New-York tribune., 1915-12-31
Personal Touches Here
and There in Boxing
BY ICOE

Not Indignantly. not mrthfully'
comes Jacques Curley TO the defence
of the barber of Kewanee. Tswm Jones.
jacques is ever suave and soft-voiced,
the result of long service as a public
soft-soaper. Jacques got his schooling
i'm the gentle art of urbanity while
travelling as understudy to Wilson
Miner in a No. medicine show.
When Jacques mounted the back OF
the lone town hack, gasoene lamps
aglow. it was Heavenly music 70 the
ruben ear TO hear him purr:
"My brothers! ] am selling, yea CIV
ing away at the price, this wonderful
cure for aches in the side. back and
chest. TIGER MARROW FAT! TIGER
MARROW FAT, gentlemen. extracted
from the backbone of the Bengal tiger.
Ne and my broth-ur (pointing to Miz-
nor) have received special dispensation
from the Rajah Of EEN-di-IAH 10 hunt
the tigher cen his na-teeve lal-IAH.
II was there that NE and my broth-ur
ran down this fe-ROCIOUS beast and
extracted the marrow from its back
bone"
81 think it all ding dad lie," would
break in hayseed, and then oh
THEN would Jacques draw himself up
n his uttermost heiAht, and as he shot
4 lancelike finger at the offender would
saw. Edwin Boothically. THAT man
ees a drunk-ARD Look! LOOK! ct his
sloping FORE-head. DO you see that
large of-feece building on the corner?
That is TO be our LAB-ra-tor-ray.
Those large barrels or casks standing
in front Of the off-eese building con-
tain TIGER MARROW fat, gent lemen.
Thank you, sir and you'll thank NE,
for that's the BEST qua-TAH that you
ever een-VESTED."
That was the Jacques Curley swan
song when il drew near train time.
That was much like the ditty he sang
Yesterday with all the old medicine
show enthusiasm. with all the old
medicine show pur".
"Why all this TRADE, this untimely
ard unjust TRADE against my barber
and his efforts TO bring about Fulton
Willard match? You note that ! say
Fulton first? An old trick of promot-
ing that / learned from Jimmy Coifroth
out on the coast He always boosted
the under dog at every turn. Represent
ing. as | DO, the Willard syndicate, II
/, considerable concession when | men
ton the name Of a willard contender
first. Now. | admit that the barber
and Tom Andrews have mussed things
ND q little in regard TO the New Or
leans. Modesty and loyalty prohibit-my
telling you how much they have erred,
but / will say this: Fulton has as good
chance as any man in the world 20
whiD Willard. All. do not smile. DO not
smile. prthee.
Didn't they rdicule the fact that
Jess Willard. ths present champion,
- T., Tok 10 ha .
and didn't stick il out against a thou
sand and one ODDS until I finally go
them into the ring7 'Ah. YOU remem-
ber. Was there a man among you
chroniclers who said that Jess had
chance. Didn't you dip your pens IT.
vinegar and broil the bout alive? Oi
course YOU did. tell YOU that Fulton
has e right 10 be considered There were
men in this country and others tina
had a better right than Jess Willard q
meet Johnson. buJ Jess met him
didn't he? Ard he's champion. All
GENTLEMEN. lest we be fair ANY
man has a right 20 challenge the cham
pior. and Fulton did that. II New o
leans doesn't want il. then why all thi.
hue and crv about il going TO NJ
waukeey Willard's $4,000 guarantee
Well, suppose they draw only $4,000
r. ' I'm DpDi Will ID" making IL
lie money, won't they Don't be un-
kind. Give the best barber that Ke-
vance ever had a chance. He is
Napoleon IN the rough If you'll stud
his methods. If he has blundered /.
these negotiations az all il is becaus,
he has been wrapped up in the writir
of his novel, 'PASSERS THAT NEVEF
BUY Give the barber a helpin.
hand, gentlemen. He WAS a good bar
her and he IS a tremendous personalit,
in Fistiana.
"A happy new wear 20 YOU an
SHOLEM ALEICHEMi"
old Man Savage didn't meet sonny
Jim az the Orange depot last nigh
with that trick band Of thirty native
pieces. nor did Pa Savage have 20 re
sort 70 the Chinese gong solo that was
10 have announced 20 all Orange thai
Jim Savage. the pride Of the town. had
gone down in defeat before handsome
Charles Weinert. Of Newark. before the
customers of the Pioneer Sporting
Club. Truth 20 tell. James didn't fght
NJ all, at all. He sent word that he had
bowed a tendon, and wouldn't be able