Show Bristling BattlesS 1 are Fist Days I 1 MY LIFE LI FE STORY I I JacI McAuliffe I 1 Copyright 1 G rEA Service Inc After AHer Harry Force Joree challenged him Dempsey went to John Shan Shan- Shanley Shan Shan-ley heY ley and raise l the side bet Money was scarce and that 00 as large mr as a f today 1 4 Dempsey Dempsey- l- l was a strict trainer and worked every day as liS a n coop coop- cooper cooper I er 11 Although a n champion Is family would not let him Idle like the prominent tare t a of today There was wa no special arrange arrange- arrangements arrance ments I acted liS as a Ills hIs ds second on September 3 1883 we WI climbed Into a cab ncr site cr an old 01 1 to touch el and bucket out O o of the tho house houe Neither olther of u ui us spoke about shout the fight during durins tin 3 ha long lort ride down to toConey toConey toConey Coney Island I have IJ barn on In tilt the dressing rooms roans of o C champions rt n recent years and It amuses nl me m to think of oC what these old timer went through Take Talle two boys boy at son son Square Garden going on for tor tora fora fora a six round Ih Vb Why they havo a n man manz cr er and about five flye seconds and yards of ot tape Their faces are arc greased They sniff salts swallow stimulant an and 1 have gaudy robes and nd fancy tights they rhey go co Int Into a n well lighted arena to a n well ring preceded l by two cops Dem Dempsey DempEy tey and al I arrived at nt Coney Island and anu found ild the thc ring rl pitched on the sand BAnd under the time old Brighton ton ton elevated line torn down since then It was wa after aler midnight then but we vie waited until nearly jay day daybreak day daybreak break before betor vord was waa given It was safe afeto to to 1 pit Pic 11 ce teed d Frank Stev Stev- Stevenson Stev- Stev Stevenson Stevenson enson was the th referee The Tho fight went w went nt SO to SOV rounds and y ha lime daylights out 1 J of o Force The Th out lookout look sounded shortly after It was all over ard and we all as scattered for tor home iome My 3 y part as a second was merely mer ly to get gt down an on n one knee and d make a seat scat nut ut o of my other oilier r leg kg legon legon on which he would sOl ad it I would han hand l him a 11 towel but there was no stunt like towel swInging The strategy was based on the principle of wearing down or blinding an c It was suicide to lea leu leer I to the hea head 1 with lIh bare baro knuckles as they would bo be smashed mashed Th They y could alo alto be fractured ol oa the Ibo elbows s so 80 the boys played ur or time the body body and walled wailed for an al ii opening Dempsey 1 bat tt at Force by Ine feirt-Ine Ing him oft off guard suard He Ito punched to the body his hia left lert hand force doublet double up and leaned over Instinctively 10 to I relieve the pain 1111 HI law jaw was waa exposed ham hanm And crossed cro sed with Ith his deadly right nod and It was all ove over Editors Editor's Note In 11 the time next chapter McAuliffe tells how Dempsey took such a beating from froin Harry I lie 0 almost to quit the tho game gamo forever |