Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-02-06

wounded, as we'll as the strategic ef-
feet of 1T. And the same goes for any
other battle or skirmish in the war.
he reads every word he can find on
the subject and remembers it all liter
ally. Some day he m Ia write 1t all
down in a history Of his own. But for
the present 1t is we'll enough to bear
In mind his pastime, and if there is
n desire to get in his good graces,
all that is necessary is to be willing
to listen to him two or three hours at
q stretch as he tells how Stonewall
jackson stemmed the tide of battle and
finally was shot accidentally by some
Of his own men.
w. s.. LAngford, the veteran Trinity
man, who is regarded as the best foot
ball referee in this country, has an
nounced his retirement from that work.
but 1t Is dollars to doughnuts that he
Will be unable to stay retired. He may
stick 1t out for a season. but wait until
he has a chance to feel the loneliness
that will poster him when reading
about the big games instead OF look
age Maybe his intentions will become
something else again then.
Will the next heavyweight boxing
champion be an Irishman? II he isn't
he will be an exception to the rule.
Every heavyweight champion of
Jack johnson. who is a negro. AMI
Tommy Burns. a French Canadian.
John L. Sullivan is of Irish p~arentage.
but born in America. So Is Jim Cor
bett, the greatest X the game has
ever known. Even Bob Fitzsimmons,
popularity supposed to be an English
man. or a Welshman, came of Irish
parents. The ancestors Of Jim JEFF
fries. away back. were Irish. Luther
McCarty. who also was regarded by
many as champion, had Irish blood in
his veins. his ~parentage being Indian
Irish. "Gunboat" Smith is widely ad-
vertised as Irish" but some fellows
who claim to have the correct dope in
sist that the gunner is a Swede. Several
other heavies now in the public eye
have Irish blood coursing through
their wins. However. the only full
blooded Irisher of the bunch is Frank
Moran. who is abroad angling for a
bout with Jack Johnson.
A recent. discussion of the heavy
weight situation wound up in the
unanimous conclusion that there must
be a man somewhere In the country
who possesses the ability to knock the
everlasting daylight out of any one of
the gang %parading before the ring
siders. Farmers. coal beavers, boiler
makers, fishermen. just plain work
men and college football players were
taken under consideration. A big fell
low like Larry Whitney, the Dart
mouth halfback and shot putter. for
instance. ought to make good material
for the ring game. n the same could
be said Of big fellows like Guyon. of
Carlisle; Ketcham, Of Yale; Trenk-
mann. of Princeton, and Brown, OF the
Navy.
1t is a notable fact that. ever though
the general grade OF fighters a not
be improving. the game itself is TAX
ing on a new boom in many parts OF
the country. A year " two ago New
York and California were the only real
centers of the game. Now Milwaukee
Kansas City, New Orleans. Boston
New Haven. st. Louis. Seattle and
several other cities are making q real
noise in the boxing world, and Canada
also is providing an occasional bout
worth looking at. In fact the epor,
seems IN be coming back to halcyoE