The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-25

II only for the amazing tricks he played in the ring.
 Pat did not train for the fight In- stead he made q flying and sorrowful trip to the mountains to bury his fa- ther Old Pat had known we'll the condition of his heart, and 1t had stop ped suddenly on him.
 Young Pat arrived back in San Fran cisco with so close a margin of time that he changed into his fighting togs directly from his traveling suit, and even then the audience was kept wait ing ten minutes.
 Remember, give. him a chance,' Stubener cautioned him as he climbed through the ropes. Play with him, but do it seriously. Let him go ten or twelve rounds, then get him"
 Pat obeyed instructions, and, though it would have been easy enough to put Sosso out, so tricky was he that to stand up to him and not put him out kept his hands full
 It was a pretty exhibition. and the audience was delighted. Sosso's whir1- rushes required all Pats science to pro- feet hfIaseIf, and even then he did not escape unscathed.
 | Stubener praised him in the minute rests, and all would have been well had not Sossos in the fourth round played one of his most spectacular tricks.
 Pat, in d hdfxup, had landed hook to Sosso,s jaw, when to his amaze l ment the latter dropped his hands and reeled backward, eyes rolling, legs bending and giving, in high state of grogginess.
 Pat could not understand: It had not been q knockout blow, and yet there was his man all ready to fall to the mat Pat dropped his own hands and wonderdngIy watched his reeiing opponent. Sosso staggered away; al most fell, ree6vered and staggered ob- 1iquely and BIindIy forward again. For the first and the last time in his fighting career Pat was caught off his 1 guard He actually stepped aside to 1 let the reeIfng man go by. Still reel ing. sosso suddenly loosed lis right Pat received it fulR on his jaw with | an impact that rattIed all his teeth. | 4 great roar of delight went up from the audience. But Pat did not hear He saw only Sosso before him, grin ming and defiant, and not the least bit groggy Pat was hurt by the blow, but vastly more outraged by the trick. l All the wrath that his father ever had surged uT5e in him. He shook his head as if to get rid of the shock of | the blow and steadied himself before his man. It all occurred in the next second. With feint that drew his opponent, Pat fetched his left to the solar pleKus, almost at the same in> stant whipping his right across to the jaw.
 The latter blow landed on sosso,s mouth ere his falling body struck the floor The club doctors worked half an hour to bring him to. After that they put eleven stitches in his mouth and packed him of in an amPulance. l sYm sorry," Pat told his manager. l .sI,1n afraid lost my temper. I'll nev- CT do ft again fn the ring Dad always cautioned me about it. He said it had made him lose more than one battle. didn't know I could lose my temper 1 that way. But now that I know I'll keep 1t in control 2
 And Stubener believed him. He was coming to the stage where he could be T Iieve anything about his young charge.
 ssYou don't need to get angrys he said. You're so thoroughly the mas ter of your man at any stage r seAt any inch or second of t11e fight g I Pat affirmed
 aAnd you can put them out any time tyou want 2 a
 'tSure can- I don't want to boast, but I just seem to possess the ability. My eyes show me the opening that my skill knows how to make, and time and distance are. second nature to me. Dad called it a gift, but I thought he was blarneying me. Now that I've been up against these men, I guess he j was right. He said I had the mind and muscle correlation.'
 At any inch or second of the fight, g
 stubener repeated musingiy l Pat nodded, and Stubener, absolutely
 believing him, caught. vision of a golden future that should have fetch
 ed sld Pat out Of his grave.
 Well, don't forget, we've got to give l the crowd a run for it's money,'' he
 said wen fix it up between us how
 many rounds a fight should go Now l your next bout will be with the Flying
 Dutchman. Suppose you let lit run
 the full hfteen and put him out in the 1 last round. That will give you a
 chance to make showing as we1l.''
 ..AH right, sam was the answer
 sTt will be test for you,'' Stubener
 warned. You may fail to put him
 out in that last round
 4sWateh me- Pat paused to put
 weight to his promise and picked up a
 volume of LongfeI1ew. elf don't I'll
 never read poetry again, and that's go
 ing some.''
 'sYou bet 1t is,'' his manager pro- z claimed jubilantly, though what you
 see in such stuff is beyond me-
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