Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1911 — EATS MANY EGGS ON WAGER [ARTICLE]

EATS MANY EGGS ON WAGER

Massachusetts Trolley Conductor, Champion Gourmand, Wins SSO in Contest—Still Hungry. Brockton, Mass.—George Ward is New England’s latest champion eater. He won a SSO bet in that city by eating eighteen fried eggs in fourteen minutes. Having won the money, Ward ate six more eggs and a pound of cheese to satisfy his hunger. Ward lives at 654 Main street, Brockton, and is a trolley conductor on the Old Colony line. In the car barn one night an argument turned on how many fried eggs a person could eat in fifteen minutes. Ward observed: “I can do fifteen.” A SSO betting proposition was put over, and Ward said it was a shame to take the money, but he would win that bet. The other night the fried eggs against time match was pulled off. Ward won the money in a canter. He ate eighteen eggs in fourteen minutes, going three eggs over the mark in one minute less than the stipulated time. Then be said: "I’m kind of hungry. Just bring me a half dozen more fried eggs and a pound of cheese. And better bring a cup of tea, too. Water is kind of flat with the eggs.” Then he finished his meal. With the eggs, the cheese, the tea and the money, Ward strolled home.