New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1915, Page 9

ROMANCES OF THE SOUARED CROLE Isaac Perrins, Birmingham Giant, One of Greatest Men in Game. My daughter's in there! Save her! Save her! She'll be Plurned alive! My God! My God!"” This frantic, agonized appeal was made by an elderly woman who stood near a burning house in Market street, Manchester, England, on a cold ‘ December day in 1800. The great crowd of men and bhoys who had gathered in response to the cry of “Fire!” gazed at her pityingly, but not one among them dared to enter ghe blazing building which had now become a roaring fufnace of red flames. The crude fire-fighting apparatus of that day was utterly inadequate to stay the conflagration, and the fire- men confined their labors to an effort to save neighboring edifices. It seemed that the blazing building, and all who might be within, could by no possi- bility be saved. As the flames leaped higher and higher the face of a girl appeared at ars upper window, and her piercing screams rang out above the sullen roar of the fire and chilled the blood of the listeners. The mother in the street recognized the face of her daughter, and, with a terrible shriek, swooned and fell. Stirred into action by the girl's cries, a few men advanced to the door of the doomed house, but drew Back in alarm as they felt the hot breath of the furnace in their faces. All save one! A great giant of a man, six feet two in height, who had Just shouldered his way through the crowd, was not to be awed by the rag- ing red demon. Throwing his coat up over his face, he ran through the door and vanished in the whirling Shoke which filled the stairway. “Who is he?” 2 The question which each man asked found a speedy answer. “Isaac Perrins,”” they shouted each other. There was no need to go into furth- er letails. Every man present knew ' that Isaac Perrins was the landlord & Jupiter Tavern, the most popular sporting hostelry in the city " of Manchester. He was the man who, a little more than ten years before, had heen defeated in the greatest ring battle England had ever witnessed— the giant who had fallen before the blows of Tom Johnson in a conflict such as men had never seen before. Isaac Perrins of Birmingham—for, ajthough he was mow a citizen of Manchester, he was still honored as “the Birmingham Giant” and ‘the hold Brum.” - Those who saw Isaac Perrins van- ~*igh in the smoke and flames of the Market stret house never expected to see him again alive. Only a few minutes passed until he staggered out again, his face black, his clothes oking—but bearing in his brawny arms the limp form of the girl. Shouts of joy at his reappearahce were quickly followed by a groan as the ‘mighty ex-pugilist, placing the girl on the ground, turned and fought his way back through the smoke. Bager hands carried the girl, now gesping with returning consciousness, to a place of safety. In the mean- time Perrins was again staggering, crawling and fighting his way to a place on the second floor where he had seen the prstrate form of a wom- an. His Herculean strength and iron will served him in good stead, and, almost overcome by the smoke, he at length reached the woman and dragged her forth to safety. Any other man would hav quit, at that, but Perrins knew that still another vic- tim was within. He returned, and again he was victorious. Three per- sons in all owed their lives to the former ‘bruiser.” ‘Even then Perrins did not cease hjg labors. With all the human beings out of the building,. he set to work to remove the furniture from the first floor. The man who in his younger days had lifted 800 pounds of iron into a wagon, and performed other feats of strength staggering to con- template, still possessed a giant's strength, and for hours he toiled wagging; the heaviest goods from the house threatened by the fire. If this story were fiction, its ending would be pleasanter. Isaac Perrins would wed the maiden he had res- cued, and live happy ever after, Alas, for cruel facts! He was then fifty vears old, and already had a wife. Tn his rescue work he had used every ounce of energy he possessed, afd, soaked with water which was being thrown on the blazing buildings, he caught a terrible cold. For eight days, tossing in his bed with the fever that consumed him, TIsaac Perrins fought a losing battle with Death. Then he was conquered and died, as he had lived, a hero. Isaac Perrins, although champion, and defeated in his only gy%eat battle, is still honored as one of the greatest men who ever made fisticuffs a profession. His tremen- dous strength was ‘“yoked with a Jamb-like disposition.”” A contempor- ary wrote of him: “He is gentle and considerate, and above all things seeks to avoid offense to those weaker than Ixip\self." Tsaac Perrins was a man of excel- Jent education, and in his young man- hood was the leader of a church choir. He married one of the girls of his church, and was past thirty when he took up the fighting game. It was in 1789. when he was nearly forty vears of age, that he was induced by fe sporting men of Birmingham to meet Tom Johnson for the cham- pionship. He was looked upon as in- vincible, for he had defeated all the hest men of his own and neighboring counties. | The rattle between Perrins and . TShnson was the feature of the great- “My God, men! to never a $410 FULLY EQUIPPED ¥. O. B. FACTOR! 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In fact, he i1s pleased at the change in his position, because as first string catcher of the Reds he will undoubtedly regain all his lost pres- tige and he will be again recognized as one of the real stars of the game. i est pugilistic tournament England had ever seen. ILondon sporting men be- lieved that Johnson’s science would overcome the strength of the Birm- ingham giant, and they backed their opinion with vast sums of money. Birmingham covered every penny London offered, and hundreds of thousands of pounds were wagered on the result. It was not until sixty-two rounds had been fought that Perrins yielded to the superior experience and ring generalship of his smaller foe. He had fought well and gamely, but for the most part he had been only a chopping block for the wary .’n\d1 clever Johnson. | At the time of this battle hoth men | were about forty years old. 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