El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23

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There is a diversity of opinion
about the fountain Of youth" At
the Cactus club they say bowling is
the secret and point to DR.. Weaber
to prove It. No matter about the
years, Doc" is still boy.
Parents who sometimes complain
because Of earthquakes caused by a
couple Of boys about nine and II
years respectively, should remember
athletic director A. L Holm, of the
Y. u. c. A, who has IS ''pewees" on
hands at the same time.
fluffy Lassiter sprained his ankle
badly last Saturday while practicing
with a tumbling team at the ''Y''
gym. The athletic director sent
there. Saturday night when the
tumblers were about ready to go out
on the floor at the Y. ". c. A.
county fair. in limped fluffy like
an old soldier with a wooden leg and
took his place on the team The
have missed tumhling at that exhihi-
ton would have been far more pain
ful TO fluffy"
They tell another one on fluffy"
As the story goes fluffy" went home
sick one evening with the intention
/ Of going TO bed. The news that
la horse to climb to the top of
I chr-ch steeple and o other athletic
I stuhts that night at a local movie
theater so improved him that after
1 eating a good supper he went to the
show. Impossible to keep fluffy"
way when there's an athletic show.
Last Saturday night at the "Y''
gym, 64th infantry, Pvt Z. c. Page.
wrestler, sat in his corner all alone
during rest periods while half
dozen seconds were tanning and rub
bling his opponent, Pvt. Ausmus. Page
won He stated that he thought the
that he didn't have any seconds TO
bother him
Apropos Of seconds: When Cave
Man" Carlson fought Charlie Short
out at Fort Bliss a few months ago
there were some half dozen seconds
in the Cave Mans" corner. Be
tween rounds they gave Carlson an
abundance OF good advice He said
afterwards that he had so many sug-
gestions as to WHOM he should dispose
OF Short that he couldn't use them
about the middle Of the fourth minute
when he should have been safe in
his corner getting more advice |
Curiously enough not a mothers son
Of the CONGREGATION in his corner
knew the difference. A watch helps
sometimes as well as advice. Maybe /
Pvt Page is right.
More apropos Of seconds: Phila- |
delphia Jack O'Brien, who il a mat !
ter Of cleverness never faced man |
his match, except Jim Corbett, has
Travelled from coast to coast and been I
the only man in his corner at six and /
ten round bouts. In case a good man /
appeared who was willing to go into /
O'Brien's corner he never objected. !
but in case there was no one there he 1
asked some one to put a chair in to /
him and did the rest himself He /
generally carried away the kale. too. |
There is no fairer umpire in any 1
kind OF athletic contest than Oscar /
Rheinhelmer Of the Texas State 1
School Of Mines. This he has dem /
onstrated on so many occasions that /
lent treatment and fair dealing given 4
the New Mexican Aggies by Rhein-
heimer here the Aggies should feel 4
thoroughly ashamed of themselves +
for making the statement to others
way up in New Mexico that they
With proper appreciation OF fair
play they would feel even more
ashamed Of the way they treated the
Mines team on the Aggies' home
grounds.
Through nine weeks OF basketball \
Sergt- Veseley and Oscar Rheinheimer
have bumped their way as umpires /
and are still alive. During this time
Sgt Wesley has umpired almost a
hundred games and Rheinheimer
nearly as many. Both have main
tanned their amateur standing. too.
for neither have received a cent for
the work Before the season opened (
it was agreed by friends OF the two
that If either was alive at the end Of /
the season. he should receive a medal.
Their present existence is proof that
a few umpires DO escape from time to
time.
Whoever thinks that match making
IS a cinch should have quietly fol-
about last Friday. Lieut.. Mac is
matchmaker for unit 3O5 Some of
the men scheduled for bouts were
unfit TO box. Several were placed IN
quarantine A limited number were
so unfortunate as TO become ac-
20 garnish the evenings snort card 4
nicely, wife found ont that hubby
was to fight the main bout and that
was off. too. Takes man like Lieut.. 4,
Mac who is not easily DISCOURAGED to /
hold down the job Of matchmaker at 1
+he fort.
why do thew call me Hockbones2"
The champion negro lightweipht
smiled. We'll. suppose YOU want t
the truth. NY friends say that some
times after a fight buy good buds.
Then by the next night If 7 want n
few bones. I have TO hook those new 1.
buds Hockbones. they call me-"
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There's such a thing as overriding
sturt. It is believed that "Stran- |,
gler" Lewis adopted the name partly
because the sobriouet hangs in the
mind OF an opponent and adds addi-
tional terror when Lewis gets the
head hold Now II his instilled so
much terror that Lewis is barred from
1sing the hold. although other wrest-
lers use It right along and nothing
IS said about barring it. Wonder il
lewis would get as a manager one Of
the 'influentials" who have a COM
bined grip on the wrestling shows In
New York. II he couldn't get By the
bars.