The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-24
~ FRANK G. MENkE.


NEW YORK. Nov - Hruum proh-
RbiV had some of tlr loyrrs uf puglhsm
iu mind when h' uttered his famous u'-
tcruncc
can man be- regarded as other Than
"turkrr' who pays out from 81 to -
In these days 10 see the hippodromlug Of
the present day "ngntort.' whose oulN
ambition iF 10 shake down the pronOtrrH
for huge purses aud give IN return q hur-
lesque on prize fighting
II In beyond understanding how men
can he bOgulcd time after time into pay
Ing hig prices 10 see fHTCinl buniH, 10
pay them not once or twice, but continue
10 uaY out the money knowing each Time
that they aren't going to get thcir mott
~. .~ Wurih-thCy are going Ia he cheated
Whrr' else cHn they be classcd except "a
the "suykGt division.
Most prominent among the boys w'n
have brought the sport Of boxing into
di,ropulc lN their awful exhibitions are
Ja,l, p.lluu. Battling Lcumhy. Freddie
Welsh. Mike Gibbons. KID Williams,
Iohnn, ErtI. johnny kilhanc, Al Me
Gov and II score of others. II n about
tinr Tor tho promoters TO force those
"-lullors' lu nght-or refuse to hire them
IN future
Jack Dillon hasn't rought a worth
while battle since nc mixed II with Frank
Moran lie has been content TO take
things casy-.to the utter disgust of the
mon who wDrr his wnrnest admirers who
hot real money ON their fuyurlto and
lost H. As Tor Mike GibhuuS well, N,
oldest iuhUhituutA upN recall Mixes Inst
gupl hoWiup Nour OF lnr younger get.
,NtIun seems able tn shoot memory bnrk
Ua lr us that About the only thug
Milo has tr,uwpl shed except luttug
w lOuE long time. WHS the Knockout ui
Jake Nh'lim n vastly uNcr'1icd scrap
per
H.lug Lryuslly hasn't hrcu quite ~
hippuHruuuhh u- the uthrr twO-but h.
has been bud enough N, has contract ad
that "in-Hnd- habit ~ common
among The lighters Of thiH day and there's
no doping fuI his battles Tie btms
tho wuddmg out Ot q giuui one week nnd
looks liN u novice against midget n
his nest start
ono of the mysteries ~ tho fight ram,
jusI NOW iH how the public continues IL
siuul fur lbusr bunk bllluu- leyluAkl nf
flaws they've fought each other dogot
times ur SO Iud never once. have the,
accmcd ~ give their best Each seem,
tu htrhuI some love fur the other lhn
forhids rlugginr and the fights, for III,
mos, part have hrcu nothing but hur,
yng matches with each taking euua
turns IN winning
rho next piomulcr who suggests an.
other uulun- cyinsl,y fight deserves /,
he gullulucd
And inN HNlnt lhlf hNNNW NtlNl lni
rink who tries 20 fulst another welsh
White meeting Upon the public IrnCil
call, ever, time they have met the YER
Diet hls been what au awful farce
Paving out muury tu see Al Mctpl
"ntidll.Vclpht champion IN action, II
equivalent tu dropping n INTO the hriW
Atlantic n needs two persons To mall'
% nrh aud Al rnWt ieht " YOU Cnri
10 sce "a man npsimllR'o punishment, All
tir mnr to watch i YOU want TO sec
hnm.bang battle WELL the cheese cham
pun' can't produce.
Williams hasn't displayed worth
while battle since hc won from Coulon
And as for Er,lo- well, hos hlt worse
The 81 Paul kid lays claim 10 The cham
pionship because williams foulod hin,
liver since then Ertlc hns been trying Il
show that he IL a real bantam thhn
and how misernhlv has he failed
on. for those rnrc old, falr old dav
that our dads talk about The days q
lbNiugc, ul Mnhcr OF thHrlmmQnH u
Sharkcv Of McGuYrn ot lhNon. ~ Cans
Of Ruhlu. uf SulliNuu. NJ NctON. a
Chnyniak tho hygOno days when puril
Captain Black "a, Man,
Captain Black OF Yale, Is mn odd look
ing nirht on "A football field. His leg
ara short-nnd fat Ills toreo IN short
and mt,er lie seems to roll M ha run
and looms on tho field aa the orlgnu
less Willard. who IN slN feel NJ
inches tall, weighed 2i1 pounds for m
johnson fight And jess looked uuii
"meatS" Hack, on the other hhn'
weighs eiA pounds nnd is about IL
inches shorter than iH legs 80 YOU ru
imagine hUw RRUlk si8vB up
hut lilnrk IL whHlc uf u guard
uruhnhly QUO uf the very hest IN IN
country. Its pnundngr isn't fnt n
MUSCLE, as most If hln focmcn have com
TO learn
Yale Pluck and Luck proverblsL
yale's pluck 10 proyerbial. so phoul