The Washington times., 1920-11-20

murmured much at the crowded col
planned at the poor train service,
everything. Naturally, with the b
tho sports came back without many
had a bloomin' soft thing compare
was there. Let him tell it, as he t
II was in Jacksonville. Fla, whom
read in the papers that Tex Richard
would stage the big fight in Toledo
20 | got busy and started. got
along all right until I got onto some
yort OF a junction point outside o,
Cincinnati-Jonesvil I think it's
called.
AS the train stopped I slid down
TO the ground and got into conserva-
lion with a brakeman. a good guy.
who was standing there. And hop
ping into sight is a dick The dick
comes over on my good side and
satnds there.
YOU lookin' at" At that he reaches
FOR his 'gat,' and I slams him. He
still had his hand reaching for the
sat- so ! kicked him on the jaw
and beat it.
GETS INTO CINCINNATI.
II ran down Off the rails and out
rode right into Cincinnati. ! was
Bit scared lest I'd killed the dick.
and so ! head for a hotel to wash
up.
Going into the washroom-it was
about o'clock-I bumped into a
racetrack man I knew. He insisted
On taking me up to his room to wash
% right, and then bought me clean
shirt and tie. 1 asked him about the
dick but he had heard nothing and
wanted me to let him pay my fare to
Toledo
...Fare please? Nothin' dom. I'm
on my way to Toledo. an III &c,
there without payin' no fare
Il hung around Cincinnati until
late in the day, an then grabbed an
,ther train, ridin' the roof into Spring.
t,cld. Ohio. Got there before day
,,rcak and. lookin' up. l saw Dig
factory, with a ladder runnin' up the
.ride to the roof. So up the ladder
vent to the roof, where I enjoyed
good sleep without botherin' till the
sun hit me in the eye. Then ! came
own and went for my breakfast
LOOKED LIKE A'CROw.
I'd forgot about how looked, an"
when I went into the restaurant for
lny breakfast the guy behind thu
counter keeps lookin' at me TIL
asked him what was the matter?
you're black as a crow. that's
cu.' he says. Want to wash up" He
1uok me back into the Kitchen. where
, could wash the dust and cinders on
ny face an get slicked up bit.
hen I had my breakfast an hung
around till I got some dope on my
rext train.
"a brakeman says that the only
.,ood train Is goin' out at O'CLOCK
n so when she comes rollin up TOT
,yater. I hon the back o. the tender
The fireman is up on top, lookin
right down at me, but he Just grins
and says, Keep still, Shorty; dicks
coming
"Sure enough, a dick comes along
almost as far as the tender. but the
fireman waves all right. gives the
Ugh ball to the driver an we're Off
~ got into Toledo the day before
the big fight. Miske and Levinsky
we're to fight that day. crashed the
rate an got stake off both
lighters.
SEES BIG BATTLE.
"I went down to the lake and took
. bath. dryin my shirt on push.
Then 1 got into the big fight arena
through the fence and went to sleep
on a bundle Of straw.
II woke up to see Waterman
iookin' at me. He dragged me r1git
cut to Tex Richard. Tex says, what
ere you goin' to do with him.
give him the buns rush. says the
Waterman. Tex grinned an says
Don't do that, or I'll have to give
YOU the same thing. That's ohe-
i've" Connolly. He's all right
"Well, 1 sells papers an score carts
an other things for the big fight. an
am sittin' there large as life when
Jack hands big Jess the sleeper. IL
was a cinch. When the fight was
over I has about $500. which wasn't
so bad, seem as 1 was flat when
left jacksonville"
WAS A BOXER ONCE.
Connolly, whose home Is in Lowell
Mass. though he has spent mighty
little time in that country for many
!, day. was a boxer once. lie mas
Two OF the best-muscled arms ever
..een. But for years he has been JUST
a vanderer, travelling hither and yon,
hitting about as the spirit willed. lie
xeeps very much in touch with Things
ristic and whenever he reads that
Wig mill Is to be staged, no matter
.yyhere he may be, he starts in that
direction. And he always sees the
sight.
"Onc-eye" likes to ride the roofs
Tao "mak es" his train as 7 slows and