El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-16

his paid men accepted after enough
haggling to get all the newspaper
mention possible In this manner
enough local interest was worked up
TO draw good house and the adver-
Using was extensive
Before the fight the hfreliuE
was Invariably tOuted az winner.
his record In that locality dvrelt
on and matters worked up Euffi-
cientIy 50 that when Mccoy came
along and whipped the man he
hired 10 be whipped. there was
generally a few bets won also.
Likewise local men Of consider
able ability sometimes sluld down.
in matches. II paid them as far
as money was concerned.
Fake Injuries.
Then. too. a good manager has his
man injured in training every feW
months. II some Of the puEs had
their hands, arms and ankles broken
as many times as they have been
broken in the papers. the poor souls
would be horrible cripples. 1t Is also
the policy OF many boxers building
up a reputation TO quit in a match
where they see that they are defeat
ed. on the preteLt OF breaking hand
Afterwards. in newspapers they con-
tend that II the fight had been fin
ished- the man who Injured his hand
must have won most certainly.
OF course, there are many real in
1uries IN training and in bouts. While
there have been a few cases Of taking
injuries al Fort Bliss as preteZt for
quitting. generally this IS not at
tempted because the presence Of ply
sicians expose the lame attempt
There have easily been a dozen
broken and injured hands among box
ers at the fort within the last two
months. Yet the public IS so sus-
picious about a boxer quitting for a
broken hand. that it Is better policy
for boxer, in he can. TO do as pile
driver" Schultz did when he broke
his hand-whip his man with the
broken hand and tell about 30 after
wards.
Brought the Proof.
silent Bob" Biddv recently walked
into The Herald office. laid down an
N-ray print on the desk OF the sport
editor and left with no comment.
The print showed that the fourth
metacarpal OF the right hand was
broken. Biodv knew from long eI-
perience in the fighting game that
there is often suspicion attached
even where there is actual injury.
therefore left PROOF OF why he can
celed his match.
BY occasional newspaper injuries
the boxer not only gets publicity,
but in case he meets with defeat in
the following match. he has a sort Of
abb 10 prove that he was not him
self that the injury kept him from
winning. The next dub he whips
again proves that he has fully recov-
cred from the injury.
Regular aHOssesS
Patsy Morris lightweight. once got
into print by pulling q buggy con-
tanning two young ladies' for ten
miles at a dog trot Tom Sharkey IS
said at one time TO have been hitched
10 a pillow and turned up the sod for
almost half a day. doing the work OF
two horses. IN his time Young
Griffo' whipped a number OF men on
the street whom he found being i'm
polite to ladies'. A man who whips a
fellow guilty Of insolence TO ladies'
is always a hero and naturally Grif-
fO's Eallantrv was published. The
public liked in those days TO pay a
few daddy dollars to see a man per
form in the ring who was noted for
be averse 20 d now II some clever
manager cooked IL up and seasoned
Il right.
Constant Publicity.
It is part Of the business for man
ayers TO keen in touch with prominent
sport editors. Personal friendship
with the leading sport writers never
who always have something ready for
their friends who write IA the sport
columns find 10 advantageous TO the
popularity Of the man they are man
aging.
Another method commonly en-
lloyed 70 add 20 the prowess % COM
ing fighters rs TO get q match with
certain importance continues 90 cling.