Show DARK HORSES I WORTH A BET Records Prove This in Many Cases Ca es CHAMPS CANT ALWAYS WW WIN WI WINI J JI I I NOTABLE INSTANCES S OF WHERE GET MONEY Backing dark horses in the ring in championship may not look lok like a safe betting proposition but it I is isher Whet her one goes to look back over o r the i records record of important ring battles it certainly I Ita thinly ta sounds sund logical enough A pugilist tat it cannot be doped like Jike a race horse If H this tins were possible Joe Walcott would come as near being tho th heavy heavyweight he heavyweight weight champion as a Jim Jeffries Jefries the recognized leader in his class Walcott Talcott whipped w ipe Joe who cas fought the r a draw and so on Naturally most of the dark horses in ma championship encounters were the under dogs o as a far as the odds were concerned When the champion of a a certain division is matched against an aspirant he is sure to be made a favorite no matter mater what the reports of oC his condition may be The public knows know what he can do and expects hint him to live up to his reputation Invariably the odds on his chances chances are arc U 2 to 1 and better beter When Then Jack Dempsey was matched against Bob Fitzsimmons everybody who thought that he knew anything about the game gme concluded that Demp Dempsay say aay 0 had an ironclad cinch on the result re and figured that that the Cornishman was in for a severe thrashing i imone money mone was wais everywhere eer and anI his friends i mortgaged everything they had hind to get their greenbacks down on 01 him But Dempsey y was whipped just the same sante and by b a i man who it was wa thought had hadnot hadnot not hot the slightest chance of a victory victor So great geat a a hold had John L Sullivan Sulvan upon the affections ate Ions of the public that when he was s matched against again t Jim Cor Corbett Corbett Corbett bett for fr the heavyweight eight title tte in the large majority majori of or the te sports sport re refused refused fused to look upon the young bank clerk from California in any aimy other light Ugh t titan than a loser In fact the time bout was all al along alO regarded as a the easiest cusie t thing thin in inthe inthe the time world for Sullivan and when he be entered the ring the the big bl fellow was an anover overwhelming over overwhelm lug favorite They were vere lay boy laying ing in as lunch as 5 i r to 1 that he lie would win And when Corbett Corbet knocked the tIle out more mOIe than tItan one fol follower follower follower lower of the ring went clean broke Fitz Surprised Corbett Corbet The same game thing thin was illustrated in the thecae case cae of Joni Jom J om Corbett against a Bob Fits Fitz Fitzsimmons simmons at Carson City Cit in It was admitted that Fits Fitz Fiz was a great gIet fighter and ant all nI that 1 but ut to beat b at a man of ot known cleverness ch ernes and ind reputation tation was thought thou ht to be es cs by b a u map maji ma like l e Fitz who hail haU the time worst of the th bargain in iii point pint of 01 weight Cut But again asaH the dark horse hors triumphed Corbett was outfought from the 11 start anti and un eventually put away with ih a i blow in the solar plexus A fter ter that hat mill mi the Cornishman was war S regarded as invincible by b every eer one Oft Tege who thought he knew how to size up tip a areal ii L real mighty might pugilist But his turn came mutt t when he tackled Jim Jeffries Jefries at Coney Island in 1899 1599 Previous to that mill mi Jeffries Jefries had not done anything anything to war warrant warrant warrant rant any ammy an enthusiasm over his chances He was wa big and strong it i is true but had not displayed anything near ner cham ham championship form fon Fitz so his friends said treated Jeffries as a joke Why rhy he told them he is so s big I cant miss him hint Just one swat is all al I want and he will 1 go down The bet bt betting ting was a all aU on side and nial the time money went down own on him in bunches A i jain ain ain the favorite players layers were wrong for time the big brawny br fighter front from tire tie t l west took all al the te blows blos that Fits Fitz FIz could send over and finally final knocked knocke Lanky Lan Bob out Dark horses have upset calculations among the little men mn too After Terry winning streak streak and espe especially sIe daily so after he had had conquered the tite mighty George Gerge Dixon in a manner to convince the critics of or his greatness it was Whispered all along the tIre line lne that he could not lose Jose So when hen Terry Tery was matched to meet Young Youns Corbett orbett Corbet at Hartford Hartor friends friend a were laughing in their sleeves aud were fig their money Ring followers their money mOle p King R g remember ber her the outcome of that mill ni pretty well vell WEll Terry was put nut to sleep slEep in just two to rounds and anti by b a u man of whom little liH was really rel known in the eat east ea erns friends thought their man had friens been whipped by b a chance balte blO so an another another another other match was arranged This time wa the affair took place at San Francisco and the result was the same Wrong rong on Young Corbett Corbet Young Corbetts recent defeats ts by Jimmy Britt Brt and Battline Nelson were instances of the talent going goin wrong again Joe Jo Bowker Bowler proved to be b a good dark horse when he defeated Frankie Neil ei recently in England So did di Pedlar Pelar Palmer wl w wien en he lie fought Billy Bi plimmer the tle first frt time and re rc repeated the dose later laer on Terry Mt 1 Govern surprised surprise the light fight sharps when wh n nhe he Its Palmer at Tuck hot hoe conquered N X NY NY Y as did id Kid iCid Lavigne he lie went wt ot abroad and dethroned dethrone pride among amons the lightweights Dick Burg Burge This list will wi be hO b increased l ere se as time tim goes gota goeson on ai and dark horses s are rc certain certin to figure in lit ring history In nine nine vases cases a out of or often orten often ten the man who bets bels against the fa favorite in a fight fi ht will vill wi come outa out ur a win winner her ner In the end |