Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-15
BROAD AND w1cKs AT CLOSE RASep

BROAD AND wIcKs AT CLOSE RANGE
their money (as club members) to seA
Kid Broad and Allie WIcks, late Of
England, pummel each other in an
opera bouffe combat. 1t all happened
at the Sharkey A. G.
When the crowd had recovered from
! the sight of the two faces that Broad
and Wicks displayed, the mixup be-
gan. The principal weapons used in
the fight were words, words and
more words.
yer holdin', you fat Englishman,
yer holdln' me armsr' yelled Broad.
and 1t was up to Wicks to bewilder
Broad again.
AYE, We Chawntilly pippin, 'ow d. Ell
old you? Bloom e. tibble tonr, hits
you'se 'oldin' ard, hand not H." was
the way Wicks put Broad on Queer
street again.
Wicks' accent struck Broad on the
point Of the jaw, and he was counted
out then and there.
Wicks is typical British boxes.
For years he Travelled through the in
terror towns and cities of England
boxing with all corners. Every show
in that country Is followed by pugillsts
They have small tent, charge admS
sion and offer cash prize to the man
who will go three rounds and have the
better of the boxing.
At every large turf event scores Of L
these showing pugs pitch their canvas
along the roads leading to the courses.
They always are, with the exception
of the seller of American home made
pies" the main attraction for the labor
ing man.
At Havana, Cuba, recently, 10000
people witnessed the deciding game
for the championship of Cuba. The Al
mendares won the $4,000 prize and the
championship of the island.
BASEBALL IN ANCIENT ROME
When Julius Caesar was a kid, and Bru-
tus was another,
And each imagined he possessed spear
that knew no brother,
These noblef Romans chose up Sides Oil
on g. summer day,
And hurried to a corner lot hard BY tns1
Appian Way.
Tfberius Dooley played first base on ea'e
tain Caesars team; ma,
Terminus Clancy covered short ana W
1t like a dream,
Horatius Flanagan played left-tnat ~
den was his home.
And Marcus Shay In centerf1eld tos w
the Latin loan.
Vlcinius Cogan. tail and broad. was W
sar's pitching kid.
And with his Roman spitban most ~
founding things he did LA
While Claudius McGinnity, twirier NV
and true, ~.
Struck out the mighty Julius and nH'
Der of his crew.
The game was nearly over, and the S''"'
was three to three, ND
When Caesar, sliding into third
Brutus in the knee; .,.a
The game broke up, and Brutus s"'
Some day IN get you, ho! ,.,se
Which history informs US tnat !"
years he did.
When you find that your coln'nS.w r1
ponent is bad egg," don't drop p IN IN.
-RUBAIYAT OF SLUGGEk A
FLAM.
When the present baseball seasO- nsr
over. the gossips have II D
Dreyfuss Of Pittsburg is 70 ptv ,,Isa
a scenic production to De w un
Hands Across the Sea-" win N~ ,suy,
and Mailman representing 1 .nbs
Leach and Lynch as Ireland, .o,si
ticchlo Italy, Nealon the PaclIS
and Clarke the American prairi'0
The man who takes too may no
openers will go blind ere iOn svT AN
BAIYAT OF sLUGGER FLINT
A man must have fighting D csp
him to stand for peace. Any ~" Tbs
acquiesce. Only the dead asL vaDt
living always disagree. II ~, n tie
uniformity you can get tna' sIUe-
cemetery.-RUBAIYAT oF
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