Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1914-06-21
MANY FIGHTERS
HAVE HAD JINX
ON OPPONENTS
Australian Fight Fans Can Not
Understand Why Eddie Nc
GOOrty Has the link on Their
MiddIeWeight, Dave Smith.
There Are Many Notable In
stances Where One Boxer Has
It on Another Before They
Ever Got Into the Arena.

The Australian fight fans cannot
quite understand how our eddie Nc
Goorty has &c on their middleveignt
champion. Dave Smith, 30 often.
Eddie first met Dave ar the Madi-
son Square Garden and walloped the
game Antipodean to- sunderland In
one short round His friends across
the Pacific imagined that this quick
X. o. was simply a nuke and they i'm
duced McGoorty to 20 over to kanga-
rooland and again face their iisuc
idol In the second battle Eddie put
the sleeping kick on Dave in the
second session Of mill booked for
20 rounds.
Sum the gallant Australian sports
men were not satisfied. so they again
amtched the pair. This was far
more interesting conflict indeed. The
American gladiator was in no hurry
for victory. He played a waiting
gme and gave the fans run for
their money. In fact for eight rounds
smith appeared to be winning and his
countrymen went wild chez ring their
champion on to victory.
Maybe McGoorty was simply play
ingfor the movies that were being
taken. He took some stiff iolts to
make the pictures fun Of smashing
action and thrilling situations. You
know Eddie is quite a good business
man and didn't want to shorten or
spoil a good reel
Mccoorty Opens Fire.
However in the ninth round the
American decided TO open fire on his
opponent Let us quote William r.
Corbett. the able boxing scribe of
The Sydney Sun. on the last two
rounds of this third meeting:
The ninth round opened by Me-
Goorty rushing at Smith and sending
q heavy left to the ear. which rat
tied him. He followed up the advan
tage with a right TO the chin and a
left TO the jaw, sending Smith down
He rose Immediately and wanted ia
fight. McGOorty attacked and then
smashed a heavy right to the head
hooking a left to the jaw This left
Smith very sick, and they got into
clinches. McGoorty was calm anC
was now evidently measuring his
man with the object Of a knockout
He got in a right TO the head and
then swung his left but missed Q
golden chance by a quarter Of an incl
Smith getting his head back out Of
the danger zone. McGoorty, contin
uing on the ggressive. pummelleC
smith with both hands, landing q
solid right TO the chin. They returned
to corners with the round easily Nc
Goortys
At the beginning OF the tenth rounC
McGoorty sent I'm a left hook which
went round Smiths head He theI
landed his left on the chin. an,
punched Smith on the body with the
right. McGoorty was fighting fear
lessly and I'm contrast to his showing
I'm the early rounds. He went TO th'
head with both hands, and punishe,
the Australian freely Smith stoo,
the punishment gamely until a RICH
TO the chin staggered him. and an
other dropped him and he was count
ed out The round had been I'm proc
ress two minutes "a seconds.
The Indian Sign on Smith.
SO the honorable Australian fan
have come 10 the conclusion that I'D
die McGoorty has the big "lndia
sign" on Dave SMITH sort Of hyI
motto influence which we i'm this cour
try have been aware of for som
years. Il is where one fighter excl
cises strange power over another h
has once knocked out or decisivel
defeated
Jim corbett Had II over choynskl
Jim Corbett and Joe Choynsh me
I'm the ring four times. The first mi
they only fought four rounds whe
the police interiered. The secon
battle was a fierce affair of 28 sci
sions and Corbett won, probably IN
hardest fight of his whole career
their third meeting Corbett agai
beat courageous Joseph. in for
rounds. I believe Gentleman Jim ha
the "Indin sign" on Choynsh.
Mysterious Billy" Smith gy