Show vu- vu Bristling Battles Batiles DaysI Fist Days I I MY MV LI LIFE FE STORY I I I JacK M LZ Copyright 1927 1 27 NEA NIA Inc Ine Then followed excitinG da days and nights for tor me inc on the Dowery Jack Dempsey took me inc under his wing and got rot me Interested In II 5 abiff big amateur tournament at Mad Mad- Madden's Mad dens Iad- Iad dens den's saloon He H e me at my request t In the lIghtweight class I was wail so dumb I thought the th lIghtweight class was the lightest division In the tho tournament I weighed only 11 pounds My first opponent was Mike Miki Leary and there were ere severn er 1 prominent characters with that openIng fight For one thing the tho referee wa was Charl Charley y Mitchell the tho English heavyweight lie He was woos just after aCter fighting and knocking down the Great John JohnL JohnL JohnL L L Sullivan an and he lie was quite a 4 drawinG card Then Mike lIke Leary brought Char Char- Charley Charley ley hey Norton the th pretender to the crown along alon as aa second Norton and Dempsey re- re renewed renewed re renewed their feud and Dempsey tool took oft off his swell clothes and sol got into my soy corner and Norton was across the rinG The two second were snarlinG at each other and an Dempsey said things to him hint that th-t would have havo made any man loan fight but Norton was wise enouGh not notto notto notto to get tet too nast nasty Well Leary and I finally went at It hammer and tonGs tones At the end of the scheduled three Mitchell called It a draw and or- or ordered or ordered dered an extra round And th th lC I was U only pounds pound having to go fro back hack and ami fight an extra gruelling session with a round round opponent Dempsey was yelling bloody murder at Mitchell for favoring Leary Leary eary but I went the extra round and won Mitchells Mitchell's decision My next opponent was J 7 J Mc- Mc Mc-Ginty Mc Ginty who later became a N New NewYork Ni w York policeman This fight Mitch Mitch- Mitchell ell cit again arain called ailed a draw and I had to go BO an on extra round Madden Madden finally Interfered and end said I was too light to be doing so much slugging with the th big bit fellows and hI he gave cave us both a 8 medal At this time the New York Tork YorkA YorkA A C and the Pastime A A C two Of the leading amateur clubs In inthe Inthe the tho city Got cot Into a big ble war over the conduct of o the different ama ama- amateur amateur tOur tournaments tournament The Tho amateur tournaments tournament I fought In were ere considered mate as no money was paid the boxers and the tho th price pric of ot a schooner ot of beer was the only admission But Dut soon they began charging admissions to cover expenses and the war broke out again acain and out of this tight was vas born the present A presentA A U chapter Editors Editor's Note Note-In Note Note-Inthe Note In the tho next chap chap- ter McAulIffe tells how bow he beat up upa a 8 vicious opponent so bad bod a con con- con ductor conductor would Woula not let him ride on the car fearing he ho might claim he was Injured In a a railroad ac- ac accident accident ac accident and how whip ped pea whipped the first boxer he h ever saw wen wearing ring ring- silk tIghts |