The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-12
About Fights
and Fighters
BY LEO III. LASSEN

JITH ILE running over
w Lonnie Austin's scrap
book yesterday a story about
Charley Jost, now manager
of Bobby Harper, came to.
ight-a yarn from the funny
pen of Ed Hughes, once of
the local scrivener fraternity,
but late of San Francisco
that tells of JoSt's fight with
Twin" Sullivan in Tacoma
on April 4, 1905. Jost has
told of his fight with Sulh-
van time and time again, but
never the following version:
Charlie Jost OF Portland. who calls
himself Young FitzsImmons, prob
ably because old Bob never saw him
fight. proved to be veritable stew"
when he faced Twin" sullivan at
Tacoma last night. For eight rounds
the Portland boy did some beautiful
blocking with his face nothing
sent out by the awkward Sullivan
got hy him jest finished with q
perfect average. for he did not miss
i. thing.
He was sent 10 the mat In be.
fuddled heap In the nth. he crum.
Piled twice to the canvas in the sixth:
twice more in the eighth. and in the
ninth he was lifted Off his feet with
a stiff left Jolt 10 the Jaw, and as his
body hit the mat Jimmy Carroll. the
referee. tossed both hands into the
air, and the crowd filed out into the
clearer AIR.
when Twin" sullivan fought
Tommy Burns about a month ago he
looked like an old washerwoman
hanging clothes out on the line, Last
night he looked rs fast as Joe Cans.
so anyone can thus get line on
Jost's speed All the young fighters
around Seattle who had been watch.
lns Jost work out al engine house
No. kept telling the writer that
this Portland boy was a sure enough
champ. and that he had a straight
lctt that would Jar Sulllvans head
of.
Jost must have left his straight
left IN the engine house. n he hit
Sullivan at all last night Twin" did
not know Il. and the way the bald
headed fighter from Boston tore into
the Portland lad showed that ne
knew the fight was his from tho tap
Of the gong. Sullivan foulsd Jost six
times in the frs, two rounds. and
was scolded by Referee Carroll for a
mean old thing,
In the eighth round Sullivan landed
left swing rather low down. and
Jost rolled over on his back. com.
planning that he had been fouied.
Nothing doing from the referee, how.
ever. SO Jost got mad. and. arising
az the count OF nine. he rushed Sui.
Ivan across the ring like an angry
bull. For a few minutes Sidewalk
rules" prevailed. for Jost grabbed
suliivan's neck with one gloved hand
and bent him nearly double over the
ropes
Harry Erant, OF Seattle. was in
Sullivan's corner. and he got excited
when he saw hts man being bent up
like Il horseshoe. Krant made ny.
ing leap into the ring and buckled
into Jost. Then d. o. Smith. chief
Of detectives Of Tacoma, got into tho
ring. but he did not make a flying
leap Of It, because he Is carrying
weight for age now. He grabbed
Krant and there was a merry mix
OF il. In the midst Of the Joy the
gong changed the end Of the round.
Smith got Krant out Of the ring.
and then lot Of those new police
men that Tacoma now has on the
payroll got busy on the boy. Two or
three grabbed him and begun 10
WELD the wood. He jOlted out rights
and lefts 80 fast that the new police
men were bcwildered. They got the
AsTg ItAh 'S4A ivy blA vi AHt street, anu
he hooked right Jolt over on the
policeman who had the highest bat.
ting average. The policeman lost all
interest in the fight and Harry
walked down town TO hide until the
special train on the Interurban
started for Seattle.
The official photographer, who had
been standing by with a bomb or
something 70 touch Off when the
knockout occurred. thought this was
II, and there was a binding flash
that made Jost think there was an.
other stiff punch coming his way.
Half the crowd began 70 leave, think.
ing the fight was all over, when Jnst
was showed into the middle OF the
ring again to give Sullivan a little
more exercise. II was soon over.
tho.
The showing Of Jost was n great
disappointment. but the crowd had a
good time. The attendance was not
up to that Of the Burns Sullivan 20.
because the Seattle sports did not
think well enough Of Jost to 20 over
Those who stayed away were the
wise boys, for the fight was not
worth sitting UP until 2:30 O'Clock
this morning to see.