The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-17
Admission by Tickets to be Procured
Free by Factory Men and In
dustriaI Workers from
Their Foremen.
GOOD LOCAL
Strictly Amateur Rules WEI Govern.
But There Will be No PercivaIs
Nor Bessie Boys inside
the Ropes.

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because the Y. NJ. C. A. gym won't
hold the crowd of men who will
want to see the special attraction to
be put on-the Y. NJ. C. A. real thing
contests and so o. G. Mandt leased
the theater for Tuesday night only.
/ Admission will be free to all men
over 16 holding the regular Y. NJ. C..
A athletics contest passes which
may be procured by factory men and
industrial workers from the foreman
| or executives of the various institu-
lions in which they are employed.
/ In no instance can boy under six
! teen gain admittance, whether an
employee or not-as the United States
government prohibits boys under six
teen seeing this show. A govern.
ment man of national fame and prom
inence, sent out by the powers that
| be in Washington, will be on the job.
The doors of the Grand theater will
be open at o'clock and the program
begins at 1880 sharp. There are no
reserved seats-frst come first
served.
Good Local Talent Also.
In addition to the main event, the
fans will witness exhibitions by the
cream of our local talent and this
cream is going to churn the phleg
matte atmosphere of poor old Sleepy
Hollow into state of ecstatic hys-
terra. The matches, as heretofore,
will be run under strictly amateur
rules and will be scientific contests
but wrestling is wrestling and box
ing is boxing and, as one of the most
prominent devoteeS said:
Il
nose into cluster of Iillies-of-the
valley; ever since Cain got chubby
with Abel, a clout on the beezer has
ing votes wherever six ounce English
is spoken or German prohibited"
This same man continued to theo-
rize thusly:
Wellington boosted that the
scuffle at Waterloo was won on the
cricket fields of England. And Uncle
Sam had Berlin in his pocket because
every bird who hit the Rhine hit it
with both mitts.'
And are our Keokuk men and boys
the same sort of virile. irresistible.
unbeatable he-men as those who
put the kaiser on the receiving end
of their smash to the wind and made
him side-step to the tune of safety
first in Holland and pray to that
peace loving little nation for enough
milk of human kindness to cleanse
his reeking hands of the blood of
countless babes and mothers
Real Men Like 1t.
Real man sport appeals to real
men and they will have it tomorrow
night when Fiji LaPorte tries his
crushing embrace on Dusty Sandrock
and Spike Marlin tries to nail Hauler
Mitchell to the mat. Camper Clay
ton and Ciincher Clark will be in
reserve; in the event the heavier
Shutters tilt the opera house out of
plumb they promise to tilt it back
Smiling Good will don the bulbs
to throw the light of publicity on a
dark horse who has a terrific kick
in either heel; our little favorite will
try to shoe him.
A second dark horse will endeavor
to show Happy Laws that he can
scamper in any pasture and that no
buster who ever wore schapps or
spurs can lay the quirt on him
Some Of the Details.
Bicep Ketterer has invited Tricep
Warner to a slumber party; the
pajamas are neatly laid out and the
blinds are down, either may retire at
wfll-no extra charge for the astral
galaxy.
Carbon Pulls will test the edge of
Terrible Sharp; the castings are ready
for the sausage.
Chappie LaPorte and Grogy Gro
gan will render the anvil chorus
which win smother the fire, put out
the cat and douse the glim in case
any part of the building is left in
tact after the other earthquakes have
subsidized.
Parson Nelson win pilot the parade
Silent Smith win sound the claxon.
Misty Hayes will conduct the
beauty parlor in one corner; Venus
Mars will doll the dimples in the I
other.