Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1911 — TRAIN KAISER’S SONS [ARTICLE]

TRAIN KAISER’S SONS

Not an Easy Task, Says an American Boxer. _ —’'•“Vr-fn-*-• u^" *^*^;*T^ =S»! f ‘'g* **+*-*ei ■■i. ■ M ■ ■!——— ~ Jack 811 m Relate* Some of Hl* Experience* at Potsdam—Prince Osair Is Sturdy Fellow, Weigh- / ing 165 Pounds. Jack Slim, the Anglo-American boxer who la training the kaiser’s younger sons in the noble art of self-de-fense, has no easy job of it “They are very good to me at Potsdam, and the young princes are pretty good natured. ’Still, it is not all beer and skittles,” said Slim. “For example, the kaiserin Is too good & mother not to have a few qualms about her soak indulging in a sport, 'which, though useful enough, is not very popular 40: Germany and meets with a good deal of prejudice among army officers. “The kaiserin watched with interest the exercises I was putting Prince' Oscar through the other day, but I think she is always a little nervous about it. “Are yoti sure Oscar is strong enough for boxing?’ she asked me when I first went to Potsdam as trainer, and I had some trouble to reassure her. I was asked to tea with the royal family. A special room was reserved for me at the palace, but what rather amused me was that most of the time I had to go about in evening dress. “As for Prince Oscar, I. can only tell you that he is a pretty sturdy fellow and the kaiserin need have no anxiety about him. He weighs about 165 pounds, and he is so quick on his feet that sometimes he beats me. The kaiserin really anxious. I think as to whether boxing was not injurious to the heart.” Jack Slim has a busy time trying to carry out Prince Oscar’s impetuous demands for his presence. “One day after Christmas,” said Jack, “I got a telegram telling me to be at Wildpark, Potsdam, at four o’clock. There was no train that would get me there in time, so I just took a motor, and, my, but that josser hummed when I gave him the address. All the way the German bobbies were putting down the number of the car as we tore past them. It made me laugh. I told Prince Oscar about it, and he laughed quite as much as I did. lie speaks English better-than any of his brothers; in fact, he Is more like an Englishman than a German, any way.”