The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-14

Fortune never smiled upon Jim Elllo'.' one of the greatest ringmen or all .'ilo' His name doesn't rank among tie greats of any generation, yet EiAoss'
 in all was marvellous 1lshtei aN' r,,.o,, fair share of the breaks, un- ao,,h+adlv would have climbed 10 'he gilism and dominated 1t TOT many years. e.r,+ in .lroost every important fight III
 ,s.a,, Elliot+ engaged something nap ,,ooa +o rob him of victory Justiy oo served. And even out of the rlhs' me fortune continued to pursue hlfh'
 through his life he was handed a sue cession of hard knocks and his end was o,, noora tragic than had been hls life.
 Euiott horn in County Athlone, Ire land. arrived in New York as boy, and during his youth figured in many nelsh- borhood rough and tumble pattles' ihia success fired him with the ambition to become a topnotch ringman. That leo to his challenging Hobby Clark for a battle which took place in Palisades, New Jersey, on May 25, 1861.
 l Through the first 15 rounds or tnal hattie it was a rather even proposltion Rn+ from then on until the 32d round Elliott took the offensive and rapidly was nounding Clark into submission. With the beginning of the 3Sd rouiiu i' i looked as if Elliott certainly must Win l in a few more rounds. But as ne Was thrown in the 33d round, Elliott struck his head against stake. This so stunned 1 him that he was rendered seml-consclous and his seconds tossed sponge into the 1 ring during the 34th round.
 | On January 6, 1862, Elliott battled with Hen Wrinkle for $500 side bet in Bulls Ferry. New Jersey. The battle was a desperate one and lasted 99 rounds. Both pugilists were terribly punished, but El- liott was in the far better condition and l looked like certain victor. At this ! point some of Wrinkles gangmen, who had bet heavily on him to win, broke l into the ring and free-for-all fight fol- lowed. When the referee was unable to restore order he called the fight draw
 thus cheating Elliott out Of well de-
 served victory.
 l Bulls Ferry was the scene of Elliott s ] next IlRHC WHICH WAS d6dillSl Jiih Duiih i of Brooklyn. Dunn had huge crowd
 of roughs at the ring who had backed l him to the limit and they openly boast ed that Dunn can't loose this fight"
 Elliott scored heavily during the first 10 rounds and looked like a certain vic
 tor. The Dunn supporters then became menacng in their attitude toward the 1 "Thunderbolt' Norton-and un- 1 doubtedly he became worried by their l Tn 10th round he EtODDe0 the fight, informed Elliott that he had committed a foul, and awarded the con | test to Dunn.
 l great cry of robbery was let out
 by the Elliott followers who ever after
 ward declared that Elliott had not struck
 a foul blow and that the action of the referee merely was to save himself from
 harm at the hands of Dunn's gangmen. A short time afterward Elliott was ar rested and thrown into jail. Although he protested that the charge against him
 was something of frame up" he was sentenced and served two years in the state prison in Trenton, N. J,
 After Elliott's release from. the peni- tentiary in 1865 he issued challenge tc fight any man in the world for any
 amount of money from 5000 to $10,00t
 side bet. The conspicuous heavyweights
 in the east ignored him. But Bill Davis
 who arrived in New York from San Fran
 cisco in the latter part of 1865, accepted
 the sweeping challenge of Elliott
 The men battled in Point Pedee, Can
 ada, for side bet of $2C0O At the enc
 of the 11th round Davis had been beater
 into such condition that the referee
 stopped the fight and declared Elliott the winner.
 The decisive victory which Elliot
 scored and the refusal of other heavy
 weights to meet him led many pugilistit ] factions to acclaim him the real heavy