The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07

fail. The minute 7 seen tho crowd and
q lot of gents in evening clothes down
Poo froni and seen n professional come
n9ide the ropes, got as weak 40 ginger
"Of course. ~ WASH, long tiu I couldn't
get no hackers and / didn't have any
more chances 10 fiEht a p7ofessiouai-of
many amateurs. either. But l-muo tell
Nou-l wss M good Hs most men inside
the ring or out. IL was just that dumb
dead feeling had when was up against
a regular that always done me up.
We'll, sir. after ! had Sot out or The
business. | g0t mighty crouch on. !
used 20 90 round town licking private
citizens and all kinds OF unprofession-
ais just 10 please myself I'd lick cops
In dark streets and car conductors and
cab drivers and drayrncu whenever !
could start row with en- II didn't
make any difference how big they were
or how much science they had. / got
away with en- II I'd only just have
had tho confidence iu the ring that
bad beating up the best men outside Of
it. I'd bc wearing black pearls and helio-
trope SILK socks today.
"One evening WIS walking along
near INC BpwcTy. thinking about things.
when along comes n Summing party
About six or seven tlcy WAS an in
swallowtuiis. and these six hats that
don't shine. one o( tho gang kind Of
shoyes me of the sidewalk. I hadn't had
scrap I'm three days and | Just says
Delighted and hits him back OF the
ear
"wen. we had 81. That Johnnie put
up as decent a little fight AS you'd want
to see in the moving pictures. II was
on side street and no cops around. The
other guy had lot OF science. but II
only took me abou, six minutes to lay
him out
Some OF the swalowtans dragged him
up against some steps and began 10 fan
him. Another one OF EN- comes over 10
" Young man do YOU know what you've
done?'
Ion. beat It. says ! I'VE done moth
ing but little punching bag work. Take
Freddy back 10 Yale and tell him 20
quit studying sociology on the wrong side
OF the sidewalk
Ny good fellow. says h- I don't
know who YOU are. but I'd like to-
You've Knocked out Reddy Burns, the
champion middleweight OF the world He
get match on with Jim Jeffries, II
you
But when I come out OF my faint l
was laying on the floor In drug store
saturated with aromatic spirits OF am
monia. II I'd known that was Reddy
Burns. Ia have got down In the gutter
and crawled past him instead OF handing
bim one like | did Why. u Ia ever been
In ring and seen him climbing over
the ropes, I'd have been all 70 the sal
volatile
so that's what imaginn tion does" con-
cluded Mack. And, as ! said, your case
win out, You can't go MP against tho pro-
fessionals. ] tell you, It's n park bench
for yours in this romance business"
Mack, the pessimist. laughed harshly.
Tin afraid I don't see the parallel" !
said, coldly. II have only very slight
acquaintance with the prize-ring."
The derelict touched my sleeves with
his forefingcr for emphasis. as he ex-
planned his parable.
Every man said NE. with some dig
nifty. has got his lamps on something
that looks good TO him. With you. it's
this dame that you're afraid 10 say your
say TO- With me. IL was 10 win out I'm the
ring. Well you'll lose just like / did -
why do YOU think ! shall lose?" ]
asked warmly.
Cause" said he. you re afraid 10 GO
In the ring. You dassent stand up before
q professional. Your case and mine IS
Just the same. You're amateur. and
that means that you'd better keep outside
OF the ropes"
We'll. | must be going. ] said rising