Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-26
Only Championship Boxing Contest Labor Day Be Staged Tus
Perseverance Carries Nate
to Goal of His Ambitions
Dream of Chance at Champion
Has Been With Jackson All
Thru Eight Years of Ring
Career.


match for the championship.
Just n little less than a decade ago
there thrivcd in oklahoma City
band of boy bandits whose mischief
sometimes passed the innocent stage.
Some of the titled them
the DIRTY Dozen" Perhaps there
were a dozen youngsters In Oklahoma
city at that time who deserved the
title and who perhaps were as wicked
as most folks considered them. but AT
the same time, that name was applied
to half Il dozen bands, some whose
depredations could hardly be called
criminal. eXasperating as they were.
In one such band there was little
midget who from all the rough-and-
tumble scrimmages always emerged
triumphant. He was n little shaver.
not more than one hundred pounds
In weight, but few enemy bands
cared to tackle him In fair fight.
In those days boxing was Mt It's
height in Oklahoma City, Those were
the days of Kid Ferns when the Audi
torium frequently was filled to over
flowing with devotees OF the manly
art. No matter whether the house was
light or filled. thru skylights. from
under the stage, perhaps thru windows
aided by confederate on the inside,
this midget and his gang" were
among them. They never missed n
match and they never paid cent. If
they were put out. they soon were
back In. until finally the promoters
made no attempt to eject them.
Introducing Nate Jackson.
Finally one night the promoter was
shy a preliminary boy. Preliminaries
always were good in Oklahoma City
and the management was put out. In
desperation wild offer OF s5 was
made for anyone who would volun-
teer to I'll the vacancy. The bad
boy bandit" grabbed at this propo-
siton and so was introduced to the
pugllistic world for the first time
Nate Jackson.
Contrary to the popular belief, box
ing makes more boys than 1t un-
makes. and Jackson Is "A sample Of
the regenerated. Some of the five
iron men earned that night went for
n treat for "the fellers" and the re-
mainder for new hat and shirt.
Then he came back for more pre-
liminaries.
Immediately Sammy Samson,
friend OF the family, who always had
n liking for little Nate. appointed
himself n sort of "A guardian for the
youngster He preached early to bed
and early to rise, continual care OF
the body and by picturing the glories
of a championship gained by clean
living and application to his "profes-
sion" Sammy got Jackson out of the
alleys and started on the path that
finally has led him up to the goal OF
the youngsters dreams
Ten Knockouts First Year.
During his first year as boxer
Nate engaged In nineteen bouts, scor-
ing tenf knockouts, winning three de-
cisions and drawing In the others.
Furthermore. at Samson's solicita-
tions. he put most Of his salary
away Thru the start he was given
that year jackson turned from what
was termed an "alley rat" to n neat
dressed. gentlemanly boy. from n
shiftle IS lad to saver, a lad who
knows no kind of dissipation. not
even that OF pie eating. And the saw
ing habit then formed has enabled
him. since he became of more mature
years to provide for his mother and
sisters out OF his earnings as boxer.
Confident and Determined.
Determination and confidence has
marked Mates pugilistic career from
the first. Supremely confident in his
ability he always has tried to get into
the ring against good opponents. Cen
orally he has conceded weight. As n
1O6-pounder he accepted opponents
up to l20 pounds-and he got away
with them. For two years he went
undefeated. The two years could
have been stretched into three had
he not, against the advice of his
friends, accepted Il match at Me-
Alester with Carl Fleming "A boy sew
eral pounds heavier while nursing a
knee made stiff by pistol wound
which had shattered his kneecap.
That was his first defeat. In all he
has engaged in more than one hum
dred battles and less than 10 per cent
of them have been against him. In
80 per cent of his bouts he has con-
ceded from one 10 fifteen pounds
Several times he has almost reached
his goal, only to be disappointed by
the match falling thru. After he had
won from Herman at Denver, had
drawn with Moore at Ramona, had
beaten the terrible Chick Hayes and
had just finished a triumphant tour
of thA east, jackson little more than
a yeN ago was matched with Kid Will
liams then champion. Williams had
agreed to the terms, a theater in Bal
timore had been leased for the bout
during the Elks' convention in July,
and then to spoil it all Dick Carhart,
who was TO have financed the match,
took a sudden notion to get married
and the match fell thru. But for
that Jackson might be the champion
today.
This disappointment, however. did
not dishearten him. Thirty minutes
after Herman had won the champion-
ship from Williams at New Orleans
last fail. jackson had telegraphed a
challenge. New Orleans promoters
tried To arrange the match, but iie,.-
man was after some of the easy
money first and 1t was not until he
had been drafted into the army that
Herman would consent to the match.
And now, eight years after his ring
Il lint Is..aN Aa. 81.