The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-14

floor. The seats fell ike rows Of blocks
knocking each other over NOBODY was
BODY told the reporters about then
sand falling down In the afternoon,
ard some OF them made rush Tor the
floor Big BIZ kept his seat for while.
having one end OF the stand all 20 him
self But Bob EdgreE, another hefty
sporting man, joined him Keep away
yelled Big Bill. If we two get up here
al once the thingH drop sure Bin
beat u for the floor
The nTeImiuaries were OF by this
time. While SfelZneT and Baker were
ilgntinG another and higher section OF
seats fe}. carrying down about 40 or
go DecuIe- The pavilion was packed
from doors to gallery A Few were hiirL
more or less this time A n5Jle after 2
COCK tnlrd section o. seas Wen
down With a crash that shook the
building ! thought the roof had fallen
in There were Shrieks and groafls.
1 ana al over the place people struggled
90 get out of the wreckaEe- Baker and
Steiner stopped fighting until the ref
ere ordercd them to 20 on 10 attract
me attention OF the crowd 10 prevent a
All had heard OF this was from my
dressing room The ambulance came
and carried the injured away 10 hos
pitfalls. luckily. even when the highest
Seetion fell nobody was killed Those
who fell and were only bruised scram-
see the fight
minutes ahead az Shsrkey. 7 saw the
most cslrioue sight that ever confronted
p n2hter- On All the immense floor Of
the pavilion there we're only 2 couple
Gi seat sections standing All the rest
had fallen fat The crowd had climbed
on the Wreckase for standing room. and
u looked as Y the ring vas surrounded
~ low mounds covered with specra-
tors. Every BODY was uneasy. the sfr
was Gun Of dust
Wen, fighter Gets used 70 taking
{ lhlnSs as they cine didn't waste
mucn tine looking around Sharkey
came INTO the ring -esdv TO fight he
I had spider Kelly and Tim McGrath
win him Billy iJs clancy and De Witt
van Court and my brother. Jack we're
lr my corner Alex Greggains was the
looked over - Shsrkey and he
srinned- He was - confident as p
g mecock- He looked Ike a sawed OF
. Hercules His skin was tanned bv the
sun and wind. and his muscles brIe-d
out all over IN big bumps He had an
chors tattooed on his arms and n MIC
/ snip IN red and blue ink on MS chest
DO you see that ship on Sharkev-s
. frcnte 7 asked Billy Delaney
sure said BsII
We'll. keep your eve on Il. I'm going
10 sink IL. ] said
We began fighting.
without waiting 10 feel Ton. out I
walked straight at him and he gave
ground. He DIDN'T like nv looks 7n75cf.
ri guess, after the clever fellows he had
been fighting But in moment H.
jumped az me with q wild swing II W.
no trouble Al all 10 push him away with
my left and make him miss
Sharkey. just - Of The navy al
ways had big bunch OF sailors in The
rfuEside seats 10 see him fight They
PAID their OVID way IN and bet their
heads or al ans sort or odds No sailor
ever though the navy champion could
be beaten here were AT Least 100
sailors from the Olympia around the
ring that night. and every time Tom
swung az me Trey yelled Ike indians
when we came into a ciinch I'd look
over Toms shoulder al his crowd and
give them a wink
II was along IN the fourth round I
mink when I landed a good stlf left
I'm the BODY that made Tom lose his
head He closed Ga and began hitting
lu the cliBch- contrary to the rules We
were sighting under 7 pushed him
away and nailed him on the chin with
TIy left, staggering him Shsrlzev care
around and backed over toward his
corner where all to sailors were
Then he deliberately turned his head
around % look ut them. one Of the
fellows outside the ring tod me after
ward that Tom turned and wfuked 10
show that something was coming of.
Title Of Next Chapter: my First
Trip East"