Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1910 — SHARKEY YELLS FOR ‘ARTHUR' [ARTICLE]

SHARKEY YELLS FOR ‘ARTHUR'

Once Noted Fighter Witnesses Initial Performance of Play and Mis-/ understands Host. Tim McGrath is as full of stories concerning Tom Sharkey as a cocoanut Is full of milk. For the last ten years the McGrath stories have been making the rounds. Here’s the latest: It seems that Tim and a friend of his who had just written a play, and was to have the same produced at the Central theater In San FYancisco, Induced Sharkey to be a first nighter and witness the initial performance. All went well, and after the first act th®* players were called out and cheered and applauded. Then Tim turned to Sharkey and said: “Yell for the author.” “Yell for who?” “The author.” “Is that the guy’s name? All right. Arthur!! Arthur! Arthur?” It took Tim five minutes to stop the enthusiastic sailor and tell him where he was off.