The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-02-19
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teur, and he went the gamut of the |
amateurs before turning professional |
In that manner he met some OF the |
best men in the country, and he met |
them on the amateur basis. Few gem
eral fight followers realize that a |
man to win the highest honors in !
amateur Boxing circles must face a |
harder game than in the proles-
sional ranks
Rather started on a meteoric career
in 1915 He weighed li5 pounds, and
was in fine condition. He first went
after the weitcrweigh championship
of New York and he won that Then
he went 10 Boston, and battled
throuah the amateur aspirants until
he had won the national champion
ship. And that happened to be the
same year that the international
championship was to be decided sol
Rather went to san Francisco and
won the international medal for the
] IS division.
In the amtteur contests they sOme-
times fight two and three times a
night" explained Rather "A man
will meet one contestant for three
rounds, before three judges, and If
decision is not arrived at then. they
go another round Then the winner
will hustle over to some other club
and meet another amateur Perhaps
the next night he viii meet another
one or two contestants, and so he
goes on until he has been eliminated
or until he has won his way to the
top"
Rather may be seen in action here,
but # is a mighty hard thing to find
a good man for him at the 153
weight, which he now fights at There
is the case Of Mike ODowd, the cham
Dion middleweieht, who Rather has
induced to make four different
matches only to have O'Dowd get out
each one OF them. Then there are
some light heavies who Rather would
| meet, but they don't seem anxious to
get in the squared circle with him.
The most likely opponent here for
Rather is Jack Dillon, and 1t may be
| that Dillon will come and take him
| on. The bout would attract much
| attention here The fasteners know
| Rather and know how good he is, and
| the New Orleans contingent saw him
In 20 rounds against Grubb, where he
was conceding much weight and they,
| too, know how good he Is The Pat
| ner-Dillon bout here would draw a
banner house if 1t can be arranged
y K
Louis Tauber, trainer for John w.
| Schorr, and who has the most select
stable at the Oaklawn enclosure, has
a hobby, and the kind Of a hobby
| that in other business circles always
spells for success. Tauber believes
in keeping his stable as clean as p
| Din--as near a parlor as it may be
| kept The classy kings and queens
| of the turf in his barn get all the
attention that can be given them, and
| they get it all the time They are
used TO It.
| Another thing about Tauber Is that
| he IS always around his stable. He
is there in the early morning when
| 1t is time for the first feeding, and
| he himself deals out. the oats. He is
| there when the horses are taken to
the course for the morning workout
| and there when they are brought In.
| He is there when the horses are
| cooled out and rubbed down, and he is
there when the next feeding time
| takes place because he wants to
| know just exactly how the horse takes
70 his feed He is there in the after
noon again when cleaning time be-
gins, and there at the late feeding
hour, and he knows whether any OF
the food has not been eaten. In his
track room he has little drug
store, with everything for immediate
use In case Of sickness or injury. The
feed that IS given his horses bears
his own personal inspection and a
thorough one it is
"Its an old saying" said Louis,
"that If you are to expect much OF
the thoroug1sbreds you must look
after them, and from early morning
until everything Is put away for the
night there Is not a hitch in the pro
gram And then, TOO, have watch
man who looks about in the night so
for me 10 be summoned to the stable,
could be there IN a few minutes.
| It's all a part OF the game, and It's
good game when you get into it in
business way"
MRS. MARY ROGERS DEAD.