Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01
|gAILOR JACK CARROLL FAILS
TO STOP FOE SO POLICE ACT
WHEN SAILOR GETS ROUGH
Terrible Battle Makes Other Noted Events Look
Like Hokum and Manager Joe Devr Tells
Tale to Nick Hayes
BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL

I'm gonna asst yuh a pussonal questions
How much money was in tn house?"
They was $3.50 in tn house" said Devir.
Swell house that was. Carroll is a fine
drawing card, even on tn shores a Lake
Erie at Bridgeport. Yuh never had no
champ what could draw so much money"
"Aw, put that stuff on ice an bring me
tn ice," retorted Nick contemptuously "I
managed fiters before yuh ever heard of
that ham Sailor I'm a wise guy, I am.
How much sugar did yur get outta tn
flte?"
Now here is where l get another rasp-
berry chief" walled Devir, as he turned
his back on his questioner. They only
slips me 40 bucks. Think of IT.! only 40
bucks 1 told tn gent with tn money that
it wasn't enough, so he counts out nlckels
an dimes an fills my hands with 'em an
then beats II. How much do yuh think
got? Two bucks more. That's all. Just
two bucks, maxim a grand total 42 iron
men fer tn days work I'm goin' to get
that guy and punch him on tn chin He
can't put nothin like that over on me- he
can't.
Jack Is Insulted
"Then they was insutin' ia Jack, fer
when he gets through he looks aroun and
says where Is tn shower bath and some
wise gnk says, go jump in tn lake That
aint no kind n treatment fer guy what
was robbed outta fte. Jack couldn't
jump cause he was so feet from tn water
and he had Ia go without no shower. An
they say that they are kind to visitors in
Connecticut
Hey, lssenl" again interrupted Nick
Hayes. do yuh mean ia stan there an
tell me that you only got AZ bucks fer tn
fite? You're awful boob, you are. Don't
yuh know nothln'? Yuh jus stood there
an let EN- pay yuh off in Connecticut
money, yuh did. Don't know what Connec'
tcut money is? Yuh oughtta know. Its
much obliged Yuh got that wit yer AZ
bucks, didn't yuh? Did yuh make any
money on tn trlp?"
Money" shrieked Devir. Don't stan
there an talk money ia me! l lost money
on tn trip / only got AZ bucks an the eX'
penses was S42.35! I'm S5 cents out, an
all my time an everything. Any wonder
I'm sore? An they stopped the fite an
robbed my champion. That aint justice.
He's Gonna Write
I'm gonna write ia that guy what run the
show and tell him what l think n him.
He's gonna know few things, he is"
Yer takin a awful chanst," said Nick.
Suppose tn guy can't read?"
ooh, he's a wise guy all right" replied
the manager. "He kin read an everything.
An if he don't answer, I'm goin' ia bff
him on tn chin"
"Yer tough guy amt yuh?" said Nick.
yer SO tOuBn yum SnOulu lSl oduOI
Jack be tn manager and you do TIL fitin'.
Then they won't stop tn fte in the ninth
roun'. They'll stop it in the foIst."
'Yuh amt such wise person a-tall
Nick" retorted the crestfallen manager.
"Yuh don't know everything in tn world,
so I'm goin' ia slip yuh some good dope
what has a moral with It, Here 1t is.
Don't never have nothin' ia do with no
hicks. They amt no slobs what we think
they are. They're wise, they are, an If yuh
| ever go Ia Bridgeport on tn shores "a Lake
Erie, yuh'll lose everything includIn' yer
reputation"