Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20

erooked as the rest, will be the chief
sacrifice.
You see, l intend to make speech
In the ring. It's unusual, but it will
be a success. for l am going to tell
the audience all the inside workings of
the game. It's good game, too, but
they're running it on business princi-
pies, and that's what spoils it. But
there. I'm giving the speech to you In
stead Of at the ring"
Il wish l could be there to hear"
she said.
He looked at her and debated.
I'D like to have you. But it's sure
to be rough time. There is no tell
ing what may happen when l start my
program. But I'll come straight to
you as soon as it's over. And it will
be the last appearance Of young Glen
don in the ring-in any ring"
"But. dear, you've never made a
speech in your life." she objected.
you might fail"
BE shook his head positively.
I'm Irish," he announced, land
what Irishman was there who couldn't
speak?"
He paused to laugh merrily.
"Stubener thinks I'm crazy. Says a
man can't train on matrimony. A lot
he knows about matrimony, or me, or
you, or anything except real estate
and fixed fights. But I'll show him
that night, and poor Tom too. I really
feel sorry for Tom."
my dear abysmal brute is going to
behave most abysmally and brutally,
fear" she murmured.
He laughed.
I'm going to make a noble attempt
at it. Positively my last appearance,
you know. And then it will be you,
YOU. But If you don't want that last
appearance say the word"
"Of course l want it, Big Man. l
want my Big Man for himself, and to
be himself he must be himself. If you
want this l want it for you and for
myself too. Suppose said l wanted
to 60 on the stage or to the south seas
or the north pole?"
He answered slowly, almost SOL
EMMY:
Then I'd say 60 ahead. Because
you are you and must be yourself and
do whatever you want love you be-
cause you are you"
And we're both silly pair of low
ers," she said when his embrace had
relaxed.
isn't it great!'' he cried.
He stood up. measured the sun with
his eye and extended his hand out
over the big woods that covered the
serried, purple ranges.
We've got to sleep out there some
where. It's thirty miles to the nearest
camp"
=
Who of all the sports present will
ever forget the memorable night at the
Golden Gate arena when young Glen
don put Tom Canaan to sleep and an
even greater one than Tom Canaan,
kept the great audience on the ragged
edge Of riot for an hour, caused the
subsequent graft investigation of the
supervisors and the indictments of the
contractors and the building commits
sloners and pretty generally disrupted
the whole fight game?
1t was complete surprise. Not
even Stubener had the slightest ap-
prehension Of what was coming. It
was true that his man had been in
subordinate after the Nat Powers at
fair and had run of and got married.
But all that was over.
Young Pat had done the expected
swallowed the inevitable crookedness
of the ring and come back into it
again.
The Golden Gate arena was new.
This was its first fight, and it was the
biggest building of the kind San Fran
cisco had ever erected. It seated 25,-
600, and every seat was occupied.
Sports had travelled from all over the
world to be present, and they had paid
$50 for their ringside seats. The
cheapest seat In the house had sold
for IS.
The old familiar roar Of applause
went up when Billy Morgan, the vet
eran announcer. climbed through the
ropes and barred his gray head.
AS he opened his mouth to speak. q
heavy crash came from a near section
where several tiers of low seats had
collapsed. The crowd broke into loud
laughter and shouted jocular regrets
and advice to the victims. none OF
whom had been hurt.
The crash of the seats and the hila-
rtous uproar caused the captain of po-
lice In charge to look at one of his
ueutenants and lift his brows in token
that they would have their hands full
and lively night.
One by one. welcomed by uproarious
applause, seven doughty old ring he
roes climbed through the ropes to be
introduced. They were all ex-heavy-
weight champions of the world.
Billy Morgan accompanied each pres
entation to the audience with an ap-
propriate phrase. One was hailed as
Honest john and ''Old Reliable;;"
another was "the squarest two listed
fighter the ring ever saw
And OF others: 1.-The hero of hun
dred battles and never threw one and
never laid down." 1.-THE gamest of the
old guard" 1.-THE only one who ever
came back" 1.-The greatest warrior OF
them ALL" and 1.-The hardest nut In the
ring to crack"
All this took time. 4 speech was
insisted on from each Of them, and