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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-11-24

iOyousness of the occasion But
Zg celebration of they were
N W. held cmmemoraton of campaigns
AES the defeat ordered
thanksgiving which observed of
himself the ground that he did wish
another thanksgiving been in
Christian Europe for centuries before its celebration in New Engand On
day of feasipg and drinking Occasionally
held on the feast Of Edward the King and cono su
versary Of that city from the siege by the spanards
during the sixteenth
ordered
abundance of his fruits upon the earth In this reign too there was
Tuesday November 10 1858 of the
thanksgiving
punished
the hngs people should keep the fn Of November every year
be forgotten and that all yield praises Gods
thanksgiving than centuries but in later fell into
disuse and in 1888 abolished by parliament
Pilgrims Massachusetts, all
contained expressions of gratitude to God for his mere In that of the
distinguished
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giving was not sunday Tuesday
of thanksgiving day does The Monhegan
of THANKSGIVING day found the harvest
that less than half the settlers had
that foloed their fortunes improved and by autumn they had
cleared 20 acres
harvest Now food and fuel sufficient for
the needs Of the hing winter were e a IN Then Governor Bradford
letter friend E Ts e E Ss %o o december sssn snG m #
being gotten Governor
that might after special manner rejoice together after
little help about At which
other recreaons exercise our arms many Of the Indians coming
ninety men,
out which they brought and bestowed on Governor
and upon captains and others
July the arrival of provisions from England Nearly
so years hear of another thanksgiving day at Plymouth
1868 and another for the accession of the Orange sart
Mary in 1859 An auumna was held in 1890 the
last IN the ] Plymouth Massachusetts Bay colony had occasionally
g., own thonkgng days for the
Sims July the February when the provision
Am6ro recognition Of the ry the churches
OF COO hfI harvest appointed october a thanksgiving
first harvest history of the colony By 1880
] took the place of the comparatively
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favor in Massachusetts.
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the war; annually apart day for thanksgiving bur
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this general official recognition throughout
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-11-24

How much information do you
wager that Max Is In a position
to give Whitaker II he were of a
mind to do so2
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-11-24

He goddess of the Roman was Ceres Her festvo
was celebrated annually and called Ceraia It was da
of worship and rustic sports and women formed pro
cessons and went to the fields with music Virgil refers to hi
festival He mentions the sacrifices that
temples and audes TO the joyousness Blu
Roman thanksgiving days confined to this annua
celebration of the festival of Ceraa Sometimes they wer
held in commemoraon of victorious martial campaigns
arch tells us of the emperor who
thanksgiving which observed Then the facts
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-11-24

Gro BE CoNTINUED.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
Record

is taking them on bigger and tougher
every fight and still winning, we judge
that he rather thrives on the game
Levinsky will be IS years old in June
He is a native of Philadelphia, and be-
gan his ring career in 1910, starting at
the age OF 10. He is one inch short
of six feet tall and his weight is around
170 to rs pounds, which puts him i'm the
light-heavy class. He does not give an
observer the Impression Of unusual
ruggedness by any means, on the con-
trary, when compared to other fighters
who weigh no more than LeviHsky, the
battler looks rather fraiL
His record indicates that he must
be possessed Of unusual physical pow
ers, however Figuring ten rounds per
battle as a fair average, he has gone
through nearly 1900 rounds, which is
a considerable strain one way and
another, especially when il is remem-
bered that those rounds were piled up
in a few years. He has fought in cities
all over the United States, from Boston
to Butte and south to New Orleans. and
his fights have gone from one to 20
rounds
Jack. the COnfessOr.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, who was
about the same size as Levinsky, got
in an enormous amount of work before
he quit the ring. hut in no six years
of his career did he meet as many men
as the battler. Even among the little
than their big brothers. Levinsky' s
record has not been surpassed.
As Levinsky is not the type of fighter
that burns out quickly, it is fair 10 as
sumo that he has at least six years
more OF fighting before him, and at
the rate he has been going during the
past six years. he Will probably have
over 300 battles behind him when he
retires
Jim Flynn. at 81 years OF age, and
with nearly Is years of fighting to look
back on, has had a few more than 100
fights, yet Jim is considered a fairly
busy little cup of tea. Were Levinsky
the same type OF fighter as Flynn, how
ever. it is not likely that he would have
much further to go right now, after
his six years Of strenuOusness- Le-
whisky does not get mauled up to any
extent in his fights. He is a fast NOV
ing foxy fellow, and. as a rule, IT is
difficult to put a solid punch on him.
The Flynn type never let any punches
miss him.
The reason for LevinslSy's vast indus
try is simple enough. He is able to get
plenty of work because he fits in any
where with light heavyweights. or the
real heavyweights. He does not object
to giving away a lot of pOundage, and,
moreover. he probably does not demand
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11

TEW YORK, Feb Ito our mind,
one of the most amazing figures
= in the fistic game today, or in
any other line of sport for that matter.
is Barney Lebrowitz. better known in
the linear circles as Battling Levin
sky.
Be it understood that this is not one
of those puglistic press notices It
was not written for the purpose of pro-
noting interest in any Levfnsky match.
Up to the moment of typewritfng We
had not heard CT Levinsky being
booked for a local engagement: and to
further disarm suspicion that we may
be ballyhOoing the battler for publicity
purposes, We might add that were he
p booked we could 1Or conscientiOusly
advise anyone to walk further than
around the corner to see it.
Not II they were seeking fistic thrills,
anyway, and certainly not If they had
seen Levinsky before. If you have
seen one Of Levinsky's fights you have
seen them all, or nearly all. They are
or piece. There is rarely any pros
pect Of the unexpected occurring in
his battles. He will he there at the
finish, but so will the other fellow
More often than not, Levinsky will be
away out in front in the matter Of
points. too, for Levinsky, despite the
lack Of variety in his contests. is
pretty good fighter
He is not as good a fighter as his
voluable manager would have you be-
lieve. perhaps. but he is away above
the average If one likes to see clever
ness, speed and ring generalship eX-
plotted to an unusual degree, Levin
skyk will always give them a good
show, but there is seldom anything
blood curdling about his exhibitions
Some very ridiculous claims are made
in Levinsky's behalf but. disregarding
those claims, the fact remains that the
battler is today a remarkable young
man in more ways than one.
Is Some Worker.
In six years Levinsky has had nearly
$50 battles 1t is believed that he is
pretty close to a ring record for six
years work; surely he has established
modern day mark There are quite
a number of other fighters who have
registered more than $50 battles. but
not in six years. Sam LangfOrd is be-
yOnd that figure. but Samuel has been
labOring in the vineyard of pugilistic
endeavor for nearly II years and in no
six years did he get in as much work
as Levinsky.
Some may contend that the battler
is an example of managerial greed.
rather than a lesson in ring industry.
But we take 1t there is no law COM
polling him to fight any oftener than
he desires, and from the fact that he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
Fulton Was Sick In Flynn Battle
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Should Have Kept Out, Says Manager
BY Il. $. ANnREMs.

show that he outfOught Flynn and
mad him on the verge Of a knockout
several times He won easily, despite
the fact that Flynn was in the very
best Of shape. 1 am not offering any
alibis for publicity. but 1 am giving you
the plain truth. Besides this, Fulton
was twice fOuled-once quite badly"
What Tommy Burns Says.
In order to get a correct version of
the affair l wired Tommy Burns, the
referee, for his opinion. and received
the following reply: Fulton defeated
Flynn in IS rounds out of the 20 and
you may take it as the truth that
tlynn was very lucky to stay the limit
You Will no doubt hear many different
reports of this fight, but with all my
experience as a fighter, ] think that
Fulton fought splendid battle under
the conditions and considering that IL
was his first 20 round contest. I know
, positively that Fulton was not in con-
dition for such a contest, as the doctor
VINO attended him told me after the
fight He stated that Fred should not
have been allowed to go on.
Has Making Of Champion.
7 do not care what reports go out
or what is predicted, but 1 will say
that my prediction is that the showing
Fulton made here under the condi-
tiOns, is the making of a champion.
He needs a little coaching and proper
training. but that is all"
Cunning for COffey or Moran.
It is evident from these reports that
Fulton made a much better impress
sion than was at first given out Meth
err Fulton nor his manager, Mike Col
Inns, are discouraged, but say they viii
keep right after Willard for a cham
pionship match They expect to get on
a contest with either Jim COffey or
Frank Moran in New York and may
possibly meet Jack Dillon in Milwau-
kee. II successful in these matches,
Fulton will demand a championship
go with Willard.
Did Gibbons Make Mistake.
Did Mike Gibbons make mistake
when he signed a contract with the
Capitol City Athletic club of St Paul.
Obligating himself to box three matches
during the year, Of 1916 for a stipu-
lated guarantee Of $4,000, or $1,000
for each battle? By signing this con-
tract Gibbons fOrfeits all right to
Other matches for the year unless the
promoters of an outside match should
secure the consent of the st. Paul club
to hold the same.
The boxers stipulated in the contract
whom Gibbons may be called on to
meet at St Paul are Jack Dillon
George Chip and Les Darcy. with al
ternates named such as Jeff Smith,
Ted Lewis and Jimmy Clabby.
In the event that Gibbons should
lose his first contest or even the sec
ond, the club reserves the right to can
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11

MILWAUKEE. Wis, Feb. 1O.-Fred
VI Fulton's efforts TO fight his way
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11

GILMORE D0BIE, peeved because
the newspapers criticized the
failure of the University of Wash
ington football team to meet other
strong elevens in the northwest, re-
quested that he be relieved of his
contract as coach. Then he got busy
and tried, on the strength of a long
record at Washington, to land the
job as football coach at Wisconsin.
Wisconsin evidently took into con-
sideratiOn the easy schedule of
Washington and turned Dobie down.
Now he has asked the Washington
governors to let him recall his resig-
nation.
NATIONAL commission has decid-
ed that Eddie Plank is not a free
agent. He claims immunity from
organized baseball contracts on the
plea that a player serving ten years
with one major league club is en-
titled to his unconditional release,
while his contract with the Fede-als
was for last year only. 1t happens
that there's still a seasons good
pitching in Eddie's salary wing and
that's why the magnates want to
decide his future for him.
X *
SOCCER fans will be interested in
the announcement of a city cham
pionship SERIES Don't overlook the
first game at Rio Grande park on
Sunday afternoon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11

NTEW YORK. Feb 1.-THE east
IN ern wrestling skeptics asked to be
{ shown, whereupon Joe Stecher,
the western wonder, displayed his wares,
and convinced everyone in Gotham
town that he is one Of the greatest
grapplers since the days when Frank
Gotch was in his prime.
Stecher came TO New York for his
bout with Mort Henderson, THE Masked
Marvel" touted as a whirlwind on the
mat Gotham didn't believe il but 1t
does now. The way in which Stecher
tOyed with Henderson was revelation.
Oddly enough, Stecher was never tu-
tOred by a professional wrestler. Some
reports have il that Farmer" Burns
introduced him to the rudiments Of
the game. These are erroneous
stecher's only instructor has been his
brother Anton, who knew only a lit
tie more about the wrestling game
than did Joe when the boys were CRAP
ping back in their home town in
Dodge, Neb.
Learns without Teacher.
Five years ago the Stecher boys be-
came interested i'm wrestling while at
tending the Y. NJ. c. A. in Fremont
Neb. When they returned TO the farm
they continued graphing in their odd
moments. No one told them anything
about the tricks i'm the wrestling game
Whenever they could find the time to
do so. they would go 10 some wres-
were involved They would watch
the trick uncovered by the "profs" and
then go home and try them out on
each other.
out in Dodge they idolize Joe-and
well they should. Not only has Joe
risen to heights that should make
Dodge proud that it produced him. but
Incidentally, Joe has made some OF the
Dodge boys rather wealthy.
About three years ago Joe blossomed
out in public as a wrestlGr. He showed
up wonderfully wei among the an a
tours He pinned" every man whom
he tackled. That made the citizens
OF Dodge quite boastful about Joe
and his ability Those boasts seeped
into the outside world. whereupon sew
eral punches of gamblers I'm Omaha de-
cided to clean up" Dodge and the
immediate vicinity.
Wins Bets For Friends.
When Stecher won with ease all Of
his earlier matches, the town Of Dodge
issued a def TO the effect that Stecher
could meet anyone in the country
catch -as-catch-can style. That was
the summons for the gamblers. They
sent a few emmissaries down Dodge
way who boosted about So-and-So
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
nv FRANK G. AIENKE

who was a good wrestler The Dodge
folks grabbed at the bait.
He may be good-but he's not as
good as Stecher," announced Dodge.
Whereupon q match was made, the
gamblers brought on a ringer" and
coaxed the Dodge folks to bet on
Stecher II wasn't har dto coax those
Fellows; they were only too willing to
back Stecher TO the limit of their bank
rolls. And Stecher won.
Beats Many Ringers.
Time and again the gamblers
brought other famous wrestlers to
Dodge and the vicinity, under assumed
names, and matched them against
Stecher. On each and every occasion
the gamblers plunged recklessly. feel
ing sure that this was the time that
Stecher would be beaten But Stecher
wasn't He beat every man the gam
blers pitted against him, and the Dodge
boys who pyramided their bets on him
ran a few dollars into the thousands.
When Stecher made his appearances
in Omaha there was a certain clique
that scoffed at him. 1t had heard
about wonders" before: it wasn't go
ing to be taken in" again. But
Stecher kept on wrestling kept on
doing his best at all times. kept on
winning and very soon Omaha and all
the west awakened TO the fact that it
had produced a grappler who knows
no peer 1t the eaten eaten style.
Is Physical Marvel.
Stecher. who is Of Bohemian parent
age, is six feet tall. weighs 200 pounds.
and has a wonderful physical develop
ment. Stecher's legs and arms are
impressive almost to the point OF being
uncanny. His arms are long and
sinewy and his legs show muscular de-
velopment beyond anything ever seen
in New York. Stecher has the most
powerful pair of legs every owned by
any wrestler. and il is largely because
Of this that he has been so successful
The scissors hold. long regarded as
one of the most effective on the mat
has been perfected to the highest point
by Stecher. He is as fast as a streak
Of lightning on the mat and when once
he secures his scissors hold it is only
a matter Of seconds before he has
pinned his opponents shoulder to the
mat.
Stecher broke in upon New York
after it had experienced three solid
months of wrestling That tournament
enabled the fans to get a line" on real
wrestlers and ordinary wrestlers And
those who saw every one of the inter-
national grapplers and then saw
Stecher are unanimous in declaring:
'Stecher is the greatest Of them ALL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
Series of Games For Local
Championship May Close
Seasons Schedule.

a series Of games for the soccer
championship Of FL Paso is TO start at
Rio Grande park on Sunday afternoon
when the United Empires Will clash
with the 18th infantry. The civilians de-
feated the goth infantry last Sunday,
but Ed Gaffney's men from Camp Cot
ton believe that they can retrieve the
honor of the army.
Arrangements for the series will be
completed Friday evening at 1880
o'clock when a meeting Of soccer men
viii be held at the Angelus cleaning
works for the purpose Of arranging the
dates and order Of games, selecting Of
ficials and deciding upon the eligibility
Of players.
Soccer has made big gains here this
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
TEAMS ARRANGE SOCCER CONTEST

winter and botn army and civilian
teams believe that it has been placed
on a footing which will make il one
Of the most popular sports in FL Paso
next winter.
Series May End Schedule.
The present season is drawing to a.
close and il is likely that the cham
pionshiD series now about to be started
viii wind up the local schedule but
there is still A prospect that a series
Of games viii be arranged with the
best teams from Arizona.
Globe, Morenci and other towns have
written here for matches and the mat
ter of accepting or rejecting those pro-
posals will all depend upon the support
which can be obtained for the remain
ing games OF the regular reason. It will
COST several hundred dollars TO bring
Arizona teams here and the attendance
so far has not warranted such an ex-
penditure.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
BY @BECK.-

SELECTION of Charley White as
the referee of the Willard Moran
affair will meet with general ap-
proval of the fight fans. White is a
veteran referee and knows all the
"ins and outs" of the ring game.
Lately he has not been actively con-
nected with the ring but ten years
ago he was in great demand for
championship battles.
ELDMANS showed some class on
Wednesday night in The game
with Walk and are picked as winners
over the Millers in Saturday nights
basketball dOubleheader at the "Y,"
but the MinesHigh game is going
to be a real close and exciting
affair, if we are to believe the reports
from the two institutions. Both are
claiming victory. A defeat for "Hi''
will be very costly as the team needs
a string Of victories right now to
stick in the race for second place.
r
GOLF interest will be at high pitch
on Sunday when the match play
for the presidents cup, directors
trophy and consolation prize viii
get nder way at the Fl PasO COun-
try club. There will be 4s con-
testants in the three divisions and
some good scores are anticipated.
Professional Peter N. Jams has an
nounced the handicaps and they are
now posted on the club bulletin
board.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11

y EILWAUKEE. Wis, Feb. 1O.-Fred
MI Fulton's efforts TO fight his way
L i to chance for a championship
battle with Jess Willard was given
a setback at New Orleans, even though
he defeated POrky Flynn in 20 round
battle. Fulton was given the decision
at the end Of the goth round by referee
Tommy Burns, but the critics down
south wanted to see more than that
they wanted to see Fulton score a
clean knockout over Flynn before they
could consider him IS a legitimate Op-
pOnent for Willard in a title match.
Some Of them have criticized Fulton
for falling to stop Flynn and alleging
that he is not yet of championship
caliber The writer has seen Fulton
in number of his contests in the north
or rather northwest, and I'm these bat
ties the Minneapolis giant certainly
looked like very promising candl-
date for Wizards crown.
From information received from
New Orleans, it is evident that Fulton
went into the contest when he would
have been better off in a hospital
Collins Has Explanation.
His manager. Mike Collins, tele-
graphed me right after the battle as
follows: Fulton won the decision over
Flynn here, but I do not think he was
given the deal he deserved. It was well
known that Fred was sick for five
days previous to the match. The doc
tor advised him not to go on and 1 did
not want him to fight, but he was
short Of money and insisted that he go
through with il.
"Of course this was contrary to my
wishes, and even at that 1 felt that ne
would stop Flynn. The trouble is Fred
took the chance and to make matters
worse, he severely, hurt his hand In the
third round. From that time on he
was obliged to fight with his left only
and all the New Orleans stories will
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
'BECK'S'' AMEN CORNER

CHOULD it be true that Jess Will
- lard weighs 274 pounds, with the
Moran bout a little over three weeks
off. don't be at all too sure about the
dentist not winning decisively. If
Willard PACKS a lot of fat when he
enters the ring he's likely to get the
same medicine that Moran handed
out to Luther McCarty and Jim
Coffev in the very same New York
ring.
y
TITTY BRASHEAR, formerly man
aqer of the Tucson club in the
Rio Grande circuit and now an UNI
pire in the Coast league, has had
his salary for the new season cut
Retrenchment is the order of the day
in the Coast league and even the in
dicator men are feeling the effect.
K =
DEFEREE Billy Recap has stated
N that if Pete Russell had not
badly sprained his right arm in the
fight with 'Kid" Williams at New
Orleans last Monday night, there
would be a new bantam champion
now Recap called the bout draw
and the New Orleans fans were a
bit peeved as they thought Russell
should have had the decision. This
was the second draw IN which
Williams has participated in New
Orleans within the past few months,
as frankie Burns also got an even
br TX with the champion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11

TEW YORK. Feb. 1.-THE east
M ern wrestling skeptics esked to be
J. Y shown vvhereuDon loo Stecher |
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
Battling Lsunsky Holds Record
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Has Fought $50 Battles In Years
Leviinsky
BY DAMON RTNYON.

Jew YORK, Feb Ito our mind,
one of the most amazing figures
Il in the fistic game today. or in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
EAST AGREES STEGHER ISMARVEL;
WRESTLER HAS GREAT PHYSIQUE

Nebraska Farmer Boy Has Learned the Rudiments of
Wrestling Without Profes sonal Tutoring, But Has
Consistently Defeated All Corners; His Body Said
to Be Most Powerful yer Seen in New York.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-11
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