The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-16
THE NEW CHAMPION.


The writer OF this knows that tn,
Jasper COURIER editor is a Sunday
goto meeting sort of a cuss, who i
Just naturally ''agin prize lightin
and slca like contraptions Of Satar
TO ketch the unwary, and, there.
fore, he feels as ii he is in duty
bound TO offer the new champion
Mr.. Jeffries, a word or two of ad
vice, seeing that We editor would
not offer it yourself, at least above a
stage whisper.
Now, Mr.. Champion, we offer
you our congratulations and hope
we can off them TO you longer
than a week or Two. Mr.. Cham
pion, you are filling most envious
position in the eyes of the people.
that is such people as the small
boy, the big boy, the college boy,
the old boy, the ambiguous boy,
and in tact all sorts o. bows. The
president of he United States is
not in the same class with YOU, ex-
cept in election time, and that is
generally before he is president.
After he Is president he il always
considered he meanest white man
on earth, especially if he i can
didate for another term.
But you, Mr.. Champion, are
supreme. Nobody can take your
laurels from you, except he knocks
you out AID takes them from you
by sheer force, and anybody that
can d. that, you must admit ought
to be champion.
Years ago, we had a champion by
the name of John Sullivan. For
years and years John was cock of
the walk. Anything he wanted
was his'n. Anything he hankered
after was Immediately handed over.
If he walked on the streets the boys
followed him and threw bouquets
at him. Ii he was in the house the
boys threw bouquets at the house.
He was Champion. Ii anybody
plucked up courage enough to chal-
lenge him, his challenge was taken
up 50 quick it took his breath away
and then, Of course, he was knock
ed out SO effectually that he was
never heard of again, except as the
man who was knocked out by John.
Those were Gays when the people
were proud Of their champion. But
finally his day came, and he had a
Jim Corbett, who was
for a year until Fitzsim-
mons knocked him out, and in his
turn was champion.
But 10. what change. The
now consisted princi-
pally in running away from anybody
and everybody who dared to issue
a challenge. And fighting with the
tongue a la Koerner vs. Armstrong,
became fashionable. Lengthy argu-
ments in the yellow journals were
relied on TO deliver Knockout blows.
inste,d of five ounce gloves in "a
loot ring. People looked on pu
gilism as fake game.
Now, Mr.. Champion, what are
you going to do? Are you going to
gas or to fight? Are YOU going to
cal, Kid Mccoy names, and give
Sharkev pet epithets, and slur Cor
bett, and curse Mr.. Koerner and
Mike Sweeney and Bob Armstrong,
)r are you going tc fight?
That's what we wan. to know.
And as soon as we know it we will
know how to act and act according.
And then we will issue a challenge
% you, to meet either Mr.. koerner,
Mr.. Sweeney, Mr.. Armstrong, Mr..
Fritz or the editor of the Herald at
Maltersville for ten dollars side
nd gate receipts. We guarantee
You big crowd at the ringside. 4
as we will offer to use
he Jasper Court House Ring to
light in. And, Mr.. Champion, if
'ou do not get knocked out in that
ing, then YOU are entitled as far as
We are concerned to the champion
hip. Soosox SwuY.
Jasper, Ind. June 10, 1899,