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How They Happened to Become Prize Fighters.BY A. H. SPINK.HOW did they happen to becomeprise fighter#?Mike Gibbon# set out a# tin-•mtth He b»d read of John L. Hulltvan'ji career and thoughtperhaps there would blt; rlt; money infighting than in hustling in a tin shop. The I was loss than five* ye ars ago. Jit has made a fortune since.*• That's more than I could have made rut of tin smithing in the same time/* ho And lie is proh th;y right.Hi 41Kittle Aaron L*. Brown, known as The Dixie Kid, waa a Dos Angeles bootblack before he went to San Francisco and won fame over in Oakland when he licked Al v i single round. It w arl * Kid that knocked out lt;* Gar*pc ntier in Paris and who later fought a.Iover Uurepc.They tell a funny stoi 3 ut there about the Kid. It was before ho was well know i ^bout the town and while be was waiting for a match that ho happened into a wellknown saloon on Maik* t Mirrt. Thisaloon had as it bouncer a husky who dearly loved to tight and who figured thatif he didn't have at ica^t one tight a cny hr was not earning his mom y.This bouncer, a 'JOO pound man, caught «ight of Pixie the moment ho entered tho p.ace, and when the little darky showed indleations of lingering a while- the bully arose and came toward him. Look here, he said to Dixie, 41 this ain’t no place for you. Move along. Hurry up, before I throw* you out. Whatdo you think this Is, a hobocamp? ”Dixie, who was a quiet and gentlemanly little follow*, turned about and lookedat the bouncer in surprise.“ I m not hurting any one, mister, hoI |ust wanted t rest a litt 11 m not wanted here 1 11 get out You’re dead right you’ll get out. saidthe bouncer You'll get out if I hovs to toss you into the street on your head. Tho men drinking at the bar becameinterested. They put down their glassesand gathered around. Why don’t you make him put you out, darky? *’ asked one of the m* n Don'tlet him bluff you****' o. I'm g« ing out all right, said Ihxir, ‘cause I don't want to 'U\ .tiy plSCOwhere I'sc not wanted. But I n't know nothin' about this throwin’ out business. You don't, eh? shouted the bouncer.“ Then you’ll soon know all about it.Clear away and let no* at him!The crowd, eager to see a tight, formed a circle, and t Ho bouncer with nr ms bared to the elbows advanced and attempted tograb Dixie. The Kid. however, was osmuch at home in a rough and tumble as in a ring tight H* lt;rv’y ev.uk d the bouncer’s clutches arid was giving a great exhibition of footwork when the big fellow began using bis fists.That was Pune s t-ue to get into action. As the bouncer cams in with his arms flying the Kid ducked, came up umkr him. and hooked a punch to the chirrThe man who to the story didn't sayit the bouncer woke up and wanted tknow if tin. roof fell in on him Nor didh« ask if a inule bad kicked him. But1 «• did tell thnt Dixie’s punch took all the.tight out of the bouncer. The on* punchwas all h* wanted that day He felt thatbe had earned his money.•••'Mi-'Joe Gans washed domes in a Baltimore restaurant until he set out as a boxer And what a great boxer he was! Gans knew everything about boxing and everything about fighting His marvelouscleverness was never matched. Once 1saw liitn spar with the great Abe Atte , famous the world over for his science.Attoi wa* at his best then and he w;i i certainiy superhuman in the matter ofring »lt;• b n 'What a bout’ Jo f.an? guv* Mt* nboxing lesson. It was mast* r and pup/ After a-lt; ng that practice !m t w« * n lt;* * and Attcl it was to be fully a* fii the import of tIk name, *’the old tna ter,' Gar.3 is dead, but a great* r tighter or fir,or gen-tMilan Ti* v• r lived'i •Charley Ga.laghrr, c m of the bestthe old time heavy w o.glit:-. was nn ironworker until he took uppriz* fighting. Atthis trade he develop* d th** 3ff|jj§|gth and muscle that latlt; r made him formidable asa pugilist.How* many old St. Doutsians rememberthat 7th day of August Wn 1 whiehTom Allen and Charley Gallagher facedeach other on Foster’s island f-r the heavyweight championship and JM '*H’ a .vide. Attending this mill were fan tight CM ■ f ■ e ‘ ' ■ ‘ ’O Bti dwin. tl-e Irish glue' 1 ■ JifBCoburn, and Butt ID* y,Allen had Gallagher badly v MpPrd l* his friends, to s-ivr him. hr ko »r.to ilmring nt the end of th* seventh r**und. am to avoid unpi* atantr.lt; ss tin ref* re« ca.kd the battle a draw. The was Allen’- f*oe-ond fight with Gallagher, the latti 1 w ti* rting th* first by :i ehgnct blow landed n th'9- point of A .en’s nose.Tom King, the old HmCkh chaiupi'Uwho flourished in the days of Saj* rs andileeman, et out it. life ,3.** a sailor it wa in January. IStVJ. that King flt; uvbt Jem Mace for the championship of Kvuland Mace was comid* red the tm*st skJ fu, boxer in Gngland, wldlt King vu * ntn paratively a novice, this being *niy 1third professional battle.It went forty rounds and nr yet had not King fallen on his head on the frozen ground and remain d thereThey Dili a g a n 1 n N f vft 111vra r. w lion Afar# \\ * fi a,ruc ' v h I *'*Bit Darbs i. 1 Hi f Win i s a n • r. * k fh» Xu'lt; t hlt; 11.,♦ iSiuk part iii na V.h , \ i 11 c mu * 1 vs: •bully of hi.v 1McO'toii lt;an about• :.0,hh»*i h«m»dI ( Kn h* u',*| t j|».Wfam Mik»*n Win nr,. 1 talk* i tig c’ 11 ft rnpkmshifI. uilf* f ■» 1* * * t Mm! ho al ■ iva! nf Torn Alim^ * t r ♦ a * i t \ t*i 1 p. lit lit fhig,thor* wantonThu t w a b« f lt;uaand Charley Gailuclu r,That gave Bill Davu ti * oppfrlunit* *0 dea lsr** D *n ♦ if, ru d Diakinir si «»*«»u nd or M.cCq o hi * i§ neithat amount th«i hlt;tight for 1 h* boa v■ \Their hot tieoniv horr to*k f e \\nejf h« r T\ a!M-ieiuTO of \other. 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Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, Montana, US
Sun, Sep 05, 1915
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