The Washington times., 1906-10-02
WASHINGTON CAFES
At IRISH GOLIATH
Athlete From Emerald Isle
UnC0ilS Over Seven Feet
OF Length.
DRINKS HIGHEST BALL EVER
Major Rory Mckenzie Says He Was
Heartbroken When He Discovered
Two Taller Men.

'NhatU il be?-' asked the astonished
lman iu tie white apron as Major Rory
IMcKenzie slowly mcoued himself on
ithc freut side of the mahogany and un-
huked himself tin me had let out what
Booked like nine or ten feet.
whisky" replied the major. serten-
Eiously
"Hieh ball I suppose suggested the
EbaTkccDer.
Highest ban you've got" interjected
Fhe majors escort
'Irish. no d1Ubt?" went on the func-
Ficnary Elancing at the green neciztie
Ehat the major wore.
Excellent guess" replied the major.
rs ne poured from a bottle Of BUshmtll's
Fhe Highest Ball That Ever Happened.
Over Seven Feet of Athlete.
Major Rory swelled visibIy. as he con
templated the Highest Ball. and looked
az least eleven feet tall Being a mod
est giant the major claims to be only
feet Z1a inches. military measurements
Military measurements always shrink
folk few inches. The major wouldn't
! venture how tan he might be in his
Sshoes and silk tie
Major Mckenzie IS press agent of the
-re-a--Nt NflAtAA~4E ION lLtlNs tNhE VIII be
here next week. to play a Rocky Road
10 Dublin He is the loftiest man in
America SO far as known, and he has
toured the whole country in the six
teen months since he landed from Ire
land, looking up all the human sky
supporters Of local repute, and compar-
Ing notes with them. He didn't find one
ln his class.
Four5 S,uo ST.I1.r NJ.
Major Mckenzie is not only the big
gest Irishman on earth. but he is as
Irish as he Is big He is an educated.
travelled, intelligent man. who has been
entertained all over the world and look
ed up 10 by al the folk he ever met. ex-
cept two. one was the Russian AIachow,
who almost broke the majors heart
when they experienced each other in
London by looking down on him from
the security of z feet II inches.
Il had always found that the other
tan ones We're overestimat.d IN the press
notices he SAID "and so / really ex-
pecged to look down on Machow You
q can iuapiae how taken aback / was
when 7 met him and ne pegred down Al /
me. and ] had TO reach up to take his I
hand. Made me feel like saving off a /
couple OF feet and going out of the /
slant business"
There was another sun-ktssed speci- /
men who was alleged 20 loom higher /
than Mckenzie, but they never met. He /
was the Chinese giant who toured Eu- /
rope few years ago. AT York, Eng
land, the Chinaman appeared at a the /
ater where the employees nailed a slate /
un The wall up near the ceiling OF MS I
dressing room. and the son OF Heaven.
standing on the HDOT. wrote bis name on 1
lJ-OOlOugr5r. Mckenzie played ia the /
same theater few weeks afterward, /
and the stage hands put him up against |
tile same trick He could just reach 10 /
the bottom OF the slate when he stood I
on tiptoe, but needed soap box to do /
the writing.
I guess they both had me beaten" he /
admitted, ruefully.
Was a Gordon Highlander"
Major Mckenzie was "a member for /
some years of the Second Battalion or 4
the Gordon Highlanders, the tauest /
man I'm any army of the world. and a 1
mighty good soldier al that He rose /
to the rank OF major, Instead of being
either mentally or physically weak as
so many giants are, he is highly inteui- /
gent, well read, perfectly prOp0rtiOHed,
and noted athlete. In fedts of strength !
he was the dIscOurag cement of the whole /
British army, for nobody else could COM
pete with him at putting the shot.
throwing the hammer, wrestling etc
If Major Rory doesn't call ON the .
President while In town, and do his I
big stick stunt il will be a public ca /
lamity. Tossing the caber" IS Gaelic /
for manipulating the big stick. Maybe T.
the President got the idea from his re- I
searches iu connection with the Gaelic /
IgVIyaL The Cabor is q log about fifteen
feet long. five and a half inches in .
diameter an one end and twelve at the
other. There used to be an old Irish .
king who used 10 like a ball bat-So its +.
said i'm County Antrim. where the Bush /
mill highbaUs come from. That's the .
one weak spot in the story. Those /
BuShmill higLDalis would make a sh.l-
lelaE look like the mainmast of a ship
o. The line. Anyhow, the tradition about /
This old king was in a fine state of
preservation when Mai Rory McKen-
2ie came along one time, and, picking
up The Caber "tOst' il into the next I
county. The major would have tossed
ia there. only he wanted 10 compliment
the President