to the diamond and throw
his glove into the pitchers box. The
game was virtually over then and
kihCAUs 0ltupty OOCdu6c llc Ithu IuO OIns
ctnnatt teams goat. To a greater less
degree this Is true Of many ball play
ers in the big and little leagues. The
men opposing them have seer 80 many
evidences of their prowess and skill
that they look upon an attempt to win
as being almost hopeless. Therefore
they play half-heartedly. 1t is the
same in football. A team of rugged
slashing players with a long record
~ rIotAp1no Fo~ ~,stH~~o>c c-@k>.
equal weight and equal skill that Is not
flushed with success.
Down in Wall street hundreds and
hundreds Of men drop their goat"
Some Of them quit the street" and
live in retirement thereafter: others
commit suicide. The greater number
of small spectators, however, still
continue to hang over the tickers and
make mental bets on the course of the
market. They have lost their nerve
to such an extent they no longer are
willing to risk their last dollar as
blithely. as they once did. They are
and fro by the vagrant financial winds.
In their day they have been the won.
der boys" of tho street but the strain
and the disastrous ending Of their VEN
lures have left them weak and nerve
less. Any laxative old-timer in any
of the brokerage Offices can tell in
terminable tales Of the ghosts Of
finance. the Wall street wrecks who
won and lost great fortunes in their
time of stress and never held up their
heads again.
When n meets an old friend he
hasn't seen for years, lie begins to
realize how much n can forget.