New-York tribune., 1918-01-30
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Boxing Notes
By FIRED HAWTHORNE

1t was Tuncless Tuesday on Broadway
last evening when we gently push ID
open the outer portals leading to th,
perfectly palatial offices Of James JOY
GUS Johnston, the Balcful Boy Bandit
The Office radiator mad an aggravated
case of the pip and was in a state of
suspended animatior. and the Bandit
sat huddlcd in chair. his dogs" rest
ing on a hot water bottle.
"Abandon heat. all ye who enter
herc.' said the Bandit, shvcrins AMI
smuggling further down into his Bronx
goatskin ulster 1t was easy to follow
the jitney kings command. We Sc
lccted convenient cake Of ice and
started the friendly game of "freeze-
out"
"You shouldn't pay too much atten-
tion to the ncighbor's boy, Danny Nc
ketrick," warned the Bandit, breaking
an iciclc off the stcara pipe and nibblinc
at the frozen dainty. Daniel is GOOD.
y'understand me, but he's still coupl'a
hoof prints behind little Jimmie.
Listen! I've got a guy under contract
now who will do all my wire sprintine
III the future. He's faster than the
original Dan Kelly was at his best and
used to hold the professional 1OO-yard
record of Uganda. Watch that boy
work.
We shivcred in sympathy and the
Bandit said some more "NIcKctricl.'s
boy, Soldier Bartficld. slipped a neat
one over on me in hat fight with nv
Ted Kid Lewis at Toronto the other
night. This is the way it came about:
"Llttlc James thorght he would %.
en- rapport with the crowd right off. Sc,
| persuaded the Soldier to wear the
Stars and Stripes around his belt, and
I dressed Ted Kid all up like q shin !,
the old Union Jack; then | sent Bart
1Ie!d into the ring .,rst to start the
glad hand boys working at the prope,
speed before Lewis crtered.
"But it didn't work ont that ra,
not at ALL. The Soldier grabbed his
Ina'lce ana went right to it, First
a
tho ring, did few Of those "douph-
boy" steps to the centre and sal,fad
the nag Then he about faced and
saluted General Logic, of the Cana
dlan forces. who was in box. and
a lot Of other swells about the rinr
The band started "Thc StarSnanoleG
Banner" and old Jake just ate it nm
I'm telling you, that fellow went
through whole evening parade and
salute to the colors. followed bv Re-
vellle and Taps, and the house went
nuts over him.
Il saw bone had been pulled then
end dragged Lewis into the ring. wav,
ing the British Jack, but it Was foo
late, and he only got the leftover of
the applause. If I'd known what an
ACTOR Bartfeld was would have
gwen him the German flag and sent
him in there"
Johnston shifted his seat and sat
on the hot water bag. so we grabbed
an icepich and chopped our way ont
into the hail.
Ferocious Frederick Fulton disposed
OF another ca ldidate for heavyweight
honors last week, putting over The
X. 0. in the first half minute Of fyht l'te
ing. but instead Of gaining fame and
cash Fred will probably be set back
just $1,000 for his "victory."
1t appears that the Ferocious one
Got into an argument with his brother
George over a hotel bill, and rather
than have words about it Fred pulled
one from the floor and leaned it up
against Georges jawbone. Down went
brother. and when he came up he filed
suit for damages. Really. Freddie.
what next?
The most popular ,songbird of the
day is the "bird" who MARBLES hat
plaintive note. whip p-poor-Wjllard."
but the bird" who actually doas
the Job will be both popular and
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