Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-20

Whad'e-yuh think l wuZ in a
barber shop yestiday afternoon an
| met one OF them there pugs an
he sed to bet my jack on Len Row
lands. An that just after me an
Bill had it all figgered out tibet
that butcher-'em-up boy from tn
stockyards had anuther lamb to
slaughter. Gin yuh beat ut?
Before 1 go any further l wanna
say that / liked tn last show so
well. I heve an idee I'll be a regu-
lar fan-one of the wise ring birds
tibet Bits allus' speakin' about.
I'm all het up over this here argu-
ment between ROwlands and Muir
ply, an 1 guess that proves 1 heve
bin dooly Initiated in the looney
order of boxin' fanism.
Hey, you" says Bill to me right
after tibet battlin' phool from the
Windy city hung the crepe on this
here Bob York from Ourtown some
weeks ago. 1 remember well, Bills
kinda hoarse, barely speakin'
Dove a whisper. yet he leans over
to me an croaks, Take it from
me, kid, this here Murphy1I muir
der that Beer city guy, Rowlands.
If yuh wanna make a KILN lay
your coin on this Irish bird from
Chi" An on the strength of what
Bill sed L placed some dough tibet
very night.
Later Bill seys to me, seys he,
"Say, DO, this here RowIands guy
will be pickins' for Murphy. Why,
Tommy'll think he's back in the
OIL butcher shop, for Lens sure his
meat. Why lOok'ut what Tom done
to Bob York. Now Bob's a good
boy and Gin take an awful lot of
punishment, but not much of the
brand tibet Tommy let i'm have
Now whut about Rowlands? He
had all he could do to beat our
of tn fans called it a draw.
An besides tn York battle,
this Murphy has met some of the
best middles in the bizness. He
scrapped that there Harry Greb,
who's hailed by bugs throughout
the country as our one best bet in
his division; Chuck Virgins, a
tough contender for middIeweight
honors an any number of other
good. fast boys of his weight and
class. An none of 'em showed
him up to speak of, femme tell yuh
Whose Rowlands fought? - no
9Sld dfar ,t.t.n,n. 70 ri. linz o,u
yuh blame me for layin' all tn
dough l cud scrape up on this here
Chicago Irishman?
But here lately, Bits not bin
sayin' much of anything. He's
kinda glum, SO to speak. That's
been ever since RowIands held
Mike Gibbons to a bare decision at
Denver a few days ago. Bill can't
see thru that and keeps mumblin'
to hisself all tn time about fakes.
layin' down and frame-ups. An
he keeps sayin 'somethin' about
Gibbons gone back" But l no
tees he don't seem so sure of his
self as he was an that gifts me anx-
ious for that spare coin that I fig
gered wuz to bring me more kinda
easy.
An after talkin' to this here
craftsman Il mean tn kind tibet
cracks Chins, not safes) in the bar
Der shop yestiday l am downright
Uneasy when l think of that jack
of mine, which same soon bids
faS<, according to my willing and
kind info'ment, to be anuthers'.
He seys just contrary to Bill and |
when l tOle' Bill what that scrap !
per seys, Bill just snorts and re-
fuses to come back a'talI. But this |
guy whuts used to slingin' his pad |
ded mitts around in that there !
squared circle opines that the /
Windy city gentleman has not got 1
a ghost OF a chance. He seys that |
tn York setto don't count for
nuthin' becuz our Bobby fell on his !
jaw and just tn same as knocked |
hisself out an it wuZn't Murphy /
0hut done it, my barber shop fren' |
seys he knows. How he knows l
don't know, but I'm takin' it for .
granted he's got the official dope !
as his are devious ways.
Thin he goes on to chirp about
tn Gibbons scrap thets already
caused Bits heart to ache-with
anxiousness-for Bills got coin bet
on this here mill tonight, too. An |
this pug seys Gibbons amt gone
back an that he had his mitts full
10 shade this here Rowlands an
that Len has met some of the best
in the bizness an
licked most all of them an so on
an so on, thereby takin' all tn joy
put of life for me an whut Titles
left in Bill. But this here boxin' I
guy seys tn fights goin' fullI
length, that is tn whole 10 roun's,
an that gives me an Bill a little
eonsTation for if it goes that long
msbSee Murphy'll win. Mean
HTile me an Bills on pins an
needles till tn two boys tangle and
tells US who's who. |;
An I jest know that me an Bill !;
won't enjoy them there prelim'-
aaries on account of waitin for
he big show But Bill Sevs they |