The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-16
INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS ON
 CAREER OF SOLDIER KEARNS
His Former Manager Accounts How He Obtained His Start After the First Meeting With Sailor Burke-Thought at First Kearns Was Quit ter-Came Back Alright Tn Second Fight With Larry Brown

the late Al Pa1zer box at the Clalr- mont rink in Brooklyn. I happened to notice the matchmaker and as he was personal friend of mine I asked him if he would put on my man In one of the seni-finals. He asked who he was and I told him. He then asked If 1t was that dub that Sailor Burke had knocked out the night be- fore and I told him that it was a Sol dier kearns who had just come east after spending eight years in the
 Philippine Islands.
 He then told me he would fix me
 up at the 44th Street Sporting club of which he was also matchmaker on the coming Friday in the semi-final to Knockout Brown and Abe Attell.
 He also said that if it turned out Q be Jack Kearrs and he put up a rot ten exhibition he would let me of without q cent whereas if he made good he would also make good. The next day, which was Thursday, I hiked down and told kearns that he was fighting the next night. I never told him who nor where and he never asked. All he said was, Where will I meet you?' I said, T will see you at the 44th street sporting club at g o'clock" I then went on my way. i told a few Of the managers in Brook lyn who I had and where I had matched him They told me that he
 was 8. big bum and would lay down
 and disgrace me. I said nothing but went on my way. Tine next day
 was in town and figured that I woul1 reach the club about 7:15 which would i be plenty of time to meet him.
 When I reached there who should
 I meet but Soldier Kearns standing | in the front of the doorway with q 1 bundle under his arm consisting Of ! boxing shoes and trunks. I was sur prised naturally when I saw him as l I figured he would come around late. i He asked why I was so surprised
 and I told him that I did not figaro he would come around till late. Vile then said that from now on he was
 going to do some regular fighting and 1 he was to be the fighter and I the manager. Into the club we marched,
 saw the matchmaker and he shovel
 us upstairs to a big dressing room.
 The crowd soon began to fill the
 place. The dressing room was right
 in the club and as the fans began to
 pour in we sat there like a. couple of
 boobs while the crowd looked us over
 wondering who we were.
 1 Finally Kearns asked who he waa
 going to fight. I went down to see
 the matchmaker and he told me he
 was to box Larry Brown, ,sparring
 partner of Tom Kennedy who at that I+i
 and at the present time is in motion pictures.
 l While I was telling him, in came
 Tom Kennedy, Johnny Oliver and
 Kearn's opponent, Larry Brown, walked over to Kennedy and after l shaking hands with him asked hin I how this Brown was. He remarked | that he was the coming man anC | would outpoint most of the heavy weights of today with a little school | ing. He also remarked that he would sure knock this man out,
 walked over to Kearns and told him that there was his man. He asked
 me who 1t was I was talking too He
 said he is a. fighter and I think | can lick him which gave me SC
 much more confdenie in him
 Kearns stripped and bandaged his
 own hands, just as he had finished 1 the preliminaries were over. The matchmaker came hollering fo1 | Jack Kearns and Larry Brown. Ono
 minute I said; This is not Jack | Kearns this is Soldier Kearns o1 | Brooklyn" I then walked up the i aisle and into the ring followed by Kearns. Joe Humphrey the silver | toned announcer locker at Kearns ] and I laughed, Patsy Haley the ref cree gave us the gloves which Is1 | on, Kearns, When Haley called
 them to the center of the ring to give