The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-21
A Call to Pennsylvania to Be Sporty.

"A Call to Pennsylvania to Be Sporty.
II Tom oRourkc is successful in pull
Ing of 2o-round bouts near philadelphia
II VIII put a new face on boxing In the
East. for IL is sure To compel all the
heavy men TO stop their telephone fight
ing and get Into real business With 20
round bouts within couple of hours OF
Pbiladelphta and New York, the purses
could be large enough to pull ali the
claimants Into the ring make them
shut up There's n lot OF good sporting
blood in the Statc OF Pennsylvania and
II that State takes the lead I'm opening
up the real goods, III take of my lid Il
her.
For number OF years. the promoters
have given about all their time 10 parad-
Ing the light men In short whirls with
the gloves, while tho dig men haven't
had chance because there's no place to
20 any distance in fight except on the
coast. IL things are made right In Penn
sylvania. Jack OBrien Will get several
chances right away to show them what
81 taYoritc son chn do near home Ruhlin
Gardncr, Hart and the rest would be
'toeing the scratch and l am sure that a
lot OF new heavy men who are now In
the dark would como out for the big
purse chancos
Pennsylvania is big enough to be
broadmindod enough TO open the way,
and knowing the folks In that State as
i do, am sure they would stand for
20-round bouts, She is now pretty near
the top In supporting all kinds OF sports
and she has turned out some OF the best
athletes In the land. 1t is up to her to
show the way and pride I'm Jack O'Brien's
standing ought 10 help some In getting
her up to the point 10 make declaration
Of independence in the greatest snort
ever put together for healthy mer
hope and think she'll do the trick
Missed Being Villain in Hoyt Comedy
When the late Charles II. Hoyt saw
what a go HIS character OF "Old SPORT
IN the comedy of The Rag Baby was
ne had serious intentions OF writing some
sort OF play with myself as the hero or
remember that In the comedy the old
sport was continually shaking the hand
OF another character in the play because
nc bad once shaken hands with me "Oh.
iet INC once moro shake the hand that
mas shaken tho hand Of Sullivan" was
the break tho old sport made right
through the three or four acts
Hoyt told me that this hit about sbak
Ing The hand that had once shaken mine
was the most successful gag ne ever n,,t
on the stage, and he said that IL / would
s1and Tor II. no would throw together n
play Tor me 10 star in that would make
people think Shakespeare and Booth and
tho rest of them were nlso-rans
AZ the time he made the offer. had
toothache and a bear, with n sore head
wasn't in II With me and turned down
the offer. Hoyt was pretty perky him.
self and swift 10 chew the rag when he
got his dander up. He flashed his black
eyes at me and gave II to me this wny.
III | was az big as you, I'd take n fan
OUT OF you. Just at present, you're cham
Pion and you can't push the money away
iut Sut you arc throwing up one OF the best
things you ever had put up to YOU, for
Know what I've got In mind Some dav
you may wake up to what fool You arc
TOT I.'r ~ ,,a Dig K miss Tor You and the offer
just what kind OF q scheme he had
never knew. but close friend OF his told
me, after Charley lost his mind thai II
must nave been something good In play