Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-25
Champion of World Buys
Eight-Cylinder Cole

Jess Willard. champion heavy
weight of the world and the only con-
queror of the big Black"-JaclS
Johnson--while in Indianapolis last
week with the 101 Ranch Wild West
show, visited the Cole Motor Car Com
a Cole s. The Ger is to be delivered
at once to Mrs. Willard, at the Will
ard home. 5S3S Gregory avenue, Los
Angeles. Cal.
The conditions surrounding the sale
of the car to the giant pugillst were
decidedly unusual, the whole thing did
not take much longer than it takes to
Early Monday morning a telephone
call came to r. P. Henderson, assist
ont general sales manager of the Cole
'I'm out at the show grounds" the
gentleman on the phone stated, and I
have just heard that Jess Willard is
going to buy motor ,tf car today;
IT. If you can get a car out here in
about twenty minutes think you can
catch him before he leaves to go out
to visit some of the local motor car
MIR. Henderson did not allow any
grass to grow under his feet And
the advertising manager of the Cole
Company. and L. o. Craighead. of the
Cole, sales Company of Indiana. were
on the show grounds with a Cole s.
Jones, and his secretary. Ray Archer
were Just preparing to leave. They
were invited to ride in the Cole s. and
quickly asSented.
I'VE are going to buy a car this
morning for Mrs. Willard" Mr. Jones
announced. I'VE want car that she
can drive herself. Now I like the looks
of this car. 1 don't know how you
happened to come out here. but that
don't make much difference. You're on
the JOB and you've got car that we've
heard lot about. If you hadn't come
for us. we sure would have been out
to see you anyway"
The party went out to the Cole fac
tory where Mr.; Willard was introduce
officials of the company. After that
he was taken on a tour of inspection
of the standardized plant. and finally
No sooner had he and Fi srG 2iee
ed themselves than Mr.. Jones, Will
lard's manager, brought forth from his
pocket a roll of United States currency
that would have taxed the capacity of
any of the prize stock on exhibition
at a State fair. and laying the bundle
down on table turned to Mr.. Hender-
1t all happened so suddenly that
every one except those in the Willard
party held his breath for an instant
Mr.. Henderson collected himself suf-
That sounds good to me-" said the
champion. And when can I have the
car? You know l want 1t for Mrs. Will
lard; she's out at Los Angeles"
Arrangements were made for an i'm
mediate delivery through the Los An
geles Cole dealer. Mr. Jones counted
out the price of the car from the
bundle and passed it over to Mr.. Hen
derson: The formalities of making out
receipt, etc, were gone through and
within a few minutes, after shaking
left for the show grounds.
AS he was leaving. Mr.. Willard turn
ed to Mr. Henderson and said:
you see whenever I heard the word
Cole nowadays. it reminds me of the
Big Smoke and my last encounter
with the Smoke was so satisfactory
that have had soft place in my heart
for the Cole ever since"
We'll. maybe it was the smoke in
spector that called us this morning
and tipped us off to the fact that YOU
were going to buy car" Mr.. Hen
derson replied. for I can't imagine who
else he could have been"