Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10
|1INdMY DOYLE, WITH NO CHANCE AS BOXER HERE
RUNS A-FOUL GERMAN U-BOAT IN ATLANTIC RI IJZZARD
Ships Crew Freezes in
write Up My
Fights and Go Easy on
the Submarines"

smokestacks, looking like beautiful pic
ture, The sun was sinking beneath the
waves and the vanishing light seemed to
play around the vessel The men wept bit
terly and cursed the Germans they
watched.
suddenly there came puff of smoke
nash OF flame followed by roar of an
explosion. and the Merton crumpled up amid
shlps and sank. The submarine had van
lshed and we were all alone on the ocean
with darkness coming on
We had two small boats. which were
ample Tor the thirty-sN men from the snip
Ihey were lashed together and we all took
turns al the oars. We kept pulling and
pulilhg, steering our course by a small COM
pass and set out for the coast of Scotland
nearly zoo miles away
Terrible Experience
81 never went through such an expert
ence and hope ! never will again. when
darkness came IL grew bitterly cold and the
waves tossed us around like pieces of drift
wood The men who wore no coats or shoes
suffered terribly, and to make matters
worse. IT began to SNOW when we were
out three hours. all hope was given tip Of
reaching land safely, for no one could pos
sibly live through that blizzard in an open
boat
we were drifting around at midnight
when faint pun, pun was heard in the
distance, We shouted as loudly as we coulo
and a searchlight began to play through
the curtain OF snow, In some manner we
were located and a boat sent out for us.
Then we were taken aboard a British tor
pedoboat destroyer more dead than alive.
! know that we would have perished had
we remained IN the lifeboats all night
They treated us fine on the boat, gave
us warm drinks and put us to bed. Then
the destroyer took us to Glasgow. and /
tell you. | was glad to see land again,
Arrested as German Spy
But my troubles were not over.
went from Glasgow to Leeds and there
was arrested and accused of being a Ger
man spy After my narrow escape at the
hands Of the Germans. | resented this aC-
cusation. but they threw me in Jail and
| stayed there for two days. My cell had
no bed or chair in it nothing but the floor
and bare walls For food | got bread
and water. Finally. when I told the au-
thorties that | was an American jew, they
brought In man who questioned me about
my religion. Fortunately, | was able to
answer the questions. and allowed to depart
II went back to Glasgow. where I boxed
twenty rounds with TanCey Lee. the only
man who has beaten Jimmy Wilde | won
the decision and afterward won ten
round bout with Tommy Noble in Leeds
My newt match was with Sammy Mansfield
in Fowey. England, and | stopped him in
four rounds,
Beats Lee Again
by this time | was a good drawing card
and return match was arranged with Tan
cey Lee in Liverpool We boxed twenty
rounds. and again got the decision. ! had
to bet my own money on myself i'm each
fight and the purses were very small
guess that Is the reason | boxed so well.
But | got homesiCk and decided to come
home after the Liverpool fight and signed
with the crew on the IIambleton Range. We
had a rough passage, but saw no subma-
rines. 1t took us a month to make the
trip. Believe me, ! have my fiji of this
war stuff and in the future I'll do my fight
ing i'm a twenty-four foot ring.
Now listen" said Jimmy as he prepared
to leave. "If you write this up don't go
too strong on that submarine stuff. That
won't get me anything in my business Say
something about those four fights | won,
won't you, please?'