The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-15

colored boy named Pepper Griffin for
the proceeds Of u hat collection.
That fellow ! hired was Il corker. lie
was porter IN Ed Summers saloon over
on the North Side in Chicago and every
time stopped in he begged HE 10 Enl
him chance 10 fight someone. Tho
habitues of that sporting resort made
; q joke of it. No one thought he could
tight. one day l met Frank Kennedy,
/ old Bull Kennedy, now gone. and ho
| WIS busy as usual. Lou HouSemau was
arranging a fight program and one Of
! the heavyweits carded ~ fight in the
FINALS had run out on him. Kennedy was
hunting substitute So l told him about
this bulky black boy and We went TO
, hunt him up. Houscman was agreeable
ard the porter threw away his mop and
got ready TO fight that night. He was
! to get ten dollars for going on and
| twenty II he staid. lie staId The other
| fellow weng out.
After that there was no holding him.
He quiz porterinG and sat on my desk
. half the time. wanting me to manage
! him Incidentally borrowing a dollar or
TWO. lie got to be n post. l mentioned 1t
10 Kennedy one day and Frank Offered
, rights to the fighter. l offered to buy
another If he'd take him. 50 Kennedy
, became fight manager.
! In six months that boy had wadeo
! through all the hearyweightS he could
get at. He lambasted Frank Childs, he
whipped Jack Johnson. and he fought
Ole Of the widest battles In ring his
! tory against Joe Goddard. the barrier
| Champion" That fight was historic. In
the first minute there were twenty
! fouls and George Silcr who was rcfefee-
| ing. was knocked out Of the ring. The
| police stopped the affair until they
! agreed to go on again and fight fair In
/ the second round they were on the floor
! apart Goddard cut loose Il foul which in
! capacitated his opponent and Siler gave
| him the verdict. l doubt whether he
made ten thousand dollars In seven or
eight years Of fighting. But he fought.
The man vas "klondikc" the famous
| Negro battler. understand he Is porter
| ing over in u Michigan resort now.
This season in football marks the com
| plete conversion OF the East to the
| schools. especially the big" ones. which
discovered and developed football. re-
! sisted AZ long as possible the use of
1 the forward pass excepting as diver
, sion. They argued that any team solid
! ~ grounded in straight football could
win against the more open style. This
season all have been compelled TO come
/ to it-cven Harvard.
The new style saved Harvard hui
initiating defeat at the hands OF Prince
, ton in the last quarter when the Grim
, SON driven TO desperate measures, cut
| loose a brilliant and rcsourceful over
| head attack which Set the Tigers MILL
! Ing and resulted In touchdown and
! tied score.
The last has not yet reached the de-
grcS OF precision in forward passing
that the Western colleges have. but
they will In fact there are signs that.
before another year. the East will equal
and perhaps surraas the West in this
department. The big prep schools are
training their players in the passing
game. / have seen two important prep.
schools contest and the throwing OF
passes Ivy the boys is more accurate
ihun that OF many varsity men. They
have becn brought up on passing while
10 the, university players 1t 10 a recent.
~ acquired accomplishment. The next
generation will he shooting passes as
II throwing bascballs.
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