The Washington times., 1916-12-09
BAER TALKS ABOUT
COMING Big FIGHT
Richard May Stop European
BaIIyhoo by Starting an Out
law League Here.
NJ aBUGs- BAER.


As a promoter OF nights. Tex Rick.
promoters think In rowboats. Tex
than an elephant. He's one OF those
birds who builds a bungalow with .
sixteen-story annex. Nobody ever
caught Tex buying his Jcwelry In
wooiworth's.
Tex's latest scheme is more ambi.
tious than a freckled.faoed office boy.
the ballyhoo In Europe by starting an
outlaw league In this neck the
woods. BY teasing Georges Carpen.
tier with $4,000. Tex has succeeded
in dragging one OF the star scrappers
osiy leaves about 87s, 2sl .e32 perform
ers left In the big shindig.
These figures aren't authentic.
They are the Republican returns,
The Democratic count may reverse
n copy. Tex 10 going TO spend a spoon
full OF coin In buying up the entire
European edition, A 100000 decoy
duck Is some maiiard. You said II.
RE Would ne Ashamed.
II q. Washington could toss an eye
on the fistfvi OF coin that Tex Ii heav
ing across the Atlantic, no would be
ashamed to admit that he only curved
one measiy little dollar across the
Potomac. Still, Richard could even
mako John ID. look like a mendicant
And tho European end OF Tn,
knuckie duet IL only peanut none,
Jess willard will soak up on HIS piec'
French sufferers. Tex will force abou
$4,000 on Jess. How giving $4,000
to Jess helps the French sufferers
we srs.S Sunn no, 90, Sshsr may sa WHARF ns
believes In tossing his upon the gravy
Jess Is In good shape. Financially
He In worth about one quarter OF I
million In his stocking feet. AZ pres
ent. Jess weighs about 300 poundi
bankside. He has made enough viii
And Jess IL almost as fat as his bani
account. When you see him In tn,
ring with Carpenter. II will be har,
10 Imagine that he isn't stili with thu
circus. He Is so big that IL take
four sparring partners to carry hi
They'd Ne Lonely.
The elephants. hippos. and othe
fragile specimens of circus bric-a
brac are going to be awfuiiy lionel,
without any competition while Jes
In lighting. Jess demonstrated tn
supremacy OF the white race both a
Havana and In the circus 500, TIL,
debutante hippos and the frail rhi
noceroses turned emerald with env!
whenever they aimed n mean eye n
Jess superior weight
In order TO make willard feel a
home in his night with Carpenter. tn
promoters should stage tho contest u
three rings. This would give tn,
hippodromy flavor To the contest 81
much coveted by the modern fighter
CARPENTER will be greatly outnum
Jess Is big enough 10 have tire
votes The best way for Georges 4
mingle with Jess Is over a telephone
II willard ever leans on the French
man they will have to pour George
into a saucer.
VIII Have Tough Time.
Carpenter will have a tough tim
finding WIZARDS vulnerable spo
among all those wrinkles. Jess ha
chins. are made OF, and even Jimm
Valentine wouldn't know which chi
was the right combination. When tn
European gets an eyeful OF Jess
Snivsrhin no IKE b Rlsts 10 Of ssas,ns
with all the weight parked aroun
his waist line, Jess best blow shout
be a clinch. After Georges has tote
| Jess around the ring a Few miles, n
will be sorry that he left a sociabl
little war to come over to America Z
night. Jess only weak spot Is hi
manager, and he won't be In the rims
Frank Moran did discover that Jes
was ticklish, but that amt any knock
out blow.
Begins NJ Home.
willard will donate his end OF tn
purse to charity, which begins q
home.
| The best way TO defeat willard
TO divide him up and whip him fey
at a time.
| cause him any more Inconvenience
than a corn on one OF a centipede'
| thousand legs.
| II the hight is success from
| charitable standpoint, Sam Langfor
! and Sam McVey may hold one 70
Sam Langford and Sam McVey,
Fred Fulton would like to meet tn
| winner two months after the nigh
! A highwayman would like TO meet til
1 uyippar faw minutes after the battII