The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-01
MoNlkERs OF FAMOUS FIGHTERS
(By Bert Sisson. Sporting
Editor of The Courier,
Evansville, Indiana)

Not so long ago they were calling
Francis j. Sandorse the Second Ter
ry McGovern." 1t seemed that his
tory was to repeat itself in the form
of this tan-skinned boy from the
Far East. Out of obscurity he burst
forth in startling scintillation exactly
the same way as did Terry McGov-
ern. Not only did he resemble Nc
Govern in his rapid rise from bum
to bear, but he was not unlike him
in style-being the same tough, 1.-THE,
loose-limbed sort of workman Yes.
they were calling Francis J. San
dorse second McGovern.' But
not now. frankie Sanders made Il
hard try, but the best he could get
with Oscar Williams, the Dixie cham
pion. was draw, and was found
wanting. Now, they call him just
plain frankie Sanders. And if you
wonder why he is known as frankie
Sanders when his real and Italian
name is the said Francis J. Sandorse
why read as follows:
Sanders, or Sandorse, as he was
known then, was born in the city of
a million hens-oyer in Italy. ltaly's
other claim to fame is that fact that
| it is only few thousands of miles
| from Elizabeth, the home OF the
celebrated Demon Dug, star pitcher
of the Duck Alley Defeaters. Well
that was all right But the fact that
! young Frankies parents had chosen
the chicken business for him was
! all wrong. frankie didn't want to be
hen tender He wanted to be an
actor Later he wished to be a pugil-
list and he-but we are ahead or the
story. Despite little FTankie's pri-
vate views, he tended the hens just
the same. Gle was not yet master
! in his fathers house,. And just
the same, he didn't like it, 1t was
calling, it was rasping. 1t caused
the little Italian lad to become irri-
table, and to become quarrelsome,
and to become a fighter. For every
hour he spent labor'ing about the
ranch he felt like fighting that many
more. He became a poor hen han
dler and good fighter.
Like Caesar, Francis j. Sandorse
was ambitious. He hoped to rise
higher than the chicken yard. Prin-
cipally, he wished that some day he
would be known as singer. An
old phonograph and harmonica was
the father of that idea frankie
nearly wore that machine to death
He played and played it until there
was nothing left but the squeak
But music hath power etc. AT
last the power was great enough to
soothe the irritated breast of the
little Elizabethan. Each evening he
played that old music box and tried
to learn the songs. so he could play
them on his haTmonica. He wanted
to be a singer like Jackie Saunders.
Remember Jackie Saunders? We all
remembered her, no doubt; her bari-
tone voice is just synonym for the
! phonograph of some years ago-one
! of the popular record makers of the
music world. Well, Jackie Saunders
was the idol of Francis Sandorse OF
| the chicken ranch. He held Will
liams to a ten-round draw, his best
effort. | love tn cows and chickens
but when he ran away from home
he took the name with him. Now
they call him just plain frankie
Sanders And one day-ah, but what
| is the use of telling you about 1t!
The whole stunt is given away now,
and you know as well as we do that
when Francis ]. Sandorse ran away
from home he took with him the OLD
phonograph and harmonica, and the
name of Sanders.