Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-01

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barry was captured in the wilds of Chicago
md shipped eastward to escape the heat.
Sailor Jack was lured from his nice cool
,streat in Cincinnati and shipped in the
sssme direction. They met in Bridgeport,
cnnn.. last Saturday afternoon, and the
Ssitle thew put up made Gettysburg, YER
dun and that scrap at Przemysl look like
a lot of hokum
Bout Was Too Long
The bout was scheduled for Is rounds,
,bdt that was entirely too long. AT the
and of the ninth session, brave policeman
called halt because he feared Sailor
Jack would begin diving and hurt his
head It's difficult trick to make a good
dive on a hardwood floor. In fact, we
might go so far as to say 1t can't be done.
Anyway, the sailor finished second and now
his manager Is sad and morose.
II is necessary to introduce the manager
into this sketch, as 1t is his sadness and
noroseness that caused this story to be
written. 1t is n story of frenzied finance
IN its most frenzied state and at the END
there Is a swell moral Keep your seats
until you get the moral
Joe Devir Is the manager and much
maligned hero He strolled into our office
this morning wearing worried look-the
look of one who has suffered excessively
from some deep wrong. We knew he had
something on his chest and waited patiently
until he 'unburdened himself
Here's the Sad Story
Now you know 1 never done nothin' to
nobody, Chief" he began, but there is one
guy what is goin' to get a bust In the jaw
IS soon as Isee him. 1 mean tn guy what
put a piece in tn New York paper sayin'
Jack Carroll was knocked out by Jim Barry
In Bridgeport las Saturday. There amt
no truth in It a-tall, Chief, SO don't you fall
fer It, Carroll wasn't knocked out. Tn
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Carroll was goin' good. They didn't have
no right Ia stop tn bout. Carroll wouldda
stopped him sure"
At this juncture Nick Hayes found the
door open and took advantage of 1t. He
strolled up to the desk, cast plying glance
at the downcast Devir, then stuck around
to get some new stuff
'I didn't get no fair deal a-tall," con-
tlnued Devir, ignoring the visitor, "and
know they handed me a awful raspberry.
We didn't have no regular ring and didn't
have no regular place for the fte. Me an
Jack was walking along tn shore of tn
river, er lake. what is near Bridgeport. Say,
Chief, what lake is It? 1 ferget tn name"
1T was Lake Erie, yuh sap" kindly an
swered Hayes.
Stay Near Lake
well, anyway, me an Jack was walkin'
along tn shore of Lake Erie" resumed the
l says to Jack, It's swell day. and Jack
comes right back at me and says yes
Then we talked a lot IKE that when a
wagon drove up an I seen that 1t was
loaded with them foldin' camp chairs. 1
goes up to tn driver and says whaydye got
them chairs fer?' and he says, They are fer
tn fte.'
This was awful news ta me. Chief be-
cause had all arrangements made ia fite
In regular place where they had real
seats and everything. Then 1 gets n swell
idea and says ia Jack, If they hold tn
nte here, we might as we'll stay here and
Jack says yes
Then We waited aroun' an looked at
tn lake an saw tn boats an everything.
Jack was kinda homesick and he said he
wisht he was loolSin' at tn sea because he
likes ia be near salt water. We stuck
aroun' until some guy come up and says
ITS time fer tn fite' and me an Jack was
led to dressin room.
Then they slipped us tn raspberry. chief.
and honest. it was terrible. Do yuh ynow
where they made us fite? In a DANCE hall,
What had waxed floors and awful slippery.
They didn't have no ropes. but they
sprlnkled some sawdust on tn floor an
made square 12 feet on each side an
beat that?
Then they get referee and he was
swell referee. but he only stayed one round.
he gave Jack all tn best OF It, but he
couldn't stay because he looked at tn rear
OF tn pavilion an saw some guys standin'
mere anr he had ia leave TIA tend bar. Then
they get bum in there and that's why Jack
got such awful deal. 1t was robbery,
tell yuh, an they shouldn't "a stopped
Who stopped it-th' police er tn board
health?" inquired Mr. Hayes
1ou aint in this a-tall," Devir flung
oaek You always was knoekin my
snsmpion Can't yuh lay off fer a while?"
sure, I'll lay off," replied Nick. But
an Jus curious. / Jus curious. Now