El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-13
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He Is Called Greatest OF HeaUy7CeightS IN
Opinion fJim COrbett; SuIIiUan Was Good
By Tad

Re could take them on the chin or IN
the body and just hunger for more.
and he could hit. too He hit like
Dempsey Why he'd bust a fellow on
the back Of ehe head and knock him
out He toured the country when be
was fun OF booze and licked every one
he met inside OF four rounds Get
that Stiff as a board and licking
tnem All. It's hard 70 compare them
I'm going back, you see. as the
fellow said when they brought him the
oxtal soup.
You had 10 go kind Of far back for
Great Old Time LIghfweiEhta.
There were lghtweights in the
olden days who were terrors. too.
Jack 1fcAuliffs. for Instance. was
wonderful man KID Lavigne was a
powerful little fellow with a world OF
stamina. and then again there was
Cans. You know. Cans used TO come
around 70 my training quarters and
ably the greatest almirer that 7 ever
had, and hats saying quite a good
deal
aDo mean that he could have
beaten Leonardo No, + don't 1uy
that. Leonard TO me g. great
fighter. I dor,t know whether he
could take Il Ike Lnvigne. but be
him, why should he prove TO the
mob thar he can stop them with
his chin and then get upl i don't
ser that stuff AZ all
Another old timer a ring marvel
was Tommy Ryan Oh. I don't think
there's a man % his weight in the ring
today who would have stood q chance
with him. he knew the game inside
and ont Cculdn't De hit2 Ryan could
1elnt and know why he did t. Feint-
Ing IS a lost art nowadays
But my greatest7 7 have 70 say
Peter Jackson. Mind you. I don't
say that he lowered over the other
fellows I've Just mentioned but I
think as a riuEster he was the star.
saw him box an exhibition with
Eitzsimmons AZ the old California
Athletic club, and 10 was Ike q pro-
lessor giving his pupil a lesson. he
Just made Eitzsimmons look Ike q
sucker no wonder Fitzsimmons chal-
lenged the world bar Jackson. He
son spar four rounds with Cloynszi.
TOO. and &c was the same. Joe couldn't
touch him with a basket fuu OF
clothespins-
aTou know Jackson stood six
foot one and one half inches fnu,
and IveiEhed 2o5 pounds stripped
think Of that. And then think
again OF hIs speed. his fo0tygork,
his felntinE, and his punch. He had
everything. What more could
man Wunff He knocked out Frank
Slarius the greatest sIuEEer o. his
time. just outslugEed Him
Clever fellows were the same with
him. He'd Outlook them He was
a student.
II saw Jackson box and fought him
myself so ought 70 have a pretty
fair idea OF what the fellow could DO.
shouldn't II You know we fought for
over four hours at the California club.
and they called q no contest
'Ill never forget that night as long
Jackson Gould slug.
Early n the fight / started boxing
with him. and he went right along. I
thought he'd tire after a while. We
went for IS rounds or so. and iti
seemed 70 me that be was firing. so
started 20 slug for al I was worth. /
after a few rounds Billy Delaney said
10 me. This fellows better slug
ger than he's a boxer. jim You'd bet /
ter take ir easy he has weight height I
and reach on you, and you won't 90
long at that gait.
i began 70 think so myself and
went back 20 boxing and footwork. I
where ] was much safer. I've fought
a lot OF fellows since but never IN my
he was ] so 1eWildered as that night. 4
The fights that Z lost after that were
one punch things. I was winning up Q
TO the time I got the punch and was /
never worried, but with Jackson had I
10 use everything had 20 get by, and I
worked hard I never saw a nan 4
who could follow you. no matter hou I
YOU elected 20 fight Box OF slug. be
didn't care.
Il was tired after that fight. 4
wasn't tired for n day or tNro-I
was tired for six months after IT,
EYES, he could beat any heavy
that 4 ever saw.
"JeffrieE. A wonderful fellow.
You know wonderful fellow for
a man without the fighting spirit.
jeff. naturally left handed and
with tremendous power behind a.,
was touEhf but 4 ear look hack
and see that Jackson with every
thing q fighter needs, aad cant
help saying he WIS my ideal
fighting man"
Charley Rose. the demon trainer and /
q sht observer had a tough time OF 81 I
trying 20 decide who was the grelteEt /
dealer ia slams he ever saw perform I
Cans Best Of Then.
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