Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-21

E - .s 7 |4tlrt 5sF great asset was that he@1unde nderstoed human, nature. Witness these proofs.
 Once upon a time when this coun;, try was assembling one of its Olym-
 pic teams a Metropolitan sporting
 writer on track athletics who had formerly trained under Mrrpny advo- \ cated the engaging sof some other ma i
 than Mike as the trainer. Mike got the, job nevertheless. When the team
 was sailing from New ' York this re porter, who was at the dock to. get a; story, unexpectedly met Murphy face
 group of athletes t s. .bs,
 Mike, and his former runner shook
 hands, the reporter adding some thing about Mike iremeI1bering him.
 Murphy was somewhat deaf and often used that defect to good Advantage. This was such. an. occssiop. ,si, ,.
 stOh, yes!" said Mike, pretending
 not to have understood, Il renpembes
 that fellow. Whatever became 70 ;iof On this same trip the American .ath
 letes began to ehafe under the re : straints of being aboard ship ConseT ouently, there, was little discomfort spreading among the men, mot an
 unusual. situation among trained ath letes. Mike noticed it. Coming to the table one night for dinner some what late Mike got everyone back to normal by the following plan. 'Ap- preceding a runner. who for years stood at the forefront at his. .di istance. but who was Npaccustomed to travel, Mike remarked. You're. wanted 1.-the long distance f.s., 7 The innocent boy arose, left the .ta : ble and began huht- for the phone booths on board that liner, much to l the amusement of all the. fellows. That l little joke broke the tension and sery- ! ed the purpose in getting everyone in a good humor s
 e Mike once told of an occasion when his deafness served him to good puF i pose. It was at a celebration banquet i of a championship Yale football team
 Mike was down. to speak and SO was the captain, a youth whose head; had
 been greatly enlarged by reason o1
 his athletic ability. Mike never caE-
 ed for this type of athlete.
 | It was agreed between the toast
 master and Mike that when he was tc be called upon the .toastmaster- would
 look directly at him as he finished his introductory remarks. This was done
 to prevent any misunderstanding be-
 cause of Murphy's affliction. :, After few speeches had been de livered the toastmaster, at the close of an introduction, looked at, Mike lMike arose and began with q gooi story. He said he never had a story take lik2 that one. Hardly. had, h. started 1t when he noticed that tn,
 guests were convulsed with laughter
 Mike began taking notice and discoN cred, as, a result that the. captadl } further down the same side of tn } same table, was also making a. speech
 It was then a question of which. on
 would be able to talk the other down Mike. said he never before. knew jus what blessing it was to be hard 0 hearing. He could not lear fthe cap , tain but the captain could hear hin
 As a result Mike finally forced the oth CT speaker to sit down, ar the whii , feigning that he did not know tn , captain was trying to talk him dowf He got away with it much. to the ell Ijoyment of everyone except the cap tain, who needed a. setback.
 I When John L., Sullivan was at tn :. height of his pugilistic career, for1ne . Governor Stone, of Pennsy ylvania the : a young man. was often taken for tn popular worlds champion. Once youn Stone attempted to stop street ngI
 in Pittsburgh and found himself i
 the usual position of the peacenake to attack from both partie l What the have you to : q with this? was one of the question put to him by the belligerents, whie l needed an immediate answer #. T. 7. '
 Stone was unmomentarily nonpu1s
 ed tqfer his ready wit saved him. 7
 I'm John l.. Sullivan young Stor replied the fighting immediaItel : ceased. 5.z4..,5-. Colonel Roosevelt. who va, a, var : adnairer of John L,1 by the way, ! E credited in my memory with Abeirg tt
 man. who said. Don't finch! don
 fcus: hit the line hard| which in mediately became a popular slogan f } fGnthaH coaehes. Football coaches al 3 always iookiagFf flor popular .slogar ! ead axie1ns, Bob F'olwel. of 5s PenI 7 perhaps more than, any other. 5 I'heF -te}l,s one @oil, Rob when he, WE : at. W. & ]. Bob was continually usiT 5 axior1hs and spent much time at blael
 board drills with his squad in pound & ing them into his players. heads Be S so they. sas. tried to reduce ever, s thing pertaining to. the game to. a 4 axiom. One night when he was let 3 turing the men on the necessity ] strict training, a member of the val 1 sitv eleven. asked Bob what he shou
 do when friends offered him a cigal Never check a generous impulse
 replied Bob in his best axiom >sty
 and came across with that. cigar 9 '(Copyright 1918, by Sol Metzger.) F