Bonus Episode: Wyatt Earp's Low Blow

[@rongendron8705]

My grandfather,John L. Cooke, a Spanish-American Naval War Veteran (1898-1904) who was on leave in San Francisco, circa 1899-1900, when he and his shipmates went to see a prizefight! This fight was held on a barge & refereed by Bat Masterson! I don't recall the fighter's names, but this video recollected this story from my childhood! (I'm 75!)

[@johnfoster535]

How about the REST of the story ?!! Earp ends up in Los Angeles as the silent movie business thrives there, making friends with cowboy star Tom Mix, as Earp tells many he would like his life portrayed on screen someday. Mix tries to help an injured football player he liked from USC, who has lost his football scholarship, by getting him a job at the movie studio and even some bit parts. Mix decides the player needs coaching to be better on screen and has his friend Wyatt Earp help the new actor with his bearing, his mannerisms, his speech, and his persona so that his on screen portrayal is REAL. Mix persuades the actor to change his name to something more appealing to the public, and a legend is born...John Wayne. Years later, " The Duke" would say that when people saw him on the screen, they weren't watching John Wayne....they were watching Wyatt Earp !!

[@westendlondon8545]

That is the absolute true story 👍🇺🇸

[@tomt373]

@ John Foster What about Wayne's claim it was John Ford that mentored him and put him into the main stream, including the name change?

[@tomt373]

@Waslamist If that is so, then why is it told that way by so-called documentary narrators, which includes photographs of Wayne and Ford together relaxing on Ford's yacht?

[@leemoore9933]

Even John Wayne's shuffle gate as he walked was a copy of Earp.

[@chrislouden6702]

Wayne never met Earp! It's a old Hollywood myth. My family is in the business I know tons of stories. Earp was a habitual lier even his sister in law said this many times. He was also a cold-blooded murder

[@familytreenutshistorygenealogy]

I think these videos never get old. So many love this era of history.

[@waynegilchrist1596]

Definitely fascinating! I have heard this story about Wyatt Earp refereeing the fight and the controversy it caused him but I hadn't heard about the obscured "low blow" that rendered Earp's decision. Thanks for the update and full explanation. Boxing always leaves nearly as many contradictory views and opinions behind as it was meant to settle. It's ashamed our Hero Lawman couldn't clear his name; I have no problem believing Earp's integrity remains intact. Thanks again for your posts.

[@questfortruth665]

What has always amazed me about Earp is that for all the gunfights he was in, all the towns he was a sheriff in, all the encounters with real bad people - he ends his life by dying of natural causes! It seems that the only fight he ever lost was one he wasn't even in!

[@richardmcleod1930]

People oftentimes forget about Earp, California. It is about 50 miles north of Blythe, Ca. on the Colorado River across from Parker, AZ. There is (or was) a Post Office in Earp. I would stop by the Earp Post Office and have Postcards hand stamped Earp, California and mail them to people who had no idea the town even existed. You could do this if you were in any Post Office and wanted the name of the town stamped on the letter or Postcard. Otherwise the stamp of another nearby town would be stamped on the letter by a machine. Small place, but according to legend Wyatt Earp lived there long enough to have this very small town named after him.

[@warjunkie8242]

I appreciate the honesty! not everyone liked Wyatt I know the legend, but I want to know the man. You are a very good story teller by the way.

[@tcolsher8003]

I think Wyatt would be amazed how famous he is today with all the movies and TV shows. about him. He lived a life people only dream about.

[@leemoore9933]

You know I'm sure his life was really hard and sucked more then being really cool.

[@tcolsher8003]

@@leemoore9933 I agree that life in the 18 hundreds were hard but to them it was a normal way of living. I doubt he could have imaged he would have been this famous 100 years after his death for just doing his job..

[@mistyjames810]

As a boxing fan, I found this fascinating! 🥊👍

[@40wyattearp]

Interesting video

[@virlvideo2269]

Great little story about Americana. Keep them up.

[@michaelangelo7511]

Very interesting and well spoken.🇺🇸👍🏻

[@wildcolonialman]

Fascinating.

[@axlegrind4212]

of all the gun battles in wyatt earp's life, he was never shot once.

[@leemoore9933]

The result of drinking really bad whiskey and being piss poor shots.

[@40wyattearp]

Nope. Never shot once.

[@tommarkle6775]

Thanks excellent

[@WanderlustOffroadAdventures]

Wyatt Earp was definitely a bad ass, but my favorites are Doc Holiday, Johnny Ringo, and the feud/rivalry between the two of them. Were they really as deadly and skilled gunfighter as the movies and stories have depicted them? I would love to take a time machine back in time to see some of the crazy shit they did in person.

[@christopherfreeman1340]

Earp brothers were punks!

[@TheBatugan77]

@@christopherfreeman1340 Be quit, chrissie.

[@leemoore9933]

I'm sure we would all be a little disapointed of how they really were in real life, exp people like Doc Holliday and his pistol skills, IMO anyway.

[@mckid2683]

​@@christopherfreeman1340 Pimps n Swindlers too!

[@walkingolga6235]

@@leemoore9933Holliday’s condition was likely much worse than portrayed in films. it was probably uncomfortable to be around him and he was probably super skinny

[@blorac9869]

Enjoyed, TYVM!

[@DavidHBurkart]

Imagine that, Newspapers spinning their sides of the story.

[@noelcollins1072]

His reputation is just fine thank you! None of his detractors could ever hope to match his accomplishments in Tombstone, and this highlights San Francisco's illegal infringement of the constitution, same old same old.

[@libertypastor1307]

Well, he was just reaping what he sowed. He violated the rights of thousands by enforcing an unconstitutional law against carrying guns in a very dangerous time!

[@stephenbehl9178]

I was just in Tombstone last month. Kind of disappointing. They charge to see the Ok coral and the cemetery. Too bad

[@elizabeth500]

They’re charging to go into Boot Hill? They never did years ago. I’m from the area and was a Tombstone Vigilante for a time. I agree with you, it is a bit of a disappointment now.

[@wbriggs111]

John Wayne talked to Wyatt and asked him about his way to intimidate people. I don't remember the whole conversation but it was about being mucho ,carefully deliberate with no fear and a swager when you walk to unnerve the victim.

[@doughill3396]

Damned if you do damned if you dont! Been there!

[@RedCloudBlackSky]

And that's why the law enforcer didn't want to ref the fight, because it's hard, he's a policeman not a boxing referee, but the crowd insisted and he was peered pressure into it and look it tarnished him.

[@hypatiastanhope8273]

Wow, thanks

[@classicbladereview1886]

Interesting!

[@wsearp]

Wyatt called it right.... He called it as it was..... Good thing Joe Rogan didn't call the fight, he can't even properly call a fight sitting right at ringside....

[@patriciabeller64]

Would have been sporting if Fitzsimmons would have admitted to the maneuver instead of letting Earp take the hit to his reputation.

[@gordonwood1594]

According to local pundits at the fight Fitzximmons hit Sharkey with a legitimate body punch which was his specialty. Sharkey fell to the canvass holding his groin claiming "foul blow" Earp gave the fight to Sharkey and the crowd erupted believing Earp had money on the American. to win.

[@afranks8566]

That's the problem... the majority of the spectators that saw it didn't see it land low. They saw a legit body shot, and Earp seemed to be in a hurry to disqualify Fitzsimmons for it. It was very shady!!

[@larryrobinson6914]

I never thought an ex pimp was a saint

[@jackmcnally9237]

He could have become the President of the U.S.A. A murderous psychopath!

[@TheBatugan77]

You never thought, period, larry. Now zip it, pinhead.

[@larryrobinson6914]

@@TheBatugan77 Stuart Lake freely admitted most of Wyatt's alleged autobiography was lakes fiction Earp only met with Lake two or three times and was very tight lipped about his past said Lake. Wyatt then died and Lake admitted he used a phony first person style to finish the book. You can look up Lakes own words in this pinhead. The famous gunfight was not at the ok corral but in a vacant lot owner by CS Fly. Took but 30 seconds abd over the years I've read EVERY single eyewitness account. Earp himself called it a street fight and never mentioned the OK Corral and neither did anyone in Tombstone at that time. Town opinion was sharply divuded over the fight. Tombstone script writer Kevin Jarre admitted the whole red sash thing was his OWN invention not historical fact. Earp never owned a Buntline and such were not in Colt catalog until 1957!!!!!!!!!!!! So do sine homework snowflake.

[@larryrobinson6914]

@@TheBatugan77 where are you punk??????

[@beeamerica5024]

James Corbett one of my ancestors

[@BigBender-ms5ul]

Hi Guys it’s name is not edited

[@tapantera]

Sounds like San Francisco

[@stevengiraud5859]

Man i like the old western time stories, the wild western days would of be cool to live in those times, even though it was gun slinging days, yes really cool.🤔

[@libertypastor1307]

Yea, right. Cool until you're gunned in the back by some drunken wanna-be gunfighter who just wants another notch on his gun to build up his reputation! It was a very dangerous time! Not for internet surfers!

[@nomadpi1]

"I have read much different accounts of Wyatt Earp. "At the end of the OK Corral fight, Earp was a hero?" No, to the citizens of Tombstone he was a crooked gambler and taking cuts from saloons and other gambler's games. A head of the town's gambling vices and held in low esteem. He, et al, endured the coroner's inquest. He failed to keep his hold on the gambling enterprises, and along with his shedding his mistress, wound up having to leave town after his revenge was satisfied. His ego, stoked by a writer's glorification, caused him to spend the rest of his life seeking more PR esteem. I remember a relative describing him in her interview as "just a gambler. I guess consider the sources when reading "hero" of the West.

[@bwm3013]

So he gambled. Is this a big deal?

[@libertypastor1307]

Tombstone was a boomtown. Gambling was a big part of such towns, at such times. He was not a Christian, so he saw it as an enterprising way to make money. Also, you fail to disclose that you side with only half the people of Tombstone. Wyatt was respected by the other half. Try reading the actual court transcripts of the witnesses. There was a reason he was acquitted of murder in the "OK Corral" gunfight.

[@zeemiucin408]

​@@libertypastor1307 ❤

[@John-xb2nl]

Earp's lies about Clay Allison should have destroyed any reputation he may have enjoyed.

[@benmiller9854]

It sure seems that Wyatt had to deal with a lot of morons in his life

[@emenem6131]

Well people loved and despised Wyatt but I’d say most knew deep down he was a tough son of a gun. Just think (I respect the office of a lawman we must have them) if policing was done this day in time the same way they had to do it 120 years ago…..90 percent would not be up for the job. They are “good” at their job now days because of the dog pack mentality. You don’t have one or two guys trying to enforce the law on hundreds at a time you have 15 show up all at once on the same call. Makes it safer for the deputies.

[@Boomhower89]

👍🏼🇺🇸

[@ExMachina70]

Leave it to SF to screw up yet again on what's right.

[@christopherfreeman1340]

The Earps were just as criminal as the ones they shot in the back or ever dry gulched. I thought boxing was still illilegal around that time.

[@libertypastor1307]

It's obvious you're a lying hater.

[@christopherfreeman1340]

Why did not Earp brothers ever go keep law in Kingman Az? I know why because in Kingman they would not have put up with backshooters and cheating gamblers or cattle rustlers such as the Earps.

[@libertypastor1307]

Man, you Earp-haters troll everywhere don't you? Lol! Smh

[@stormshadow9824]

He dident pass intell the 70