The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-08
Few Changes in the Football Rules This Year

seemed 10 be on the cards Some one
threw tin Of sawdust at CORR. and tho
writer got II all over his best evening
suit and down his neck. However. Dick
burge and his henchmen by calling up
some OF their former fighting qualities
soon had the roughs who were working
the rush badly scared and the meeting
broke up in disorder.
Ruse Of Pickpockets.
A friend OF mine. a solicitor sitting
next TO me, and a well known wealthy
sporting brewer were the only sufferers,
for 10 and behold. when they put their
hands to their pockets they found their
purses gone. And really. ! think the
who took advantage OF the occasion TO
get UP a riot 80 that they could help
themselves. / did not lose anything and
singularIy, enough, have been lucky that
way, whether the boys know me and
have sneaking regard for me I don't
know. but I have never lost anything In
@ crowd or race course but once. Then
tne article, watch. was returned to
Burge gets all the best boxers In Lon
don and all the best visitors from Amer
lea, Australia and France. and l have
never seen better run show or one
where a man who loves a good tight can
make So cure of seeing what he wants as
at the Ring. Black Friar road.
Discusses Frisco Fight.
The little incident related was only
one of those amusing Incidents whIcf,
hod 10 the cost OF sportman's life. II
oroke up our evening but we all ad
Journed TO Romano's and. over good
supper and with Eugene Corri's (the net
ot the London ring) toyial personality 10
cheer us. We spent a lovely evening
wish ] knew more of your promoters OF
the past.
remember. when nidsblpman OF
San Francisco. going to one OF the fine
boxing rings there. and they kidded my
dad into going into the ring and putting
on the gloves with negro. The old man
showed up we'll. but the negro bunged up
his eyes and bled his nose. but got some
good. stiff body blows himself Ny ia
iner was always a great one for body
Hlows tSs s,oG wssn :n ,nnh don't perhaps appeal
run, In the end my father and the negro.
after six or ten rounds. / forget which.
shook hands, and the evening was pleas &
anfly continued by some real good bouts.
Marquis "Pater'' Was Game.
A lot Of the men from the Triumph
negro got home hot one on the gov
ernor's nose. X looked as IL they would
break into the ring and stop the fight.
as think they thought people were TAX
a negro up against him, and a cracker
jack. too. but no one enjoyed IL more
than he did He could take a licking
as well as any man. but he never got
got.
l forget the owner of this particular
ring. fe was good fellow and friend
OF my father. and II he should perchance
read this story he will remember the In
cident In those days l was a bit wild.
was put In charge OF the captain S
co%swain. one John Duffy by name.
need not tell YOU his nationality. and a
pair OF bright beauties we were. 1t was
ease OF getting a thief to catch thief.
What ! did not know OF mischief John
Duffy knew. and we painted that town
as red as our pockets would allow. for
II WAS case OF share up. Duffy
wbacked up his pay and threw In what
the governor had ponied up.
We wound up on the pier one night
going off to the ship In fine scrap. |
was only about as big as a good sized
bull pun, but Duffy was as husky as a
bull. and what | lacked In weight I made
up in cunning. We downed pair of
drunken buns or so that tried 10 inter-
fere with us Tor we thought tried to-
which was just the same. as we were
sporting for a row. especially after seeing
the dads nose bleed. and AT the places
We visited-but here had better stop