Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-13
TOGO "A YELLOW PERIL.
Little Jap Predicted Coming Worlds Champ-Has Long Knockout Rec ord.


 Imagine, if you can, a Japanese who stands feet 10 inches and weighs 103 pounds, a boy who can hit like Fitz- simmons and take punishment like Iron Man" Joe Grim, and there you have a mental picture of Young Togo of Japan, the yellow perir' of the prize ring.
 Six years ago Togo landed in this country with an excellent knowledge of Jiu jitsu, but miny money and abil> lty to speak the language. He went to work at the Jonathan club in Los An geles, an organization whose members rate their worth by the millions in stead of thousands. Togo taught the wealthy ones jiu jitsu, pocketed their cash, learned the language and picked up a srnattering of boxing from Eddie Robinson, the boxing instructor and time bare knucllle fighter, who in appearance resembles a bond clipper instead of an ex-pugilist.
 Robinson undertook his management when Togo first showed signs of prize ring intelligence and matched him for a 10 round scrap. He was knocked down 27 times in three rounds, but managed to finish on his feet. He re- tired until his jaw should lose it's sore ness. Next he bObbed up On a barn storming trip, during which he pitted his jiu jitsu against boxing and wres- tling. Out of 319 matches he won 3l7, His opponents used anything from rough and tumble tactics to scientific boxing.
 His jaw having recovered from the 27 mockdown punches, Togo next wandered into the ring to try himself out. He then licked 25 opponents via the knockout route in 2 fights, among whom was Harry Forbes, ex-world's s bantamweight champion, who lost a decision. He beat Harry so badly that it took him several days to get his face back into shape. Forbes had previous ly scored a shadow victory over John ny CouIon, though it was not officially recognized.
 On Feb. 26 Battling Nelson waltzed against the yellow peril" He guar anteed to stlp him in six rounds. There was S5.000 for the fighters and the win ner was to get 1t all. They fought sumo lively rounds and at the finish Togo got the $5.000 according to his manager, and Nelson nothing.
 Togo will be 22 years old his next birthday. He is a great reader, has never tasted liquor or tobacco, can play the piano and speak almost fault less English. In addition to all these accomplishments he has a bank roll to- talling s30, 1000.
 In all his fighting career he has nev- ger bothered about how much his op- ponent outweighed him. Big Gipsy Gleeson, a 165 pound miner from the coal fields of Arkansas and Oklahoma, who had never been licked, agreed to stop Togo in Is rounds. In the second round a left shift to the solar pieXus, followed by a right smash on the point of the jaw put the miner to sleep for half an hour. Before that performance he had knocked out Jim Downing, an Arkansas white hope" in ten rounds. Downing is 27 years old and stands 6 feet 1 inch, weighing 193 pounds.
 Togo is a freak He has the neck. chest and head of a middleweight, but the height and weight. feet and hands of a child But he is a remarkably clever little scrapper, whom some ring experts declare will be the first Japan csc to hold a worlds championship.