Evening star., 1923-03-31

l would have had the towel thrown
IN after the tenth round.
Rc ctii+ntsTit would bavc ~ ricnt IN
with tn" stories anu mad, IL look
like il wasn't on the level. As a re-
suit | had TO take the worst boating
% champion ever got. Jess willard
didn't get hurt any more at Toledo
than ] did tina. night. ON my word l
wouldn't go through with IL again for
$4,000 Another fifteen rounds of
heating like that would drive me
, dippy. / believe.
step Out In the Eleventh.
, After the tenth round ] took a big
| drink Of aromatic spirits OF ammonia,
and II brought some new life into me.
My muscles seemed to loosen, my head
cleared and / felt like some of the
dope eaters act in the movies after
they have taken 4 shot.
| stepped out i'll the eleventh round
and gave Walker the pasting and the
surprise of his life. He got me with
q right hand under the heart just be-
fore the bell. and il took all the new
, life ] had right out of me.
Before the thirteenth round Referee
| Haley came over TO Morgan and said:
Dan, you're the chief second. I'm
/ looking for the towel or the sign from
you, This fellow can't go much
Dan leaned over to me and asked:
| How about it. Jack?'
told him I would try to last 1t out.
! that 1 was the champion, and If had
to 60 wanted to go lighting.
Z: you're out now, Jack. You haven't
! a chance. Why take such beating ."
Haley said to me.
! MY Mind Goes Blank.
1 refused again to quit. and Haley
went back TO the corner after telling
, me that he was ready to stop the bout
the first time gave him the sign.
The fourteenth and fifteenth rounds
7 npNr MI Gf h1 a. III
| feeling like sleep coming over me and
an almost uncomfortable desire to get
off my feet. j don't remember any
thing until I was back in my corner
and the bout was over. At first I
thought / must have been knocked
out, but when Morgan said-"Old
! man. you just did last it out. Well go
home now" l knew that j was on my
feet when the, crown was removed.
The cheer that the crowd gave me
even in defeat was something that I
Eever shall forget
Back in my dressing room ] was
, tired almost to the point of cxhaus-
tion. But in spite of it felt relieved
as Ii n great load had been taken off
me. What | thought of first was:
We'll. the wife will be satisfied now!'
She had been after me for a year 10
retire, and I WAS relieved that / final
ly was out of it.
Insomnia No AItbi.
What j have said about being old,
In bad shape, ETC., is not meant to
! take anything away from the now
champion, Mickey Walker. He was a
game loser the first time ! met him,
and a most gracious winner the sec
ond time. I referred to the insomnia
that had kept mo from training prop
erly not as an alibi. but merely be-
cause thought some explanation was
necessary on account of those betting
stories
/ didn't have any money bet. didn't
tell any of my friends to bet on me
or against me- AS far as l am con-
cerned the bout went the way it
should have-the better man won.
AS far as Walker is concerned l
think he is a great fighter. He is
young and intelligent, and with ex-
perience he should correct what few
faults he has now. l think enough of
| him to bet that he will knock out
Benny Leonard if they ever meet,
and that he can beat any welter-
weight in his class.
There was one other bout In my
career that caused much comment.
That was my last bout with Benny
Leonard last summer. / have been
asked many times, why did Leonard
deliberately foul you that night?" /
will attempt to explain 1t in the next
| chapter
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