| Show Ein O A Champion I IH Il It JOHNNY JOB 1 J IL I I ChAmpion of HIP orM Cop rI hl 1023 bv by M Mr 1 1 11 r 1 Inc In the lie anti anil all nit foreign Jn ha lint In COP ct l- l right lans s I Ii It must not be lie supposed I decided decided ed td one night to b be champion and oke al the next lext morning with the world at m feet True I 1 cO co the distance In a short time tour lime four I ear ears But I had some somo 30 31 tights 1 Ith bo boxer boxen er like Jeff Gaffney and Happy Dais Da ls Is now forgotten Le- Le Lefore before be before fore tackling l But Dut now that I was sas the cham champion pion things were tre different Offers Offer canto eam fast Cat during th ds d sOne On One In stands out that with Monte a brother of Abo Abes s It nas as In 1912 the same samo sear ear ar I 1 I'S Iwon S 'S on the title titie I Poor Monte lonte I all airi sarI I Iv to v tv had a lot of trouble v ith th oil on tu tuat e ea oat a at t Illat Im I'm me It almost blind blind- blinded blinded l- l let ed et although I kne kneA nothing about It l It I f GUT IGHT U t 13 Ll I I W e a started ml mIxing It up U from frem the first bell lie He cam canh came at al m I nic witha c th tb tha a right I Jabbed o Miti It iti ny ny I tt and crossed crossd i stith Ith a L Llio ho hoglo glo gloe e land landed d flush on hl his face and the forc force of the LIo blow blo his sight Ight Jack back In the poor I ts in- in It must hue been in Ih thu e excitement cement of reco reco cring hi his sight Right In Ih tin C S e that made made nade Monte lonte Jubilant fur for he be grew careless and hene e- e eallY allY allY- any anyone one grew careless s with Ith me in those I da das It was sure ure suicide I In th the eighth round I knocked him through the ropes rop's and he opra sprawled Id out In the ringside seats heI I Then the police stepped In Another battle hattie that stands stand out In my memory of oC o the das s was that thai scheduled J with Young Toung i Murph at N Y I had agreed with Ith Dunn my mana mans manager I ger gr to meet met Murphy and let IH hIm neigh pounds ringside I I I That should ha base been enough to satisfy But no When hen t hen the nIght eam came and l we weighed In InIe I e erd dl cred co that our customer tipped the scales at US I 1 weighed Will viii you tight fight him Dunn asked I 1 Ill NOT OT I answered I It was as announced from the ring that I had ha l to meet Murph phi Mur-phi ph Th The ero crowd erod d g gate gale t me a merry I Jumped Into my trunks and ran Into th the ring LIFT LI HIE I lIE HI G adles I Ladle ani an 1 gentlemen I 1 said saidi saidI i ha hate haic agreed to meet met Murphy at 1 1133 pounds I weigh Now ow I f learn Murph weighs and andI I think ou au Ii 11 agree with Ith me that I am Justified In refusing to mt him But Dut I am ant here and am wIll wIll- wIllIng willing will willing ing to 10 meet mett anyone they bring on lit at or less I waited to 10 s see If It they thy I bring anyone annne on and nothing hap hap- happened hap happened Then I 1 jumped from front the tho ring and left Itt Well ell the house turned inside out The wanted to mob the Iho and to 10 Ihl this diy I don t know exactly how bow he crall crawled led out of ItI itI It ItI I was a as to 10 get Iet S tl 1 an ani I 1 this tI the refused m me But Dot I carried earnd the he cae cace ca eto to court and won a and got Ih the thousand I soon discovered that that there Ihre weren't an nn featherweights left Ift to 10 fight I And I 1 sla started to tackle hlll- hlll bigger big bigger ger gr bos bo s VII II e Jackson the lightweight lI then Ihen In his prime was ns one and I knocked him cold coid In fh fie rounds e aI a n nI I 1 ha hale base e n neier ner er refused to meet a and that 19 why hy I 1 accepted willingly the lenge chil-lenge lange lenge of oC George Gorge Chane who ho loomed at that time as a corner This Thill wa lVa was In 1916 We ere matched tells of th the hane attic In Iii lil net t Illustrates IngI hi lilt Iii's ring It generalship |
