The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-27

side and said it was a blooming shame
the way they robbed me. The police
stopped the fight the last time I
knocked Choynski stiff. 'Parson' Da-
WIS and his mob dragged Joe out Of
the ring n he came to for six
hours. He tainted three times that
night and collapsed the first time he
tried to leave his room. | gave him
a terrible licking; still the referee call
ed it a draw.
The Choynski affair convinced me
that there was only one way for Fitz
to win-knock EN- in the head and
Kill EN- stone dead. Dan Creedon,
who WAS living in st. Louis at the
time. was my next opponent. We
fought in New Orleans. and what I
did to him was a positive fright. Poor
old Dan rushed into Il right shift and
stopped a short-arm jolt on the eve
tooth.
A Real Knockout Punch.
There's the place to hit a guy if
you want to knock all the tight out OF
him.. Creedon. d stocky built rascal.
vent down in a heap and never came
to for twenty-four hours. l knocked
all the teeth nut of his mouth. Sure,
they thought he was dead. 1 was
scared myself.
"Corbett stepped into the same kind
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over the heart. inc while he was STAR
gazing. l drove the left to his jaw
and made him drop like an empty
sack.
"Corbett never could punch. and I'm
going to tell you the reason why. He
wanted to be a pretty boxer-tap and
get away. He learned to box prett,ly,
but it spoiled him completely as a ring
warrior. Even when he waded into a
man he would jerk his head and
shoulders back whenever he delivered
a punch. A hard hitter goes straight
ahead, throwing his chest and houl-
ders behind the swing.
Il made a great fighter out of JEFF
fries by getting him to discard Tommy
Ryan's famous crouch. They say
Ryan taught him the crouch to beat
but the crouch had nothing to do with
winning that fight for Jeffries--it was
something more. potent thar Eyan's
crouch. take it straight from ne.
jeff nearly 'c%rouched' himself out
of the championship the first time he
fought Jim Corbett. l told him that
lie was a big boob to fight that way.
You're big and clever enough to
whip m man in the world without
waiting for anybody to carry the fight
to YOU said l to jeff. Wade into the
rext guy you fight and hug him to
DEATH
"Ccrbett howled for g return match.
and Jeff smashed him into smither-
eens the second time they mixed in
the roped arena"
What about Robert Fitzsimmons.
Jr.? Are Q going to make a fighter
out of him." inquired the writer.
Son May Become Fighter.
THAT boy is bred right. don't
know whether he'll care to take up the
llstic game" said Fitz. You know,
his mother, Rose Julian. was a fam
Gus contortionist and a magnificent
specimen of a woman from a physical
standpoint. and | might add from
ter. II she had only lived. I'd be
Bob is Is years old. n weighs 40
pounds. We had a boxing match the
day I left the farm. three weeks ago.
l gave him a bloody good black eye
as a gentle reminder that I'm still far
from being a dead one. The kid
school for wealthy New Workers. la
Billy Muldoon."
Maybe young Bob will como like
YOU. late in life: o were over 40
when you won the championship"
said the writer.
Sure" replied Bob. but don't
overlook the fact that 1 was fighting
when l was Is. Why. l broke my
right hand on a big bushranger's CO.
co. away back in Australia. 25 a
before l beat Corbett for the cham
pionship of the world. They match
cd me with a giant Ballarat gold min
er, and say, he was a real tough nut.
He covered up whenever l got close
to him and left nothing open but the
end of his 'conk.' Finally I became
disguised and banged him on top of
the head. Hc went down like he had
been plugged with buckshot. broke
every kuckle in the hand and carried
1t around In a swing for two months"