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CORBETTS FIGHTING GOSSIPBY Jns. J. OorbciC The Oght promoter* of tho presoht day talk about trouble In aoourlng a bln bout. Why. ever sine* pugilism. started In this country the !«!» Old Hong »M been sung.As far back as 1*60 th* light game had to hock Ihe religious opposition In many places. Ono of the beat at«V rlca told of the early -light dayn In thla country la the qccounl of the Allen-UoM batllO. ; ;.rAllen wuh bofn’ In Rngland and was a big fellow who managed to keep a pretty clean rucord, all hough h« »«• defeated In. March, 1S67, by Joo (loan, the vorjr mnn who Ok-urea In thht alory with him. only this linn* Don' victory wan dtlo to ft foul, while In tin* first contra? Qosa won nftor 36 round of lutrd fighting'It wa* flrat planned to bring UoSs and Allen together on Ohnteau Is-lind, 81. I Alula, but It wns decided luter to take lt;he men into Kentucky There was an uprising against the light, but the Blue «rus* fnna told tho principals to come on. the bar-tie would an roly. go.The day arrived for Die trouble and when the lighter* went to tho arono of ihe content thST found that two rings had born null! In the open. Ono laid In Kent county, governed liv nun sot of ofllrlnls and tin* otherfobght Dempsey woh and Fognrtj'n aeeonda cnrrledwAlni almost llfolo** and bleeding form from tho ring. Keen the-men who wore present and hud bet on him wantod him to quit before he was knocked out. but In* ntuved until the flonl blow.Thnt Deinpai* hated to deal out lit.* punishment wna very evident, ntid n couple of ntonlha nflorwaril wh.*n Fogarty hogged leni|*apy for a return linn h, Ihe great Jack bald no Tin* memory of the Moody con lest at New York never Could In* ipitrc forgotten. Dempsov anld hlui aid I 'hat In* would rather never llghi again than to have to give another nun n iH-ailng like Yogurtv tookr- iHie 21 at mil ltd AJII*-u lnnd«*d a• low which id iolonK-0 ;■ conJ,\S J t'OU III-. IT ring wna In Itoonr •oiiNtt, adjoin Ing Kent.The prolliotet u hud figured tl out Ihnl tf the olltrlnW aiopped I tin llglo in one county lliey could go over in the other and there would bo danger.In t Fnul blow t■•»! that gave every evidence of g« Ing a record dlslutn SShortly after Closes had been de-’ elated n winner. Allen wna nrreateil and pul tinder ln’.a lie wenl to St. IamiIs and never nflorwnrdu en lerrd Ihe prize ring.01 the pugilists of 1.*. year* ago Jack Koitarty. “ho la little known to the tight fans of these days. »»* one of the «nmoatTho Incident wtblrh caused him to enter tho ring w|U ulwuys make latercntlng reading, and around Philadelphia the old enteric of sports till tell of Ilia prow-u a*In the early *M* in the Quaker J City John II Clarke, lie* old pro I ntoier. held a middleweight lourna-I non I. and Fogarty was a boy nboui I town who wanted to *i*i the murll-nd vcrtlsod boxing show, but lacked tho funds. As a means of securing .an ndmlsnion lie entered the tournament. not thinking seriously of ac com pi tailing anything In order to make his bluff good nltom being li lighter half good he undertook to go on the very lirst night.lie showed natural ability In the lighting line right from th,- mnrt. and much to hla surprise as well us to the surprise of the others present he whipped nil opponents wltn cojmi and look down the prize offer ed.Affor n successful career In the ring. Fogarty won glory and fame enough to entitle him to u tight with that great nonpareil. Jack Dempsey He had many friends who were ready lo buck him against anyone, and when tho ftghl with Dempsey was announced n lot of money was placed on hint, although nt that time—1 K«C—Dempsey was considered the greatest lighting machine In the world, barring no one. In Hie welter nr middleweight division.After 10 days of training he met D-mpacy on February 2 In bark of Fogarty were I hose two famous ring exponents. Ous Tuthlll and Torn Cleary ~Fights have hern fought tn thl» country between big and III lie men. and the history of pugilism records In many Instance* how half-con-srtons men have kept ou going, hav Ing only norve lo bit** their hope* of winning on. Such was Iho cane In the Fogarty-Dempsey battle. Fogarty »»« pounded «**d mauled and beaten Into a puip until Derop-■ey coaxed him to quit.As long an I her was a spark of tight left In him Fogarty.would keep on. Finally after 37 rounds had boen
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Times Democrat
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Nov 01, 1906
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