The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-26

exercise they allowed hirn-with which /
to keep himself warm-wss to break a /
stretched street he'd across the street. This
couldn't be done until the referee /
called 'Time'-and he didn't call IL
until Teddy had stood there two hours /
listening to speeches by the various |
hes-beens of the town, challenging the
winner.
paw. as the French say. They served tea
lin the hopes Of getting the American
tighter groggy- This wasn't much 20
T. Roosevelts liking. but he fell TO
like Rough Rider. in the end his op-
ponent. the mayor. was so fun OF the
cheering beverage that he found some
flaw in the articles Of agreement and
refused to enter the ring. The popu-
lace promptly cheered Teddy-all bets
having been declared off-and decor
ated his training quarters with Nene-
tian lanterns. while band played IN
Right at this stage OF the game an
unusual stunt was pulled OH. o. Pm
chot. likely lad. had come all the way
over from the bureau Of forestry. at
Washington. ID. c, to see T. X. About
what? You can search me! He was IN
training for a scrap with lightweight
named Ballinger, IL seems, and both
fighters had passed more than the usual
number OF bouquets at each other. i. X
took him off into the woods. up on
mountain, double-crossing the news
paper boys. and there. up in the top
OF a tall tree. they got together. What
about? I dunnO-perhaps g. y. wanted
t. r TO act as referee! When they
came down from the mountain neither
OF them had black eyes-sO the setto
must have been n friendly one.
The next day Teddy and his train
ers hiked over to VIENNA The sports
OF this burg are sticklers for the ell
uuette of the game. As far as l can
dope II out. their plan seems 10 be 70
head all sorts OF honors on the visiting
fighter. pat him on the back. Jolly him
along. tell him he's the whole cheese
etc. in the hopes OF giving MIN a
swelled head. Then. you see, m FRIEND.
he'll get careless with his guard and
the home lad can slip one over IN the
first few rounds. The aged Emperor
King. Francis Joseph, started tne pan
rolling. He received T. r. in his pri-
vate gymnasium at the Hofburg palace,
instead Of in the regular WeiS ninB-ln
chamber; felt his bicePs, put MN on
the scales. tossed the medicine ball
while with him. and told him what a
piker all others were beside him Inc
mill was held without seconds, ana
how IL came out Both men stepped
from under the ropes smiling however:
The crowd gave T. r. great sendotI
which. OF course. proved extremely en-
barrassing to our former presldent;
Every newspaper in America published
a running account OF the meeting.
IAN unusual event prevent a a salts
factory meeting in Hungary-yes,
that's where the Huns come from. but
not necessarily the hons. T. k was al
there. ready to deliver, and was much
disappofuted at the outcome. The Huns
crowded In the street in front OF MS
quarters all the time and cheered MIN
like fans behind a winning ball team n !
dunno. but maybe this was TO get him
on his ear. The promoter was an Arao
named FL Faallallah Ell Hedad, and was
supposed TO do IL. but he didn't! IN
| rtead ne led Colonel Roosevelt Into the
government breeding farm, at little
| Jumping off place called Babolna- There
they trotted out a score OF pure-bioodeo
Arab stations for n. RS inspection
/ Juet think OF that The outcome was
pipel They just had 70 naturally py
| T r loose from those horses II broke
up the scheduled fight Every Anne :
| can newspaper. in describing II. said:
] Mr. Roosevelt hugely enjoyed MS Visit
/ to the breeding farm etc, for column
/ and a half.
/ The French president has been on the
/ fob for some time, so he knew Just
\ \ bout all there Is to know about the
/ Jolly town. Behind him were All the
! cocks 81 France-real cooks. m friend,
| not like the ones we've got DOWNSTAIRS
/ in the cuisine with fake-French names.
/ T. r. hadn't broke training In the eats
| line for quite while. SUI tner5 m
/ cav Paree he declared the lid Off Fal-
| Heres. that's the Pres. stopped the hand
/ shake and countered with gala little
] dinner at the Elysee palace.
| ssTIe visited the tomb Of Napoleon. a
/ former advocate Of the Big STICK,
| dozen or so OF the museums and the
| opera-in which last mentioned place
/ ~ almost broke up the show because
the people preferred him TO the war
| blers behind the footli ghts- After
| these preliminaries ne stepped into the
| ring for the big bout II was held at n
uopular athletic club known as the
| SOrbonne. under police protection. The
| president OF the Academy OF Moral ana
| Political Sciences was the referee ang
the number OF paid admissions totalled
| $4,000. T. Roosevelt stepped from his
| corner promptly at the tap Of the gong.
glanced up quickly at the moving-pic-
/ ttre machine to see that IL was ready
I for business and sailed right In
He uppercut with a singer to the
| law on the duties OF individual citizen
l shin and followed with a short arm jolt
on the idle rich. In the breakaway he
slipped over his favorite punch
straight-arm on the strenuous life. For
] ten rounds he took IL easy, forcing the
fighting at intervals only. At the be
| ginning of the thirteenth round his
| seconds signaled him TO go IN and fin
ish his man He did-with that blow
that Is his tried and trusty-race sui.
| eide. He was declared the winner, and
the excitable French gave him great
| ovation All the American papers car
ried the fight by rounds.
| king Albert OF Belgium was the
next on the list. and when T. r. entered
the arena several thousand people had
/ been turned away at the gates, includ-
| ing the chief OF police. The King and
T r had net before in America. so this
! was in the nature OF a return engage
| ment The Marquis of Queensbury
| rules were violated at the start. when
| Albert stepped under the ropes attired
in the fatigue uniform of a colonel of
! the guards. the cracked Belgium reri-
| ment He further fouled by springine
| forward before the referee could make
the Introduction. and grabbing T. r. by
| the hands This so pleased the sports
at the ringside that they set mp a
cheering. The fight was then post
poned for dinner, which lasted so Ions
that the scrap was called off. You
can Judge for yourself m friend. how
long that feed lasted by the fact that
the American newspapers used up two
columns OF space In telling about Il.
The next day our Teddy skipped
over to Holland-just for a little three
| round exhibition. for that country. as
you don't know. Is governed by a queen,
and the prince-consort isn't old enough