The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-20
TT. :
A aREAT

Just as soon as the gloves began fly
ing and ] began to step in and out with
the negro my confidence came back to
me and I forgot the imaginary giggling
and sarcastic comments from the side
lines, which, Of course, did not exist
at all,
The negro made a vicious iunge at me
and / stepped hack to let the blow pass
me, and then j shot over q ri~ght-hand
smash that brushed the blacks fore
head, but did not hit him. The force
Of my own blow carried me forward and
| fell into my opponents arms, my teeth
striking him where my glove had JUST
brushed him. The negro stepped back,
blood streaming from the cut where my
teeth had struck him, and howled for
some one to take the gloves off.
My land. that boy can hit!' he COM
planned, and real it from the building.
That made my reputation In Tonopah,
but IL didn't make me feel a bit better
regarding the approaching bout.
couldn't train at all. ] was still SICK
from poor nouTishment and | wished l
never had agreed TO fight any one. The
sports in Goidfield were all betting
against me, In spite of the fact that in
a sparring match ] had laid out n OF
their tough guys with a clout at the
side of the head. He was my first
sparring partner, and the first time We
came together l let loose a punch that
landed high on his head and knocked
him out. | had trouble after that in
getting some one to work with me.
wei, the night of the fight came, OF
course. Things like that can't be put
off any more than we a stop collec-
ton OF taxes. l was feeling bad when
the fight started, but after l found |
could hit him l tore in 10 win in a
hurry, with the result that | began to
get sicker and sicker. IN the fifth and
sixth rounds | was practically stagger-
ing around the ring, and a good blow
would have finished me.
| knocked S~udenburg down several
times In the first part of the fight, but
in the later rounds he floored me. |
was so weak / could hardly stand, but
when the fight was over the referee
called it a draw, a decision that was
popular.
| jumped from the ring, ran to my
dressing room, and without waiting to
change my shoes went home as fast as
| could. My manage collected the hun
bred and spent 1t that night getting
drunk, but i was too sick to care.
didn't want to see him again. ! even
paid his railroad fare back to Reno. |
had rented a cottage in Tonopah, ana
stayed there two or three months until
| got to feeling better. Then | accepted
another match with ~Sudenburg.
This fight was to be in Tonopah, and
although | was in better condition the
bout was harder for me than the pre-
vious tangle with the same man had
been.
was In good shape when | entered
the ring, but ~Sudenburg had learned a
lesson when he first met me and had
trained himself finely.
This was really a great battle, little
science entering into~it at any time, but
a great need for display of stamina.
Between the first and sixth rounds /
knocked Sudenburg down a dozen times.
Sometimes he looked like he was out
and at others he merely bounced when
he struck the floor and hoped right
back up.
In the seventh | was weakened from
using my strength in hitting him and
he began to crowd me. Before the
round was over he had knocked me
down twice. The crowd was bowling its
approval, In the eighth and ninth he
came at me as strong as ever. and |
spent almost as much time sitting down
In the ring as I did standing up.
In the tenth we stood in the center
Of the ring, head to head. and let each
other have il. In a sharp interchange
of blows, S%udenburg suddenly went
down. This evidently had an effect on
the referee, for when the bell rang and
ended the fight | was given the de-
cision.
1t was a great vicotry for mo, be-
cause Sudenburg had built a great rep
utation for himself, and those miners
really believed he was on his way to a
championship,
no Be C%ontnued.)
Copyright, 1919, by the Evening Mail
! Syndicate,)