Silas Losey

From The Great Outdoor Fight

[edit] 1935 Fight

Champion 1935. Losey's victory while impressive in and of itself (as are all but a few) was overshadowed by the victories of several of his contemporaries, particularly Young Jude Surrency. Prior to his victory in 1935, Losey participated in three fights, in '31, '32, and '33, doing fairly well in each. He did not enter the '34 fight stating that he wanted to "rest up a bit before I head back into the acres." The year was spent recovering from a broken leg inflicted by Young Jude Surrency during the '33 Fight.

Silas was also noted for leading the remnants of his army into the fray against the Top Hat Gang, just after they ganged up on their leader, "High Hat" Daddy Razz. While Losey states that he had no knowledge of the gang's betrayal, he says he was "Glad I took out those backstabbin' sons-a-bitches."

[edit] The Fight of 1942

Due to the fear of interference in the Fight by a possible Japanese attack on the West Coast, it was proposed that the 1942 Fight find another venue. Losey, a rancher by trade, volunteered his Wyoming Ranch, and had a three acre section of land hastily fenced off and an observation platform built. Though the G4F was arguably one of the least thrilling fights of the decade, Losey went to great effort to facilitate the Fight, putting up the more prominent members of the Ruling Body in his own home and the bunkhouses his ranch hands normally occupied, including Young Jude Surrency, who had personally defeated Losey in the '33 fight, and the other 22 members of the Twenty-Three Skidoos.

After the '42 fight, Losey did not demolish the grounds and the Losey family maintains the "backup Acres" in the event that they will be needed again. Losey died in 1994 at the age of eighty four years.

[edit] Relevant Quotes

"I never met a sonuvabitch whose ass I kicked who was more polite, unless he was one'a my own boys." - Young Jude Surrency, on Silas Losey's hospitality during the 1942 Fight.

[edit] Record

• 1931: eliminated day 3, 203rd man standing.
• 1932: eliminated day 3, 97th man standing.
• 1933: eliminated day 1, 2,043rd man standing. A victim of "The Walk" of Young Jude Surrency.
• 1935: Champion - Last Man Standing.