The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-01
70 RoRERr EDGREN.

by tSooSN4
Copyright. 1910 ~ Tn" !'r"$$ ''io''Sh'
inc CO.. 9TH. Now York Ev"ain: N"rl''
Has rt,l" lack p.n.;,s"y :. "Aan"" =
knock r,:, . giant Ike CHAMPION jess
willard"
Rink precedent shows tha: r" surely
has.
Lock ha~k over som" e -" ren'"''S
Of hard-hi:tius- boxers e: ~ p';n2S'!
type ana $50.
Rc;r,,.hrr Bob Fitz~in'1onSH o''
Fob had q r-etty fair .,"r: "f a Kick.
ono evening il, R7on&lya T:t'h fought "n"
Ell DuckhnvSt. 4 large h"aHyw'FG h'
famous fne his ability - TAX" ri1''a"S.
Other biz fellows had wall"r"i Dunk
horst without sv"n a"n'inS hiHr Prop
ably thcr,. wnS only or" 81 r>;'''' in IN"
east who expected F'itzSimmons :" Il"
anything nore than causr> n" Human
Freight Car anything hut temporary
;noonvrnfeuce. This person was Heavy
weight Champion Ji3, J"G:!eS 'c'.
knew lust how hard FTtzS:tu,arrs c"ut!
hit.
On The evening OF tho F'it1simUons-
pnnShorst fight T.Irres WAS down m
tho New Jersey coast ut his training
camp. Atterc dinner hc won't out Yer a
stroll with johnny Pollock. thr writer.
They were just crossing bridge when
there was 4 loud crash somewhere 70
the darkness ahead.
Their goes Dunkhorst." sold Jcfrr'es,
laughing .'Th" old boy ms dropped
him
As Ec>okvr vas forty miles away.
probably K WASH: pUnkhovSts fall that
J.fr.jrS hoard. Eu; th"y do say that
when Preceded! Fob Iii: I'd H. sunk his
lrr; arm ;Htn the rlasSiv" Human
Freight Cars midsect;on clcHr 10 m"
elbow. and punkhu-St c"ll So hard THAI
h" shook Tho wto!N building.
MAS talking nv"r ''i lights with
Jscrir>S 4 few w'~'k$ acr.
odd t':tx hrnk" n"ari:- every bone IN
MY fac. wh"n "" Fought IN Frisco" '
said .T}cl ind tn" I'D boy certainly
ku.w rnnTr' about !ir.r "a h; hard thar,
any ";h"r living man. hut III" hardest
blow '".- ~, in my IT" was m rv
Ugh; with Jos. Ch"yaSkI. wh"n I was a
yuunc<i"-. wr!k h"d about 10 pounds
thrn amd gu,.Ss loo weighed l6I. r"
was li;,lH, but b,II!t Tor hitting. In m"
ritldI" Of tho G.ht loo hooked right
and cauEh: me on Il" uHr"r E7 50 haC'!
that he drove my 'ir Through s~>;w"ry
my tooth Il I'll! a. - u" htd HIT n"
away fror2 my ,"":A. AMI /; bothered
hrtu'n"n rounds and cut i loose
Tom Shark"y was little among
heavyw"iGhts. STANDING Only 5 foat \
inches and weighing IS pounds IN con-
dtton. Gus Euhlr was ;; f""t inches
and weighed %th pounds stripped. II
mo first round Of their first scrap rCm
Jumped NJ and cracked Gus on rho chin
I"r a cold knockout. saw them fight
IN tn" National Sporting clUh "t Lon
don IN 1907 and Shark"y Knocked RUN
lin IA. with tho first blow struck in n"
frrSt youad. 2nd Knocked 1;v-! down again
half 'rr;rus.. later. Only Eitly Mad
denis ad:C" to "-ua aroused IN" ring I'll
you're all light" saved n" Akron Giant
from being knocked! ou:. lie GOT Shar-
key in tho cieyrc:h round.
50 Pounds Advantage Didn't Save Jess.
Getting away from these ancient ring
srcrS ard CHANGING over 4 t"w'" moro
modern scraps. perhaps !-"u r"rnrUla"r
tina: thrrc was : :"ll"w Known rs 'iwn-
boat Smith. Sur,-Sarn., old GUnhuat
who knocked ont; in tw" rounds
h- Dempsey f"w w""ks :sSn. TT" Gun
nsr had 4. rcoSt terrific wallo? in th"S"
days. II. fought Willard IL san >'ran-
cisco. II about IN" S:s'ond round ne
cracked big jess on thu sid" % III" head