Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1914 — WHY PELKEY LOST TO SMITH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHY PELKEY LOST TO SMITH

Couldn’t Resist Temptation to Revert to Old Manner of Slugging—-De-feat Quickly Follows.

Tommy Burns, the one-time champion of the world, who directed the training of Arthur Peikey for the latter’s New Year bout with Gunboat Smith, attributes the defeat of hiß protege to his (Pelkey’s) irresistible desire to slug. Burns spent six months in an endeavor so transform Peikey from a swinger into a straight hitter and just previous to the fight Burns was confident he had accomplished his purpose. The strangest thing about it all is that Burns, after his years and yearß of service, both as a ring man and a

coach, should have considered the transmutation of Arthur Pelkey’s boxing complete and not be troubled with fears of a reversion to the old order of things. Just one stinging jab on the noße caused Arthur to forget all Burns had been to so much trouble to teach him, and then went right back to the old windmill tactics he had employed In previous fights. l -

Arthur Pelkey.