Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10
Ships for England
4 Night Shell Shrieks
= Ship Sinks U-53
\ Dives to Bottom
nv ROBERT W. MAXWELL

DOf LIZ tS DdNN "t"'' "''N' So
.sssnce of four months. He is happy to
y aol and satisfied to spend the re-
De oa ~ his DAYS in the shadow of In
msesa,ca Hall where he can show the
I. uepe' a,erence TO the cradle of liberty
pop.a paiute the American flag any old time
~ ',ssls like 1t. And Jimmy is doing con-
n,dsrable salutng these days, 49,.
VINO is Jimmy Doyle? Wen J didn I
either. until he wandered INTO the
Fnow' ,ho other day and told his story At
:. om.o ,irnmv DOYLE isn't his real name. He
snee =, cor business purposes only. Instead
use " ,uacine his ancestors to the Emerald
o. he can 60 back only MS far as Pitts
's.h tse the home of his parents, VINO are OF
p..,sb extraction. ] do not Know tnelr
smes But Jimmy changed MS mohicter
n.aun,e of years ago when he adopted his
q cou calling where a name means every
thing.
,,,roducing Jimmy Doyle
na,,o 10 a boxer who meets all comers
.trhine from 112 to lls pounds lie boxed
..o,,nd pittsburgh. drifted to Phlladelpnia
vhere business was not so prlsN, si.u i ,ea. 1a,.s
4. ,hot he would pass the rest or ms Gays
IN idleness, soush' ioi
hangs this tale. 49,,
Jimmy had adventures-manN OF 'hen'
\ ~. hraved the perils of the briney deep, per
.sralN investigated the interior or an Eng
,..h army prison. went through the mental
ponIss Of a condemned spy about 20 he
ssot AT sunrise and won four hEhts-aIl Ill
49, short period of two months
W. ~, found phily a closed shop. so far al my
,,ohla services were concerned, narrated
/. ,,mrov Guys like Muggsy TaNlor' Lew
uauev and Adam Ryan listened TO me- put
Mcc,iIgan or Hanlon wouldn't give me
tumble ,,,,,., ,,.,,,, ro,b-
when | decided
. o. ,rv out the game on the other slde' l
+ s.,rod that It couldn't be worse. and II |
nsS 20 starye to death 1t would be better TO
asish among strangers. You see. didn't
z i'ant ,o cause any hard feelings among the
rromoters. Then I thought that al OF tne
sble-bodied men had gone to war ana II
there were any boxers left they would De
lame and crippled and oId ana cou'" "ea'
them without half trying
Sails on the Merton
= 'J wandered down to the Port klchmonu
Aocks with nothing but big-league appe-
t,,e and my newspaper clippings about my
oerson. | saw the steamship Merton lashed
10 the dock, and. when told that II was
about to sail for Scotland, bravery APP
nroached the captain and asked him for a
toh The captain seemed glad to see me, and
was signed as second steward and store
tsener | was introduced to the crew and
&, hoepN'' -, I,oyore Doppv
met two other hi,"u''r. - -, Si,th
Harris coiortu wy W. ~, ,IaCIosI,,
and Lomparu S''ee''; ;,.ta,I, ". ava Ped
whose nome Us at p.t.i,t ond tho
q streets The others were BRITISH, ana the
sbin formerly a passenger vessel, now was
British tramp o''iF ms
4 Allies .,-,..,,,.,. o. ond on.
X owed the trip from the start
,.;Iors Arc Worried
,.s. .,,o h.,. ord cot o,,t on
Mt AFTER we Ieit tm' ti,od somothing
me ocean moWe,e wy s,,ir ,nd the crew The
Niahse 49, ob,,t r,ith long faces testing
neh 'l,, wen, go w. ,ifohoo,s and constantly
lhe iasi'iles y" a ,l,' ~. 20 ,he,, u,ore lacking
Reeri,s az tnu T,o rauehter ceased and
\ ~ so',,e.',e a,,o,,s.inns tool< ito nIace Al
~. ,sst ,so h,,ao shin vas az silent as a tomb