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I r CHAMPION Of THE WORLD ri bv by McClure Newspaper paper copyright in Canada and Great Britain All rights reserved CHAPTER t top p Buhlin in Five Rounds Hounds n E great crowd crowll at tho the pa Il night t like peo- peo lal trains had bad been coming li lilone lii In II lonG lone find and tho cities s and nd towns e cf coast had sent big delegations I fighting for fOl 60 tO per cent o of at and 75 5 per cent to tho the thoIn In spite of ot the rain ruin men all aU day waiting raWn for tor tho the gallery b thrown open and the gallery jt t ton on sale Hale When I came In In- In Inan an anore anore anore ore ore ring time tho the lights for tor the ope ps pe pictures were about half n. n With blistering recollections lights over tho the ring at Coney Cone hen I ought fought I looked er cr but they seemed to bo be well wel and although there way was heat heatHi Sit ut wasn't quite like a furnace wd w cursed ed around mo so hard pLain Whitman o of tho poll police co had hada a road to my dressing room Th There There The ere vere busy that night helping to tho crush Just about 0 o'clock that the tho galleries were overhand over over- hand fend a lot 0 of people had to go goIr gor Ire Ir r At At last tho the doors were d closed rd d. d Outside In the tho street is still a big mob trying to get set lund urd the ring wa was just the sort wd that you can alwa always S find at ats at's s 's championship battle Thero There or Phelan of at San Francisco and f. f mayor elect with all tho the bl big bigland land ld d lawyers and nad business men of 0 W 01 pst past If past 9 wo we got into the rin ring bno 01 I didn't wait walt for the oth other r fe tel fol- fl usually do do but climbed through h In first t. t Ruhlin followed mo me Bill Billy announcing and all the tho ere turned on It was like noon esert We could feel a n. hot ve wave own gown over the tho ring Jordan In In- and end he got sot a a aSTeal great STeal recep- recep Then rhen name came my turn and andas anda as Jordan d' d of ot the world there thero coar at ar of cheers that thal shook tHe Uie roof root I nd ad the ring men were skipping I to get bets down some nomo of at better than two to one ono on not finding er very man many takers was w was S cleared was talk talk- this seconds Bm Billy Madden Den- Den Martin and Eugene Eugeno Van Court Coun and Kid Eagan stepped stopped back lt the orope ropes behind me mc J I got up ng tho the flag out of my belt tied Ithe the post In my corner Then I Iland and land waited for fOl the bell beU Harry I the referee stepped to the mid IC c ring Corbett was an man It didn't make any anye e to him that ho had been m my md iid when I came camo to San Fran- Fran years ears before or that I had out ut his brother Jim In New IU U ll rang and the fight began At Jt ero both pretty cautious It Y to be ba careless In tho the first flit th tho worlds world's championship at Gus Gua Jabbed mo me lightly and nto a clinch I 1 tapped him Just P. P I began going after him G clinched or 01 ducked under es CS The first was a tamo tame round Gus cut loose and and got cot good punches on my jaw elody e dy But they didn't hurt hurl Pt t ion on walking into him looking for the tho one punch that business Gus hooked his left my cheekbone and I d. d Afterward ho claimed l roke oke two knuckles with that feel It much He lie cro crossed to tomy lOmy my eye ee and Jarred mo me a littlen little a n n- nas as the thc third round began I Imy my tny mind that Gus couldn't do donore sore nore than hed he'd done already an anere ere rc was no use in wasting asUng more went right after him and sUck stick left out staggered ored him with a amash amash amash mash on tho the chin It wasn't a n punch just a 3 straight arm and a at t t of of a hook at the end nd o of It OUR GUS GUSa ota a clinch and held heldon on hard I t I I F-E F rt him away and aid uppercut with both I ItI 1 tI banged my left Idi Into his bod body complained to Corbett i I 1 kept on onig IJ iff ig my ny left In had hard haid 0 Q stIck slick Uck the round out I knew lenew him then and that the be a 3 very ca Ion long one Ho I take ke the bO body bows blows I 3 r fourth 1 I walked cd straight at him it t on walking when nhen he be tried to Jab y ty iy All An that was w necessary now now rood opening covered co his and 1 I popped one over arly any closed his C eye eye- and made him I la is guard up Then a fl left lert In lii th the him him over I 1 pushed him himml ne nd ml walked after aCtor him whaling ow and then for tor his body Gus GUM ha funny tunny look on his face ace that I had to Inu laugh h. h He Ho turned to Cor- Cor 4 sald Make him hini stop slop chasing try ury Madden was in Ruhlin peering through tb the ropes with popping out and ever every time lime I I. I Hone into bOd body I could wince Ho lie thought he ho had ce to make mako a fortune with Gus re r. was was was' his meal ticket getting l of at holes hoies nt ai footwork tooh any nm or any any- ncy ancy about the fighting now I wed in and anel pumped In lefts and wherever cr there was a hole to toi i glove e through pun punches c ea k and he hc backed away steadily 1 IC end of ot the round I sent In two punches went down own for tOl foia a a Unto Ho sot got up In time but hut was ak and the gong f sounded Just sack Rack In his corner Gus Cu told lad body bod punches were tearing tag ng out of or him rest I told c I that I 1 Ins Ing ns out to wind Ind It up As soon as ans I 1 jumped up and went t Ur ter er Ruhlin He backed a away w y and i ray punches at first Without uP Ha n a second I 1 kept him going shifted to his h head ad again and Ifor his chin Intending to lo mako make W da a. a high guard ard that would le leave c o opening for tor my favorite knock- knock 05 oh h In the bod bod Gus Gus' caught a rd right on the chin that throw ast tt th the rope rop and ho hc flopped to When he got ol ho he UP tp was wall stagA stag A As Aa I came camo in again deliberate deliberate- wRit with wll wild l swings ft Whipped and was taking a a. dyCe dv dy ce I 1 shoved him back to tho the tried to Jab jah me mc away Block Block- I stepped In Iii and whipped tg the pit of his stomach I J t. t for the knockout blow I If n ft t t beep been as ns tough as IlS whaleM whale whale- would have havo flushed finished him J M him hack Against th the he lie stayed on his hla fo fn t. t I 1 sIng 5 In wh when u tho the bell boll i rang ing etl et I. I I think was wa throwing up Madden Iad n 11 end and Jill De Denver cr Ed Il 1 ty O Gus tu hl hh c ncr at liO and aud Joo i av av nuhuI was WillS doubled double over o 8 I j r 1 r t 1 14 MlP WHA A THE MATTER In his chair Madden l spoke e to Martin Marlin and aud the big black fellow walked to the middle mid mid- dle do of ot the tho ring and called to Harry Corbett Cor Cor- belt bett We Vo give up said Martin The Tho fight was over I went vent across the tho ring and looked at Ruhlin and asked him what was waa the matter He lie didn't answer and so 50 I walked back again and picked up my sweater and started for tor tho the dressing room Thero There was a great roar from tho the crowd el E Everybody w was li hl hissing and hooting at for fat quitting A lot of people climbed into Inlo the ring and started an argument and was hustled out of at the w Now No on the day after that fight ht people peo pea pie pic all n over o tho the country were ere calling ci Gus Gusa a quitter In fairness to a good lighter fighter who has shown plenty plent of gameness In the thc ring against other men Ill I'll say right hero that never ne was a quitter emitter The Tue rh only reason he stopped that nl night ht In San Francisco co was that he couldn t get getup getUp getup up up to fight tho the next round and ho he knew It U My heavy body punches had hail nearly broken him In two If ho he had gone sone down after that last punch In the body and had been counted out as Corbett was at Carron Carson Car Car- son ron nobody would havo have had an any chance to o find fault tault I wasn't surprised when Gus gave ave up The rho only onh thing that did me was winning the light fight so EO sosoon soon oon and so easily He didn't put a n amark amark mark on me and I 1 had expected a hard gruelling battle There was great Joy in tho the Jeffries camp after that fight As for tor me nobody nobody no no- body seemed anxious to bother me mo for a 8 awhile while e and I determined to go on the hunting t trip lp of my life I I I I CHAPTER A Wild Hunting Trip Down the Colo Cob rado The strangest experience I ever er had vas sas parl early In the summer of at 1902 when I took a hunting trip down the Colorado Into nto the country of ot the outlaws where ho tho only law is the shooter six and a aman's amans amans aman's I mans man's life lIte Is as cheap as a steers steer'S In the first place this wasn't Intended as ti L hunting expedition at all aU I had hall I been told about a line fine mining property for sale lIale about thirty out of ot Yuma so I went down with a mining expert lo to look took at It There were several men in iii our party part Ono One was a former Roosevelt rough roush rider whose name I dont don't remember ber and another was a Mexican l named Martinez We Vo reached the mine after aCler a hard trip It oV over r. r and found it no flO good Then some one Bug suggested ested that we weI take a n. boat down the river and hunt wild boar That proposition hit me mo as I inK just about the tho right thing It beat mining min mm- in ing alt all hollow especially when your mines v dont don't pan out So wo we managed to get a bl big scow in which four tour or six men could row at the same time loaded landed It up with enough provisions provisions pro pro- visions to last for several months and shoved Kho out Into the stream one fine CIne afternoon after noon about 2 The rhe hc Colorado river Is one of ot tho the most treacherous and streams in the world It is filled med with whirlpools and eddies s and ancI rapids No one knows what makes them or where the water goes when it is sucked Bucked down but Us Its tough on the boat that gets into one You can hear the water sucking down a long way of off Its the most weird sound Jound In the world world Just Just a sucking sound sometimes soft sort and sneak sneaky sometimes deep and hol hol- low Id I'd rather hear a mountain lion or ora ora a n. bear mooching around camp In the dark than one of those whirlpools near the thc boat on a dark night A fellow tellow has has' hasa a a a chance to fight against an any animal but If It you ou once onto get dm dragged sed down to the bottom of the tho Colorado and perhaps Into some somo underground river er beneath it It well well It wouldn't be bo a pleasant way to find your finish Wo rO 0 were out on the river three nights and two days das and on account of these whirlpools we wo had to keep some somo one on watch all tho the time We took turns It II was a strain on a a. fellows chows nerves nor at al night sitting there and listening ev everything every r thing pitch black and the boat drifting along alons as silently as if it tt were going through a cave e Tho The banks would be swallowed up In the darkness The boat would slide along along- so 80 smoothly that you might think Jt It was resting on a a sand sand- bar Then there might be a little lapping lapping lapping lap lap- ping sound ofT off in lii tho the distance and first thing you knew the whole outfit would be tearing down a a. a rapid and everybody would bo be out with oa oars and poles ready to deal cleat tho the boat it if It It struck a n ima snag and wondering what on earth was at the foot toot of ot tho the riffle Then when you struck smooth water ater again you might hear that uSI ugly sucking sound and then be rl d at 4 I IMI I I MI 1 Gut Gu P nothing to do lo but out with th the oars and androw androw androw row away I from It as ns hard as you rou could One Ono night I woke up feeling uneasy and not knowing Just why I lay sUII for a a. couple of at seconds getting my bearIngs bearings bear bear- In Ings s. s and just then out just ahead of us us I heard the roaring suck of or a bl big whirl Our OUI Swede guide ulde a follow fallow named Gus OUti was supposed to bo be on watch atch Gus surely surely sure sure- ly knew enough about the the dangers dangers of tho the river to ata stay awake but I 1 jumped up and looked around by tho the lantern light and there he was propped up In the thc stern of tho tim boat fast tast asleep I 1 was so mad that I reached for tor tho the first big oar I could get and banged Gus over o the head yelling at al the same time for tor tho the other fellows to turn out lout and I l Aj 4 t i 1 j I 1 J y 41 r rt I IJ t J w 1 b S h hI I I I I I i. II T THEY t SHoT ONE 6 c THe 1 I F TH I ti A D grab the tho the sw sweeps eps and row for their lives The rue whirl had already caught ti us us' us usand and we wo began to swing swing- In a big circle that slowly narrowed down Almost Almot alongside tho the boat bont how now wo we could hear the nasty luckIn sucking sucking suck luck In ing sound of or th the funnel and W wo we knew know that if It over aver we wo got Into that it would bo be all up with us By By desperate rowing for tor a minute or BO so we managed to pun pull ourselves o out The current caught us again and swept us along down the tho river For a a. while we wo listened d for tor other whirlpools whirlpools whirl whirl- pools but didn't hear any It was getting get set tins ting near daylight and most of Qt u Us didn't care for tor any more moro sleep Bleep Just then Gus sat In the stern of the boat rubbing his head Gu Guess Guess' ss I nearly split It open with the oar would blade blade would have split It If It the thc Swede Swedes Swede's a skull hadn't been solid BoUd Ivory Gus never no tor forgot ot my cracking him over O th tile the head with that oar ns as you will wll MO see a little further along in thi this story Ono One dB day as BS we were wens floating slowly down the river wo we saw some Indians standing on the tho bank hank They wore were making gestures to us us o wo we turned tho the scow in toward the shore and landed There the was a Il wretched chad little hut on of the banks bank B By signs the they told us that a man was ery very sick in thel hut They were his hla rela relatives lives tives and thc they wanted us to do something some thing thins for tor him I went into tho the hut and looked looked- the sick man over o but it only took toole A It glance glanco to eco ece that ho was nearly nearl dead with consumption I called the Indians Indian In and pointed to tobin his bin lungs lune and tried to make them understand understand under under- stand what was tho the matter with him They shook their heads and asked aked 1 If we e had 1 any medicine Wo We told them wo 0 had nothing that could fould do any good and the they seemed satisfied So wo we 0 went along down the river Afterward we learned arnd that the sick man had 1151 been treated Just before we came Clime along b by the tribal medicine man O or Of course course tho the medicine man couldn't do anything A medicine man who con cant can't work miracles isn't much good so the chief killed him cut oft off his Is head and throw him hInt Into the river for tor not doln doing a n better Job I didn't realize what a are re responsible responsible re- re contract Id I'd undertaken In at attending attending at- at tending the ease case Tho The Cocopah medicine man had failed It seems in two other othor cases so he ho was entitled to more moro severe treatment that I. I The chief chic who killed the medicine ln man was walt an Indian name named Frank Flank and afterward ho became my friend down In the wild country When I started down tho the river I had hada a letter from a Chicago cattle buyer named J Jenkins to tal tho the most remarkable man in that part of ot the tho country Ho Isan Isan is isan an outlaw named Bill Cummings s. s A good |