The evening world., 1920-09-11

months ago.
So many stories have been written
about the fellows who came along
seand fooled all the experts" by up
setting champions that II may be a
novelty to mention a few Instances
: IN which the champion did the upset.
shtlng himself. It's done now and then,
, old top.
When John L. Sullivan was on his
famous tour. melting all comers and
offering $1,000 70 any man who could
stay ih a ring with him for four
: rounds. he met gigantic French
Canadian lumberman at Astoria, In
the Northwest. Long before Sullivan
arrived the lumberjack was In train
ing TO knock JJhn l.. out. He had
whipped all the best men for a hun
dred miles around. and there we're
a. aesne corldng rough and tumble lads
IN the camp those days. Locally the
Frenchman. was considered a sure
winner. The hmbermen came In to
s7see the fight. and they bet the bunch
o. gamblers that travelled with Sulli-
van to a standstiH.
When the fight began the big
FTenchman rushed at sullivan. For
crowded. His tour had become a
celebration. and the constant round [ Z
wine and all the rest OF it put John l..
into poor condition for anything like
a real fight. For a couple. of min
nlites John L. was on his heels. Then
Ms fury rose and In headlonB rush
BE drove the giant across the ring
and against the curtain at the back,
The ring was on stage and tho cur
Z tain was close TO the rear side. Johns
= GstB were swinging fast. Suddenly
the big Frenchman went down with
"a crash that shook the platform
a.klhn. putting. walked 20 his corner
1hey carried the Frenohman out
6 Sullivans followers collected thou
sands and every lumber camp within
q couple of hundred miles was broke
. Cor a month aftcrward.
aia Now John told me that he knocked
lout the big Frenchman with a swing
,5ing right handler on the chin. But II
the Northwest they still tell storS
that Honest John Kelly, or another o
= vJohn's friends. having the bankron
bet on John, and seeing John prett!
sfuvell winded, slipped around behint
bsfhe scenes with n mallet In his goo'
aAfght hand. watched until Sullivan
-Epushed the Frenchman against tn
-sourtain. and when ne saw the rotinI
nluige showing the position OF tn
Frenchman's head, tapped him neatl,
eQHd effectively Just as Sullivan swunl
iSajn the giants jaw, thus assuring !
= Viean knockout. The story may hav
been pure fiction. but in the North
west no man ever hghts where a cur
tain hangs close TO the ring.
- COMING CHAMP" WHO MlssEI
ru THE BOAT.
IN 4 gigantic stevedore flgured 1
ssalother championship rush tina
failed Shortly after the Butt
~ ner. Jack Munro. shook the sport
ing world by staying four round
with Jeffries at Butte, Mr. Conner
thi Buffalo, who owned line OF lal
-1leighters, thought he had discoverC
man who could whip them all. u
dock foreman was huge fello
named Al Limerick--a tow-headC
Irish giant with "a battleship jaN
lie biggest shoulders In the worl
pf'rfs like hammers. and a love 4
airFhting. In fact Lmer'c fought
asGy into the job he held, licking O
rivals. Seeing Limerick knock o.
BALI a dozen men who combined
beat him up Mr.. Corners was stru'
with the tbought that Limerick d
served a chance to become wOr
champion. so he sent for To
4 O'Rourke. the old time manager. To
looked Limerick over, liked his mar
and the cut of his fighting jaw, al
took him TO New York. There I.iI
erick was matched against ia
Munro who had come East fro
Butts 20 fight in Boston. Ar
knocking out Munro, O'Rour
thought Limerick could go rig
after Jeffries. taking the shortt
cut 10 the title.
Limerick started out 10 flni
Munro In a round. But there W
!, good fighting stuff In the miner. a
he knew as much about rough a
tumble as Limerick, and a lot mS
about ring fighting. He began rus
.ing Limerick. jabbing his head ba
with a stiff left taught Jack by X
Mccoy, and following with a ha
right swing that landed sauarely
Iimerlck's chin every trip.
~ The amount Of beating Liner
look was amazing He swung
arms wildly and tried TO fight,
Munro hammered him until he Q
lapsed IN the seventh round and
across the ropes knocked out
fhey had caught Al Limerick lit
younEer-he was about thirty-hy'
Re Gght have become one OF Z
great champions. He had the St