El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-26
Veteran Is Sure To Put a
Lot Of Life Into The Chi
cago Club.

you hear a lot about injuries done
in the ring, but you have never heard
about the counter-frTitant one blow as
TO another. have you?a
This question was put by KID La
vfgne. the once famous lightweight,
whose experience conylnces nlm Inas
there are two sides to the question OF
ring injuries, and who Goesn De!leFs
thar fit man W2s ever ~ ul,Su IA q
fistic encounter He contnued- .
Look at-this ear that I'm carrying
and he indicated the caul1toWer ap-
-pendage that most fighters carry On
the left side Of their heads as badges
of their businesS--lL is a memory o.
one. Ny old friend, Joe WalcOtt, gave
It to me in our first fight, and almost
at the start OF it Some people think
that WalcOtt can hit 1t got past the
imagination place with me before We
boxed the found knew II was q ue
the first time he landed And the first
time he put one fair on this leIt ear
he sent. me back to my corner WONDER
ing If I'd ever forget that poke.
That was where I got my ear. IT
& round or two il puffed up and +liled
with blood so that 1t looked ike a
raw tomato. 1t felt worse than Il
locked. There was a whole comic opera
chorus in my head. singing songs that
sounded like music that you hear n
lie dentist's chair jdst before they
wake YOU Up. What would nave nap
Dened II Walcott hadn't played surgeon
for me no one can tell But along IN
the fourth or fifth round ne brOuslr
his glove over on the bad ear, pulled
the heel across it, and burst the ear
The songs stopped, the pain. Went the
ear shrank, and Mr. Walcott was
stopped in round 15
Burge Does Good Job.
Dick Burge, the English fighter,
performed another operation Tor ne
It was the year after the WalcOtt affair
and Richard attended TO my nOS2
Through being hit on the bridge in
other fights so many times little lump
lad formed It wash painful put lc
didn't look pretty and it didn't help me
in my breathing But didn't pay
much attention to it until Burge and [
had got vel warmed up IN our mill
in London.
The fight was II rounds. and we
hadn't gone half of that route when
Burge came TO me with a straight
right on the nose that carried me part
way to the sleeping quarters. No one
ever hit me as hard on the nose
rad to guess where my corner was al
the finish. and steered for 1t by the
voices Of my handlers. When 1 cleared
my nose a thick clOt Of blood was dis
the lump that had been bOthering me,
and my nose was as good as new when
7 went out for the next round 7 beat
Burge, and he gave me present OF
straight nose TO boot
Critic had more fun with LaFigne's
nose than did any boxer who ever faced
the Saginaw lad, according to George
himself They fought first in Chicago
-eight-rOund draw, in 1S94-and
year later went 20 rounds, also q draw
at Maspeth- He was like one Of those
octopus things that have dozen
arms said LaTigne- He threw a hOd-
ful Of hands at me every time I went
after him I'd start out, and would
lead one that looked as If 1t ought to
land and send the Australian over the
ropes So far as I could see, Griff9
never moved But I didn't see much.
for as soon as I started In. six Of
eight gloves would land on my nose