The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-05
Tas co,+roHIY KNOWN EoW
woRHaG IN MoNESSEN.
Eight or BIS BIGGEST RAT14sS
WERE FOUGHT IN WHHfhlH1'
KNOCKED TERRY Nc
GOVERN FLAT.
wvB8 TOOK FSr1c GAME SEN
opEY Oh BE WOULD AAs@
REAcWD TOP OF LADDIA
" HIS CLASS.

S,o-t historians are Still SlREluE ''4|
praises Of Oscar Gardner. famous '''N,
Who lived mos, OF his life out aFou'u
the hill" on East Mctoli"ch S'Ee''.
city. Oscar likr other high IN" 'i'H
Of the ring, went the gsIt" thl'
man fortunes. but big city sport "'''tt
1r,ould not permit him 20 hld"' whHn nc,
finally went to work as Z police 't''''
at a steel mill at Mon"sSen. Ia
1rs.v h,ve uncar,hed The Omaha
r-,J. IN ar NouesSen and the FenIsE!-
,.n;a Rig city sport writer's ore ulES'nE
.,d anstinr Oft tho records "t IN"
rodents In their digging they nav
-ro,,-,d rn,>ch OF interest 10 local tilhS. VII"
re,,cnbcr Oscar and Eddie Iiaruh'E' '"''
lighting boys % thH East End.
>lau- sixteenth street barber. VINO, aH
trainer used TO knock OSc'tr anu r'i"'e
down On the same day. Will D. p'F'''u
1,r,y s,.rurised TO learn what mas 'e-
come of the boy who might have OUT
cl,sSnd Bob Fftzsimmons ana many
othcr big fellows. He can well look SUI
~ at the boxers pictures thai adoHn MS
shop. "a
.s1-hc Little Iron Man" has accepted
employment as 4 member or tae "''
hursh Steel Crmpany'S guar" toee',
L,;rSt Of the biggest scraps Oscar ever
tr;c,ds of the hoy who Knocked Terry
nyccGrrrn flat and was then robbed oI
he tcatherwright championship n"s'
~. c--isrcd To learn OF his drop from
fame. -,,-s
Prom tho glory and fame Of world
e.hamoiouship fistIc circles ana peo.
cstal near tn. head .: III" 'hldinn 81
the greatest battl.rs n Su'''';lSo''EF:
history, to 4 modes; and obscure pos
on tn, polio" fore. "t big nanu'Ae
turing plan, spells u C"rs:d"rah!" chanS'
IN q mans l:n but that IS III" gap De-
tween C;ardn"rs position III ih' E'"t'
world t.ru decades ago and tle 700 I'' =
to-day holding down IN M"n"SS"n Us
member ~ tn" mill police.
H., came in without any brass nan"'
and nobody noticed ms arrival. fri'n'
of his IN another part ~ PcruSFlfah''
,,.h,> - = friend also ~ Manager Christ!
No-an nc tho Monc$sen plant m"r''H
asked m. latter u lind a ptitc" Tor MN
and th.rc Oscar has been ever since
doing his work quietly hu: c'iIcirnt!E
md winning recognition as one "i 'n'
best men on tn" ":or|'.
..W'ha. mighty ring d""dS "t o,R''
days mention OF his nam" Will recall I
veteran followers % III" GLOW" gam"
Oscar Garnrc that nam" St"r" ."' ',''
last word N fighting abtity IN 'f' ~"
Gavx-th. nam" 90 one OF inc mos
wonderful fighters that ever lived.
There hav" been other oscar S'ara
nnrs' since msu VIII" aimed 10 o'"S'
,h,;- o1vr, gam. by adopting nam"
famous tv its rirh;tu, owner. but they
h,re all bccu very f""hl" limitations. g
ccmparr whom with ;;Ir wonderful lit'l'
original would D. iit,lc short OF crim!h7
libel.
nor. and the fighters Of his ., Jay Wi WI,
no, hesitate :" assure you that tnet'
will never bc another. The general opln
ion among them is that n" coui" '"N'
rho whole flock ~ t"pn"tch pan'as''
and featherw"IGh,s. and even many o
tne liShtwriShts Of IN" present "iS GIN
lick them all IL 4 week.
Gave Away Weight
Nm.