Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-15
CHAMPION HART
VICTIM OF JOKE
MANAGER TOM RYAN TEASES
HIS PRoTEGE
Inofensive Cur, Aided by Blank Cart
ridges, Defes All Efforts Of
Bluegrass Champ at KILL
ing Him

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Marvin Hart is a better fighter than
he is a marksman. Witness his efforts
to Kill a cur on the beach at Santa
Monica last Sunday.
For several days this same cur has
bothered Marvin every time he left the
bath house for his daily run of four
teen miles up the beach and back.
Oftentimes the cur would only bark
and raise Ned generally, but one one
or two particular occasions the same
cur would try to sink his amorous teeth
into the muscled-fesh of Marvin's calf
and this did not partake of the friend
y nature that champions are so ac-
customed to.
Marvin complained to Tommy Ryan,
his nager-impresario, and Tommy
advised Marvin to buy a 4-Colt, Smith
e. WesSon or a winchester and assas-
sinate his dogship.
Marvin commissioned Tommy Ryan
to assume the duties of purchasing
agent and Tommy secured the revolver,
or canon, and loaded 1t with blanks of
great resonance, but slight effective
ness.
After trustingly placing the weapon
in Marvin's hands. Tommy advised the
claimant to the heavyweight champion
ship to sally forth and put a Jack
Root curling iron upon the curship.
Always subservient to the advise of
Foxy Tommy, Marvellous sauntered
forth upon murder bent and meeting
the enemy of his pastime upon the
quiet and sunlit beach, Marvin pro-
ceeded to attempt perforation of his
hide with the blanks, which said fact
was wholly unknown to the affiant.
After passing the time Of the day and
discussing the state of the weather
with his 11nGbin Marvellous tool do
liberate aim and sent, as he thought.
one of the death-dealing bullets to the
brain of puppy.
Pup didn't cave at first fire. but
responded to the rendition of the battle
of Manila bay with an encore of barks.
Tail-wagging was also feature of
the performance of his royal puppy
ship.
Marvellous took a step backwards and
again assumed a deliberate and muir
derous pose, with the object of his
wrath playfully cavorting before his
vision, and with all the calm delibera-
tion of the assassin pulled the trigger
for the second time, but with the self
same results.
No Death Scene
No death scene marred the landscape
nor did any riot calls resound in the
office of the chief of police of Santa
Monica
His precocious puppyship again
wagged his tail and resounded the dis
cordant notes of his chime into the
melody of the occasion. Marvellous
marveled at the sight and occasion.
Surely L cannot be deceived.
Neither have I tasted of Arooroo
Hoorawraw's favorite beverage but
that - dog is yet alive. Methinks I
have actually twice missed fire. I shall
once more try the deliberate aim,"
said Marvellous.
hill and dale, but not one whit ahead
of the joyful barks and loyal partici-
patton of the canine. The third at
tempt proved failure.
Bing-bing. Two more volleys of
wrath, lead and powder and paper
wads spurted upon the stiffness of the
scene. but without fatal results.
Thoroughly alarmed, the champion of
the bluegrass region hastily cast his
weapon into the roaring breakers and
did a Salvador stunt towards the bath
house.
Am really drunk or am I deceived
by you, Tommy Ryan," queried the
scalp hunter of the Moonshine dis
trict.
"He-haw" was his reply and this is
the only explanation Marvellous has yet
had as to the bum results of his target
ability.
The cur has been adopted by the
Hart-Ryan combination, but the joke
Is yet on Marvellous.
Marvellous is training hard for his
first real championship battle since in
heriting the imaginary belt that Jim
Jeffries. the real and only champion,
with the name blown in the
bottle, take-no-substitute, none-other
genuine, willed to the winner of the
Hart-root fiasco at Reno.
Hart has been much benefited by
the assistance of Tommy Ryan, the
ring general par excellence, who trains,
manages and boxes with the blue
grass champ.
So satisfactory has been the results
of his training thus far that Hart says
without reservation that he is in bet
ter trim than ever before in all his
ring experience and that he will be
able to put up the fight of his life
when he faces Tommy Burns one week
from Friday night.
On the form he showed against Jack
Johnson, the negro champion, Hart
has a decided advantage over any of
the present day aspirants to heavy
weight honors, excluding Jim Jeffries
Hart is a born fighter and is not In
the class of Jim Corbett or Kid Nc
Coy, the acme of all that pertains to
the scientific end of the boxing game,
but he can slug some and take punish
ment, and this is his hope.
Burns Realizes Task
Tommy Burns is also a fighter, born
and bred to the Cruel For the first
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