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Show ) . .i the gif t tr? ' i ' -T.out the "old fel-i fel-i I.. :ivan li his weekly 'In several nevr;aers, a ltputatlon as a novelist. ' j li a reason for all of this, : : f the "old fiiya" are far bet- 1 r t" men cf the rrefent fight- ' S . Tf-' the rir ctnerals of i re c f years. They would em- f;r.MvlrT: John L., Corbett. 1 .I'ti, t darkey, and even Jeff- i' ' : i tl.' nrn out of the pame, v' i ll. cie t! il tan ii;iB3 anywhere them? Therefore, the . attention tf ; l' i '.j-r i utile la still centered on : i ti xt it u-H'J to be th Idols cf h iuared circle. f t Lake boasts of an "old timer." o : r as years go, In the personage of C'l. ley Ltir . . CL ley I.r.-s II ember. ' C arley Lnn?e was a member tif the 'G; at I-'lve" that toured the country fro.. i coast to roast, meeting ell com- I Pi s. This ,-5" consisted of such' proml- ' t athletfs aa Djncan llt-Donnll, j.v.::::an, ::oth, Jim Corbett. th 1 1 .own as J. n "DlUorv." and Charley r - e. . This tl? combination came to Ealt Lake In . L Corbett was then known as Dillon. . Corbett, or (Dillon, had hi firPt bl? fight here and Lange seconcle I him. Corbett won In a romp. The fipM was at, Beck's Hot Springs. After thi fisht t e combination showed on '-ue street In a tent. Later Charley La r e came and settled In Salt Lake. In thor day Col. "Ed"' Kelly was the great fi:ht promoter. Kelly brought Herbert Blade on here from Sacramento. Slada was then touring the country with John L. Sullivan, who had decisively beaten him. Blade brought with him to train him George La Blanche, "The Marine." - Herbert Elade Beaten. ' ' t The fight was held July 3. 1898, in what was known as "Electric .Light hall." It was for ten rounds. Blade, was supposed to be almost "unbeatable," as Sullivan had admitted be had had the toughest Job of his life In putting him away. -. . Behind Slade was La Blanche and Col. "Ed" Kelly, while behind Charley Lang, was "Jim". Wllllama, now of police distinction, and Ed Leroy. At the ringside sat Duncan , McDonald, now the big sporting" man of Butte. . It was Lange's fight . all the way. When the ninth round -came up-the Slade people saw he was all in. "This is the tenth round," said Col. "Ed" Butler, and his contention was followed by their side. It was a trick to save Slade from a knockout and It looked as If they would, get away with For Benefit of Audience. Lange stepped to the ropes and said to the audience: "Gentlemen, the Slade people declare we have fought ten rounds. I say we have only fought nine; that there Is one more coming,: I make this proposition. Whether we have gone nine or ten makes no difference. differ-ence. I'll fight an 'extra found' for the benefit of the audience." ' . , ' The crowd cheered Lange to the echo and made such' an uproar that Slade was forced to consent. Lange let himself out; Be beat Elade so unmercifully In thla round, winding up by knocking him out, that Slade was In a bad way for some time. One thing is certain. Slade never put on another glove. He stated many times that none of Sullivan's blows ever hurt as much as did those Lange handed out. . Married and Settled Sown. - ' Blade afterwards married a Miss Sperry, whose father was a partner in Beck's Hot Springs. After living in Salt Lake for several years, Slade and his wife moved to TSureka,. where Slade took up mlnlnr. They have several j children. Later Slade went to Bingham, where he now Is. He has never donned a glove since that time. 'I'll tell you. a good tory about John L." said Lange. "After he licked Paddy Pad-dy Ryan and became champion, a man approached the elder Sullivan and said: " 'Mr. Sullivan, aure you must be mighty proud of your boy. John, being champion of the world. "The tlder Sullivan was a loyal old Irishman. The love of old Ireland was uppermost In his mind. "John can do what?' he said to the man. " lie can lick any man in the world,' said the friend. - - - " 'Go on w Id you.' said the elder Sullivan, Sul-livan, 'sure there're men back In Ireland Ire-land can lick four like him.'" But one thing Is certain. . The man that put Herbert Slade out of the game for good and all waa Charley Lange, and Charley Lange Is still able "to go some" for a few rounds, at that. At La ton! a. CINCINNATI. July U. Latonla rrrolti: First race, alx and a half Jurlonga St. Flour won. Cardinal Wolney aecond. Wood's Perry third. Time. 1 :1 Z-i. i fleconl race, five furion A in re Von, Oraee Wfner second, Trlraure third. Ttme, 1:01 1-r.. ' Third race, mile Paronola on Leila second. sec-ond. Florlnel third. Trtie. l:SS4-t. Fourth . race, seven furlontsV-Cilfton Forse won. Coruscate second. Uayboy third. Time, 1 1. Fifth race, rteeplechane. short coarse Evan- j der won. Poor lan J second, Charawlnd third. ! Time. I:.W 4-1. I Hlxth race. f'v furlong Mandator won, AKm.lo. second. Gold Mate third. Time, I :'W 4-5. |