The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-03

matched with Steve Kinny for six rounds He was a good fighter and had had a lot of experience and it was his wiser head that was my round while we were boxing close, he rubbed his eyes and said to me:
 Look at those lights!'
 I looked up, foolishly, and he clip ped me with right hand to the jaw that knocked me out good and cold. That was my first experience with the use of what is generally called strategy" It also proved to me that good tongue is valuable asset in the ring and I have profited by that lesson several times.
 Talking off Defeat.
 Many times sport writers have re- yoluble worker in the ring and I will admit that l do quite a little talking in the ring on occasion. Sev- eral times line of chatter designed to keep my opponent from knowing was hurt or in a bad way has saved me. However. I have never used offensive language and l have never tried to distact an opponents attention to knoek him out
 Being knocked out didn't dis courage me. It only made me feel like what they term these days as a sap. I went back to Chicago and still kept at my trade of hustling Public boxing, as l said, was illegal, but they used to have many "stag smokers" at some of the big clubs where boxing was permitted for members. used to appear fre- quently on those cards for purses
 There were other boxing shows being staged away from the eyes of the police. A show was carded one night in the basement of a big building on the north side. Tickets Tad been sold and the place was filled when the police broke in the doors and raided the place. l squeezed through cellar window that was about one-third my size. was out all but one foot when a COD grabbed me but I kicked back in his face and he released his grip.
 That experience cured me. l had visions for days of what would have happened If he had been forced to send word to my father to come and get me out. l always had hor- TOT of jails. About this time. the Daily News. a new paper. was started in Minneapolis. I had de- ciced to quit boxing because Of the risk involved and when several of us were offered railroad fare to go 10 Minneapolis to hustle for the new paper, I went along.
 A fair was being staged there then and I remember that Dan Patch the great pacer. was one of the big attractions. As an added feature a boxing show was arranged for the middle of the track and l was offered a bout with Mike Brown, favorte of the town. took decision from him in six rounds and got s15 for it.
 c,,x Teacher G GRriItoD H 0 Ever Had. Business got bad in Minneapolis and I went back to Chicago. l heard that Young Griffo was working out at OConnell's gymnasium and went down to see him. l boxed with him several times and he gave me some very valuable lessons in defen- sive work. He showed me how to stand on dime" with his hands down and sway and dodge around without being hit. Many of the tactics that I found so effective n later years were shown to me by Griffo.
 had been getting along without any professional instruction and I'm glad that l didn't have anyone to teach me because I was learning everything at first hand and every ere of my lessons was practical. The best thing I learned in those days was that it is a great mistake to do too much work in gymna- sium. Boxers in these days work out day after day In gymnasiums and burn themselves out. l seldom had any gymnasium work because l had to earn a living and practice at box ing when I got the chance.
 Had l burnt myself out in gym nasium or on the road l would never have been able to stay in the game for 20 years--and I am not through yet. Something happened then that caused me to leave Chicago "by the lack door" and that exit will be related in the next chapter.
 Note:
 In the sixth chapter of My Twen- ty Years in the Ring Britton telli of the accidental knockout that maS>