The sun., 1916-10-08

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boxers who also admitted that they were
foolish enough not to box on their merits.
hob Fitzsimmons Is on record with
the admission that he "laid DOWN to
Jim Hall in Australia for the paltry
sum of SIS. but pleaded youth and in
experience as an e%xtenuatlng circum.
stance.
Philadelphia Jack o'Bricn. light
heavyweight, once wrote a series OF ar
ticles giving a detailed account of the
numerous fakes In which ne had en-
gagged. .
But nearly all the other takers logged
ly declined to admit that there was any
thing wrong with their peculiar work In
the ring. II IL much more difficult to
Take nowadays than 1t was a quarter
OF n century ago, and detection and ex-
posture are almost certain.
Harry Forbes, the Western bantam.
was In a tangie with the authorities In
the West a few years ago on "A charge
OF being one Of "a band of takers who
systematically feeced victims.
The decadence OF the faking game is
evidenced by the fact that the Grouse
anair Is the first one OF the sort that
has come to light In twenty years.
Fits's First offence.
Thar. s.a,os >. J.. - ~
,ba, pohar, ~
IN NAV. a c,..n Sr.an, 70 d ,he nrs.
in The r,n1 mi, - s".us u'u'
sydney. Australia. February 10. 1890,
ana on the surface Jim Hall, then the
middleweight champion Of Australia,
won by a Knockout In the fourth round,
- =" a ne"r,s put the tue hoider
!. "'' session.
was NO uh''i ffaiI came 10 America
80 -" "soeu now easiIy ne had disposed
a. t"c 'ofhishman that Fltz in his In
a'knat'oh oiurted out the truth. Fftz
u'Ni'ieu mat the alleged 1900 side stake
was m!th' ana That Hall guaranteed
nm go ou' OF me gate receipts.
r'A sara mat HAN admitted that he
was not IN physical condition to make
sne nsh'' OUT AS mere seemed "A chance
Tor gate receipts he thought they might
as we" pun on "a rake and get the
mo.e'. r,.A az tnat time was a BLACK
sn,.h a"u ooSeo AT intervals, ana he de-
a.. ", Hi mr ,"u.u u .oierale the
a.,'daa ." 80 .mS 80. lin victory ana
E,,, ,nS,.,aa ,n., ha.
Hail a, any ,,,,a 49,. ~ 80 o.a',n
bu, as no had cnns.r,,S =. ,n ~.
the loser n. kcn, his uor '
nishman that he had NOT boy.s n, his
merits, the appended account of the
pout' written by W.. +. Corbett OF the
"suneN HtJ''ee. ~ interesting:
DNaIhp'oh .'in nan ana BOD fltz-
80 so'V ~ nv .he
go. n'o"e!' IaiI waS an ABROAD IN the
"""s u. e'"u.'o"' h",lhs enyoyeu MN,
consr,ocJ Ma o,atr, 70 ~ .na u y.
..The ar, rnmnd Goa ,,a5 ,hI"a,.
~ 'eh' Nhh hA'o tiA'hN
.na re- r,s,,s -, ~ ~.
these nearly lyiry,ny ~, an,, l.,,
however. conferred c,ey,riy and made
determined att.runts with The r,,h, a.,
the Jaw.
Hall eyaded th,xc easily. his mick
%inst.pping and neat guarding serving
him well.
"Fitz got his shoulder well up To block
Halls attempts at the jaw.
In the second round Hall did much
more execution than Fltz. and discol-
ored his left peeper with "A not right.
He also stabbed the New Zealander In
The mouth heavily, and visited his ribs
hard and straight with the right.
Coming up IN the third Hall carried
, out his ayowed intention of taking all
that Fitz could give and landing him
a quick auietus IL he could.
Hall Nearly Ont,
nan iought iuf'uuslN' pu' rue
, cleEeincss with MS mead caused Inc
'h"ihp'oh 10 ocat tHe an an" 'oo
shoulders a lot, and he was soon ut
tetrly pumped out.
Neither could do much damage hu'
Han got a"fuiiy grossy ana h''hli'- pu'
|, ms ieVei mead saved MN ne hePt M
: long LETT pok!ng OUT. or came III WIZ
his forearm across tltzs throat ana &c
; was 3ust able T." last the round re,
, covering a bit by walking around ant
dashing In a good LETT L" the month anc
n hard riSht TO the Jaw mat shook r"'
, up bad just AT corners.
! 'Du To- good handling IN the corners
t, the men came UP for the fourth IN mid
I ding good condition, Fitzeimmon'
looked very confident and advanced smil'
ingly to meet his antagonist. lie feintec
with his left to draw Hall. and laid hi
1 Jaw bare for one second.
Raising on his toes Hall brought The
right smashing across, Kissing through
p his teeth. like a blacksmith welding no
iron. II dropped will all his weigh
! and strength on Fitz's Jaw Just above
, the point. and Bob fell IN a he"p uhde'
= ried him on. Right on his back ne rolled
u e
lnno ,u,o ,bree four. five six. seven
T .tu,, rtno ,en-out said Mr.. ZACH
cen,d tho ,inekeener and IL was al
n,ar
o,a, dr.,ued I,,tz 70 his cor