New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-23
s Grabbing Easy Money;
OR,
) It's a Long Swim Home.
w. o. McCEEHAN.-

pluneer. appears on Broadway, towing
Don Pomposo Tincanio, agentico pugh-
istico for the Argentine Republic. Don
Pomposo looks soft and bundles OF yell
low bills stick out of his pockets. Near
Forty-sccond Street Don Pomposo says
in a stage whisper to Billy Gibson
"Can you get ne some boxers for the
Buenos Ayres carnival!"
Instantly they are surrounded by
crowd of fight managers headed BY Dan
McKetrick, Jim Buckley and Jimmie
Johnston. Flocks of fighters, among
whom are Sam Langford, Sam McVey,
Harry Wills and Ted Kid Lewis, appear
from of left. dough RENE" cry the
managers. PORK chops" shout the
fighters. All is confusion, "A hVe
one" shout the Broadway habltues.
Don Pomposo holds out contracts
and all sign but Jimmie Johnston,
"What's the matter?" says Gibson.
put your monicker here and you get
a hundred thousand dollars for Kid
Lewis. It's soft"
"No dough is soft" says the boy
bandit Gimme mine in hard cash;
about five thousand bucks American
coin"
"Certainiy, sefor," says Don Pom
poso. at is here" Jimmie takes the
homely American bank notes and the
other promoters give him the horse
laugh.
REEL 2.-The Argentine man of-war
Fl Toro leaves New York Harbor as
the forts fire a salute OF twenty-tnree
guns. The fighters are training INDUS
triously on the decks. They are 10
ge. a few hundred thousand dollars
apiece, and they want - make a good
showing before the fans OF Buenos
"Po'k chops for the rest Of nah
life" signs Sam Lsngford happily.
Peaches" says Sam McNey, IN
ecstacy.
The fight managers with them are
busy adjusting their one-way pockets
TO bring the purses back to New YORK.
REEL s.-Sam Langford and Sam
McVey are ready TO go on In the ring
at Buenos Ayres. There are three peo-
pie in the gallery and nobody down.
stairs.
"It's all right, Sam, though" says
McVey: 1--WE got our dough In ad-
vance
"Sure it's all right" says Langford.
owe got po'k chops for the rest OF our
davs. Only Ah'm sorry that the nice
promoter amt going 10 make no money
All sure am sorry for him"
Joe WOodman, Langford's manager
dashes into the ring. We've been
bunked," ne shrieks. ITS South
American money"
"Foh the love of glory" walls Lang"
ford. "How much nah hundred dol
lars worth in real money
about four bits" replies Joe Wood
man.
There goes NAH po'k chops!' cries
Langford "How We oil going TO get
Gable Billy Gibson" shouts Jim
Buckley. "He steered US against the
sucker"
All dash to the cable Office.
REEL 4-The exiled American box
ers and managers are camped on the
beach at Buenos Ayres. 1t is their
third night there and food is scarce.
"Ah suggests" says Sam McNey,
chat little Sam Langford here. be-
ing the latest and the furthest away
from home, that we kills him first
and bakes him. All don't see the use
of us all starvingito death
"Whats that?" says Langford. Jim
Buckley is powerful beefy, too. What's
the matter with carvin' him upg An
always said that there was more nour-
ishment in one well fed Irishman than
there was in two niggahs. It's merely
a matter of efficiency 70 get the great
est amount of nourishment out OF the
stock on hand"
Cable messenger runs toward the
group. 1--WE are saved" cries jim
Buckley. ITS a cablegram from Billy
Gibson"
Buckley tears open the message,
then throws il down with a yell. It
reads:
Am cabling price of bathing suits.
Swim home. GIBSON"
REEL 5.-Jim Buckley is heading a
procession of swimmers off the coast
of Florida. Suddenly Sam Langford
shouts, in terror. "Sharks!"
go on wild ye," says Jim Buckley.
"The sharks know that we are in the
same business, and they won't harm
u.s."
REEL 6.-The good ship Banana is
Just starting for South America. Sud
denly James Johnston, the boy bandit,
dashes up the gangplank with an
anchor on one arm and life pre-
server on the other. He is out of
breath because of the speed used on
his errand of mercy.
"If you see a lot of fighters and
promoters swimming this way" he
says to the captain, throw this life
preserver to Kid Lewis and the anchor
to jim Buckley"
REEL Billy Gibson, The Bronx
plunger. is getting bet down on the
first race at Saratoga when he is sur
rounded by reporters.
what about those fighters in
/ Buenos Ayres ?" the reporters demand
as that horse in this race" asked
Gibson innocently. 81 never heard OF
Bennie's Heiress."
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