Show I Best Talkers Sometimes Win Fights II Those who follow the lighting fi game and are In 01 or close to the th ring when trouble occurs hear many funny things A fighter does docs not so go 0 into the ring to talk usually but often the best talker tall er erwins wins It is considered a good move moe to talk pur ur man into a corner comer and then hand hald him one For example when Jim Jeffries was wa defending the championship against Jim Corbett that night at Coney Island Cor Corbett Corbett Corbett bett flew around the big fellow fell iv like a deerhound around a big stag jabbing and worrying him almost as he pleased Naturally if he could make think he had him at his mercy that state of mind would help him to victory so zo aft after after after er whirling a left leCt hook on the ham chain champions mouth Corbett laughed and ex cx exclaimed exclaimed claimed Well VelI Jeff I taught you all you know out at Carson City Cit but I kept a few things up my m sleeve Im going to spring them on you tonight This worry Jeffries a little hit hitHe hitHe hitHe He grinned his schoolboy grin as he hI answered Well ell I 1 have hav a few tricks that I never neer showed you ou out there Jim but I win wiG show them to you pretty soon In the round Jeffries Jeffri swung his left to Corbetts jaw and put him down and out Corbett was still dazed when he got up and his seconds had to lead him back to his corner comer Jef Jeffries Jeffries Jeffries fries caine caine over Say Sa Jim he exclaimed I 1 fought you ou square I Well Yeli I dont know answered Cor Corbett CorI Corbett bett who had not quite come to It PIt I was a good fight it I guess right Jeff The effect of ot a knockout on a man is always curious Jack Tack Downey was knocked down by Jim Burge the Iron hiron IronMan IronMan Man one night and only the gong at atthe atthe atthe the end of ot the round saved him from being counted out As he came to the corner comer his eyes had a faraway expression expression sion slon He was asked how ho he felt Bully he replied I 1 can lick the whole five All right Jack he was as told just try tr and punch the middle middie one hard and then you will wilt be all aU right Terry McGovern and Young Corbett in their whirlwind fight at Hartford for the championship talk much but their words came out as fast as their blows In the first round In a hot a aright aright aright right swing of ot Young Corbetts landed high on head and dazed him for perhaps one second He ile jumped back bal k took a deep breath and rushed in again Stung Stun you up some It itT said Young Corbett with a grin Why Vh it said Terry It was made with the right Yes but Im there with the left lett too said Corbett Just then he swung his left leCt in a ter ten terrific terrific rifle hook and caught McGovern on the stomach and knocked him down on his knee George McFarland and Spike Sullivan had a n great fight ficht fI ht at the Broadway Ath Athletic Athletic letic club McFarland had best of or It He thumped and banged and smashed Spike all around the ring for fora a dozen rounds or more Ha ha Spike Ive got you ou now flOw he exclaimed as Sullivan came camf staggering up UD from tram a knockdown The Irishman grinned at him contemptuously Jarge Marge he said youre just limbering me up all Youre only making me BooDle That repartee pretty nearly downed Mc McFarland McFarland Farland The most effective conversation judg judging judging judging ing by results possibly heard In the ring was between Kid McCoy and Peter Ma Maher Maher her in their celebrated fight tight at Coney Island on New Years day They clinched In the second round and McCoy held Mahers arms so 80 that he could cold not move Then he looked him In the thee eye and smiled his malicious cold sneering smile and I said sald Well Veil you ou big stiff I see you are In Inthe Inthe inthe the newspapers hollering for sympathy because you wife is sick Well Veil when I get through with you you will want more sympathy than ever As a mattei mattex of ot fact Peters wife Wire was wast t terribly t sick at the time When he heard McCoys s words the Irishman became be ame frantic with resentment and of course that helped McCoy to beat him When the fight was as over McCoy cCoy went over to Peters Petera corner comer and shook hands with him What I said in the clinch dont go Peter he lie remarked That was just a little matter of business you Jou know Peter was madder than ever to think how bow bo he had been heen fooled fooTed Into losing his temper but it was too late to do any anything an anything I thing then I When hen Fitzsimmons and Sharkey fought f I at Coney Cone Island some time after their battle at San Francisco the sailor had bad improved a great deal in the mean meantime meantime meantime time rushed ru hed at Fitz swinging both hoth hands His left lert caught on the jaw jawand Jawand and shook him up pretty prett well a good one Tom Fitz ex cx exclaimed claimed Yes and antI here hero comes come another one said Sharkey Im not as easy as you think Just wait walt till you see sec me sink the ship Fitz prophesied The ship of ot course ourse was the fine big that Tom had on his enormous chest In the next round Fitzsimmons suddenly exclaimed Ere l re now Tom rom ere goes for your our face ra Unthinkingly the sailor threw up his guard to protect his jaw and just then Fitzsimmons right in a fierce uppercut I landed on the keel heel of that big blue ship like a torpedo The keel is just about on Sharkey solar plexus The ship reeled quivered and slowly sank to the floor with all on board Tom was a great reat however and in a afew afew afew few seconds he ho was up and fighting again Once more inore Fitzsimmons told him hlin Eres one for fe r your Jour face and as Tom lom threw up his arm Fitzs fist landed under the ship again and this time poor Tom went down and out Oh said Fitz I meant mant to say 4 Eres one for Cor the ship |