Morris tribune., 1914-06-19


gloves sufficiently exciting.
that Glendon was escaping serious
damage, that the editor leaned to her
and said:
conner, and they can't stop him. But
he'll win In the sixteenth and not be-
FORE"
"Or after?" she asked.
She almost laughed at the certitude
Of her companions negative. She
knew better.
Powers was noted for hunting his
man from moment to moment and
round to round, and Glendon was con-
tent to accede to this program.
His defense was admirable. and he
threw in just enough Of offense to whet
the edge of the audiences interest.
Though he knew he was scheduled to
lose, Powers had had too long a ring
experience to hesitate from knocking
his man out If the opportunity offered
He had had the double cross worked
too often on him to be chary In work
| ing it on others.
If he got his chance he was prepared
to knock his man out and let the syn
dicate go hang.
Thanks to clever press publicity, the
idea was prevalent that at last young
Glendon had met his master
In his heart Powers, however, knew
that it was himself who had encoun-
tered the better man. More than once,
in the faster indghting, he received
the weight of punches that he knew
had been deliberately made no heavier.
On Glendon's part there were times
and times when a slip or error Of
judgment could have exposed him to
one OF his antagonists sledge hammer
blows and lost him the fight
Yet his was that almost miraculous
power of accurate timing and dis
tancing, and his confidence was not
shaken by the several close shaves he
experienced.
He had never lost a fight, never
been knocked down. and he had al
ways been so thoroughly the master
of the man he faced, that such a posi-
bility was unthinkable.
At the end of the fifteenth round
both men were in good condition
though Powers was breathing a trife
heavily and there were men in the
ringside seats offering odds that he
would 'blow up"
1t was just before the gong for the
sixteenth round struck that Stubener,
leaning over Glendon from behind in
his corner. whispered:
"Are you going TO get him now2''
Glendon, with a back toss Of his
head, shook it and laughed mockingly
up into his managers anxious face.
With the stroke Of the gong for the
sixteenth round (ilenfon was surprised
to see Powers cut loose
From the first SeionG il was a torna-
do of fighting. and G!pndon was hard
put to escape serious danage He
blocked clinched ducked. Sidpstepped.
was rushed backward against the
ropes and was met by fresh rusheS
when he surged out to center
Several times Powers left inviting
openings !'ut Giendon refused to loose
the lightning bolt of blow that would
drop his man
He was reserving that blow for two
rounds later Not in the whole fight
had he ever exerted his full strength
nor struck with the force that was in
him.
For two minutes. without the Slight
est letup. Powers went at him hammer
and tongs
In another minute the round would
be over and the betting syndicate
, hard hit
But that minute was not to be. They
/ had just come together in the center
! of the ring 1t was as ordinary a
clinch as any in the fight. save that
Powers was struggling and roughing
) 1t every instant.
Glendon whipped his left over in q
crisp but easy jolt to the side of the
face, 1t was like any OF a score OF
similar jolts he had already delivered
, In the course Of the fight
> To his amazement be felt Powers gC