Evening star., 1912-11-13
Now Well begin to box.

Now we'll begin to box. .
Thereupon Mr.. Cou on's nose developed
an affinity for Mr.. Siler's fist. Do what
he would, he couldn't keep away from it
unless he put his nose between his heels.
Il must have stopped forty wallops
with my snout," he observed reminis-
Gently. THAT did me lot of good. l
thought that no one could hit me, you
see. Siier certainly took that out of me
hard
For a time Siler worked with him.
and Coulon declares that he owes more
to Siler than to any other one man. He
was then sixteen years old and willing
to learn. That left jab of Siler's is one
of his dependable blows today. He GER
tainly put lot of new dope in my head
he says. Then he went to Milwaukee TO
take part in an. amateur contest and
fought Young Mason. BY this time he
was pretty fond of himself.
Then something happened" said he.
II guess IL it hadn't happened I would
never have been the Johnny Coulon I
am today"
because he hoped and skipped around
and did SO many fancy steps the ref
cree gave a decision against him, on
the general theory that Mason fought
and CCulon jigged. He sat down in the
ring and cried. being but a boy. Critics
said he should have been given a draw
at least, but that didn't alter the records.
THAT taught me not to show off.
he said. He got various diplomas paper
enou"h for the walls'-and returned to
Chicago. reform administration came
in, and not even amateur bouts were per-
mitted. He keIt boxing in private. Dair-
ing this period he became package car
rier for a wholesale house, and by way
of increasing his strength he used to
save" the car fare given him and run
on the streets. carrying the heavy pack
ages. By the time the town reopened he
was stout as little bull. His father met
him on Wabash avenue and thought he
was looking bit drawn.
TN send you TO the country" an
.nounced "Por." and the boy camped that
summer. as he has every succeeding
summer. at Fox Lake. III. He got into
the professional game. 1t is with pride
three preliminary bouts in his life. Then
he began to go on for the wind-ups. In
1907 he fought Kid Murphy at Mil
waukee. Murphy is built like brick
wall and has the best punch ever took.
Coulon danced in with the grin he wore
in those happy days. Murphy hit him on
the top of the head during mix-up.
Every light in the place went out
said he. Il don't know how I finished
the round. but when / went out for the
dancing around. I guess l must have
gone after the right one. though, for
in the ninth round knocked him
through the ropes. But he got the de-
clstoI, anu w never siiilieu since IN the
ring. l wouldn't say that Murphy
knocked the grin off-but, anyhow, it.
never rame back"
The oldest thing that ever happened 10
him In the ring was when he fought
Frankie Connely. Connolly kept rushing
and swinging and Coulon avoided him.
Connelly's right would land on Couon's
hip.
IF that fight had stopped in the
eleventh round for an extra minute /
could not have kept on" said he The
doctors tell me he almost knocked me
out-kept landing on some nerve. Next
day my whole side was almost para.
lyzed."
He has had 125 fights. and what money
he has m;ude-he will not say how much
is al! slowed away in first mortgages.
"A successful fighter has too many
ism. They're all with. him while he's
winning. I'm going to keep my money.
SO I'm have friends when I'm through
lighting"
And as to punishment:
"The average boxer likes to show how
tough he is," said he. Hell take a
punch with his face. Just to show how
many he can stop. There's nothing to
that. We're all human, and after while
things to you. Nelson was the hardest
of all. but he Is suffering now from what
he used to get. Wen get enough In the
course Of business without taking those
we can dodge. Besides. there dynamite
in some Of those wallops. You never
can tell whether you're lighting an un-
known or champ. Best way is to train
things with dreams In 'em sometimes"