The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

ing before his friends, and they were
naturally carried away with his efforts,
even though most of those efforts We're
eads and hooks that | unquestionably
blocked. But Id rather be the cham
pion OF world being panned than an
aspiraut for the honors being boosted.
| served my time in that boosters club.
mir or ten years of IT, and | know
Just how GrifIiths felt about IT,
ANY time difference OF opinion
arises II means another fight That was
the tenth fight had since winning tn"
championship in September. | fought
seven nights in five weeks and ! aver
age $4,000 fight. I started off here
again on January 20 with Beecher. and
the Akron fight brought II up to $4,000
in the week.
The Richie bout will be my best
and biggest fight We will draw be-
tween $4,000 aud $40, 900. First, l
fight Shugrue February 9 then Ander-
son in Grand Rapids on the 18th {;
Charlie white. perhaps. on the 18th
at Milwaukee. somebody. not yet Sc
lected. IN rnuaucipnia ~ the emu "a
the month, and Richie on March ?.
81 have sent for Young Wagner,
Tommy O'Keefe and Tommy Langdon.
besides having one Round Hogan for
sparring partners. want 10 go AIois
two wears more. I'll never be knocked
ont ana IN retire champion. | appreci-
ate the fact that the title will mean
million dollars TO me in the future. ana
I'm, going TO retire the kingpln long
before I even begin TO slip. Just as
soon as | get all that there ~ IN sght
I'U he ready. but I'll slip down well
within two years.
~ Won tha title because | was patient,
silent and a stole. IT'S natural with us
Welshmen to sit the thing out. III
never forget watching the men of my
race sauatting around. smoking thelr
mines They're all miners. TheN re USED
| 10 souatting down in the coal mines LOT
! hours at time. with hardly room 10
move. picking away at the coal win
short little hacks. Then when they come
M out Of the mines after the Gay
| work and want TO rest they squat uoWh
until They're almost stlhe On .ne
ground In this fashion they form a big
! circle. all smoking quietly. For hours
! thev will squat there motionless, each
| aIone with his thoughts. Along Will
| come another miner. Down he squats'
and the only welcome he gets Is Hello,
! hin He Joins into the spirit or the
| thinking. inherit that spirit ana II
was that alone that gave mo the cour-
age to wait patiently for my whlrl as
a worlds champion.
| PHnnkNlNdlllh
ting ten round bouts Is passed only
eight ounce gloves will he allowed. That
! is a stupld rule. Eight ounce gloves
will assume the weight OF an Oregon
hoat on each hand befor" the end OF
, ten rounds. Five ounce gloves are proper
and they don't tire the men out. Who
over framed that law certainly wanted
to be cautious.
.ttI. &c
Al Mccoy, is schooling younger brothe'
named Joe, and II George is to he be-
levad the youngster will be WorIc
! beater.
"He can hit as hard as ! can" SAYS
George, proudly. land | guess l car
belt some. He weighs l4s now hu
I'm a year he will take on ten more
pounds and then look out. He's won
der honest, mister
Alfred Wedge. minister OF Omaha
has forsaken his calling and entered M
ring. lie was in the pulpit four YEAR
and wanted to take up something soft
tie was matched to box Jack Fitzgerald
aud the ex-sky pilot gave John sktlfu
thrashing Before h" entered the minis
try Wedge was a boxer.
In France they call Jack Johnson tn
big Clnder" 1t is II name that wa
tackled on to the black champion afte
tae Moran fight by a French sporting
writer
Here are few knicknacks abou
Jess willard that YOU may not know
Born in Pottewatomie county, Ken
lucky, December 30, 1887
Father was ranChman.
Never fought a preliminary,
First fight at Sapulpa, okla, in 1911
Broke broncos until he became to-
heavy
, Is six feet inches tall, weighs 225,
Wears No. 10 shoe,
Can run 100 yards In II seconds,
Is an expert swimmer, crack rim
, and pistol shot.
Never had bloody nose,
4 Never was knocked down.
e Never was groggy from punch.
Never drank. chewed or smoked.
Doesn't know how hard he can hit.
I Nothing illustrates better what a wOr
delful fighter Stanley Ketchel was tina
the following figures: The wins an
, knockouts OF the best middleweight
4 have been figured out and Stanley's pei
o Centage certainly makes him the T
u Cobb of the middle class terrors. Ju,
J. now, were Ketchel alive, he would hav
+, IA pretentious army 10 wade through, bi
as wading through was the old assas