Walkerton Independent, Volume 62, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 25 June 1936 — Page 2

—— fa f XWs 1 ^5. ® New York Post.—WNU Service. Ducats Bring Back Fond Memories of Ring’s Old Timers ALL day long they ait there. Oldtimers, most of them, they have little else to do. Occasionally they utter words of wisdom concerning this cream colored youth who glowers at them from brightly tinted posters tacked against the walls. Occasionally they smile little secret smiles at the antics of sweating fat men who rush in to offer king's ransoms for squatters’ rights at Yankee stadium for the Louis-Schmeling fight. More often though they Just sit there, these fighters, managers and promoters of another day. Probably all of them are glad that collections are so good in this palace of the Broadway duke who deals In ducats. But what they like best is another collection. So all day long they sit there, looking at the ticket stubs, mementoes of almost forgotten fights, neatly pasted in frames outside the doors of Mike Jacobs’ office. And these are the tales that are told: There is the scrap of faded cardboard which entitled a Brighton Beach visitor to see Gibbons and McFarland lead with agile lefts so many years ago. Prize-fight ballyhoo and customs were much the same then as now. Papers of that day carried the proud tidings that John McCormack had bought the first box of six for this one. That night the eminent Irish tenor walked leisurely to his favored spot and fonnd six thick muscled citizens seated there, caps pulled far down over bristling foreheads. “I beg your pardon, boys, these are my seats,” pleaded McCormack. The boys snarled. Ushers were summoned. The boys continued to snarl. Ever a diplomat, the singer saved the day. He took his friends back to where there were some vacant seats 20 rows from the ring. While watching the bout from there he had excellent company. Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, and Tom Foley, who had not yet achieved true fame as political preceptor of a young guy named Al Smith, also were seated there. Recalling Bat Nelson at Dempsey-Willard Go There are dozens of stubs which bring back memories of that great little fighting man, Terry McGovern. There also is a chuckling reminiscence of the prim little man who now is one of the world's most celebrated masters of the theater. When he climbed into the ring to second McGovern in those days Sam H. Harris always wore bright new suspenders across the shoulders of a roll top sweater.

A larger piece of pasteboard bears the names of Willard and Dempsey. Seldom will there be such sweltering heat as there was on that afternoon after Battling Nelson took his bath. On the night previous to the Toledo massacre Bat had been scurrying hither and thither on errands of his own. Now as he wandered

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near the arena in the early morning he felt in need of that other refreshment which comes from a cooling tub. He looked, saw a barrel brimful of sparkling liquid and climbed in. The durable Dane from Hegewisch had himself a refreshing dip and then climbed out again and proceeded on his errands, blissfully unaware of the contents of the barrel. Cold drinks sold at such a premium that afternoon that vendors neglected •what otherwise might have been a swell business opportunity. They made no effort to charge bonuses for sips from the tub of lemonade in which the once great lightweight champion had bathed. Carefully pasted in the frame there is another bit of cardboard with SSOO engraved upon it in tall numerals. This is one of the ducats from the Carpen-tier-Levinsky light-heavyweight scrap at Jersey City on Tuesday, October 12, 1920. Members of the International Sporting club, which staged the affair, were taxed this tidy sum for the pretty privilege of a ringside seat. Outsiders also were called upon for fancy prices but even though the big shots tossed in their C notes as if they were dealing in cigarette coupons, the show was not a great financial success. About all it did was to pave the way for the winner. Gorgeous Georges, to meet Dempsey. When they met a year later the face price of each ringside pasteboard was SSO but first row ducats were being peddled as high as SSOO each. For hours during that eventful afternoon while millionaires and outright phonies fought for prized locations, one seat remained vacant almost within touching distance of the ring. Next day Tex Rickard, who had promoted the affair, and Mike Jacobs, who had bankrolled it, were chatting concerning mathematics, finance and the curious frenzies of the public. Tex absently stuck his hand into a side pocket and pulled out a piece of pasteboard. “Gee whizzl” he said.

ARTISTS unable to visit Max Schmeling’s fight camp missed a- rare opportunity for entertainment and enlightenment. Mickey McAvoy, one of the German’s better sparring partners, has ‘‘Good Luck Forever” tattooed on his right shoulder. There is a picture of a sailor on his left shoulder. His right arm is adorned with “U. S. A. Navy.” On his left leg there is pictured the smiling face of a girl who seems to be named Anna . . . When Bill Wingate, a very good Balti- ; more sports writer, died a few days ago, the mayor of the town issued a I public resolution of regret The next rumor the Brooklyn base i ball club will have to deny is that Frank Hague, Jersey City's mayor, will buy the Joint and install Travis Jackson as manager . . . Latest suggestion for the What to Do With Camera club . . . “Stuff him and save him for the laughs” . . . They are saying that Eddie | Mayo, the neat fielding third sacker ; bought by the Giants, cannot hit south- ' paws. Yet last year he went to bat i 122 times against left handers and had thirty-nine hits for a .319 average. 1 . . . When he loses a game Fred Frankhouse saves his temper by not reading the newspapers until two days later. Could it be true that Joe Louis' managers requested Mrs. Joe to leave camp because the Bomber was spending more time in billing and cooing than in training? .. . Anyhow, Mrs. Joe, who dotes upon fights and who never missed a workout, decided to stay in New York (instead of Lakewood) until after the night of June 18 ... In the gay nineties a pitcher always warmed up with the first baseman, instead of the catcher, before entering the box. Connie Mack Is Still Wizard in Rookie Hunt In spite of gray hairs and advancing years, Connie Mack has not lost much

of his skill in picking coming young ball players. Nicholson, the Washington (Md.) college outfielder who soon will be presented as a member of the Athletics, should make good in the big time within a year or so. He comes from Jimmy Fo x x’s neighborhood and hits almost as hard . . . James Graham, secretary of the Metropolitan Soccer

league, once starred for the Norwood [ and Roslyn F. C. In Scotland. He ! helped organize the Greenock West of । Scotland F. C. and is the proud holder I of a Glasgow Juvenile Cup Medal. Sharp trainers already are beating the new rule requiring the jockeys’ names to be released with overnight entries at metropolitan tracks. They wait until the 3:30 deadline before giving a name. Then, Just as likely as not, they change the rider before race time the next day . . . There also is considerable tiffing going on because the celebrated bookies who crashed the clubhouses this year are said to be opposed to giving the same prices that are quoted in the main ring . . . Buddy Hassett, newest of Dodger heroes, I has found away to beat the autograph hunters who lie in wait outside Ebbets field. He borrows a pair of glasses from a reporter so that he can escape in disguise each afternoon. Archie Walker, former lightweight contender, now works in the Curb Exchange Clearing house . . . Although it has been years since he w’on a bet, Jimmy Kelly, the celebrated Sullivan Streeter, still manages to breakfast on scrambled eggs and champagne . . . Hambla Bauer, the lady trainer from the West, who was merely given a

badge by the New York Jockey club, can ride her own horses better than most jockeys. Celebrated Gee Gees Wind Up in the Army Some of our most celebrated gee gees wind up in the army... Sir Barton and Behave Yourself (both Kentucky Derby winners), Vander Pool, Audacious, Chilhowee, Single Foot, Kentucky Cardinal and Capt. Alcock are in the Remount service. Incidentally, there are 700 stallions in the American Remount association . . . William Graham, who stars for the Bay Ridge Hearts, is the son of the soccer scribe of the same name, who once performed mighty deeds for the Visitation F. C. Turfmen hope for one good break out of the news that Governor Lehman refuses to be re-elected. They hint that a new governor may mean a new state racing commission or that the commission may be scrapped as was done years ago when Harry F. Sinclair was chairman . . . Joe Louis has a letter postmarked from Germany in which the sender confides he is praying that the Bomber will beat Schmeling . . . Louis, incidentally, gets so much mail that he has hired Chester Washington, Pittsburgh newspaper man, as secretary . . . The fame of Eddie Brannick already has spread to Cuba where the Giants will train next year. The coffee drinking champion secretary has just received a letter informing him how to order his favorite drink in Spanish. THINGS I NEVER EXPECT TO SEE: A New York State racing commissioner remembering (and proving) that he really is as much a servant of the muggs who exist in walkups as of the millionaires who reside in Westchester. Max Schmeling beat Joe Louis, Jim Braddock meet Joe Louis before June, 1937. The Phillies winning a pennant. The owners of the Phillies, or the A’s, refusing a helping of that Boston and Chicago gravy. A Broadway columnist getting an item of sports news first. Or getting It right. The New York State Athletic commission keeping within proper legal bounds and thus giving the public a break. Any commission appointed to supervise sports acting as if the wishes of the people really came ahead of the orders of the politicians.

Il FLAME IN THE FOREST By HAROLD TITUS Illustrations by Irwin Myers 5. Copyright by Harold Tltua. WNU Service. CHAPTER XVl—Continued —l6— Jim and the others did draw back. It would not do to get too close to those clicking teeth, those blazing eyes. “Why, he's hurt! Look at that leg! Here, Tip. . . Again Jim tried to get near but a shrill raging and the dashing of those strong, white teeth set him again in retreat. “Mad, I tell youse!” “Here, Tip! Let’s see.”—Ezra Adams trying, now, but the dog drove him back, too. Advice, warnings, speculation; confusion. And then Nan Downer pushed through the circle. “What's wrong? ... Oh ! Tip! Why, Tip. . . .” The tail Hopped heavily, the dirt smeared tongue lolled; the dog panted and whined. The girl dropped to her knees beside him and he put his nose in her lap. . . . The eyes closed and Tip drew a quivering sigh. He had come to Nan at last. Now he could be touched; now the hurt could be examined. “Broken!” gasped Ezra. “And .. . Good Lord, sergeant, this dog’s been shot!” The words echoed from a dozen throats. “Shot!” “He was with Kerry!” Nan cried. “He was with Kerry, I am sure . . . Ezra! Where Is Kerry? Where is . . .” “That,” snapped the policeman, “is what we’ve got to find out! Come on, you trailers! Look! You can see every step he took in this road!” • •••••• Midafternoon, now, and his head rolled drunkenly as Young fought off that cloud of darkness. He could not hold it much longer. The cabin was beyond his range of vision. . . . He had one cartridge left. He remembered that For weeks, it seemed, his Intermittent firing had kept West within that cabin. He had only one more shot to fire, and he^ould not see the bead of his sight That was all blurred, like other matters: pain and sickness and his manner of getting here. . . . His face drooped heavily against the stock. He was so weary. He wanted to sleep . . . Just a moment . . . just a second. . . . One little wink of respite. . . . Aud then he knew that for ever so long voices had been in his ears. Voices, saying over and over: “Here he went” ... Or was It just once that the words had been said? Just once? “Here he went!” It must have been Jim Hinkle saying that Jim's voice, saying it just now, just once! . . . “Here he went!” And Jim was standing there In the road, bent over, with a group around him. . . . And Nan with her hand on Jim’s shoulder, and the sound of glass breaking. . . . Glass breaking! Window glass breaking before the thrust of a rille barrel through the pane; tinkling as It spilled over the sill. . . . And a man with his shoulder slammed tight against the window casing sighting that rille, and Tod West, that, taking his final toll. One, two, three. . . . They'd drop there in the road before the crash of his repeating weapon. One, two, three. . . . West in sight, exposed to Young! Oh, how well Kerry could see now. He could see the bead of his front sight, could see it flash true against that bulky breast and the recoil did not hurt, that time. He did not even think of It. . . . He saw that other rifle barrel lly upward, saw Tod West spin about, back to the window. . . . Saw him stand there a moment and then, in the terrible silence, saw him disappear with the crash which loosed torrents of cries and words and sounds of running feet. . . . Then Kerry Young put his cheek down on the cool, moist earth and drew a long breath. .

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beginning in next issue SYNTHETIC GENTLEMAN By Channing Pollock npnis is the story of a croivk who had to go straight in spite of hinaself, because circumstances forced him right into the shoes of another man—a gentleman! He was an unwilling impostor, but he couldn't quit playing his part because he found himself in love with the gentleman’s pretty lady friend. Channing Pollock, one of the outstanding figures of modern literature has packed SYNTHETIC GENTLEMAN full of adventure, drama, romance and some of the swellest laughs you’ve been handed in years. Start SYNTHETIC GENTLEMAN in the next issue of this newspaper. You^ll want to read every chapter!

They had him back at Nan’s In an hour. Ezra had the bullet out before sundown. It was midnight when he opened his eyes. At first, lie thought he was alone in the room and then realized that he could not be alone; a man alone cannot have that sweet sense of peace and permanence and well being which spread over him like a mantle. . . . He moved his head slightly and saw her sitting there, straight and stiff and expectant, her face gentler than ever beneath the shaded light. “Nan,” he breathed and she came quickly close. “Oh, Kerry!” The words were a sob, “And you’re ... all right?” “Right! Every thing's right I” He closed his eyes. “Tip?” “Ezra says he’s done the best Job of bone setting he's ever done for man or beast.” Pause. “Holt?” “Here,” —In a whisper. “Walting to thank you . . . before he goes.” He cleared his throat feebly. “And . . . West?” “Already gone,”—gravely. “And forever.” He stared hard at the ceiling through a long moment. “Nan ... I guess ... I guess I’m all right, but a hand never can . . . HR®™ r r Her Lips Were Living Warmth on His Cheek. just tell. There’s something I’ve . . . got to say. . . . Put It off for the . . . right time . . . right place. . . . Excuse . . . little groggy. . . . “But I’ve got to . . . say It . , . now. . . .” “Sh!” Gently she placed small fingers against his Ups. “You mustn’t talk. You’ll be all right. Ezra swears It. But now . . . And I’ll say It for you, dear, dear Kerry! I’ll say the thing you want to say. . . I love you. . . . Is that it? I knew, you see. And I love you, Kerry. . . . Love you, love you, love you. . . ." Her lips were living warmth on bis cheek. [THE END] Gold Is of Many Colors; Aluminum Alloys Useless Pure gold shows two colors. One is the familiar glittering yellow shade reflected from its surface. The other is that shown by light which passes through thin sheets of the metal. Gold is perhaps the most malleable of metals and can be hammered into sheets so thin as to be translucent to strong light. When such sheets are held up to light the color that reaches the eye Is a bright green. The colored golds used ny the jewelers are alloys. They are not as brightly colored as their names might Indicate, but, with the exception of white gold, are merely shaaes of the golden yellow. Green gold is produced by mixing the pure metal with silver and sometimes a little cardmium. The addition of a little copper to green gold converts it into white gold. Red gold, as might be expected, is an alloy of gold and copper. Bine gold is formed by alloying the precious metal with Iron. In addition to these there Is a series of gold-aluminum alloys which covers practically the whole spectrum, including a most gorgeous shade of purple. Unfortunately, these aluminum alloys are quite useless, being too brittle to be worked into any useful shape.— Chicago Tribune.

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