El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-19

{ ceived the next fellow he fought.
Z fitz stuck TO this policy until his
last fight. Nobody but Bob ever
knew where he was at"
The boxer who does not learn to
get at least an equal break by the
time he gets among the third raters,
| IS not liable 10 reach the top. It is
very common for boxers 10 misrep-
resent their weight in exhibitions,
thereby seeking TO get match at
/ the weight announced. which may
give an advantage OF from to 10
pounds.
Some boxers go to the top
ranks fighting men lighter than
themselves. Only n few do the
contrary. Terry McGovern did.
but he f. the great exception. He
was finally defeated by taking
On a heavier man-YOung Cor
betf. a lightweight. While it did
not take with IL the lightweight
crown IL marked McGOTern's
end.
Nick Gundy, Seventh cavalry. has
followed McGovern's plan and thus
far been very successful in defeating
men Of greater weight There is this
difference, however Nick has never
yet met anything better than a third
or fourth rater and in this way may
get along all right When. however,
he gets 10 meeting the best boys in
the business IL viii be much wiser
to insist on weight
Lose the Forfeit.
One OF the common methods en-
ployed by boxers who persist IN
fighting smaller men. is TO post a
reasonable forfeit and then let the
other man take it Some boxers be-
lieve that they are getting first
money when they take down a for
felt before entering the ring but
generally the man who gives the
forfeit takes the fight
Condition Important.
As far as a boxers ring career IS
concerned, the matter OF condition is
paramount TO weight II IS the prac-
uce Of many boxers to catch an op-
ponent out Of condition. Champion
ships have changed hands more than
once from cleverly arranged coups
OF this kind When Kid Mccoy met
Tommy Ryan at Maspeth. Ryan was
deceived and beaten for the title by
Mccoy The kid had been Ryan's
spaTring partner. He knew what
Tommy had. Later he trained with
Fitzsimmons. When in prime con-
ditiOn Mccoy found that Ryan had
been idle and was in poor shape. He
wrote Ryan telling him that his, Nc
Coy's, wife was i'll; that he, Mccoy.
had no money and was on the verge
OF starvation; he begged Ryan for a
bout, offering TO take whatever he
could get out of it.
because ne was IN Sucn pad STRAITS
the willy kid suggested the bout be
held as soon as possible. II was.
Ryan knew he was tricked when he
went into the ring, but that was too
late Never did q boxer get a worse
beating than Mccoy gave Ryan. He
might have knocked Tommy out in
the eighth or ninth round, but he
preferred to drag il along and cut
Ryan's nose. eyes, ears as a work
OF love in return for the beatings
Ryan had given him as a sparring
partner. In the 18th round Ryan fell
a bloody mass, the victim OF being
0utmatched
FelsO Understands Art.
Among the present boxers at Fort |
Bliss who have fought any consider
able number OF battles here. Tommy !
Felso has shown the best developed /
tendencies OF a good match maker. |
Firstly, Felso has used good judg- !
ment in regard to weight matters !
Secondly, he has won in such a man
ner that other boxers have been led 1
TO believe that he was easy" This I
helped him to get other matches /
well made Nobody is so easily /
whipped as the man who enters the /
ring believing he has a cinch and /
suddenly discovers that he has no /
such thing Those who have watched /
Tommy and concluded he is a cknch-