| Show S c ii ONE BLOW STRUCK FIGHT THAT MATHEWS vi u S SS WON VON FROM KID ART LAND S fi tP Was Kno Knockout kout in M Mern- Mern m- m ble Battle Fifteen Y Ago ears S' S S and arid Winner Tinner Took Entire ft Purse lof of 1000 I I I I IN THE DAYS OF REAL FIGHTING I S Rc Beginning toJa today THE TELE TELEGRAM GRAM will print a a. series of ring stories Morles written by Robert Edgren n under the title of oC In the Days of Real lighting Fighting The second article will appear next This flits series erjos will deal with famous ring contests contes ts some of which will stir sUr up memo memories memo metho- I ries res 01 Z f the old sport and be of great interest to the fight follow followers e ers of the present da day o. o 1 How I-How How Matty Matthews and Kid McP nd the Gibbons and McFarland of Their Time Fought to a Knockout for a Purse of 1000 Winner Take All I I S By R ROBERT BEB T EDGREN Copyright 1915 1916 by the PI Press ess Publishing Co This is isa a stOl story of two of the grea greatest test fighting men of fifteen years fars ago i S to tonight fight twenty rounds for a purse purseS that amounted to about 3 per pr preat ent eat of the money paid Mike Gibbons and an l Packey McFarland rland for CUI their ten round exhibition It is 19 li a s tory of a fight that was ws a fight a fight a ight In which each of the principals principal s. s without the slightest timidity overS over o I o oss S o ot reputation or prestige went in into to win with a knockout out Incidentally It Is ts the story of th f e quickest knockout out ever known in lIe he ring I Fifteen n years ago in New ew York C it ity and in other parts of the country here ring Tins sport was popular fighting men were always ready to fight nd to everything in the hope 0 of f winning Fighting was more of f n I Ind S S j lx ong ng bouts vere Yere r rth th the l rule le and in very ery bou bout there was a decision Many derees were op opposed to calling any out a draw preferring to give an decision when either man ad th the slightest advantage The re- re w was wa s that fighters gave the best hey had There was little stalling nd in spite of the tho general idea to toay toay toa to- to a ay that skillful boxing doesn't go hard fighting there were twenty lever and skillful boxers for every everyne no ne developed under our spiritless no- no system loth oth Men Mert Had Great Ring Records The men were Matty Matthews Matthew a few months later to beme be- be ome me welter weight champion of f the orld orid 1 by knocking out the tho great Billy Dilly Smith and Kid Mc- Mc artland nd one of the greatest light eights of ot his day In the year ear I 1900 when the match as s made Matty Matthews Matthes had heln beOn five years and hud had defeated any of the best men In the coun- coun y a tall rangy fellow for for- erly a 1 n powerful game id possessing a wicked punch moos the famous ones he had beati beat- beat i were Stanton Abbott George Kerin Ker- Ker in In Mike Leonard Austin Gibbons om m BroderIck Owen O Ziegler Otto eloff eloU Eddie C Connolly Bobby Dobby Dobbs 1 Ul 11 1 Kid Ki Carter CarterS 3 In ld he had Kid a tw twenty twenty- nty 1 a in 1895 and a six round nd raw in 1899 1893 began fighting a year fore ore Matthews l and developed alost alost al- al ost at once Into a remarkably skill skill- il ti boxer Ills His skill never interfered ith his knockout punch which he heIt heit heit it over iner often Among his victims knockout t or decision were Bob u Jack Burge George McFad- McFad II ii 11 Jimmy Potts Stanton Abbott Handler Tommy Butler Tomy Tom Tom- y Ryan Spike Sullivan Otto Sic Sie- ff ff Tommy i f Cune Tom Tracy wen Ziegler and Tack Jack Daly Daly-a Daly a list men famous fifteen years ago He lie lieso Heso Heso so fought the then invincible Kid vIgne losing the decision in i five rounds and fought Joe Vial Val tt to an all round eight d draw Mc- Mc had one ot of the most re- re re- re records ever made in the then theng n ng no d decisive defeat being marked aln t him until after five years icing Iring which he met scores of the themen st It men in his class There was waa of courSe courie course a great rival rival rival- between Matthews an and nd The two draws added to the ronal roual feeling between them each eachl jig litS l g dissatisfied and rd anxious to try tryout tryout out again to a mure con- con I Matty latty atty Matthews had bad come under ie C management of Johnny Dunn en a famous manager famous manager of fighters id t today day still stitt handling a success- success 1 I stable Dunn had a habit of inking According to his ideas atty ally did too too much swinging Mat Mat- bitting straight would b be byte byte- Ie lIe He coached ed Matthews who also id the advantage of boxing with his lend Tommy West Vest and the and the result as 8 that Matty became the most hitter of his weight in ig even ven excepting the marvelis marvel mar is Joe Gans Cans for 1000 to o Purse Puree Winner Take All S SKid I Kid met John Du Dunn n nd d told him hint that hed he'd like I atthews again As it happened inn mn had a warm personal J for 1 friend I ip 13 Kid said he ont ask m me to match you ou with itty now Hes He's improved a i. i a. a lotice lot lotice I ice lee you OU fought him last and you ou vent Hell He'll knock you ou out as sure yon OU ev ever r meet again You wont won't 1 I 1 Je e a chance I dont don't want to profit tour our misfortune Fight somebody jV sir Youre You're a left handed fighter d I t ty ha has one one punch have havet defense fork for Hell He'll get you with i t didn't care for the ad ade ad- ad c e- elie He lie went to his manager Mike de den 1 and had him hilTi see Matthews went t td to Dunn and said Farlland wanted to fight him and dt wanted to fight 1 And g Dunn made th m U I Matthews and l agreed d fight for a pu puree e of 1000 1006 lOO winner winDer take all twenty rounds at the i Athletic club of Brooklyn quarters were wece in Its the I 1 Myrtle Avenue car stables near near nearo o The weight was went through his ual tr training Matthews atthews trained but he worked on the develop- develop nt o or of the theone On punch with which he ended to knock out had developed a a. corking straight lA ht a short short- punch with ith a mules mule's k concealed In It It a wallop that o of dynamite y Johnny Dunn hat the match was made laid id his friendship for U rarI and spoke to man his nan Lt Ut aiko Ik this Look Lok Loo here hare Matty you can win wins s fight with the first Int punch arc Mc- is js is left loft handed He stands standa Continued on page 7 HOW MATHEWS KNOCKED OUT j 1 i v t j L. L 1 I Co York Toik Evening World W. 4 l. l Copyright 1915 by the I Press toss Publishing Cp New S i VJ f r Hf F I I S S t I. I S rS S S S 'S SS S S I I II I J t S MJ m S S df t 3 I S S SS S S SiS iS S 'S H S S. S 5 S S S S S f S S Sc t- t c Z 5 5 i S S S 5 7 S 5 5 5 p pS S' S S S S y s 5 j l t S S SS I S 5 S S S SS SS i. i S S S T S J J S S I it o S 3 S 4 4 p I IC I C S SS S S ii S 1 9 5 5 S 5 6 S te teS teb S 5 1 5 I. I S b iA I IS S S 4 ONLY Y ON ONE BLOW t 1 Continued from pa 4 with his his left foot loot put out b but ut he lie starts by drawing his left lefthand hand n back 1 three times times' He feints twice arid a anti tIne the third time time- he hits You You- cart cari count on It as s a s te thing n you ou meet Ju n the first round tak taie ft r your our distance and watch him neI make two moves with his left third time Instead of waiting walting for for J him to lead step in suddenly and and I s sOot shoot Oot y your youg u right to straight his jaw You'll roi ii knock kno-K him out Tile The old lIt Hercules club was packed t that night They were hanging off oJ the rafters Tim The usual c ceremonies having been d the bell i Matty advanced quickly to the mid mItt i die dIe- of the ping ing and stopped t I- I advanced ad no less quickly and stopped Crouching feinted and ll twice and started his le left Jab On the instant Matthews MattheW's shot 1 across across-a terrific short right to th tb- tb N- N Jaw M l pitched f rh sard j-sard ward on his face The ten cou count cout tolled tolle t c r and he never stirred The first blow struck had him cold A worlds world's record ato bY was eyen en quicker Dunn avers than the Hawkins knockout of o Martin Marti Flaherty ty at Carson laron Cit City Shortly 2 Shortly Shortt Matthews knock i out Owen Ziegler In two rounds rounds' Dan nell in three rounds and M j B Billy DUh Smith In in nineteen rounds becoming welter welte welterweight weight champion Then TheIl as M ir ty l Jt slated he had bad been knocked out by bya ft fluke luke punch he gave gaYe the kid another chance and stopped him In seven teen rounds round of or desperate fighting A R. Athe stE stE. the old Broadway A. A C C. C where where- fought Maher and d Dixon fought taught McGovern Mcf 1 J Gibbons and drew down for ten rounds founds of clever r box bowing 1 Ing Matthews Matthewa gO got 1000 for tor J f Ing out and in a pun punch h. h Me Mc didn't get even a a. car can far fare for his lost reputation r to Today M Matthews is a stage ca capenter car carpenter carpenter penter and earns came hi Hv liv living r rIng Ing as a referee of boxing bouts ni 7 |
