Show Fist Days I MV MY II LIFE FE STORY I JacK McAuliffe SEVE SEVEN Copyright 1926 NEA ervice Inc Ine j Hes He broken broke one on of at po poor r John John- JohnF Johnny's P F nys ny's I rIbs ribs I se seC It sticking sUcking his jersey j i Can you Imagine how 1 I felt to have a big punching dynamite fellow paste you with I terrific force torce right over oyer your our sh h rt rIbs hear bear someone ell the th above e cry of alarm your our Ide has been blown awry away and then then reach down with yur v ur glove clove and feet feel feelth the protuberance t I was ready to drop tron sheer fright when this Incident occurred In my memorable fights at the tho Evergreen E cemetery at d dawn wn one Sunday with Jake Karch r who use used to work at the Rim copper opper shoP with Jack Jacic Dempsey and ind nd who challenged m me to my first secret fight That day I had bad forgotten i I had two plasters on my back ver my kidneys Karcher lam ed me wIth a couple of body punches One Ona On of ot the ra loos loos- loosened leo leo- loosened ened at the th corner and r rolled lied up like a ball bail I II 1 II I I was sure uro relieved af after after er that round to find his the ribs rib had busted only th he kid kid- kidney kidney kid kidney ney plaster Instead of a tone pone ont We W battled on and 0 os ort and I began to cut his face unmercifully fully We W e were using kid Idd gloves and with kid gloves cloves you can sure clench your fist flat tighter than bare barel l knuckles nuckles and deliver a tjan J killing blow In the thc round I smashed him one ono on the th chin and he h sank like lik a rock t Well Vell ell sir the funniest thing thine happened after the fight 1 Every Every- Everyone Everyone one left lert in the tho customary threes and tours fours ours and finally only Karch March Karcher Marcher Karcher er and myself were there thee We walked out tog together ther and barchers barcher's face faco was walt a mess lie H e as asit asIt asit it hed he'd been ben run lun oer o b by 1 a steam steamroller steamroller steamroller roller I Wo We walked up to a L c car r The conductor took ono one on look a March March- Marcher Karcher Karch-cr Karch er and wouldn't let him on YouJI say aay y youve you've beel be n hit by byn bya bya n a train and try to collett I l earn earn- cs am-ag-cs get ages set oft off He H shouted at poor Karcher Marcher I II II I i I fought In a number of ama ama- amateur ama amateur 4 tournaments after atter this and later became acquainted with with a anice anice nice young chap named Arthur Brisbane who was wa writing space on the th Sun Re He H attended quite a afew afew few of my any shows li w worked Ii-worked my way way up to tha finals for tor th the tho amateur light light- lightweight lightweight weight light weight title till and met and wal- wal walloped wal walloped loped Bill for tor th the crown Then I t r Jack Dem Dempsey's seya advice and anil quit the amateurs 4 EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE NOTE-In NOTE In Ute the th next ext chapter gives ive you ou the th auth authentic story of how v the th onig- onig original inal Jack D Dempsey went Into the middleweIght class cia and f I handed over the worlds world's lightweight to his pal M M-Auliffe M and how Jow McAuliffe def defended It s and nd retired undefeated I iI i S |