The Red Cloud chief., 1901-03-15
GIANTS IN A CONTEST
CHICAGO SAID TO HAVE THE BIG.
CEST POLICEMAN ON EARTH.

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weighs 3i5 Pounds-Champion Police
mon OF other Cities-Modern Golisths
In and Out Of shows-Tsil Women.
There seems to be n revival in liter
allure pertaining to giants. One phase
Of Il started In St. Louis.
The other day a st. Louis editor dis
covered Q wonderful young giant wear.
ing the blue uniform and brass but.
tons Of the st. Louis police force-a
staawart SOL Of Anak, impressive in
his Official trappings and a terror to
evildoers. With n flourish Of boastful
delight he sent forth a challenge to the
students OF giant greatness In other
cities, calling Of them In words that
rang a defiant note to produce the
equal or superior of the st. Louis Go.
Hath.
The towering specimen Of gianthood
offered by st. Louis IL Patrolman Muir
ray p. Davidson. Twenty-Five years
old. His height Is six feet two and n
half inches, and his weight POI pounds.
The challenge in his behalf was d.
rected to the police chiefs in other big
American cities.
Have you any officer in your city
that will beat him?" said the letter.
The proud boast of st. Louis that II
had the biggest policeman on earth
was destined to early humiliation.
Chief Ripley, of Chicago. read the
challenge. Then n sardonic smile un.
colled itself upon his usually impertur-
bable face. He touched an electric
button and asked for Edward Mar.
tint. In response Martini was speed.
ly ushered into the chiefs presence.
The latter proudly surveyed his sub
ordinate from the ground up. his
gaze seeming to rest on the ceiling
when 1t had reached the giants head.
what are your dimensions, Mar.
tini?' asked Chief Ripley.
IL am six feet three inches in
height" said the policeman. "My
weight is 317 pounds, my chest expan-
sion eight inches"
That will do" answered the chief,
with a lofty wave OF his hand. 1T
beats the st. Louis giant. and we can
rest on our laurels until we hear from
some other precinct"
He Is thirty-six years old, and a ma
tive of Wisconsin. His record. di.
mansions and photograph were
promptly forwarded to st. Louis. to
the great chagrin OF the champion
giant of that town.
1t was only a day or two before a
Ohio giant entered the lists. This was
Officer f. X. S%tarrett. n member Of the
Columbus police force. But he failed
to carry Off the palm. He easily beat
the st. Louis giant in every point ex-
cept height. His principal measure
ments are: Height. six feet one inch;
breadth Of shoulders, twenty-six
inches; chest and waist glrth, each
ffty-fve inches: calf Of leg, twenty
inches; thigh. thirty inches. He is
thirty nine years old and weighs 347
pounds. The Buckeye giant has thirty
pounds the better Of Chicago's biggest
policeman, but the latter IL superior
and more impressive I'm height. Yet
he lowers the proud standard that was
raised by the champion giant of st.
Louis.
There are DOUBTLESS many other
~blue-coated giants that Will be heard
from before this interesting contest
is ended. 1t Is natural that men of ex
traordinary strength and proportions
should seek and find employment on
the police force OF large cities. A year
or two ago, just after the r~eorganiza-
ton Of the Broadway squad In New
York, It vas said that Archibald Tag
CART and Harry Graham. at that time
roundsnien I'm the squad, were proba-
bly, the biggest policemen in he world.
Graham was the tallest man on the
New York police force: being six feet
six and . MALT inches IN height, but his
weight WAS only 245 pounds. He was
so tall and thin that he IA called the
lightning rod cop. In every point ex-
tept that of height he Ia outelassed by
abe Westerners already referred to-
Taggart, In every way except in
hnight. was a larger man thnn
Graham. His measurements We're:
Height six feet five ami n half inches;
chest. forty-seven inches; waist, thir-
ty-StNtu auu u ihni iutlltS' MS
weight was 27S pounds.
Still, all modern Goliatlis are not
found In the police ranks. When En-
lsror william made his celebrated
tour of the Holy Land, two years or
more ago, he tool with him for spec
tacular purposes the tallest man in the
German Army. This Germans giant
! was reported to be seven feec eight
inches ia height. Prince Frederick
Henry, eldest son OF the Prisce Re-
I gent of Brunswick, who recently at
| Gained his majority, rs the tallest of
! the Hohenzollerns, being over six feet
| three inches in height
| Oswald Bailins Is now said to he one
OF the greatest giants of the German
Army. He is a Bavarian by birth
twenty-three' years old, ana seven feet
one inch in height and still growing
He weighs 800 pounds and is, unlike
most extremely tall men. in perfect
health. He was recently married t.
Miss Beemen, Il native OF TOnquin
I China. Her mother was "A German