El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-14
'SPORTOGRAPHY By -crazy,

I not q pugilist but q miner. He was O
! orute ana bully, and had long ter
rorlzed the rough community in
l which he lived. In his Quarrels with
/ other miners he always Invited them
10 go 70 a remote part Of the pit to
settle their differences, and some of
MS antagonists never returned He
was accused OF having killed q girl
and her lover, out Of jealousy, but
I this crime could not be proved
When Slack went touring the coun-
I try giving pugilistic exhibitions, he
received q challenge from this ter
I Cornelius Harris. Jack had no de-
sire to meet the ferocious collier, but
declared he would fight him for $500
side. King Cole promptly replied
oy putting up the money. which rep
I resented years Of savings. The miner
/ had so terrorized the community that
I he was given food, drink and lodging
free. and so had been able to save all
his wages.
With the money up, Slack had no
choice but to fight the challenger.
King Cole had never fought In a ring.
and was absolutely ignorant OF the
rules The miners. almost TO a man,
hoped that; the big bully would be
FOR time it seemed as though they
would be disappointed Probably no
other pugilist in history was called
upon to face so ferocious and unfair
aAA opponent NIB AQ4E LOuZAL VIII
the desperation OF a devil he would
rather be killed than lose the money
he had saved, and he used every dia-
bolical trick he had learned in his
career as a rough-and-tumble fight
er. The men dealt each other blows
that would have killed an ordinary
human being. Blood flowed from al
most every pore OF both men.
King Coles desperate onslaughts
finally told on him, while the ring
craft Of Slack enabled him to hus-
band his strength for the last su-
IRENE effort In the early part Of
the devilish engagement the miner
seemed TO have the advantage, but
gradually he lost the upper hand. and
Slack became the master OF events.
When the men came up for what
was the final bout Cole was stagger-
ing with WEAKNESS. Slack was little
one more mighty punch. and when II
landed the collier fell. dead to the
world, finally vanouished. King Cole
lay unconscious for nearly an hour,
dead When at last he recovered he
shrieked with the voice Of a devil
and blood and foam came from his
mouth, making his blackened face
hideous. Slack had Immediately left
the village. which was doubtless 4
fortunate Circumstance for him.
DAVE SULLTvAN'S LAST BATTLE.
KID Herman defeated Dave Sullivan
in nine rounds at Hot Springs, Ark,
on March 10. 1905. 10 years ago to-
day. This was the last battle Of the
ring career of Sullivan. who for
qbout six weeks in 1898 held the
featherweight championship. Sulli-
vans rise and fall was about the
quickest on record On September
96, 1898. the little Irishman annexed
the title by whipping Solly Smith.
On the 18th OF the following Novem-
Der Sullivan fought George Dixon.
and the Chocolate Drop" recovered
the honors he had lost TO Solly about
a year before Dave was a sort Of
accidental champion. as It is doubt
ful IL he would have defeated Smith
had not the latter broken his arm.
Dave WIS 2 native Of Cork, and he
had been defeated by Pedlar Palmer
before he became chamnion- After
hts defeat bv Kid Herman he retired
fram the game.