Show I r z dr I 3 1 lL I 11 7 ItO rl I BY DY JACK JACt T o OI m HERO RO OP OF SOO TS ARTICLE 1 12 Every lIvery time a champion goes Into the tha ring for tor a decision fight he takes a chance that Is worth a lot lotof lotof of or money to him That Is one of ot the reasons reasons why champions and first class contenders ask ask such ouch big percentages percentages percentages per per- for boxing under the decision decision de do- law In In- New YorkI York I do not mean to create the Im im- Im Impression impression that there Is anything anythIng of off off- t shade In the wor work t of judges and I referees In New York or other bIg bis boxing centers On the contrary Im I'm sure that some of the queer decisions such as S took the titles l lm of ta i away from mS Harry r G Greb and Pancho Villa officials m were that sincere lr they e eh h had opinions lost t but of that the their judgment was founded on mistaken ms m's taken ideas about the value of ot points The loss of my championship to toTed toTed Ted Kid Lewis In Dayton 0 IX In 1917 I have always thought was due to faulty Judgment although I admit that boxers are very few who will admit that they lost a decision on slim points Perhaps there is some truth In the opinion that a boxer in the heat of action is not In a position to give an accurate Judgment o of ot hiD hlo own work Anyway I lost a a. round 20 decIsion decision deci decI- sion and the title to Lewis and It st stands on the books Battling Battling- l was scheduled to fight In the East several days before my bout with Lewis was to tobe tobe be held and Dan Morgan figuring that ape he was s needed d In t corner did not go out tb Ohio until the day before the fight I went to Cincinnati with my roy law brother Harold Morton to todo todo todo do m my trainIng as the promo promoters ers thought my presence there would Increase interest t In the bout Among among mong Cincinnati people There was the usual controversy about th the referee Morgan holding out for waiter alter Jen Kelly but I Igo got tired of the arguments ana agreed to Lou Bauman a Cincinnati man roan who was highly regarded In that section as aa asan asan an official l My only purpose In iii training was to get my legs and my wind good I didn't have lave to do boxing as I knew w. w enough about Lewis o feel teel sure that I could beat him if It I was strong enough to keep going going- fast for tor twenty rounds Just before the bout started on the night of tho the fight Morgan told me meto meto meto to keep him ort oft with my let hand and try to wear him down as alt I never had much trouble In reaching him with a f right tight Hit It up In the twentieth round If It goes that far Lots of ot decIsIons decisions deci dod ions go on the last round regardless regardless regard regard- less of ot what Is done before ho s said ld The bout when It got under way wasn't particularly exciting Lewis was very ery cautious c and antI I didn't get many openings openIng I felt that I was peering coning all the points Between rounds I would ask Dan how It looked and he was not one of ot o those who would hand you the soft sott soap Youre goIng along easy Youre You're way out ahead Watch Vatch your punches and dont don't get et any way near low he said several times We Ve were always ahva's careful about foul toul deci deci- stone I felt all along that I was winning was wInnIng b by a mile ni I rested up a about abott t every other round and when the nineteenth nineteenth nine nine- finished I Ivaa was vaa perfectly fresh Go out there now and go to It j D IRn an n said as the gong rang for tor the twentieth and last round I did I gave Lewis everything e I j had and put him down with a loft left I hook to the Jaw for the count of nine He lie got up and held on so 1 I could not get another shot at his jaw lIe He was weak in the knees when the round ended and he over to his corner Feeling positively sure ure that there was no question about verdict i 1 walked back to my corner l For or no particular reason I turned around toward the referee as I was getting Into my robe and saw him point to Lewis as the winner The decision stunned me for a moment and then I lost los my head I Iran Iran Iran ran across the ring but Morgan Jumped through the ropes a and d chased after me You can kill a hundred and It wont won't get your title back If you ou lost a a. pile of dough on a race ace It wouldn't get tho Jack back if tr you ou slugged the horse would It It Morgan Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan argued and I finally cooled off oft and felt ashamed that I had looked like a poor loser Minus the title thero there was only on one thing ahead of ot us and that was getting getting- It back When we returned to New v York we tried to pet get Lewis to talk business but all we could get out of Jimmy Johnston was a lau laugh h. h We Ve are now In the decision no business with you ou The Kiddo will not give the old man roan another crack Look elsewhere gentlemen Johnston Johnston Johnston Johns Johns- ton would say every time we pu the subject up to him It Jt did no tod p-tod bod to point out that I lad had given g Lewis four decision fights when I held the title Nothing could move Johnston from his stand Ho tie finally consented perhaps because he could coull get no other good cards to give us three no decision bouts bonts In Inea ea each h one Lewis might Just as well have come In the ring on a motorcycle motorcycle motorcycle motor motor- cycle as I couldn't get near him As long as Johnston was handling Lew Lewi we could not get any kind of ofa ofa ofa a decision fight plea acro across s to him but tin finally ally the they broke and Charley Chancy Harvey took over Lewis Harvey then took the and came camo around asking Dan If It he knew a a. good place for a bout Decision asked replied No decision Harvey I thought Dan would try some of or orthe the arguments that he was wasted ed on Johnston but he surprised me Yes Yes I know a good place Charley Char Char- ley Canton Icy Canton 0 O. The match was made I thought it was peculiar that Dan had accepted the bout with so much affability and I was surprised that he had selected Canton He had worked up a a. plan for a little strategy strategy strat strat- egy however and I will relate the Plan and how it worked In regaInIng regainIng regaining regain- regain Ing the title for tor me In the next and last chapter |