Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-10
CHARLIE WHITE GOT S25
]. FOR BATTLE WITH TOUCH
= Hou1ht in Room Back OF Saloon. AMI
49, Gas Pelted Frequently With
Z, -..gS Rotten Tomatoes.
KNOCKED OUT OPPONENT
Fearing Wrath OF Hoodlums. Jumped
Through Window After Bout and
Ensed Down Wintry Chicago
3taNa.n With Friends.
KNOCKED OUT OPPONENT
~ LANES j. CORBETT.

NEW YORK; july 9;.o One ~ % the
feSies thu, Charlie W h the oh,saS%
career illustrates that rinEmen some
times have rather narrowing expo
riences.
The fellow who was manasing me
back in 1909 matched me TO fight a
rather tough bird in lodge room IN
the, toughest section in Chicago. said
White. in the recital lie told ME
that he had been promised guarantee
with percentage privilege. lie paint
and decided to go on with the match.
even though hunch urged me TO
stick away.
When We got 70 the so-cailed lodge
thing but big room back Of a saloon.
and there were only about zoo fellows
manager wen, to the fellow who, was
running the show and demanded the
guarantee OF 500. He didn't get Il.
didn't set that.
offered SIS for Fight.
Cor his Services sonishs. said The
.Nothins doing said my manager
Make hsn s in,G t ama IF sh,
Twenty-Five dollars is go Sa Id
opposed to II, But not for long, The
his bouncers. poked his finger at my
manager. and said
Inc Kid gets 40 and not JttIcN
more. And il he won't fight for ina,
against one man he'll have TO fight the
What do YOU say
manager could get a chance TO gum
things up by refusing:
When the $50 was handed TO, me
manager and myself. figured that
Home one In that crowd might want TO
grab one or the other Of us and sack
US Tor the roll. ny splitting it up
: knew that Ave siXths OF it would get
away safely.
) Threw stun mt White.
/, The fight was quite a thriller. IT
! seems that about fifteen of the rough
nest OF the spectators had made bets
= with somebody outside the saloon that
their favoHite. SO all through the
: fight they threw rotten tomatoes. bad
: eggs and other things at my sccon>.
and me. Once in a whole a good po-
tato would come sailing along and
: bounce on my head. That might have
l considered myself lucky. They
might have thrown bricks.
Those fellows handicapped me a lot
:, by tossing things at me with such good
aim. but even at that l was able to
finish the tough one they stuck against
me. The very moment | did. l grabbed
!. my clothes from one OF my seconds
jumped out OF the ring onto plat
form and. yelling TO my gang TO race
after me, jumped out OF the window
into the wintry open.
Raced Mile Down Street.
Slipping my coat over my bare
Shoulders. but with my legs uncovered
] raced about mile along the Chi
cago streets. followed by my five
friends. who were jus; a few jumps
ahead Of the pack OF wolves that were
in the winter. with about six inches
OF snow on the ground and the Their
mometer kicking around zero
We nnally outran the other fellows
and hoped aboard a street car. There
Il! created sensation by appearing
In trunks and bare legs. right before
a lot OF ladies and in the middle OF
winter. Some thought / was a fresh
air nut. or something like that, but ]
Il didn't mind what they thought. was
100 happy over our escape TO let a
little thing Ike public CONSERVATION
over my appearance worry me-
r copyright, 1879