Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-23


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young blood into old men and restoring
lost youth while you wait. Now, that
theory was all right. Mctchnisneezes S
invigorator Is bird II ever there was
one.
well, McSwatt read about 1t, and he
came to me with a big proposition. l
arranged match for him with
O'Toole. one of the third rate heavy
weights. O'Toole thought he had a
cinch against the old has been. Then
we sent to Metchnlsneeze for some of
his inyigorating preparation. and in
jected about n cupful of 1t into Nc
Swatt's arm.
ut took n full 20 years Off his life.
HE re-entered the ring n man of 40.
and In about 1S seconds O'Tooie
thought an Empire State express train
was indulglng In n sportive game of
tag and that he was II.
"O'Toole went to sleep In the first
round. and McSwatt and | collected
about $4,000 between us In bets gate
money, etc
"Then we challenged Socket Tuum,
the big second rater, and Socket
thought 1t would be like finding the
money In the street.
But we squirted another cupful OF
old Metchnsnecze's invigorator into
McSwatt's arm nt the rlngslde and
brought him down to the age of 80.
"a local poet laureate described that
fight In the following iurid yet graphic
lines:
Mcswstt sailed into Socket. and he puiveri.ed his
fore,
And then he slusgcd him to the ropes. and he
slammed him on the floor;
lie banged his collar pleSus till II struck against
his spine,
And Socket thought he'd run against some Maine
All. twas glorious fnishl And McSwatts tho
peoples pet,
But Socket doesn't know It. tor he's sleeping
soundly yet.
"That gave us the right to tackle
some first class man, and we did.
I'VE challenged big McAblutf. There
was Just one heavyweight In the ring
who could lick McAbluff, and that was
the worlds champion himself. The
champion would come later.
1--WE gave McSwatt n tablespoonful
of invigorator and made him % years
old.
"Then we turned him loose on Nc
Ablnff, and In two rounds McAbluff
lay dreaming glad, glad dreams Of
home and mother.
"McSwatt was the idol of the nation,
and when. the next month, Fitzshark-
bett, the worlds champion heavy
weight. accepted our challenge the
popular excitement lay around in
chunks on the sidewalk. a.
why, Dewey wasn't one, two. three
with McSwatt for popularity.
1T was then | had my first quarrel
with MaSwatt, He wanted another
dose of the inyigorant, but said No
very hard. He was quite young enough.
An overdose might make him too
young.
He seemed to yield to my views.
''rhe day of the fight arrived.
would that had locked up the In.
vlgorator bottle beforehand.
"The men entered the ring amid tu-
muituous applause, Just as I was put
ting on McSwatts gloves he called out:
"'Oh. pity, pity! Is those pity nit
tens for me?'
81 thought he was foollng or else had
a jag,
Just then he caught sight Of Fitz,
shnrkbett's green and red lighting
tights and stretched out his arms and
began to crow and clap his hands.
"'Baby wants 'em! he chuckled, "
90 don't div 'em to me right away
quick. baby'l! cwyv
"rhen we carried him back to his
dressing room. squalllng and shaping
at US aud snying he'd tell mamma,
"You see, gentlemen. that man had
got hold OF the lnvigorator when
wasn't looking and had injected o
whole paiiful of the stuff into his arm
1t had brought MIN down to the tender
afss OF 3."-New York World,