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Show : Fear of Gaff Causes Many Fighters to Become Clever p I However Good a Boxer May Be, His Adroitness Usually Is a Result of His Fear of Punishment and Nothing Else Some of the Long-Distance Boys, By J. B. SHERIDAN. NCE Jess Wlllard, who never did . I IIk0 10 flsnt' nas Practically rc- tired from the roped arena. In M&t' ' 1 which, Indeed, ho 6pcnt as little time as ?p' Ipofislhlo, Fred Fulton, tho ".Minnesota Plasterer," Is tho pick of the experts for the next holder of the world's champlon-Bhlp. champlon-Bhlp. Fulton poseoescs everything that goes to Wake a champion, bar grit. Big, clever, a hard hitter, a cruel op-J op-J pcr.ont, thoy say Frederick does not HKe I to "take the gafr." Many ohamplons have disliked to re-' re-' celvo punlDhmont. Broadly speaking, all clever boxers hate to bo hit. Their hatred J of being hit Is what makes them clever. They dlsllko punishment, hence are at pains to learn how to avoid It. So they bi-come clever. ' I la rare, Indeed, to find a clever boxer who will "tako the gaft" when he gets It. Jack DempBey was one of tho few clover boxers who could take a beating when ho had to tako It. Even Dompsoy did not like, to be bcaton up. He avoided beatings beat-ings as far as possible. "When he had to take them, he did so like a man. Sullivan "Was Game. Sullivan never was clover, Neither did he llko to take a beating. He was game, howover, and took It when he got It from Ccrbett. He did not like It when ho got it from Mitchell, Old John I,, never I one punch, delivered as quickly as possi-j possi-j 2)Ie to save him a drubbing. He could whlp all the older lighters that way. ll'ho I younger men were too clever for him. I "When Sullivan woko up, he found that ho I "was bohlnd tho procession, j Jim Corbett detested being punished. ; Jim fought Botno gamo battles, notably with JoffrIe3, but he hated the garr. That "was why ho was ao unusually clever. Corbett hatod to got -within 3 foot of a hard wallop. That Is why he loved to make oppononts miss him a mile. Jim was not a good fighter. Ho was never ( content to slip a blow by tho eighth part of an Inch and counter. Jim's Idoa of good fighting- waa to make the other chap miss by a yard. Then Jim would hit him with a lead. Now, countors are much more effective, hurt moro and land oftenor than leads. Corbett was a showy boxer but not a good fighter. Jim hated punishment so much that he really never would sot hlmsoir long encugh to deliver a hard punch. Ho always al-ways wanted to be out of range. Corbett was a long-range artist. Ho loved to stand off and peck an opponent to defeat. Kid McCoy could not endure punlsh-' punlsh-' ment, hence did not like It, Tho Kid was a frail fellow. Ho dare not take a chsnco. But he was a better fighter than Corbott. McCoy a Long Hanger. McCoy would stand In closo and take chance on & counter, or even, at times, en swapping a wallop. Ho had a real punish In his right shoulder. But he had a. weak stomach and a tender Jaw, and dare not risk taking a heavy punch on either place. So tho Kid kept away, enved his beauty and did a lot of good, I long-range fighting. I Billy Papke, who was really a great middleweight, always disliked tho "nee-I "nee-I die." Papke once beat tho great Ketchel. I He could have beaten Kotchel nlno out of N ten times, did ho but daro to stand up to Bl him, Ketchel waa a glutton for punlBn-I punlBn-I ment. Papke did not llko It a bit ao l Ketchol put tho "Indian sign" on Papko 1 ftcr Papko had beaten him. I Jack McAullffe, the old Ughtwelgnt I phamplon, hated to be hit but ono took I bis beating when he had to. McAulirro I was an Adonis, a handsome fellow, with I beautiful skin. He loved that soft, pink I hldo of his and refused to tako a beating I If he could avoid It. Ho got caught onco. H Jirnmlo Carney, an English lightweight, H t- bull terrier right, hooked McAulirro at l Revere Beach, near Boston, in the middle l SOu. McAullffe was not fit. He rarely W fc-as fit. He fought hlmsolf flat punching II Carney, a rare, rough-house" warrior. K then Carney cut in and was giving Jack Hi f. torriblo beating when friends of the Hi American broke Into th0 ring and stop- pet! the right. B The Streator Cyclone. H Some years afterwards, .McAullne H fought Billy Meyer, known as tho "Streat-H "Streat-H br Cyclone." Meyer had made a roputa-H roputa-H tlon an a fearful punchor. Ho did' not H krow a thlnff about boxing. When Mc-H Mc-H Aullffo met Meyer, tho llllnofsan camo H to the conter of the ring with his right H fcrm and right foot advanced. Tho stand-H stand-H nrd position, UBed by 939 of every lUiHi PH peters, is to advanco the left arm and left foot. Tho peculiar position and Meyer's reputation as a "one-punch" winner, scared tho groat McAulirro, who really was ono of the greatest boxers and fighters that ever, pulled on a glove. McAullffe Mc-Aullffe stood away from Meyer all ovo-nlng. ovo-nlng. Thoy called It a draw. Meyer's backers, honest farmers and mechanics about Streator, 111., wcro ovor-Jojcd. ovor-Jojcd. "Why, Billy doe3 not know a thing about boxing," thoy cried. "Vot ho drew with McAulirro. If Billy only know how to box, what would ho not do to the world's champion HghtwolghtV" Tho logic of the argument was that Billy should bo taught to box. Thoy got Horry Gllmoro, a finished boxer and a great teacher of tho manly art, to teach Meyer how to box. Whon Gllmoro pronounced pro-nounced Meyer a good boxer, they again matched their man to fight McAulirro. This battle took place at Now Orleans, Septombor 3, 1892, tho night beforo Corbott Cor-bott whipped Sullivan. Meyer approached McAullfTo in orthodox stylo, lort hand anc1 left foot forward, and began to spar. That was playing right Into McAulirre's hands. Ho knew his ground when up ucalnst an orthodox boxer. Ho cut Meyer, Mey-er, the boxer, to pieces in six rounds. McAullffe did not get his hair musscd-Jn tho encounter. Reluctant Tommy Ryan. Tommy Ryan, who was probably tho greatest two-handod fighter that ever lived, not only hated to stand punishment, punish-ment, but ho even hated to go Into tho ring when he knew that ho could win easily. They had to push Ryan under tho ropos In many of his battles. Unco lnsldo ho lost his repulsion to battlo and fought llko tho past mastor ho really was. But how he did hato to got punished! Ryan was a wonderful Jlghtor. Clover beyond compare, he could not only punish pun-ish frightfully, he also loved to lntllct sufforlng. Ryan did some terrlblo cruol things In tho ring. His great delight was to punlsll a man about tho body so that ho was soro to his backbono, yet showod no signs of tho terrible ordeal to which ho was obliged to submit. Ryan would punish a man until ho was all but out, then, Inotcad of humanely finishing the Job with a knockout, ha would let up and give his opponent a chance to recuperate so that ho might punish him somo more. Ryan was posltlvoly fcllno In his treatment treat-ment of an opponent In tho ring. He fcught Jack Bonner, a much bigger man than ho (Ryan) was. Donnor was a groat, stTong, rough follow, a Pennsylvania coal miner, a glutton for punishment a.n-1 a vory good fighter. Ryan disliked Bonner. Bon-ner. What he did to tho big miner was awful. Ho did not try to hit Bonner on the Jaw or on tho solar plexus or in any plact whero ho could scoro a knockout. No, Indood. Ho Just measured Bonnor carefully, care-fully, stopped in closo to him and kept hitting with left and right hand Just under un-der the nipples of tho breast. Whenever Bonnor would lead, Ryan would step In and "ono-two" him with both hands un-doc un-doc tho breasts. The result was that after twenty rounds of righting poor Bcnner was unable to raise his arms. Ran Just beat tho heart out of him. Kid McCoy nnd Ryan. Ryan always kept away from dangerous danger-ous game, but McCoy onco inveigled him Into a fight and gavo him a terrific cutting cut-ting up. Tho Kid had been Ryan's sparring spar-ring partner and had learned a lot from his employer at tho cost of many a nasty bee ting. McCoy Improved until ho felt himself equal to beating Ryan. The cute' Kid, however, did not take any chances. Ho got a club at Maspoth, L. I., to orror a purso for a match botween him ana Ryan. Then ho wroto to his former employer em-ployer telling him that they could mako Ecmp easy monoy by accepting tho Maspoth Mas-poth olfer. "You will win easily," wroto tho "Kid. "That Is why you must give mo a good, big slice for the loser's end. Wo both can make money, but tho loser's oiul must be largo. That 13 mine," Ryan bit. Ho thought that McCoy I would not trj'. So Ryan did not train tor I the go. Ho went Into tho ring soft as butter to pick up a llttlo sure monoy. McCoy was fit as a fiddle and much Improved over tho boy that Ryan hud cuffed at his plcasuro somo years boforo. McCoy cut Ryan to pieces. Credit must be given Ryan for taking a torrlflo beating beat-ing and a sound "Jobbing" gamely. Ho fought llko a wildcat. But ho lost, it was a good thing for him that ho had consented to making tho loser's end a largo one. It was his. Police Stopped Bottle. That was tho only tlmo they ever put anything over on Tommy Ryan, who never forgot that trimming. Years afterwards aft-erwards he managed to get McCoy Into a ring, but the police stopped tho bout beforo they got well warmed up. It was said that McCoy "plugged tho game" so. that tho pollco Interfered. Ryan really was willing to risk a beating In order lo ovon up with McCoy. But McCoy feared Ryan quite as much as Ryan fearod him. They wore both wonderful fighters nt their weights. Ryan was really a Im pound man, but it is doubtful if less than a first-class light heavyweight could beat him. McCoy feared Ryan. It must Sic remembered that McCoy gavo Corbett, Sharkey and many other crack heavies all thoy cared to handle. Ryan beat up all the best men up to 170 pounds, Bonner, Bon-ner, the "Coffee Cooler" and other cracks, gcod men among the light heavyweights. Abe Attoll, a really wonderful featherweight, feather-weight, hated punishment and took mighty good care that he got as little of It as possible Attcl made himself ab normally clever that ho might not have to "tako tho gaff." But in an evA hour ht took on Kllbano. who was clever as well as a hard hitter and lost. Jack Johnson, probably the groatest or all fighters, hated punishment, and, truth to tell, never had to tako It until he mot WUlard. Johnson was vory clover an.l a great hitter. He was one of the fow really great fighters who could not endure tho gafT. For, when all is said anJ dono, a really great fighter must be abje to take punishment and like It. Spectators, Bat Boys, Trainers, Baseball Reporters and Park Employes, etc. I Tyron, tho "Singing Umpire," walks upon tho field, lakes paper containing batting order In his hand, dusts oft the plate and sings: Tyron La-a-dccs a-n-d gentle-m-e-cn, batteries batter-ies for the gamo will bo: Hamos and Mlgualcs, Larko and the big Bon-eo. Tho Gentlemen Boo-hoo-hoo. S-s-slss. elss, bIsb, slss, 8lSS, Down with you to tho deep abyss. Tyron That's all right, old girls and boys, Hard words won't hurt. Now mako no nolso. The Gentlemen This world Is full of umps and troubles. Beer and whisky. Champagne bubbles, We warn you. umps, wo warn you fafr. Our team must win. Now, umps, beware be-ware I Tyron (sings to players) Come, now, boys, to tho fight for fame, Here's where we start the good old game. Manager Muggins All right, Bill, putt nothln" raw. TClLfV -JW Some people may be saddest when jf"p ''SvJ 1 iiH WH! rrrWlliWIW lSS, they sing, and yet not be able to hold ;,vf S $ V v! rilffcri ' |