Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-20 | Page 8 | Bristling Battles of Bare Fist Days

Bristling ing Battles BattJes Fist Days I MY LI FE STORY I I Jack Cot Copyright nt ht an 1927 NEt NEo Service Inc What hat can you do to beat a yel- yel yellow el low streak I have hav se n e-n n lots of or fighters J I have fought lots of ot lighters and andI andI anI I know ow something bout about thi thing c ll e I J believe that Is I nothing but the tho control ot of fear rear In every overy everyman ever man there Is a certain certain amount ot of fear that Is inherent Tho The brave brae subdue the tho th fear in themselves rho cowards coward are subdued by the fear I have that among fight fight- era there are two qualities ot of what we are re forced against will per per- perhaps per Imps haps to call cowardice There Is I that quality which makes make a bo boy y timid wh ll ho is I subjected to punishment and there Is I moro more serious feeling that takes a panic I flu SL ctr M v vu v vs vuna Timid fighters can c n be cured be- be because because b cause caus It Is more often oCton lack ot of confidence In themselves that th lt makes make them d tim When they y get to be b tt r boxers they be- be be como come less timid But the th lie real rei 11 coward never can bo ho cured and has ha no nt place in n fl the ring rine one one on I came acro across a typical case time In St SI St Louis LlIs when I 1 obtained Permission I tJ Interview a pris- pris prisoner prisoner oner In the death house hous who was to be executed in two days day J I wanted to talk talle to a man who wa was about to die slid and get some Ideas on his hi The result remit or of orthe the th interview did me mo more horns harm th than n good food as I 1 t lt I had Fad ad all the I symptoms ot cowardice I saw ClaW w In a him him a bold front a n surface Indication cation of or ry and a faltering heart It took sis years year ears to set get out o or of It before I 1 myself John L L Sullivan and the tho origInal Inal Jack Dempsey Demp were afraid of ot IJohn nothing arid and thero are aro some oni I fighters today of or tho the sense same win win win- win nine fling farles disposition There are ro others othur bo o gam down dowil right gameness sameness understand we all 1111 Question About this time tim several fights were arranged for me in Williams burg and 1 I ti nad S a chance to meet the famous Jase Inte Ja e Hyam an Eng Eng- Englishman EngIishman lishman who created a great Ireat splurge when Ie he h visited this coun coun- countr coun- coun country country tr try because lie he pad nad beaten Jeni Jem Carney and claimed not only the title ot of Grea Great Britain but hut also the world until until wo WoJ fought Editors Editor Note Not In the tho next chapter tells lOlls oils o ot Of his tight fight with Hyams ard arod how he hemet met up with and was wa backed by Dick Rocho nohe well 1111 known on the tho Great White Whito WhiteWay Way Vay ot of Nv N York