The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-12-22
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little Englishman who is the manager OF
shoe store and factory ON north Clark
street, Chicago. Nearly all the shoes
that are made In Chicago for sparrers
and other athletes are manufactured in
this shop. Here Is list OF some OF our
principal customers who are profess
sionals," displaying a printed card on
which appeared a long list Of names OF
people of rank among the sporting fra
ternlty. The list began with Parson Da.
yies and Yank Adams, and ended with
Jem Mace and Jack DAVIS. Among the
other names were those of Ed Hanlan,
Paddy Ryan and ''the late james Elliott"
"Are sporting men good customersi"
"Yes, they need considerable leather In
their profession. They are mostly jolly
fellows to deal with, but they are aw-
fully hard to please sometimes. think
| they are more particular than any other
class of customers
"How did you come to get their
trades"
| "Well, | know how to make exactly
what they want. l made shoes Tor the
profession seventeen years ago in Bur-
mlngham, England. was runner and
spsrrer at the time myself. Among my
customers in the old country were Bob
Brettle, middle-weight champion, and
James Morris, champion of the light
weights. ! have made u study of spar
ring shoes. Here is a letter from
| Charley DavIes-the Parson, you know
ordering tive pairs OF sparring shoes 70
be sent to him at Ogden, Utah. sent
him the handsomest pair you ever saw
yesterday. They were made after pat
tern invented by myself, | split the
| back-stay, and lap the edges over 80 1t
doesn't wrinkle. See, here is a sparrlng-
shoe" holding up one Of soft leather.
SIT Is made on slipper-last, with low
heel, broad toe, and light, flexible
sole which is almost flat under the instsp.
Here is letter from Harry Montague,
i Jem Mace's manager, about some shoes
| made for Mace. Mace has his sparring-
shoes made in way peculiar to himself.
He likes them very short, 80 thai his
feet cannot ride IN them a particle.
think sparring-shoes ought to be consld-
erably longer than he wears them in
order to fully protect the toes of the
wearer.n
''How do fighting and training shoes
diRer from them9"
''irainlng shoes have heels a little
higher. Paddy Ryan has been training
all summer IN shoes made here. He got q
pair Of fighting shoes from me not long
ago, which he says he is going to wear
when he Whips Sullivan. Fighting shoes
differ from the others merely in having
spikes in the soles.- l have made fighting
shoe for Ryan, jim Elliott, Jim Kane,
Johnny Files, Johnny Walsh, Captain
Dalton, Jem Mace and Jack Davis"
"Can you give some particulars about
the feet OF fighting menS" asked the re-
porter.
eyes, have their measures here, " SAID
Mr.. Gee, producing two large books. on
the pages OF which appeared the outlines
n pencil of many large, small and middle.
sized teet. As he rapidly turned the
leaves there were displayed straight feet
and crooked feet, feet shaped like clubs
and feet shaped like crescents. Great
suffering corns and bunlons were pictured
there that were enough to make the heart
or any observer ache with sympathy.
"Here,' SAID MIR. Gee, displaying a
page which contained the outline of a root
OF generous proportions, sis Paddy Ryans'
foot, It's good one to look at, and a
good foot to tit. 1t is seven inches long,
and calls for No. 10 SHOE. 1t measures
l01 inches over the Instep, IL inches at
ankle, and 14t inches through the heel.
You will notice that all fighting men have
very large ankles. They are developed
by constant exercise,
Here" pointing to another diagram,
SIS Jack DAVIS foot. 1t is the largest enc
for the width l ever saw. He wears
No. IL shoe. Davis Is Birmingham
man, and used to 1--we on the same street
did. Here is Parson Davies foot. Look
what broad toes he has. And here's
Mace's. He wears a No. 81 shoe, meas
ures VI inches across the ball of the foot,
lot inches over the instep, and 9t inches
at the ankle. Hsulan's foot, you see, Is a
very neat one. de wears a No. shoe,
and measures 9f inches across the ball of
the loot, " inches on the instep, and 81
inches at the ankle. He is coming
through Chicago In two weeks on his way
to California. He'll probably call around
and get another pair of shoes. Then here
are the feet of Woodside and Morgan, the
blcyclers. got them to adept my idea
OF wearing high shoes In the recent 6-day
race. Bicyclers generally wear low SHOES,
but think their ankles ought to be sup
ported when they indulge In long rides.
Johnny Files, you see,' wears a No.
shoe he has long foot for little
man. George Guyon, who once walked a
six days go-as-you-please In Chicago,
wears No. 8. And here Is Jim Elliott's
measure. 1t was taken, you see, on the
goth OF last January, not very long be-
fore Jere Dunn killed him. He wore
No. 81 shoe, and had and had a o.
inch ankle measure. Fred Plalsted, the
oarsman, came In with him, and his
measure is on the next page. His shoe
Is No. ii, and he measures 90 inches at
the ankle. That's all the professional
feet can find at present."
Did you ever make any shoes for
John L. Sullivan2"
81 made him one pair when he came
to Chicago to spar with Elliott, but 1
haven't his measure IN the book, and
forget what 1t is. But here is a shoe
winch is interesting, although not a pro-
tessional one MIR. Gee raised from the
loor ponderous calt-skIn shoe 'gm
bet the man l made that shoe for has
The largest foot in Chicago. Here is his
measure on the book. 1t is exactly 10
inches long and inches wide, and isa
No. 10. mark it No. Is, because the
nan who has 10 wear it was standing bv.
md wanted to spare his feelings. The
lext largest measure have on my books
that of Barrister Keogh, who wears
NO. ll4. The smallest and neatest foot
'ou ever saw is here somewhere, but
ant find it just now. The man who
WINS II is an advertising agent and Vo.
shoe fits him."
COLONEL Hicklebolus has a very
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