The sun., 1918-12-15
sent to Coventry Mt Bonn.

pay IL 1t had got to be known who
'Bixler' was.
sent to Coventry Mt Bonn.
But then-Felix swore to me that
Fritz couldn't have done a simple sum
in long division. He was railroaded
through Bonn, as l say, and he got
himself in bad there as soon as he
entered. They have a university Gus
tom at Bonn that when a new
students initiated he has to down a
glass Of beer at every stroke when the
slow old clock on one of the buildings
strikes midnight. Not Gritz, though;
he was damned II he'd drink the beer.
so except for small crowd of boot
lickers he was practically sent to
Coventry by the students for the whole
OF his time at Bonn.
The Kaiser, in another OF hts out
bursts to Felix-this was twelve years
ago-said Fritz's preferred associates
were lewd women and stable boys.
They certainly were; the old man had
it right. The night life and that kind
OF people were the extent of his popu-
larity, except that walters and such
folks liked him because he tipped well
and made a point of being democratic
with them. I'm not denying he had a
certain charm when he took the trouble
to use ii. He could be good enough
company. of his kind. But he had no
other kinds except this one I'm in
dicating.
IT remember, that first time I was
telling you about, when he played with
| fn ha tai h. .
when he'd get tired playing-guitar
strings hurt your fingers, you know, If
you don't keep in practice right along
he'd say, Now let's put down the in
struments and talk. What do you
think of such and-such fighter? Is he
any good?' He kept track OF every
good fighter in America, and none of
our fight fans was ever any hotter TO
get the returns from big bouts. And
he knew quite a lot about our other
sports, and about big game, especially
In Canada and Alaska Used to say
he meant to come over and go hunting
some day when he got time.
Bad Break in Brussels Bar.
| THE last time I saw him was June
l, 1918. That was the day OF the fight
between Georges Carpenter and Bonn
harder Wells at the exhibition at
Client. Carpenter trimmed Wells. re-
member. That night l ran across Fritz
| and Felix in Hary's Bar in Brussels,
Place de la Monnaie-it's the famous
Brussels bar, or 1t was then. Fritz was
in motoring coat, and one OF those
specially made English motoring caps
OF leather with a button on top and
so on.
I'D sooner be the German, he
sang out in his reedy voice, I'd sooner
be the German who could beat Georges
Carpenter than be the German EN-
peror.' Right there before the crowd,
with everybody recognizing him.
Vile was bound he was going to
make Germany the leading nation in
sports-bring up the breeds OF horses
and dogs, train a stable OF fighters.
and make boxing popular with the Ger
mans. He stuck to it, and he'd have
done it, too, If he'd had time and had
had his turn on the throne. He really
did know good deal about dogs, more
about those than anything else. 1
! think
We've got some good material for
boxers here he once said to me, but
demmit, y'know, they're not game ;
There was that big Chap / tried to
groom for a heavyweight - big and
strong enough to lift a house. And
what came of 1t? He had his tryout
in England and a second rater pol
ished him off, y'know.
And the jockeys-the first time
one OF our chaps is thrown and
smashed up a bit, he's through. Can't
get him back on horse again for any
price. We've got to do better than
that
Did l tell you he once raised an
awful stencil in the army by taking
! Tommy Ware, a jockey, as his guest
to the mess OF the Danzig Deaths
Head Hussars, where jockeys aren't
exactly well received?
He was absolutely unreliable for
anything. Appointments, for example.
! Never kept one in his life.
1 can't make you Americans out, :
he once said to me. AS a nation you
don't seem to understand anything but
having pleasures, Your American girls
now-they're smart, and some OF 'em
are beauties. but they're so devilish
inquisitive! l met a smart little'-he
called her a Ally, remember-'a smart
little American filly while ago. Good
family, lots OF money, all that. I asked
her out to dinner. After dinner l
thought We were going to have an
awfully good time. But she looked me
in the eye.
Your Highness,' she spoke up.
what would your wife say There
You are! Trying to pry into a mans
, family affairs! Just as IL they had
anything to do with It!
~ And then your American men. BY
Jove. all they know is sweating after
money Got acquainted with one in
Berlin. liked him at first. Tell me,
candidy, how do you like 1t here?" l
asked him. "Candidly, them don't"
he said. why not?" so far as can
see all you do is eat, drink and run
around with women" What more do
you want?" I demanded very natu-
rally"
Thackeray should have known Fritz
before he wrote of 'the Four Georges. .
He has done the last of the four a
grave injustlce-in the light OF modern
Improvements made in Germany.
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