The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26


3hos has broken an arm, ii log or ~ collar
bono. but everything he 6has been ready
TO risk fractured bon es gain ns soon
as ever the surg could pa tphs him up
3Ire hns quite as many enemies ms friends
among those who low IA I'm well ~ BY 9
enemies as we'll as friends u agree hat
his physical nerve Is the ltimnte thing
IN that line. 81 ,S3S
NJ Toxhall Keene Is now IN middl o II fe,s
gand al Is hardly likely that 4 b wi 4 win
many moro a!srepf 81 in 4. 4 the MA sporting;
with tho name & OF q his s6i fathers race
horse, F'oxhall, famous "a years q o.
sWhetherSl the man n was named z for3 the
Shorse or tho horse for the man is y tirSS
known . this writer
sA & Cent? rnan Athlete of 'es-ssI
5Sss terd ay. \, 81. 5:3
S53.4AlthoughBt Re NOV einent toward III etics3
Is compare lvel ~ a y n CIV one among rich
Americans, 1T was no initiated vest erdaLy.
83i During the twenty ears fol lowing 1S 76
Hermann Oelricts. MI now aya Califorrian.s
but then az New y rker. N Of German dos
scent, " was t lie 81 best al -round Az athlete
among tho rich men Of this country. He;
didn't especially fancy such gentlemanlyi
sports as lawn tenn Isl, III yyevcr and golf
was then practical n X oWn N; err
lea, Swimming was bis great est q eligh
but he was a A famo us n boxer, too, and
both l he and 4 his friends used d to n think
him quite able to whip " Ohm y s llivan
gEin%the days Of that cha NIPPON pugtlist's
prime. h MI 5S III VI. 3s
33ts Oelrichs once roposed d match with
sullivan for. d good 81 zcCl purse. st pu-.
4lating, fioweVer.9 d that the meeting should
be strictly private. Sui Ivan clined ,gns
lie said because It here Woul dn't be an
thing iii IL IT. for him to- fight sunless the
public were to know ii ,out II md have!
10 chance to- RWell the ga to pts to the;
proper proport Ions. Oelrlc s WA 81 exc ep;-s
tionall to prove Rhttrsel ~ b e
Run, Sbut5 lie couldn't bring $hlmse1 fSto the
point OF making All liblic exhihitl lon 81
\ d n prize fighter Sui ivan tossed ~ to
be rs Thorough u isnppoi nted as Gel richs3
was at the failure Of the INA ch. bu Il both.
mem had friends IN no. famll lnr$Wlt tn the
Epovers Of both said that II ngS his heart
sullivan was ttankf they couldn't 4.
meet. 4 IN sS III M
4s AS a Il swimmer Oelrichs easll N ed the
amateurs Of his DAY. Ton leS s Wins
were easy for tirns N md on summer = ~
used Ito swim out the fishing banks l;s
from Seahright t. N !. J dis aHce OF three
tgrca t xyorrlmen t8of some sof Ills friends
They bonbarded the news ap elsi I'm
communications protesting against his l''S
cklessnes as j q enco,lra geo her
and & wea kerr men to 10 NJ Y
4, al thesperl Of their Ives. not to- mems
Btion TIL danger he ran FOR Ii nlself I. g heseg
fconlmunicati Ions used III use Oelr
hugel u. for in hose days Ibis onfldence
irs+fis own personal poWcrs was not hing
less than sublime. It has b en- sal tf1sl q
she could swim; no urs at o. NJ 81 ratc
It'll yas in those avs that he got Z bis Is
name into newspap ers
OCEAN and from the cold thern;S; Ca
mad ian a shores & to the hal n,y Swn ters Sots
Florida BY his scornful disbelief Of al
stories that sharks I, srs. 8 2 9
& nm 4. . md offered $500 70 any one who:
would n prove that one of these biz 4. fish
had ever tackled imam being he
proof never was fort comln and here
fore, oerichs held that he had mad ms w
point. All tho same, ii ere Are many ,,sll e.
dnv who arc will to- believe tn most
ultra shark ate ri es. IA; sst
4 Though swimming and boxing were his
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