Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-24

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II had Gross licked mile until
ran into that one IN the last gound
II was an easy fight for tne up to
that moment. aud when / tell you
that q Knockout, "a real knockout.
stand the reason Course knock
out does hurt. | shotud say SO, bug
not physically Its mental pain. II
hurts q fellows feeling. his pride aud
and his reputation" and the pride
OF NOrleans's famous French market
shook his head sadly.
Then he told us OF the real hardest
battle lie told IL go us conyincingly
and .unhcsitstingly. our steno set h
down word for word. aud ffar be "a
from us To work when We don't have
tu) 80, here goes.
After a very successful season Ia
the winter OF 1871 and i9t2. whom
had Knocked out Young Sayior who
WAS then coming fast, and also had
beaten such boys us Mntty Baldwin
Pal Moore Billy Allen and Jack Rcd
mOnd, and WAS just getting into uig
league company. was matched with
owen Moran, the clever English light
weight. for eight rounds at Memphis
Tenn, which. as you Know. was my
headquarters. They thought In that
town that ! could beat any man. big
or little In the world.
They made ne two-to-one faV.
orite over Moran. which Of course was
wrong, as his record was a wonderful
one but Il shows what load they put
on uy shoulders when always en-
tered the ring. for I had TO think uf
ali the boys betting on me. Wei. the
night OF the fight came along and
Ia.
aud both made The weight easy,
There Moran pulled little talk
that made me think. for he said to
Jimmie JohnsOn: DO you think | viii
hurt this boy much II ] hit him ms
hard AS did BAT Nelson when I
Knocked him out In fourteen rounds -
"Of course Jimmie was right back
with the answer: oh, you will have
10 be little careful or YOU might
XIII him u YOU hit him ike that.
1T made me more determined "a
get the jump on him from the first
round. and try and OutpuOint him or
die In the attempt When I got to
the arena small affair. the place
was packed to the doors. and there
were thousands 81 fans who couldn't
get near.
III Was raining too. oh so hard. u
looked Ike there must have been u
hole In the skies After about fifteen
minutes OF hard work ! got 10 my
dressing room. but the rain WAS even
coming In there. which made me feel
little out of sorts
We entered the ring about 9f5,
and I never had seen such a crowd Ia
my life. but the cockey little English
man never left the center Of the rims
lust stood there and waited for both
the gong and me. Wei. they both
soon came 10 him, and the first round
was hummer. / felt him out and
could see he WAS trying Ia do 10 me
what he had done to Nelson. hut
managed 20 heat him 10 what feW
punches he started.
- felt better after that. and In the
second round came the fireworks
/ had been fghtlnR for about u minut,
and had begun 10 take the aggressive
when all Of sudden ! thought some
one had threw brick. Tho FIRST
Thing I knew. the referee was count
Ing I heard him say ave I could
hear him quite plain. hut somehow
could not think. yet ! could hear tbs
| rain hitting on the tin roof as plair
~ could be. million things passed
, through my mind then for I can se'
, Il All now. and AL of sudden, | done
| something that Old-tlmers who were