The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-19

the money. buy good pair Of tights
and send the bill to John L. C. o. D.
Now if you have grain of sand you
win be on hand Tuesday night
Mexican Pete left the platform amid
a mixture and tumble of cheers and
Kisses
Now if that fellow has a grain of
sand he will be here tomorrow night
said Hall to the crowd, land if he does
not then he is the ranlkest kind of a
gutter Now, ladies and gentlemen,
let me introduce to you, Jim McCor-
mick, the coming champion"
For brief deeting moment, a tall,
husky six-footer from the land of cow
boys waltzed into view. His legs were
thin and Wiry, but his arms were
masses Of muscles. He has a chest
like pair of blacksnith's bellows.
The crowd cheered and yelled: mo
wonder Mexican Pete didn't want to
go with him."
Then Frank Hall appeared again
and made this announcement: Ladies
and gentlemen: We have just re-
ceived word that Jack Johnson, who
put Pete out in four rounds the other
night would be on hand on Tuesday
night. He'll be here, too. If McCOr-
mick don't stop him in four rounds, we
viii give him So. We viii just double
the offer made to Mexican Pete" So
here is something on for tonight, IN
addition to the show.
Naturally the big feature of the
show was John L. He appeared twice,
once in monologue and once in a three
round friendly Overlapping match
with Mccormick. It was Overlapping
for them, but the blows which they
landed on each others bodies would
have felled nine ordinary men out of
ten They smashed away at each other
merc1leSSly. You could hear the
whack! whack! of the padded pillow
against bare flesh all over the house.
The audience enjoyed it to the limit
and howled in merriment and appre-
citation.
Sullivan's monoIogue was a success.
Ladies ard gentlemen" he says. IF
you will give me your attention for
awhile, I will show you what I can do
with mOnolOgue. MOnologue according
to Hoyle-I mean Shapespeare-
means solfIoquy. and soliloquy means
talking to yourself. Now as a rule that
is a very bad habit. They say that
most mOnolOguists are bad, but / viii
try to prove myself an exception to
that rule"
He makes good, too. He tells a
bunch of clever stories and recalls
"reminiscences of old fighting days. His
Irish stories are the best, for he can
hand cut the brOgue.
He is carefully disguised in a dress
suit, opera hat. tight-ftting kid gloves
and carries a cane about two feet long.
His suit which fringes a white shirt
front II by "A inches iIa area presents
MIN DELOEe the PUBIC more IKE d AAA10
from Wall street than a man from the
prize ring. He might be an alderman
leading a ward cOtilliOn or a retired
hotel keeper at a wedding for all the
audience knows, if his manager had
not taken the precautfon to introduce
him with complimentary illusions to
his past record.
The rest of the show bill was great,
but incomplete. The Bradys in singing.
dancing and bag-punching were unable
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nights performance, but will be here
tonight. They are of the best. Adams,
a trick musical performer, could not go
on last night because his baggage had
failed to arrive. To fill up this gap in
the programme, a four-roun6 sparTing
match was put on between Jesse James
and Nate Kerns, two local boys Of some
pugilistic fame. The bout was declared
a draw.
The moving pictures of the Corbett-
Mccoy fight were unsatisfactory pc
cause the films were new and had not
yet been fastened together. Quite
good many breaks occurred in the repro
duction for this reason. But they are
exceptionally good, and by tonight the
management of the show promises to
have them run Off smoothly Some
good moving pictures were shown OF
"Raf1es. the Canine Thief
Eldridge, the sand artist, presented
something surprising. With eolored sand
he reproduced snow scenes, burning
buildings and sinking ships SilviDo in
shadoWEraph work was a hit with the
crowd. Perkins, a slack wire man. put
on some startling feats. Kennedy and
Vincent put on some very clever dIa-
logue and trick piano playing. Miller. /
the Hand-Cuff King. mad the crowd
completely puzzled. He invited a COM
mittee of six out Of the audience to stand
on the stage. His arms and feet were
handcuned several times and then tied
with ropes. A chain was fastened from /
his neck to his feet. Then he was chain
ed and tied into a box, and the box
bound up with ropes. He was put under /
a curtain, and in a few moments reap
peared. with all the chains and hand /
cuffs off his wrists. legs, and neck, and /
perfectly free. The box was tied Just as
It was when showed under the curtain. :