Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-22
RALPH ROSE
BRAGGART TYPE
BIG FELLOW ABLE TO MAKE
GOOD BUT LOSES FRIENDS
BECAUSE OF HIS INTENSE EGO
TIsM-THE BABY GIANT.

oh snot putter Is again before the
public this time answering charges
OF professionalism. Roses career
IN the athletic world has been an
interesting one. A mere boy with
the body of giant, he is one of the
most interesting characters of the
sporting world today.
Rose is the only man of the
Dragging type l have ever met who
could do more than he said he
could do" remarked a Michigan
University man while telling of the
Californian's great accomplishments
That boy would boast all day of
how great he was and then would
go out and do more than he said he
could 1t seemed as though his
childish mind could not conceive
of deeds great enough to fiji his
wonderful body.
1T Is said of him that at track
meet at Ann Arbor, while the
crowds in the stands were cheering
him, he stepped up to Neil Snow,
Michigan's greatest all round ath-
lete. who was acting as an official.
isn't 1t lucky for you that you
graduated before came here?''
Rose said to him.
"Why?"
"Oh, IL you and I had been here
together nobody would ever have
heard Of you"
AT another time. shortly before
the football season started, he call
ed to William Heston, greatest of
all halfbacks:
Hey, Heston, you bette rtry for
a line position when practice starts
What's the matter now?' de-
manded the peerless Willie.
"oh,' this with decided nonchal-
ance, I've decided to take your
place
AFTER a meet he would get as
near as he could to the out passing
thronR so that all could look at
him. He would stand by the hour
at some crowded corner so that all
could get good look at him and
admire his massive frame.
"But you've got to hand 1t to
him when it comes to athletic abil-
ity. He was the fastest man |
ever saw for one of his size, and
he was among the gamiest of men.
His conceit alone prevented him
from being a wonderful allround
athlete. Even In shot putting he
was childish In his view of 1t.
No one can beat me, he would
say. 4 do 1t with a magic twist of
the wrist known only to myself. I
twist my wrist like this and then
give 1t magic turn and the shot
goes wherever / want 1t to-
No one in college liked him be-
cause of his arrogance. and many a
husky athlete has sought to show
him up, only to wake up sadder and
wiser.
"It wouldn't be fair to mention
names, but two of Michigan's strong
est football men, fellows who could
box like blazes, decided to give him
lesson one day in the gym. They
got him off in a corner and when
nobody was looking started in on
| him.
"Rose startled them. He could
fight like a wildcat. and was as
fast on his feet. He caught one
of them with wicked right and
sent him up against the wall and
put the other to fight with SER
les Of Jeffries-like jabs.
Rose would have made good at
football easily but was behind with
his studies and was not allowed on
the field. He went out to the pre-
liminarv practice and showed what
he could do. He was ripping
through the lines with ease. Final
ly Hammond and Schultz went up
against him together in tho hope
that they could run him down the
field. --''''-
Rose stood his ground and then
surprised them by tearing his wav
through, using his great elbows and
mighty shoulders without regard to
punishment he himself might have
gotten"
| Roses father is Michigan grad.
uate and did everything t oget his
big son reinstated in the good
graees of the faculty Of Ann ArboI
after his suspension. but it was nc
use.
Remember. the Roller Fink Il
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