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When I went to Philadelphia, and for some time afterward, I held the opinion that I was a mighty good man either with the gloves or without. I had never Btood up to a man who used science, but in my bouts with th» old gentleman and my other athletlo friends at Marshalltown my superior strength and stature had always given me the advantage, and I knew nothing that could resist me except perhaps a professional fighter. Some of the boys, anxious to take a hand 1b my education, put up a Job on me. I was Introduced to a certain Prof. Billy McLean, with the explanation that h« was a teacher of boxing and would llk? to have me for a pupil. He looked. BO insignificant that I made light of the proposition, and when it was suggested by one of the boys that should put on the mitts and have a friendly set-to with the professor I was disposed to ridicule the Idea, believing I could give him his quletua without special effort on my part
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