El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-15
Tricks In Every
Trade But Ours
Young Rollo With Limited Ring Experience Defeats
Near Champion by Getting His Goat Rare
Display Of Nerve and Strength "Queered"
Freddie Cole, One Time Famous Ringster.
by ROY ElIIK

THE most carefully planned and
L neatly executed case Of defeat
ing an opponent by -queerins" him.
to my knowledge. occurred in To-
dianapolis in 1908. when Freddie
Cole, one OF the best featherweights
in the business and who at that time
was touted by nstic scribes Of ability
as the coming champion, was chal-
lenEed By Young Eouo.
Eollo didn't know how TO fight. as
accomplished boxing goes. but his
brother and j. Courtney Rush de-
clded Eollo could whip Cole anyhow
10 properly coached. Three months
before the challenge Rush began to
watch Cole i'm an his bouts and at
training quarters. In particular ne
noted a twitch when the left followed
10y a quick right with which Cole
nearly always opened up. scoring
hard blow at the very beginning that
was half the fight.
HoIlo Takes Nap.
Cole entered the ring az the an
pointed time Tor the bout When
RoHo did not appear. a messenger
was sent TO the dressing rooms In
the basement 20 see what was the
matter He returned and reported 20
the referee that Boll0 was asleep and
Rush refused 10 permit him 20 be
awakened Rush himself entered tho
ring and told the referee that RoIlo
always took nap before a bout and
would be in bad humor if awakened
too soon
The promoter Of the bouts
cussed-uot little, hut n whole
lot and some loud. lie also sent
man to wake ROllo and tell him
60 come on or he would put a
-
the messenger didn't return In
reasonable time one Of Coles
seconds went below and found
Iioilo sitting on the cdE Of his
cot, stretching and ynwnlnE. The
messenger was lying collapsed in
one corner where RoIIo had land
ed him for waking him up pre-
maturely.
Rollo strobe into the auditorium
alone, crawled through the ropes and
yaWning hawled out who the h.
woke me up.' The referee explained
that 10 was time for the fight well
don't wake me up until I'm done
sleeping hereafter. Understand
that He gave the referee a bad
look and went 60 his corner
Mysterious BundnEes.
Cole had worried some because Jf
the delay. EOllo's size also proved
surprise He looked heavy. His
hands were bandaEed so big ana
bulky that Cole suspected q pair Of
knucks were hidden beneath The
story OF Rollo knocking out the mes
senger for waking him up didn't tend
TO ease Cole any. Coles seconds eX-
amined the baudaEes and stared.
They were as soft as feathers
What you got 80 there asked d
second That's my business" an
sWered Rollo. The seconds went back
and jabbered with Cole. Go on
back and set down. gruffed out RoilC
20 Cole as the latter came TO eX-
anime the baudages. Cole turned 10
the referee and insisted that the
bandages be taken of. There was
something mysterious in the size and
sOftness OF the padding that limited
at trickery- The referee ordered
Roll0 to take off the bandages Coles
seconds watched the operation and
found that the padding was cotton
nice. soft cotton Nobody knew what
TO make Of f. Either Bollo was crazy
or there had been some drug In the
cotton.
Took His Time.
hollo, stiI groucuy because he had
been awakenedd from his nap, took a
roll Of bicycle tape and sat down on
the floor almost in the middle Of the
ring. began deliberately to baudage
his own hands. The referee suggest
ed to Rush and EolIo's seconds that
they assist him 90 hurry up the af-
fair. when they went to him. RollU
grouched out: Get the h. out OF
here" The referee told the squatter
that he must hurry. "I'u tend 10 you
after the fight replied the disturbed
snoozer- You're the guy who had
me woke up Turning TO Cole. RoIlo
said; 81 had these bandages fixed So
that these bones'-here he held on.
a big. knOtty tist-"wouldn't hurt
you. Now you viii take the full
force Of IL and then some"
lie sat and wound and wound. Then
he felt the bandages and surveyed
his work When il didn't suit him
he unwOund and wound IL up again.
Cole was Gdgeting.
Admitted Overweight.
Did you weigh lug' snapped Cole
as the two went TO the center OF the
ring for illustrations Sure" smiled
Rollo. "He weighs nearer 1876 than
49," complained Cole to the referee.
i weigh just about 15S now" an
nOunced Rollo.
"A hundred thirty eiEhtgs
echoed referee and seconds In
unison -Sure. What's that Eot
TO do with its weighed $50 this
afternoon ut 3 o'clock. That's all
you care about"
Another delay resulted until the