Show C r JQ rP N Nf Y of MY LIFE r ar t V tf f f 1 i HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF 1 THE WORLD i Rt ht t 1910 ty by McClur New Newspaper 8 Syndicate co copyright ri ht in Canada and Great Britain Brit All ri rights tits reserved CHAPTER Training at Harbin Springs e R tb the tuna time came carne to train Corbett tto to Croll's Crolls Gardens in to in Alameda little towns on t tho o the prettiest bf f from Sa San n dst st across tho rho ba bay j iseo and I went bat back to Harbin taco again I Ji like e t the rho e Sprin Springs s for fori forine I i pin ine D cam ump camp There ro is is a a. oo hotel Jim an soil ana cl old Hayes Haes Res by bp or ok my with rith cottages around it The Theis Theis Df at is ia s' s several veral miles from tho rho nearest tad iad is il reached by stage It is iti in in w with th mo moun n bottom boUm ottom of a canyon anon ill all around You can cant can't t walk a and nd yards on level ground at Harnd Harad Har Har- lad nd ad 1 Y always s like hlll hilly country for work ork The Tho T o hunting is s pretty 1 d Bob Fitzsimmons with me now DOW aning partner A lot of friends DO p D came me u up p and stayed at the ho ho- watched my ray work over every da day y yr It r r tort sort of family part party arty When 1 tr training ining at tho Springs for the ladies with irith Fitzsimmons I all an tho rho at Zit the hotel botel used to c come cometo me to the gymnasium and see Me USI us t I Wo WI were all good natured about when wo too R were ero hit bit hard used sed TO o go w away and say Why isn isn't t anything bad had about fi fight fight- ht Its Ire ts t's just a game gamo for big boys H M My sy leg ICi w was s all black and looked pretty retry bad So I told Delane and ho he telephoned cle honed Coffroth in San I Francisco ra co Cof Coffroth roth came camo rushing up on OD tho rho next train to Calistoga an and took the stage over to Harbin II Jeff Jeff you cant can't postpone tho the fight said Raid Coffroth ri It It will will will- sp spoil of 1 the rho crowd It'll cost you if you dont don't fi fight ht on an scheduled time limo I 1 dont don't care I said aid Ill not fi fight ht anybody unless Im I'm in shape wo Yo a argued r gue and ar argued g wed and at last Coffroth said Jim a lot of your friends have started to the coast romall rom from all over the county country Most of them are Bre business men man w who o cant can't afford to tot t take t. iko another trip to see Seo you fight They cant can't stay over a couple of weeks for another date either You dont don't want to throw them down dews It hadn't hadn t struck mo that way before Ill PH fi fight h t I said d. d A s1 day or two two wo after that the doctor looked my leg over o again and took the tho bandages off for awhile He Ae said there was no more danger of blood poisoning poi Mi- coning and it was cheerful news to the whole camp Tho The banda bandages es were replaced replaced re ro- placed to cover tho rho open wound and 1 I went off hot bot foot for the tho gymnasium For nearly nearl a week the boys had find been loafing I r called them to together now and we went at nt it for the hardest z t t t. t r t r r j i t j J t. t JY i t N n 1 rw t y t l ll l ly l q J I H E tJ CH CHEWED D HO HOLES HOIN IN IN I MY s the same this time Fitz used ir ar r into me inc and wallop away as asas Las Asa as bo he could as long as his wind rout out ut and wed we'd both joko and kid l ther while a wo we o were fi fighting ent awe away and aud got of mortis marrie married fIe fIeback I He e back an and ana brou brought ht t Mrs 1 You oft ought ht to have seen Bob that Ins Instead cad of putting on an any putt uiL of black tights and sad a bloc blade c fc ev er when we were working to l r he be came out in pink tights like I 1 cus sus tumbler with a fancy ribbon rid d white chamois shoes and and baler bale r i lockings H Hp Hed He'd d d ha have v e eed his hair a a all II l Bed ed back aback from his hiB cars Cara and was ink Dk and pretty as a picture But was WU aas anxious annous to show how bow ow ho could t h Whenever we put on tho rho gloves i all hard Lard and heavy work as ae long longI longe tie I e lasted I was getting gettin into tty tj good shape them then a although thou h it tt is iB islet let Ct that I T el weighed hed gown pounds s when reached Etched the Sprin Springs s and bad had a a. lot might fret ei ht to take of off hd i a an accident early in my train train- bat t came camo near spoiling tho rho fight fi ht of the bo boys s s cau caught ht a young oun beark bear k k sn in the thc hills and the they ke kept t ht him n lined tied t d up lust just below the rho hotel botel near road toad That bear cub grew rew so 50 fast It t in no time he was nas a husk husky spec Fitz used to call it his bis bear benr and jever etier we missed Bob around the tho Dp p. p pwe we could find him sitting on a feeding the bear lumps of 5 sugar ar brat bear took a great shine shino to Fitz- Fitz t ItZ moos mons and Bob grinned all over and andev everybody ev what an animal tamer res u. aa T t e had bat a a. bull pup that was always Mis us of the bear Ono day I heard hearda aua a aus PUS us ua and ran fan out in limo timo to to save the tho fr front from bein being chewed up Tho bear haying suing all the best of a scrap Aft Aft- fling the rho do dog a awa away cay I be began an box box- Kith rith tho rho bear car just for fun Ho lIo Hoon oa on OD his hind legs logs and slapped at i nd d I cuffed his bis cars care i j guess he in a fi fighting humor or else elsea tI a it t b Lave have ve hit Liar him a little too bard hard tr 6 be e grabbed tabbed my wrist and put hist his P t through tough it I kicked him to toe e him hira let go tO and like liko a flash heme he e me we by the calf By the tho timo limo I tear loose ho bo had bad chewed holes r leg hig l K that I could put my fingers b ar a t pretty grotty sore leg Fitz wanted W r It 4 t up He IIo trot root a a abig big needle and andring tiring nn ring and I let lct him g got get of to work r tt h 10 to f funny wan y I had bad to lie back in au ir an sari and laugh au h. h My Mv hide bide was so jand fond tough that Bob couldn't jab iab needle dlo through h it At last ho he t took ok 11 1 rn knife blade and sharp cut holes the t needle and sewed the bites u up p That was a a. ad mistake TLe They d 4 b been left Idt o open p en to drain In Jn V. V Ir br two m my y Ic log swelled up and andr 1 ark aek as a far r as the knee Iran I 1 n ran tt f into the soro sore a spot p of and andopen it t open to let Jet th tho o air Jet get at it the t was teas 18 an awful B an leg c CK- CK Billy 17 DOM DoViS DO DO- ViS worried Corned to death for fear Jt Act t M blood poi poisoning Ho sent for forr tot f I never did for care taro much r but Ut after a lot of nr ar I la Jet him clean the c cuts u is o out t and ga my le g Tho next da it Jt was pd core soro that i-ai t I l guile dad a all aH the theoff h off a again nin and loft left tho rho t r 1 Jle to the rho l air to heal got eo tired of keepin p in g still i fent it oft fo tor o r a 11 tramp over the 1 hard was ard work with n a 14 F.- F. I l let t the doctor docto b r Bandage D q ai ln n and Rent my onto lime u d to In a then n Ill Il 1 o Ita v to dit late ot to o put off ff 10 tho rho fight for f a few fan weeks l J I. I days day's training Id I'd done dODe yet You fellows fel lows Ions have havo had bad too much of a snap 1 said Im going goin to make jou you earn all of your our money in in a bunch bOW tiow 1 I went after Joo Joe Kennedy ennedy and wo we had bad a regular fight He walloped me on the jaw as sa Lard hard as hc he could and it certainly certainly did feel good after a week of lazi laziness ess I punched Joe in the ribs until he be had a bi big red patch over tho rho heart Fitz who looked on that m morn morn- rn f came around grinning rinning and said Jim Jint loure youre you're oure as big and strong trong as a au u a sc e. e Wo We V o wound up with a not Lot sulphur sul Bul bath in the thc springs and a rub rubdown downIn down In the afternoon I boxed boned and androu rou roughed around with Joo again and with my ray Brother Jack and Fitz in in his pink ink and baby blue tights I played handball pun punched hed the bag skip skipped ed tho rho rope ropo a thousand times and wen went for a arun a. a run When it ft was over o some somo of ofus us us stood out in front of the hotel shooting at a post yards acro across s the tho canyon I used an automatic pistol and put several bullets into tho rho post past I wound up by shooting all the tho spots out of a ateLl aten aten ten teLl of diamonds nail nailed d to a stump about fifty feet awa away And after that I felt like myself n again ain I remember that I T ate atc a whole chicken for far dinner that night as well as ns a couple of good steaks I T did a lot of hard training after that but not much boxing 1 knew enough about boxing and all I cared about was petting getting into the rin ring with Corbett in good fighting ng trim We Ve still Lad had timo limo for far a little fun Fitz Fib was a great Ireat practical joker One of our pur friends at nt the Springs was a big policeman from East Oakland who was wasOn wason wason on his Lis vacation Ho lie liked to joke lu loo Ono One morning he Lo rose roso before sunrise ami atil stood out in front of my cottage sing in ing son songs s until ho lie got ot us all out of bid bod We e ran out and chased him but he escaped After ACter breakfast I happened to tee him hint standing in ip front of the hotel ho tel Now there was a bi bit big fountain ant anta und and unda anda a pool in front of the hotel I went over and got down clown on my knees b. b by bytho tho rho pool at the same time onto tipping a wink ink to FitzI litzI Fitz l I dont don't this the see goldfish year car I called out Thorn There never any goldfish said the copper Oh ti yes yes es I r said turned a lot of them in hero past last year ear 1 1 weed used to see sec them swimming around T r leaned over or and looked all around There goes oes ono one now I yelled The Tho big cop dropped on nn his knees at atthe the tho edo o of the pool an and craned his pia Heel II and just then Fitz l l up tp b behind bind him quietly quietly- and gave him bim a shove Ho Ha took a fine header and before before be fore ho be could climb out again wo we were gone Jone That copper copper- always thought ht J J 1 pushed him bim in in and it tt use used to make mako me nearly explode when Fitz Fits would go goa a around round with a solemn face and sympathize rhino with him and a agree ree that Jeff's Jeffs idea idra of humor was a little too rou rough lt I T had a good joke on Fitz winding up the training Daining I got coot Bob to togo togo go frO hunting with young youn OU Hayes and myself my self cl We went straight away awny from fron I Harbin t taking pack mules and blankets blankets blan and sari stayed three days Haves got a deer and I got ot two two- Com Coming Coining na back baek I 1 hiked for camp with a buckover buck buckover buckover over my shoulders and Fitz limped in three or four hours bour behind bellind me ie He lie wouldn't quit but in ill ut the tho tai g 1 1 set ct a pace that carried curried Bob Dob off aft II pia hiA t. fl CHAPTER LIS My Second Fight Tight With Jim Corbett We Ne bad had moro mono fun tun at Harbin Sprin Springs a 8 ajust just just- t before my training was waR finished Eddie Grans Graney Graner 1 who was to referee the tho fi fight ht w with Corbett came camo to talk over the rho ru rules s and make suro sure that everything every every- thin thing was Va understood before wo we got ot into the ring Eddie Eddio was going oin to stay over o Sunday but h a 1 telegram called him back to San Francisco Tho sta stage e had gone goad one so BO Jim Ha Hayes es got Jot him a n private veto vate rig Jim Cof Coffroth was at tho rho Sprin Springs too too and volunteered to drive into Ga Calistoga a si isto a with him Liar This gave mo a chanco chance to pull off offa a joke that would throw everything else in iii tho rho shade Tn In my trunk trunk I ha had bad somo some of the costumes I had bad worn in inThe inThe inThe The Man From Frain tho rho West I gotthem got gotthem them out in a hurr hurry and called in Andy Gorman the policeman In a few minutes min utes wo we wore dressed up in frontier fashion had jum jumped cd on a couple of horses and wore ere galloping down tho rho I road About two miles out we came to toa toa toa a good nod dark place where tho rho trees she shaded ed the roa road It was a adark dark night sight anyway In Tn a few minutes s wo wa could hear the ri rig coming along at a good rate Just Justas as os they reached us we yelled Hands uP and rode redo out from tho rho trees waving in ing our guna uns ans I INow Now Now Eddie Graney Grapey bad just in his bis clothes the same being betag Corbetts Corbett's and m my forfeit money Wit Without bout taking a n second look he dropped drooped the reins and went Vent out the tho opposite side of tho rho rig liko like a a. man making a n high dive Ho legged it for the tho woods as hard as asbe ashe ashe he be could go Tho The team roared up and went off on ou the run At tho the same moment moment mo mo- ment went Andy and I be began an to last laugh h Gra Gra- ne Hey aey stopped and yelled Catch etch the horses borses i Jim can cant can't t drivel drive ve I So I gal 1 l. l loped after tho ri rig It camo came near DO- DO DOng o ing ng a serious joke Koko aft after r all for the lines were under tho rho horses' horses feet and andt it t was just pure are luck that they stayed on the the roe road tot for two or three miles nules until I caught up and stopped them I came down from Harbin for the rho Corbett Corb tt fight in great shape Although I weighed more than in in my mp other ring affairs I was hard and stron strong and fast I sJ spent ent the day before the rho fight in Oakland as usual and visited red tho rho Re Re- fiance liance club Tho fight wasp wasn't t worrying mo me at all I r kne knew that Tommy Tomm Ryan yan was In Corbetts Corbett's camp but I knew ho he 10 couldn't show Corbett anything ho be didn't know already They told mo me Corbett was heavier and stron stronger er than ever over and was hitting bitting hard but I like bard hard hitters titters On the evening of the rho fight I went wont over o to the rho Mechanics Mechanics' pavilion with Delaney and Jack and Bob Fitzsimmons ns and Joe Joo Kennedy I stepped into the thc rin ring first and when Corbett followed me a moment later hog ho he got ot of a great cheer from the tho crowd The o pavilion was packed to the roof that night I Ryan was Corbett Corbetts s 's s chief second I I went wont across the rin ring and watched watched the bandages es being put o ot on Corbetts Corbett's s hands Then we stood up while the ph photographers to rn fired their flashlights an and snapped us And then the tight fight began I didn't use uso the crouch any more My Diy plan was to meet Corbett at bis his own own game and use speed against speed spend and there thero isn't much speed In in in a crouch ing position I stood strai straight ht up and went ent after Corbett as fast as I could I We feinted a moment and then I landed my left on his ribs I could see that mv my m chan change e a of style puzzled him and that he Le didn't ids t understand my speed He had counted upon bein being able to dance in and sod out and nil all around mc me Ho He jabbed mo me and I chased him to tho rho ropes rapes and slammed my right in over his heart before he could clinch Corbett looked surprised In the next round Jim Jini put some good Rood hard punches on m my mS chin I rushed him Lim off his bis feet and punched his hod body with my left so 80 hard that i he ho o fell up a against me mo and clinched His face was white and for a moment was hi high h or it might hope have been boon a fin isher Later hater in tho rho round I dropped him with n left in in tho body He tot |