The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-03
JOS WALCOTT TALKS.
ColOred PugiIist Wants to Get ii
WhacIS at More of the ''Hebbies."

From the Baltimore Herald
New York, Feb. Z6-"I beat dat white
man good an plenty" said Joe Walcott
to George Dixon and Joe Cans at the
Delavan yesterday afternoon. when he
arose from his SAUNDERS and proceeded to
pack his grip for trip to his Boston
! home.
Deed you did, and l was mighty glad
I to see it, answered Dixon. Il think, Joe,
that you have a look-in with Sharkey."
why, chile, I'd jest naturally eat dat
r Irishman all up if he'd only fight ne.
II rs afraid. OATS what H dun drew de
col a. line just to get away frum me. l
got a line on desc hebbies. Nah goddess
but Gat Konsh was pipe Gawge, l
reau did hate to hit him dat last good
right Aand wallcp. 1t certainly was
wrong -
DO you think that you have a chance
with { orbett?" asked a by-stander
"A Oh anst? Huh! on de lebbel l ain t
kidding when ! tell you dat if | ever did
swing de- Sc brAadwinners OF dat long body
I'd lest I .aturally bust him in two Oh,
Lorfyi do, an ask me to ebber go against
nothin' ha DER dan dat air dude, Corbett.
| kin beat EN- all if they'll fight me, but
YOU sees no W dey draw the color-line. /
guess I'm a bad niger. ] guess l kahn t
fight hebbies ] guess dat last night doan
glib me no ril hit TO box dat big Jeffries.
Konski he dun box draw-wif Jeffrles and
/ beat Konski. Doan dat let me in to fight
for the champi, 'nship?'
1T surely dee. - commented Len Wag-
er. but Joe, do you really think that
prize lighting is an honorable pursuit?
Haven't you som. stimes wished that you
had adopted a cal. ing that was less rude
and musSy?'
ar oh do No,
in de Barbados de wanted to make a
scholard OBJ me- an 1 went 10 school for
two, tree weeks, but somehow NAH head
was too thick to les the letters in.
guess dats why desc sc rappers break dere
mits on NAH cocoanllt would like to
have been a swell raghime playah, but
amt got no more chance to be one now
dan a rabbit. l t'ink dat / would have
made a good playah # Ia stated right. 4"
Did you ever hit a tie man as hard
as you could?" asked Cans.
Fob de Lawd, ! nehber did. I'm
a-scared 40. You see, I've got punch
what l nsbber uses for fear dat I'll kill
de man inv front of me. It's a mighty
sassy pune h, an if black boy dun kill
a white man, he'll get de rope hooks
trown into aim. But dat punch certinly
am a frazzlev.'
'sWhy don't you dress up like Cans?
Here he is, fashion-pNate, and you look
as though SOu 4A1N bNSAl III a fpuS II
house"
Il amt stuck .9r desc close. I'm a.sav-
in NAH money. l motifs when a fightah
dun gifts broke ne rs a bum, an It's IA lot
wuss when a blao * boy gifts on de slide.
Now, I'm jest a-h 1ngin on 10 nah little
wad, an if dey ev er does put me out Oh
de business TT have de money, Den, If
some guy says, 'De.re's dat Joe Walcott;
he KANT fight. He's dead one and dey
come and tell me abCmt il, I'll jest laugh
and say:
"'Who say dat? why, dat no account
man is a fightah, amt he? | fought so.
He's workin' at il yea, amt he? Well.
you all doan see me W orkin' y o see, IN
hab de laff on 'em. Glib me de yaller
boys an Cans he kin hab de glad rags
Nah girl thinks just as much oh her
honey as he am as if he had de bestesst
clothes"
Walcott went to Boston to visit his re-
atives and tell them how he did it, He
was the happiest colored man in the five
boroughs yesterday. and he sang West
Indian songs 10 himself as he panded the
| Delavan. His similar head, set squarely
on his powerful shoulders, was the seat of
a large expansive smile that took in his
| entire face.