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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS ON
 CAREER OF SOLDIER KEARNS

He says Kearns is getting g. per centage and I am only getting small dough to box him, That's all right dollar a dozen.
 Soon after McDonough left me in stalked Kearns all by himself except for that little bundle that he always carried. l showed him where his dressing room was and told him to get ready right away. I went back to the door and stayed there until about ten to ten.
 The matchmaker came along about then and told me to go back and get Kearns into the ring. This is the first fight that Kearns had a second { in his corner outside of me. At this same time I was managing Terry McGraw a lightweight and I told him Do get ready and give me a hand. 1 Kearns was soon in the ring followed by McDonoush. There was a crowd l of local fans on hand who knew both After Tim Hurst, gave the men in- | structions they walked back to their | respective corners. AS kearns leaned d against the ropes scrapping his feet in the rosin, McDonough walked over looking for a soft place to flop kearns laughed.
 The bell sounded and the men were at it hammer and tongs for the l entire three minutes neither man get l ting the best of the other.
 Round two was nip and tuck both men standing toe to toe and punched as hard as they could.
 AS Kearns came into the corner he said my right hand does not seem to take any effect on his jaw. said never mind that just you keer | hitting him with that hand and il will eventually take effect on him. | In the beginning of the thirt round both men walked right a | each other neither was breaking ground for at least two minutes. I seemed almost impossible that neith. CT man had been knocked out al | the pace was very fast for biz | men.
 By this time the house was in ar | uproar roofing and throwing hat. | around and otherwise cheering the i men on. Both men were pretty vel covered with blood at the end of the third round.
 At the beginning of the fourtf both came to center and McDonougF started in to use the old science anC | footWork which made Kearns yer! mad he rushing at him and hittins I him knocking him from pillar tr | post. After about two minutes 0.
 fighting Kearns finally landed thu final blow. knocking McDonougt
 square on his back for the count O ten.
 (To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
BY TOBY OWENS. Formerly Manager of Soldier Kearns

Hurst offered me a thousand dol lars for three year contract and to put you under his management. Kearns laughed and said, There is somebody else that thinks I am a regular fighter beside you Toby Time passed quick and before we knew it we were at Brooklyn. I told Kearns aa we were parting to come to my house the following Sunday afternoon.
 Sunday afternoon, bright and early, Kearns was there and I told him that I was at the Clairmont Ave. Rink the night before and had made a match for him with big Mickey NoDonough. the wittiest fighter that ever stepped into the padded ring
 Up to this time Kearns did not know what it was to train. I told him that I had made arrangements for him to go and train at the Ma tional Athletic Club with Jim Stew art, starting tomorrow. Kearns told me that he could kill two birds with one stone by working half a day in the blacksmith shop beside workins with Stewart I told him everything was alright to go ahead and do it ii he felt like it.
 The following Thursday nigh Kearns came to my house and had supper with me. He said, Toby will sure knock this McDonougt out. I told him that satisfied me an6 asked him show he knew he could | He told me that McDonough wasn'' half as good as Jim Stewart and he said he could knock Jim Stewart out I told him that he had lots o1 confidence in himself and that noth- ] ing could please me better.
 Kearns and I then took a wall l around the town of Grayesend | where I lived. He told me that hi! one ambition was to make enough money out of the fighting game tt | buy his mother a home in sectior like this.
 1 told him if he went along like he has been going for another si' months that there was no doubt 1T my mind but what he would have the price. Kearns then left me anc l got on a train and went home. Be fore he left I told him not to show up at the club before eight or nine o'clock the following night.
 was at the club myself the mex night at 7:30 as Kearns was boxing on 2536 and I wanted to be on thu door. Around about eight o'clock il came big Mickey McDonough, H. asked me how my man was tonight He also asked me If he was read. to dive over that top rope very eev ! seconds after he entered the ring
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

It Is safe to say, however, that Willard has confidence in the man who brought James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson together in Reno, New, on July 1, 1910, when the big negro won the heavyweight crown and who also arranged his bout with Frank Moran in Madison Square Garden on March 25, 1916. Incidentally, that bout is the only one in which Willard has engaged since he won the title from Jack Johnson in Cuba, on April 5, 1915.
 While Rickard was able to keep under cover, the bulky champion was quickly discovered, and strange to say, the "oil magnate" appeared to be in fighting mood. He actually wants to face Georges Carpenter with the winner to meet Jack Demp- l sey. At least so he ayers. The holder of the heavyweight l bauble is big, strong and brown ant | weighs 2e5 pounds-in any case that: what he says he weighs. He look' | heavier, but what excess poundag' he carries is of the healthy kind, 1 appearances count for anything, ant I furthermore 1t is well distributed.
 When asked about his willingness 1 to defend the heavyweight title Will lard said:
 Show me the place, the purse ant the man and I'm willing. And i l doesn't make much difference to m | who the man is or where the plac is. The PURSE IS DIFFERENT.
 Fighting for me is not a pastimf but a profession, and a laborer il worthy of his hire. I don't want an. excessive amount, but I do wan | enough to make it worth whsse t | train.
 Training is hard work, and
 don't believe that there ever was fighter who liked it. AS to the man Carpenter might be a good drawini card. You know Tex Rickard ono almost had us matched in New York l A fight with the Frenchman woul be an international affair. Then tn winner could meet this Jack Demp sey.
 'They tell mo Carpenter is good but I'd like to meet both men,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
YANKEE BACKSTOP
 SUES FOR S15,000

Les Nunamaker. former Yankee catcher, and recently a cadet in the Naval Aviation Service, has sued 6 St. Louis taxicab company for s15,- 900 as balm for injuries he received in an accident on Dec. II, While Nunamaker was not hurt in a way that will interfere with the pursuit of his professional calling, he claims he has been disfigured for life.
 At the time of the accident Nuna- maker was in St. Louis on furleugh from a training school of the navy in Boston. He was on his way to a rail- road station when his cab hit an- other machine. The catcher claims he was cut and bruised and suffered a three-inch eash under his eye. A bone was splintered and Nunamaker was laid up in a hospital for four teen days
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

grinned big Jess. And" he added it wouldn't be so hard for me to gc- into condition"
 He rose to his feet, and, throw ing out his chest, hooked his thumbs inside his belt and pulled it out to show that he had little more stom- ach than when in fighting trim.
 Hit me there," he said, but the invitation was declined. One has some respect for ones own wrist.
 "I am an old man now" said Jess. T have some land in Texas with o!l on 1t and Q lot of live deer besides
 Everybody blamed me for not en- listing" suddenly exclaimed the champion, but I was registered in the draft just like any other man of my age. If the government needed l me I was ready to go, without any | brass band, just like any other sol 1 dier. I wasn't called, and so I went 1 about my business, but I bought as many Liberty bonds as anybody and I boxed whenever I could for the boys.
 Tt never Is much use trying to ex- plain those things. Some athletes got themselves bullet proof jobs, but I didn't try that. I just thought that if they needed me they could take me like they did all the rest" Willard was not willing to admit l that he had come to Chicago for the express purpose of meeting Tex l Rickart In fact he evaded the 1 question by saying that he was here to interest capital in oil lands he con- l trols in Texas.
 When first approached he even said | that there was nothing doing on that fight stuff for me just now, as I'm here on business and that business $ | oil business"
 Later he warmed up to boxing and | announced that he was ready to fight | if the price was right. It was plain that he was helping Tex Rickard in l his little game of hide and seek but it can be asserted that they met and had a talk and that they will meet again tomorrow, when no doubt some | definite understanding will be reach ed.
 Incidentally Willard remarked that l he was making money in oil and making plenty of 1t.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
REVIVAL OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS.

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
HOFFMAN WINS
 CHAMPIONSHIP

Mark s. Hootman of HicksVills, Ohio, won the Pinehurst champion ship yesterday by breaking 20 straight on the shoot-off of a tie with H. E. Dickerman of Cleveland and W. H. Patterson of Buffalo. The trio tied at 14S out of yesterdays 156 targets.
 Frank H. Wright of Buffalo lea ds in the 450 target race with a total of 295 out of 800. Local scores fol- low immediately.
 The Connecticut guns now stanf as follows in the big race: E. H. Morse, Hartford, 2s2; ". E. Beers, Hart ford, 279i G. s. Chapman, Hartford, 271; G. E. Watkins. Hartford, 2s9; c. C. 1Iedstrom. Portland. 257.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
BENNY LEONARD
 LOSES DECISION

When Benny Leonard returns home from his tour of the coun- try he may miss his chug- -chug car that saved wear and tear on his championship feet. Benny was sued some time ago for re- pairs to his boiler" and after a hearing the price was cut down to a fair basis and the case set tied. Then bill of costs, amounting to $S0.95, popped up.
 Benny's attorney, Louis Fridig- CT, advised him not to pay, and Benny took the welcome advice. The case came up yesterday, but neither Benny nor his lawyer was present, and Benny lost the deci- sion. zaloasF
 Unless something is done, the car is liable to be sold by the sheriff to pay the bill. And there the matter rests.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

K. 0F C. PLANS ROWING REGATTA
 ON THE SEINE

PariS Jan. 23.---The Knights of Co., luml5us has announced @ rowing re- gatta to be conducted on the Seine, here, early in March. Already more than 100 entries have been received from men in the A. 1c. F. forces whose regulations tn the crews of Cornell, Columbia, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, Harvard, Yale, Wisconsin and other universities and schools of America are firmly established.
 The Knights of Columbus will have as a member of the Rowing Commit tee, Lieut.. L. A. Peterson, who has been in the Naval Aviation Forces.
 France, England, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and America will be repre- sente1 by crews. The expenses of the regatta, the training quarters and shells will be paid by the Knights of Columbus.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
TED LEWIS CANCELS
 SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS

Weiterweight Champion Ted fkid)
 Lewis will not be seen in competition for several weeks, although he has several matches scheduled. In his bout with George Rivet in Montreal last week he aggravated the injury to his right hand and Manager Chaxiis Haxvsy waz ahiizAS ta esnaAl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
JESS WILLARD READY TO FIGHT AND TALKS
 WITH TEX RICHARD
Almost Sure to Sign With Famous Promoter for Bout With Carpenter Jack Demps eyIie Says Fighting Is Not Pasime But Profession With Him, and He Wants His Price.

Chicago, Jan 23-Jess Willard heavyweight champion the world arrived here today from Texas by the South Dakota keep engagement with Tex Rckard the well known promoter, and to talk fight
 Rckard also arrived here today from New York but himself so completely that none could find him. The little hide and seek going but there telling when where he had conference with Willard or whether he succeeded persuading the champion retire nj defend his heavVWeght title.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

Lou Bogash, the local promising ! lightweight will take another crack at Pete Hartley, the Durable Dane, up in Lowell tonight. The last time these two men met the local man was cheated out of the decision. Tonight's fight will be a 12-round bout to a de- cision. Joe Smith has gone up with Lou to look after his interests
 Lou has been training hard for this bout and is in the pink of condition and is pretty sure that he will again demonstrate to the Massachusetts fans that he is Bartley's superior. Lou has been going along at a fast gait since he hooked up with Sam Driver and if he keeps up hls present
 pace he will soon be ranked among the leading lightweights of the coun- try.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

all his immediate engagements. These included bouts with Soldier Bartfefd Boston, slated for last night; WaIters Aiohr, Lawrence, Ma ass., tomorrow night; Butch O'Hagen, Syracuse. Jan. 30 and Fred Dyer. Boston, Feb 3. oT
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
SPORT COMMENT
DON'T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE.
BY THE EDITOR

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

Gen. Pershing's announcement that the A. F. F. would conduct Olympic games in Paris in May or June, and that he had invited commanders of all the Allied armies to send contest ants to compete with American sol- dier athletes appears to have stimu- lated interest in sports among the sol diers.
 Although the Knights of Columbus have shipped immense quantities of athletic outfits, the supply of certain articles appears to be running short and Knights of Columbus headquar- ters here received by cable an urgent call for basket, medicine, voIley and soccer balls, also punching bags and indoor baseball equipment. All this will go forward immediately.
 Knights of Columbus secretaries overseas are equipping gymnasiums for the benefit of soldiers intending to compete in the Olympic games.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

The speed with which the polit. nians climbed on the Prohibition band wagon, hasn't been equalled since the renimals ran for Noah's ark when 1t began to sprinkle.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

Most of the local boxers who are employed at the Lake Torpedo Boat
 Co. will journey to Derby tonight where they will take part in some boxing exhibitions before the Elks ! Club in that city. In these bouts Larry Williams will meet Battling Levinsky, Johnny Sharpe will box Johnny Izzy Cohn, and Tommy Jones
 will go on with Marty Morris. All of ; the bouts will be of four rounds dur ation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

The popular theory of beautify1ns the back yard, is to put the ash heap where one can't see 1t himself but where all the neighbors can.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

Exports of United States for 1918 , were S6,150, 100000. Imports were s3.031 100000.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

Larry Williams of this city is training every day with Battling Le- vinsky in preparation for his bout with Clay Turner, the Indian heavy This will be in the shape of a return battle between these two men and will be held in Jersey. The last time these two men met they put up 8 fast battle which ended In a draw and the fans down Jersey way have been hollering for a return match.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-23

Manager Sam Driver has practi- cally closed the deal whereby Larry will fight Kid Norfolk in the near flu ture. Norfolk recently kayoed Turner up in Buffalo and if Larry can land a knockout on Turner the Norfolk Williams match ought to be a big drawing card.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-06-04
TO JUNE BRIDES, A TIP.

majority Of ladies enjoy only honeymoon and that
should by ali means be surrounded by pleasant conditions 1t
great step from parental and protection
TO whom she pghs her trOh The young husband will use
every ndeavor to make this the long
lives.
You know that you going away for short time;
lew happy days but where? This question puzzles groom
no little The ideal spot provide accom-
modatOns with prevailing air of secluson subdued
gace mere must be places of interest nearby accessible
IL must be not TOO Tar away unnecessary travel expense
The Great Southern Hotel Gufpor Miss has all of the
requisites TO make honeymoon just what it should
ideal from standpoint Elegant rooms splendid cafe
vice. endless screened pochs promenades roomy paors
ana beautiful grounds and surroundings.
troly line along the edge connects beautiful Pass
Christian historic Biloxi Beauvoi the old Jefferson
Davis, Mississippi City and Long Beach with hafhoury
schedule.
There is baoting sailing bathing golf tennis fishing
ofng and other sports to while the hours fresh
sea breeze makes pleasant the hottest days Every thing
10 make the honeymoon the outstanding pleasure
life
Special attention and courteses shown newly married
couples Write for Illustrated circular and suggest the groom
that your honeymoon upon Mississippi Gulf Coast
with headquarters at
GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL,
Gufpor, Miss.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-06-04
STATE MEMORIAL TO
WORLD WAR VETS
EVERY MIssIssIPPIAN SHOULD
BE PROUD OF OUR GALLANT
BOYS ACHIEVEMENTS.
TO SELECT LOCATION LATER
Half a Million Dollars to Be Spent In
Erection of Great Building TO Per-
petuate History of States
Part in War.

Jackson, Miss.-Mississipp will en-
bark the last week in June upon a
campaign to raise half a million dol
lars for the building of a State Memo
rial to her sons who served during the
World War.
This state was the first in the Union
to lay plans for thus honoring its sol
diers and sailors.
The drive will begin June rs and
conclude July s. County quotas have
been worked out, based upon the num-
Der of men from the counties who en-
listed in the army or navy.
The states plan for a Memorial Hall,
to be built at some point yet to be Sc
lected, was born in this city early this
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-06-04

year, when prominent men from all
sections gathered mere and decided a
state memorial would not only pay a
more appropriate tribute to the states
soldiers but would also guarantee that
every man who served would be hon
ored.
The county or city memorial plan,
it was felt, not only frequently result
ed in small, inartistic, and inappropri-
ate memorials, but also in injustice,
as one town might honor its soldier
sons with a memorial, while its neigh
boring city, with just as many heroes,
might leave them without a memorial.
Honors All Alike.
The state memorial provides for the
preservation of the name of every Mis-
sissippi fighter in eternal bronze, and
the name of every war worker and con.
tributor to the memorial fund In
bronze bound volumes.
r. E. Remington Of Jackson was
elected state chairman at the first
meeting, with B. w Griffith of Vicks'
burg as vice-chairman, E. L. Bailey,
Jackson, secretary, and ]. 7. Thomas
of Grenada, treasurer.
District chairmen were named as
follows:
First, Judge ]. @, Robins, Tupelo;
second, Judge D. NJ. KimbrOugh, Ok
ford: third, General S. r. Keesler,
Greenwood fourth, A. T. Stovall Oko
Iona; fifth, H. NJ Quin. Meridian;
sixth, r. l.. Simpson, Gulfport; sew
enth, T. Brady, Jr.; eighth, J. 7. Saw
age, Jackson
The selection Of county chairman
was made entirely by the district
chairman. in order that the memorial
plan might be free Of any sectional
faint. County chairmen have been
chosen for their ability as leaders, and
their response to the call to serves
has been most enthusiastic.
H. NJ. X. Smith, of New York. is
campaign manager for the drive. Mr.
Smith is well-known in Mississippi.
where he served as state campaign
manager in the Red Cross drive, in
which Mississippi subscribed Sl,25O.-
900. the largest over-subscription re
corded during the war for any state.
Many Approve Plans.
Approval of the plan for Memorial
Hall has come from former President
William Howard Taft, member OF the
national committee on memorials
from Secretary of War Newton D. pa.
ker. who wrote an enthusiastic letter OF
endorsement; United States Senators
John Sharp Williams and Pat Harrf
son: former United States Senator
James X. Vardaman; from the four
candidates for governor, and from fra
ternal and religious organizations all
over the state.
Here, in compact form, is told the
story Of what the memorial will be:
The Mississippi state memorial TO be
erected in honor of the soldiers and
sailors Of the state will be in the form
OF a Memorial Hall, building with
three distinctive features, to be known
as the Court Of Honor. the War Mu'
seum and the Reunion Hall
II will be built after the memorial
fund has been raised By popular aue
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-06-04

scription, and the city In which n is
to be located win be chosen by the
votes Of the 50 county chairmen
The architectural details win be de
tsrmined under the AdviSement OF the
National Memorial Association, of
which sx-President william H. Taft Is
the honorary chairman.
The Court Of Honor
The Court OF Honor will contain q
bronze panel Of heroic proportions for
each county OF che state. upon which
will be inscribed the name Of every
man who entered the army or navy
from that county, and his record.
In the Court OF Honor there win
also be memorial tablets in honor OF
the Confederate veterans. the Span
:sh-American war veterans. the Moth
ers Of Mississippi, and others
In addition there will be recorded in
permanent form the personnel of ev.
cry Mississippi war organization, such
as the Red Cross. the Draft Boards,
the Councils for Defense, Liberty Loan
organizations, and all others required
to make a complete record OF those
who added to the war achievements OF
our state. Here also will be recorded
the name OF every subscriber TO the
memorial fund.
The Court OF Honor win be the pure
ly commemorative feature Of the me.
mo'ial
The War Museum will contain a col