| Show tEN HIS fiE FIGHT WITH SAM SM IN N 11 A n I CISCO May In 27 27 In a I ent Jack OBrien O'Brien erst erst- II Brummel of the Uie prize ring of many fake 1 Ch he has hu indulged I which suspicion had rested In making his hist t 0 OBrien O'Brien urges ces saying that he was wast t t fights unless unless' he agreed to fluently he ho faked and adars ad ad- Ii ars others with the same sameI P Bob is I details of ot the tho Burns Burns- feco 0 the tho Philadelphian makes the and Tom McCarey share the tho blame the round l round battle in ini with Sam Berger was a with a a. view to toan ang an ang i g on the coast 0 O'Brien's Briens U ugo 0 Kelly Joo Joe Walcott an and l ackson were all fakes he ho Limit i 1 viewing g the two Burns Burns- i ts in Philadelphia John gito to other fl fights saying sayin I did consent conent to allow Sam Berger Berer to go 10 gothe the limit in our little six round setto in inthe inthe the Quaker city Berger came to me with a hard luck story and beg begged ed me to box him hun six six rounds He said that ho he was flat fiat broke and asked me tue to help him so 80 I advanced him his forfeit of 20 and consented to lo box him bun agreeing not to knock him out We both had figured gur d on putting up a scientific eden eden- tide battle in order to get got a n big purse on the coast The evening before the contest Berer Berger Berger Ber Ber- ger er and I rehearsed the tho performance in the tho table stable behind my roy residence Every blow was carefully planned so 80 that each move of the tho other could bo be anticipated the same as an actor gives his partner the cue First Burns Bums Fight In It 1904 I also was forced to allow I Tommy Burns to stay for six rounds in Milwaukee l as he positively declined to togo togo too go o into the rin ring with me m-e unless I agreed not to knock him out The first time that I entered into an agreement to fake was with Peter Jackson in San Francisco This really was forced on me and it was the only time that I consent consented d to lose to an op opponent In 1904 Tommy Ryan tricked me into his method of doing business when I fou fought ht him in Philadelphia We had signed to box six rounds but at thelast thelast the tho last moment Tommy threatened not to togo togo too go o on unless I deposited in cash with his hill manager to be bo forfeited for felted in incase case I knocked Ryan Eyan out Bather Rather than have hae the match called caned off I complied with Ryans Ryan's request Ryan always sidestepped me tue after that as r ho he knew that I was his master Fought Squarely Once About the time of the Britt Mc Govern contest some prominent New NewYork NewYork NewYork York wanted to bring Ryan i and myself together in a ten round bout i Tommy wanted me t to frame it again but I declined and he went back to I Chicago leaving the fight promoters in inthe inthe inthe the lurch My six round engagement with Kid McCoy in hi Philadelphia was fought on its merits and McCoy and I fought as fast and hard lIard as we could That That it does not pay to trust simply simply sim sim- sim ply to the word of a person in tho the arran arrangement ar ar- ar- ar ran of deals of this nature was vividly illustrated to me in the Hugo I Kelly match at Indianapolis We agreed f that neither should try for a knockout and the referee was to call the bout a draw We put up a clever exhibition and I clearly Kelly in theten the theten theten ten rounds and you yu can imagine my surprise when the referee gave the decision decision decision de de- de- de to Kelly One One of the funniest experiences in in my entire ring career career was when ruby Robert Fitzsimmons attempted to stow ate me- me away in the tho six round bout that was wash h held ld in the open air at the Philadelphia Philadel phia baseball park Shortly before the date of the fight Fitzsimmons came to tomae tome tome me mae and schemed out ont how we should box and I distinctly understood that neither should do any ny rough work or a attempt attempt at at- tempt to score a knockout When we got into int the ring the freckled pugilist shuffled over to my corner cornor and said This is going goin to be bo a fight and I am going to knock your bloomin 1 head heM off o. o It was a grueling bloody battle and I not only surprised tie the e Kangaroo Kan Kan- laroo kid Idd but the ringside fraternity as aswell aswell well by swapping punches with him and him at al all sta stages esA es A prominent citizen of ol Boston cooked up a ten round draw bout between Joe Walcott and myself with Rube Waddell as referee On this occasion occasion occasion oc oc- oc- oc casion I was also made to step live lively 1 to prevent the Barbadoes demon from sneaking in a decisive punch |
