The New York herald., 1921-02-28

Of the past. The ioriter confines his OBJ
serpations to contests and incidents Of
Which he wds an eyetottness.
Peter Jackson. the gigantic West In
dian. who was generally regarded as
the best man of his time. notwithstand-
several other valiant heavies were alive
In that period. fought few of his bat
ties in the East A majority of his con-
tests were staged in Australia. London
this city was with Jack Fallon. who
was subdued In two rounds. The big
black boxed a three round exhibition
in Brooklyn with Jack Ashton. one of
Sullivans sparring partners. and while
Jackson handled Ashton tenderly. II Is
said that the report made by Ashton
to Sullivan's managers solidified them
In their determination not to let Sui
Ivan enter the ring with Jackson.
The writer never saw Jackson In a
contest with man of class, but was
present on an occasion when he was IN
action and at a time when he was at his
best Jackson arrived In San Francisco
In 1888. and after defeating George
",
diff. was unable to find any more OPP
ponents and started eastward looking
for bouts He stopped at Detroit for
an exhibition. and as the only heavy
weight of any ability in the City OF
the Straits at that time was negro
named George Peters, the latter was
prevailed on to appear in what was ad-
vertised as a three round exhibition.
The event took place on the stage OF
the Detroit Opera House and attracted
n large crowd. 1t was a warm after
noon in July, 1889. Peters had defeated
many heavyweights in the middle west
and while ne was not even good second
rater he was regarded in that district
as a dangerous heavyweight. Some or
Peters's unwise admirers, who had no
conception of ,Se ability of Jackson,
whispered to the Detroiter that he mad
a golden opportunity to win fame and
fortune by defeating the much heraided
visitor. and Peters listened to the id-
vice. jackson was noted for falr play
and when he promised to box an cxni-
bition bout with an aspiring heavy ne
never exceeded the bounds OF exhibition
sparring.
Planned Double Cross.
Peters and his friends were insistent
on purely exhibition bout and the
champion readily gave his assent The
Detroiters decided on double cross
which. IL successful would bring Peters
fame and fortune and raise him to the
ton r,,ng of the pugilistic ladder.
II was decided by the plotters that
Peters would box carefully and not hit
with any vigor in the first two rounds
and then In the third. when jackson
was luiled to a condition of unwariness,
the Detroiter would send over knock
out punch. Peters was a tall. rangy
chan. with q certain amount or boxing
skill and good punch in either hand.
When Jackson squared of he pre-
sented fine appearance. lie was tnen
In his prime physically and as boxer
his pose was ideal and his movements
oujck graceful and effective. His
feinting tied Peters in knots and the
champion could have put the Detroiter
10 sleep at any time after the call for
the first round. But while Jackson
landed frequently on Peters. the blows
were tempered and did the recipient no
damage The exhibition by Jackson
was a revelation to the spectators. VINO
never before had seen so wonderful
demonstration of the science OF defence
and offence.
Jackson would feint at Peters's body
with his left and then poke ms right
against the Detroiter's face AT times
Jackson would feint rapidly with both
hands. with the result that Peters was
unable to do anything except hold both
gloves over his face. Thereupon jack
SON would playfully poke him In the
body The bout was lesson to Peters
In the art of boxing, but he was still
determined to make an attempt to top
pie the famous fighter.