El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-15
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THERE'S a big. fat sailor down
l stairs that looks for the world
like Chester Wright, only that Chef
wasn't such e whale" said a Y.MC.A-
athlete to another who knew Wright
Wishing to get a glimpse Of the sailor
who looked like his friend. the young
mar receiving the information went
dowE stairs. To his surprise the fat
sailor greeted him by nickname. The
Investigator stared. then realized that
the big sailor was Wright himself
For the love OF Mike, where did you
get It alp" inquired the friend. Comes
from hard work" replied Wright. It
does look like our Uncle Sam feeds
EN-, If Wright is a fair sample
Listen and think. you men old at
so: Kid Mccoy met Spider Kelly a
few weeks ago out IN san Francisco
Kelly said he was feeling sick NO
use TO feel that way. young as you
are" said the Kid Kelly IS I'D in the
forties. So is his l1idship. and II won't
be long until II Is the fifties. either.
What you want 20 do IL to breathe
deeply In the open air and drink water
until Il comes out Of your eyes" said
Mccoy. I used to think I would die
y
As mark. But a few years ago tum-
bled onto this deep breathing and the
prohibition wave forced water onto
ne. I'm telling you, as friend 10
friend, that combination IS the great
est pep producer ever. I'm on Il
strong, and confidentially. I expect TO
celebrate my Tooth birthday in a ten
round bout with some guy born in
Think on Il seriously. Mccoy looks
as young as some lads OF IS. He still
has the pep" And that after having
been married seven times. He Is trav-
cling along nicely, never complaining
that II Is a hard old world because he
has the life to get his wherever he
happens 10 be. And he is the boy given
up as consumptive In youth and con-
signed to an early grave by various
kind hearted prophets Of a later per-
iod- There appears to be some virtue
TO this deep breathing and working
out Of water through the eyes Try Il
even II your eyes are not accustomed
to such thin stuff.
RIveter Casey made a strong at
tempt this week TO spoil his bout at
Albuquerque with Kid Sampson Ca
sey got the thumb OF his left hand
hamburgering Il very literally. The
bone not being broken. Casey be-
lives that he viii be in good fettle
again IN time to meet Sampson as
billed
Col George Langhorne's wild and
woolly Big Bend horse-shinney ag-
-reEation have lived up to all expec-
tlriOns in the big polo tournament
low on at Fort Bliss Col. Langhorne
vas one Of the most enthusiastic sup
lorters and boosters OF the game
rrr Il 80 a ~
1rtion OF his men on the field in the
resent tourney proves conclusively
hat chasing bandits about In the Big
Bend country has only added TO Col
Langhorne's ability as polo shark
The confession that he Alaid
down" to Jess willard Is what We
might expect from Jack Johnson's
stripe. A fugitive from justice, spend
thrift, libertine, debaucher Of the box
ing game was not enough for John
sons immoral ambitions He wanted
to be a faker. so he confessed" But
it gets his no bout
It has often been said that Jess
Willard was a Stacker" and with con-
siderable foundation. at least Jess has
also been accused OF commercializing
the Championship title beyond good
craftsmanship. He has been called
tight wad. He has been accused OF
being afraid 10 appear with prominent
boxers during wartime for soldiers
benefit, fearing that some boxer
might land q lucky one and thus pre-
vent him from finally selling his title
for a hundred thousand. Grant that
all this be true and still Jess VII
iard's record appears white and spot
less compared to that OF Jack John
son. willard has saved his money,
provided for his family and prepared
for TINA wTham will keen him
from winning in the ring, for all OF
which he is to be commended. He has
recognized that boxing at the best IS
a poor profession for a life time and
prepared accordingly while the pre-
pairing was good That he did not
lose his title before this IS due largely
to the fact that there has been no
real opponent for Jess to meet and TO
war conditions. for even those who
do not admire him are ready to con-
cede that Jess always has been ready
to take any kind OF a beating for the
dinero. Willard has never uplifted
the boxing game. neither has he
dragged it into the slime as Jack
Johnson did
The jiux seems 20 be on trail OF A.
L Holm, physical instructor at the
T.MC-A- For two years past Mr..
Holm has been successful In turning
out international HeXathlon athletes
and takes a pride In so doing Even
during the strenuous wartime scar
city Of athletes he succeeded By the