The evening world., 1912-05-02
kjaus and Dillon Show Real
Fighting Spirit in Their Train.
in0 Bouts.

Copyright. 1919. by The Press Publishing 60.
The New York World.
YP in sunny westchester gloves
u are flying to-day as Frank
Klaus and Jack Dillon finish
their preparation for tomorrow
nights fight. Yesterday afternoon |
visited both camps to SEQ what the
fighters doing. and found them
both hard at work and apparently ft.
Dillon was At Woodlawn Inn,
famous onc - the stamping ground
Of that great middlewcight cham.
'siou. Stanley Kstchel. had not
>isitsd the Inn since Ketchel's day.
It seemed strange. chuggins " the
muddy roads. to bring to memory
the ruahins Kctchcl. whirEng In q
cloud Of dust along the same high.
way and turning his racing ear
sharply down the banked pathway
that ended at the door of his gym.
nasium. I could remember Ketchel,
with HE cowboy hat and high heeled
boots. and red handkerchief knotted
around his neck. jumping from the
still ~Quivsring car with . reckless
laugh. I could hear his high heelsh
boots stamping up the stairway to
the dressing room. There was some.
thing OF gloom in tho recollection.
msde more auggcstive by the stone
yard psxt door.
Dillon was In the old dining room.
cleared and used now a. = boxins
ring. He was Just finishing a lot oi
shadow boxing. After \ minute OF
Two be called for the gloves. and In q
moment more was sluEging hprd with
. tall. lean boxer. who. m I was In.
formed. was his younger brother.
There was nothing very b~rotheri,
about the way they slammed each
other. although II was all In a business.
like way. The younger Dillon wal
game. lie boxed fairly we'll. He stood
In and mixed It Willingly.
1ACK DILLON II a well built fellow
With great broad shoulders. n clear
body. muscular arms. strong hands
a good neck and good legs. ] noticed
that he stood Nat footed. Yet In actic,
hls DOT work Was very fast. II,
dashed In ana out like q lightweight
lie seemed to favor straight hitting
ana he hit hard. He looks a. good
middle weight ~ any we've seen aroun'
New York. Dillon has = fighting face
with square jaw. small . nose. hig
heck boass. and eyes as light. ice-blu
the port side OF his head he sports this
popular adornment among lighters
caulinower ear. This testihes to III
fact that he has undergone some srue
Ing In his seventy-six ring battles.
In boxing Dillon ducked some OF II
hardest punches. blocked others. u
was hard to hit. Now and then 3
drove straight In with = light left an
foliov we'd Il with a short right that mad
his brother wobble.
Afterward, while he was gettir
, rubbed down. We talked.
I'm twenty-one." said Dillon. IT.
aeen fghtinS our years. I've only 10
two decisions. and I've be>
knocked down."
Ia utilon your real namef'
Dillon smiled.
NO." he admitted. my real nan
10 Ernest Price. When ] began nigh
,ne I didn't wan. my mother TO kno
zbout Il, ana 90 I took the name OF
,rotting horse that ! was fond OF. \
people werc scotch-Irish. l was DO
AMI brought up IN Indiana was
messenger boy when I began hghtin
although worked three months
boiler making Just before my III
scrap"
Dillon said that yesterday mornin
aftei coming In from a run on the roa
he weighed 100 pounds. and that
could fight at a lower weight II
Jared 20.
asked him about his recent TWEEN,
round night with Klaus at Colma. :
was q rough fight" he said. smilir
we both rouEhed 1t for all We We
worth up 10 about the twelfth rour
and from that on we cut II out a
fought c1eanly. Klaus II a tough prof
sltlon. but ! expect TO beat him q
time"
YER the muddy roads again
Cannon's where Klaus was wa
ing. We found Frank logged (
In white tights, red trunks and q bls
shirt. He was ready TO begin his bt
Ing. Earlier IN the day he had =
eight miles on the muddy o behi
= rs. and had n through a III
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