Evening star., 1923-03-31

Walker. like most of the youngsters
,a.i!n "a in l"s re- wInr G"iiun IN TIC law /. Vas
tho same mistake that enabled IGe 10
retain the titlc for about two years
oyer my time. Once ont i'll Ohio
RrAan DowneN, q rugged boy Of the
Walker tNpe, had me helpless on the
ropes III such condition that Il mere
tap or shove in tho body would have
Put me down and I would not have
been able to get up Downey, how
ever, kept shooting at my head I
covered UP and lasted through the
round.
Slow to start.
Sometimes l have difficulty in get
ting started. In my last fight with
Ted Lewis il took me four rounds to
get going. I got UP u good sweat,
however. and felt good
] wasn't going in the first two
rounds against walker. ! had /"
watch him too close 10 take any
chances on fooling around TO, set
warm. He was helping me along.
however, by pitching right into my
gloves. l was blocking them all but
wasn't getting anything over myself.
was bothering him with left hand
in his face but it aid not take me
improved boxer and fighter and l
knew that he would get away from
that eventually. I hated to think
what would ouI,ddl happsn1 ps1ush then: n.,.
at my Jaw. His corner was yelling
frantically-"In the body. Mickey. in
the body"'
advice was too good for him to get.
/ kept backing him in my corner and
talking to him to offset the instruc-
tions from his seconds. But If l did
keep him too busy to hear there were
other ways of getting the information
to him.
Gets Wise in the Sixth.
Apparently after the fifth round.
the fact was impressed upon him
that he was wasting time and energy
by shooting at my jaw because he
tore into me with vicious body blows.
Sometimes it is. possible to keep
An opponent guessing and throw him
off the right attack. i might have
and feigned being hurt but 1t was too
dangerous. So had TO take them in
the body.
had a sore spot in tho back with
away at il. every blow feeling Just
like a kriSe. had to grInt every
time he landed and as he couldn't
help but hear me l was sure he knew
keep up the same attack for the rest
of the bout. l knew then that j was
through.
tic gave me, me tsEsb terrible heating beat ssi3 II
TO my corner 1 literally Topped on
the stool and asked Morgan how l
You're way out out ahead" he. he said aid :,
swinger repeated like a parrot.
1t seemed to me that they should
have said: You're outa.you head"
Seventh IL Awful.
1t was up to me to put a bold front
and act like l felt a million so
the other corner wouldn't hnd out
That's a helluva thing for cham
pion to ask-how'm l go:n."
Morgan didn't reply and went out
1t was worse in the seventh round.
I thought I was going to be dropped
at any time. I kept thinking how
wonderful it would be to sit down for
seemed that I was walking through
heavy mud got q terrible shock
when looked up at the red light In
dicating the number of the round and
realized that I had eight more rounds
I'm getting murdered. I'm punch
drunk. You better get ready to come
out after me-" / said to Morgan In
the corner after the eight round.
"You made the weight. you won't
be hard to carry" Morgan said.
Gets Worse and Worse.
The ninth and the tenth rounds
were terrible. My legs were bending
under me. / was dizzy and l couldn't
hold my hands up. The blows that !
couldn't block l had to stop with my
stomach. Several times ! saw two
walkers in front of me, and l won-
dered which one OF them was going
to hit me.
If it hadn't been for the funny
betting, the calling on of the bets
and the promise had given Rickard