Show Bare Fist Days tV LIMY AW LIFE STORY I I ck ituni I was makIn making 1350 a 0 week then as a coop cooper r I toll the folks at homo home 1 I was making and changed tho the pay envelope every ery Saturday night because It was wa II a arule arule rule of ot the tho house ouse that all ll us bo boyi turn over our pay and take what cash was left after atler expenses were paid Well with what Id I'd saved which wasn't very much I decided to have hav a fling on the th Bowery on one night l It was wa Saturday July Il II 1884 My y older brother Con ac accompanied ac- ac accompanied companied mo rue We W drifted Into drifted Into Franic Franl White Whites White's salOon near Houston street and sneaked Into the th boxing hall ball ls l's Inthe the tho back before the bouncer at the bar could kick us out It was crowded and Jack Tag Tag- Taggert Ta cert gent gert the announcer mise raised his hand and In la his hi circus ba banter balor lor vot ol o e said Wilt Will anybody In the house meet Mr rr Bob Mace t was Maco-was the tho house tighter fighter and ond consIdered pretty good I did not know It and In I the tho excitement at atthe the chance ta tco break Into the game said I I 1 Ill as ill In the th room jumped up and gathered fathered around me and andI andI I know now they wante wanted to pe- pe per persuade suade me to get et Into the ring Im- Im Immediately immediately Im Immediately mediately before betor I lacked backed out oUI I 1 hauled my brother Con my money Do 80 o no flO one could frisk my clothes Taggert grabbed me and ond pulled pull me Into Iho dressing room Ite He H gave r vo me m some instructions but I dIll did not know what tI they y excited excited were all about I was so excited Taggert Ta gert ert v ble a 11 whistle and In- In introduced in introduced me as Mr Johnny II Mc- Mc Me of Williamsburg I glanced at my brother Con He lIe looked as asIt asif It if I 1 was wa going to be murdered Somehow at aL the moment I forgot to tn be frightened I won the first round easily I copied Dempsey's style stylo I had seen soen so often and jibbed jabbed away with my left litt l ft and occasionally oc i d 1 I over my right I was more mora confident Gent dent In the tho second round and b be- be began ean be-ean gan hammering Mace Maco harder and harder In the third I nailed him hina The crowd was in a surprised uproar Everyone crow crowded around me and began pouring drinks down the inc me the first I ha had eve ovo had Just before b foro midnight Con and I decided to eo go home lomo I felt safe lafo us usI usI usI I w Wa wa s snot not marked a a bit Con ap- ap appointed appointed ap appointed pointed himself my manager How much did dM you gett get tet he asked Twenty dollars ollars Gimm It he h said and I handed It all over That wail my real start Editors Editor's Note Note-li Note In tI tire the i ixl chap chap- ter tee te-r t K ILi how haw Jal Jad l took laok hint him tinder Iii lil guided his 1 1 first uil loui-uil merits In the Hr DO |