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REAL FRIENDS*as a rule flock to the winner. Particularly is this true of ^boxing crowds. One good punch wilt turp a fickle boxing fan from one i^fdol to another and .the winner’s ^'dressing room la altar for the win-/^'*ncr worshippers, l^ra^Juclc McAuliffe, the veteran re-j£.,§jlrcd unbeaten lightweight cliam-^JPjon, tells the story of tho broken ‘^heart that John L. Sullivan suf-^y^ferdd when the crowd deserted him ;V'£when he went down before Corbett. ■* ?*3*/'When we went .to the arena that v night,” McAuliffe says, “we had to v/*kfight our way through the crowds ‘ tthat were cheering for Sullivan. /.jJWhcn we came out after tho ^flght the streets were deserted. Wo . ywere alone and when we were ^passed we got nothing but the razz-\ *berry. Sullivan was so broken up • £that I really think, he wanted .to \ '.-^commit suicide.”One morning soon after Jack ;.y«Dempsey had arrived in Great Falls vtto start training for his memorable fit -'fight with Tom Gibbons, a friend . ‘‘••was talking with him.y V-I see your old friend Soandso• , jjia here,” tho friend said, pointing• .'vlo a well-known character who Is ■/ -falways conspicuous around. Demp-if '^sev’H camps.v\; ‘ My friend?” Dempsey asked, and then after a moment—Yes. I guess i^'.ho’s my friend now, but If any-K thing happens to me he'll be crash-Ing the door at the other dress-r Jng room. The tough thing about ; this business is that you have to^Jose to find out who aro your..'“’.friends.”' '• 1 Torn Gibbons had the greatest J personal following of any boxer in the last fifteen years. He had to , ;■ lose to find out who his real friends -_were, but what he found out was amazing. The realization that he jL ‘^had countless friends that he haft -never counted on softened the ,pang3 of a defeat that might have r-./; broken his heart otherwise.There were at least '3000 friends . tand loyal supporters gathered out-. ^ side Gibbons' dressing room after had collapsed in his fight with• *Gene Tunney, They gave him a .•.^tremendous chccr when he came 1 *iout and the demonstration broughthim to tears, •.
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Salt Lake Telegram
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Sun, Jun 28, 1925
Page 14
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