The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-05-27
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| a fight
- ny fight" Ia not meant an
ugly business Of biting and gouging.
but. rather. a fair exchange OF stout
blows denlt-and taken---in a spirit
OF honest md hearty competition.
II you are a boxer. and can take
a punch that hurts. and smilo-ln'
side as we'll az oul--and II YOU can
go On fighting. undlsmaycd. huoyed
by a determination 10 repay the
blox with ono as good. or better. II
you can like the fellow who Is buf'
fetlng YOU about. and II. at theend.
whether victor or yanguishcd. you
can shake hands with him and so
away liking him even better than
YOU did before he BACKED your eye.
or flattened your nose. or Jared your
teeth loose n you are that kind
OF boxer. YOU will know the Kind
Of fight that George A. Sample
likes.
II was by vir-ue Of that spirit
that he got there.
CAMPLE was born on a farm In
Michigan lie father came 20
Seattle years ago. vent
broke and repaired 10 81 Paul.
George was then - years old.
IA George vas the only boy In
the family. and M the family ex.
chequer was empty. he felt II vas
up 10 him 20 do something remuuer.
ative
He didn't know then that he wRN
fighter. tie found Il out In hard
school.
He turned ne~teoy.
le picked out the busiest cor.
rer he could find.
Three boys. all larger ard
older than himself, regarded
hin, as a sauatser. a trespssser,
rank outsider. BY all the rules
Of precedence and custom. that
corner belonged 10 them.
II was a beautiful fight while
II lasted. Then. his head
"bloody but unbo~ed." George
retired TO another corner not 80
good.
80 To-" he says, "a source OF
considerable satisfaction to me
TO remember that later I thrash.
ed those three boys-one at a
time"
A FTER six months and many
u battles. he won for himself
4 what was undoubtedly the
best corner in 81. Paul-Third and
Jackson.
1T was n hard school, but n good
one. says Sample. However. ran
risks as a newsboy that ] would no,
want my small son 10 run. Forum
ately, | was country-bred and had
been taught clean living. Being a
newsboy is y good school--but dan
gerous
Samples next job was office and
errand boy In a trunk factory. lie
got s. a week. He took a CONNER
cial course in night school and paid
for IL out OF his wages.
He exchanged wallops with the
intricacies OF bookkeeping and the
mysteries OF shorthand with the
same logged pugnaclty which had
characterized his fights with the
newsboys over coveted street cor
ners.
Then he had three years with T
l.. Blood & Co. paint manufactur
ers. Part OF this time was spent on
the road
I'VE had some top-noteh
saiesmen," he says. ~ never
got TO be top-noteh, but I gave
the top-nosehers a battle. ~
couldn't get as big orders az
some OF the others could,
could get a lot OF little ones.
"That's what like about
business. It's a kind Of a game.
You try TO beat me, try 70
beat you. The conflict puts us
on the high gear and keeps US
there. I'm not sure how Others
feel about II, but know
wouldn't care TO be In a busl.
ness where there was no oompe.
tltIon."
TIFTEEN years ago Sample
came 10 where
years before. his father hat
gone broke-and took charge OF the
country department of Foster &
Kleiser. specialists In outdoor ad
vertising. in Seattle. Tacoma. Port
land and Bellingham.
He's the general manager now.
Sample In n big. square.rlgget
man, not yet 40 lie is pleasantly
pugnaclous. You are advised thai
IL In unwise 10 tread on the tail Of
his coat. unless you pack punch
and can stand punishment.
God gave me-" he says
"and, mind you, I'm not saying
this In a spirit OF mock mod
esty-God gave mo but q nnodl.
cum OF brains to work with.
There 10 In every man a quail
lty--whether OF mind, or heart,
or soul, ! don't know which
which 10 complement Of
brains. Without this quality,
brains are OF little use. see
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