| Show un I THE FIGHTING MAN I II WILLIAM A. A BRADY the Most Picturesque Figure in inthe I taI I the Sporting and Theatrical World Tells His Life Story I tI tI 1 I Copyright 1914 by William A A- Brady CHA CHAPTER XIV XI Th The public which had been Leen clamoring for or a light fight between Corbett and Fun Fun- simmons j was wan only stirred to greater in insistence insistence In in- b by accounts of or our experience In Texas and Arkansas where we were re balked by determined determine governors IO All 11 tho the time the public clamored all aU the more loud loudly for a battle There was no law on the statute books of or Nevada against boxing but experience had taught ua mis that this thle meant nothing However Howe Dan Stewart no rio whit hit discouraged I aged went to Carson and In some cl clever ver way got ot next to the tho governor who w. w was wasa a Ii big tat fat Dutchman and persuaded d him I to ask uk us UI tl to come to that state for the contest Thin Thill wa was o about aboul eight months month after the tIme Hot Springs U I Ve e en entered tub into another agreement I but bUl but this time I mild did not get ct the tIme moving 1 I picture rights Stewart b by the new ne contract con con- tract was to build an arena at Carson Canon with a seating capacity of OOOO and to arrange for or tho the pictures He lie was wai to geto getto get got CO to o per cent of the profits on all privileges U and contests contest and slid the remainder was to togo togo togo go to Corbett and share sharEs and share alike IiI his hla trainer Delane and the thereat rest reat of or hie hi retinue started for or Carson about n u month before time the event and be began began be be- gan to train at nt a little hotel three miles out of town Suddenly I begun began to u n cha change c in Corbett He lie who had al- al W rays IS I'S been so 60 intelligently receptive o othe ol the suggestion and wisdom of or those thoo In whose skill he hp had tonn confidence became II He 11 became Impatient of or suggestIon lIlge or opposition p lIe He wanted to torun torun torun run timings things hi his own way lIe He d to follow the mix advice Ice o of Dolaney Dolaney Do Do- laney who ho know Knew him hint so 60 wall but in instead In In- stead tead acted on the advice ad of ot Judge e Law Law- ler an arm old olti California friend who had ha come orne to the training Quarters and amid 1 who knew as much about boxing ns tie S a child DurI hi his hla training ho shifted rein from tho the methods which he had found so 50 ble 1 I honestly believe Jle e Corb Cor Corbett lt tt lost Jost his his chances by the way Im h he prep prepared himself I for battle If It I were a superstitious man I might give undue weight to the following In Incident incident In in- as a bad omen Just before Corbett Corbett Cor- Cor bett belt had bad met Sullivan SuBan and while he was as asIn In training h ho hI bou bought ht a i for JIO 11 a wonderfully oll trull pugnacious dog doX which would Qui tackle anything There Thera was ono one thin thing on earth th the dog doged Ned ed loved JO and on onI only 1 one and that was wras J Corbet Corbett t. t And Jim loved loed tim tho dog dOll for his hla brar bravery N Ned d sin aye slept at the end i d dof of hi his hlo masters master's bed J and If It anybody any bod v approached ap rip preached the room h ho hr would ouM sl give a terri terrible tern tent ble growl rn 1 In a word he ho w was WI s Cor Corbetta Corbetts protector Ned was a constant companion during dimming training for or tho limo Sullivan tight fight and amid went with him to New ew Orleans Orlean Then Their he traveled tn everywhere with with- his bis I ll Continued on page pago I 10 THE FIGHTING MAN Continued from sport pa page e. e ous oua master and made his appearance on the stage with him in the training scene scene In Gentleman Jim It was Neds Ned's growls growl that aroused the camp one night when Corbett was trainIng trainIng train- train Ing tog for the Mitchell 1 light fight to the fact that some Mme per persons ons had climbed up next to Cor Cor- b betts belts tt's room It looked 8 a asif If they wore ware there to maim malm or hurt Corbett In fn ii fact tact when hen the they were discovered d and shot at th they y shot back Of Ot course N Ned d was as the hero of ot the affair When he went to Europe EuroP Jim loaned Ned to John W w w- Norton and he remained with that s gentleman until Norton lIed died When Corbett went to Carson he forgot aJ all a about bout Ned Ne-d. partly from th the thEl fact tact I suppose that his brother Harry had brou brought ht from San Francisco a a. full blooded blood blood- ed collie for tor whom Jim had now conceived con conceived con con- a a. d deep ep affection Not lol knowing this I thought it would be a good idea to take Ned cd with me when I should Join Corbett at Carson I 1 paid Neds Ned's c expenses 1 across the continent continent continent conti conti- nent In the baggage ca car ca' r took good care of at him and anticipated great pleasure in introducing him to Corbett again I found Jim sitting sHUng with the beautiful collie dog in his lap lop Ned furiously jealous sprang at th the throat of ot the do dog who had supplanted sup sun planted him In his old masters master's affection and they had a a. terrible row von until Corbett savage savagely pulled them apart and kicked Ned out of or the door into the tho deep deen snow That night Corbett who slept ept in tn a cot cot- tags tage opposite the little little- hotel where we were training took tho tim COIllA cilie 8 and nd went to bed and the next nest morning outside of ot Corbetts Corbett's door with wit his nose on the sill Rill was Ned frozen Ned frozen stiff 1 And Corbett lost the fight tight It became necessary y while we wo were ere at Carson Canon to get some young oung fe fellow II 0 who could rough Corbett about The men mente we te had were stale and knew Corbetts Corbett's tricks and Delaney thought it advisable to get somebody to come up there and be a a. sort of punching punching- haS hag for the champion cham cham- pion pion pion-a. a man who could stand his punches The trainer said h ho o knew of a 8 young youn man In San Francisco who would exactly suit cult the purpose So he t telegraphed on jon and two days das later James J. J Jeffries got off the train 8 and nd became part of the camp J Jeffries and Corbett used to fight viciously every da day and the new arrival could take tae all that Pompa Pompadour our Jim could give him which did not suit the older man at all Yarns were published In the newspapers newspapers news news- papers about Corbett knocking out Jeffries Jet Jet- fries tries in practice but no such thing ever occurred O There was something about this punching bag Jeffries that made me and Delaney Delane observe him careful carefully We saw that he 10 was a a. Scorner comer and I at once made a proposition to take him eaf east t with me but he did not want to go The preparation for the taking of at moving pictures of ot this fight was as next on the program A great big rough lough house was built and cam cameras camera ra Installed so that th If Ie one broke down don the others could operate This was wu the first time that machines Y were rO called in to take pictures of or any great e the event the nt-the the of it all just all Just Justan an experiment and experiment and nobody knew er the cameras would work In fact In Inthe Inthe inthe the lat last t round the camera did break down at nt the most unfortunate moment and failed tatted to get gel a a. picture of or tho the blow with which Corbett was finished the finished the one which Fitzsimmons made famous as tho the solar soar plexus low blow At the time of the event the place was full of notables I. Senator John J J. Ingalls Ingails of Kansas was there as a a. special writer and it was e very amusing to 9 see this very eo e distinguished man as 38 he sat in a a. box with Mrs Mrs- who was walS constantly loudly her husband in ia terms' terms atthe of at the ring DIng At the sound Bound of the bell Corbett began punching punching- and arid jabbing with hi his left which was very vory effective and for tor six rounds made a fool of his opponent opponent- In the fifth Corbett landed on Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons Fitz- Fitz simmons and knocked him down took the count After the tho fight tight was waa over we claimed calmed that ho lie was down longer than ten seconds sec and that William lIllan Muldoon who was the referee favored him at this point But we e did that for effect The truth of or orthe the tho matter la Is Is was WAR not badly hurt in this round and P. P simply tl ph did what all experienced boxers do took do-took took the benefit benefit bene bane fit of or nine nino full seconds before R getting up Then Corbett In hl his hiI end endeavor r to knock lank lanky Bob Dob out tOl fought ht out and the men mcm returned to their corners comers recuperated ver very ery quickly and aid was himself again at the beginning of th the tho round But Corbett never ne came back He lITO grew weaker eaker and weaker the tho enemy grew strom stronger and stronger until the this fourteenth round when tho the hman delivered his hla famous fa 11 amous a- a mou solar Bolar plexus and that was tl the tho end endot of ot Corbett as 89 champion Corbett got up and tried to fight tight Bob after the bell lell had rung I Jumped Into tho the ring and mode made n. n epe speech ch and claimed It was all lI a a mistake and that he be was vas not out that he had bad a right to go o on But the verdict was as against as us un Corbett was taken to hI his room broken hearted To be bo con continued |
