South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-12
BY ED HUGHES.

Webster, the Babe Ruth of lexi-
geography, once stated that pos
thaste" meant speed" Like the
present day Ruth OF the diamond
this colossus Of words occasionally
famed out ON shine BALI denni-
zion We make no claim to an un-
Outstanding of the proper methods
20 employ in the smelling and de-
hning of words. not being I'm the
word industry ourselves. Perhaps
the word geOlOgist simply interprets
the meaning OF a name as he re-
members it, connected with some
triding incident he might have been
connected with-you know what we
mean. In which case there is no
need in making Webster's calling
down in the case Of "posthaste" too
severe. Its just possible Noah didn't
sit in the press box of a little fight
club in Frisco about Is years ago.
BECOMES Boxer.
That night was the night Al
Wing the "chink' fought An Wing
fought many nights for several years
and attracted wide attention but new
er title. Wing was born in Fris-
CO.'S Chinatown of genuine MOngo-
liam parents. For a while he spray
ed shirts and collars in his fathers
laundry but when he found the Gold
Dust Twins wouldn't do all of the
work All Wing let the iron and his
ardour for laundering cool off. Box
ing was all the rage on the coast
then with Bat Nelson Britt. Cor
bett. Hanlon and Herrarra in the
the spotlight. Wing took in" sew
eral OF the bouts and then made up
his mind to become a boxer.
The pX-Shtrr DESTROYER n
hit at once. He had a good light
weight physique, was yellow in col
or only and fought in a bizarre hit
or-miss style which went big" with
the fans. Whenever All Wing scrap
ped Proctor's played 10 untenanted
seats.
Gets n Laugh.
Wing became a fairly proficient
fighter-good enough to be called
/ THE Yellow Peril" even though Bat
Nelson used TO laugh at the mention
of All Wings name. Little Wing
was battered by the attention he
received from every fight crowd. at
being prOgenitor OF the mot ickee-
nO-shirtie" witticisms OF the ring
side ways They rooted when Wing
landed a blow and they laughed
when he missed He was a favorite
: and the sensation tickled his vanity
nightly.
one night when the fun-making
prOpenSities Of the crowd had eX-
hausted every "chink" joke they
cooked up a new one on the diminu-
tive yellow Peril. While Wing
repOSed in his corner. his raven back
que (Which by the way he wore in
"A long pig-tail even while fighting)
dangled over the ropes stimulating
the imagination OF an enterprising
"dyed-in the-wooL" Wing had had
his opponent going in the previous
round. SO when the gong sounded
/ Wing darted from his chair pos
thaste" so 70 speak. Wing was un-
aware OF the trick that had bees
perpetrated on him until he flung
back on his heels into his corner
again after his mad dash had tax
en- in the slack" His opponent de-
seconded upon him. and seeing Wing
practically helpless proceeded to be-
labor him, ecstatically. Wing was
badly mussed up before the referee
intertered aNd was only able to OBJ
tain a draw" at the conclusion or
the bout.
Sad Blow.
IL was q sad blow 20 the little
OrientaTs pride He couldn't un-
dgrstand how such n low trick could
be played upon him by friends"
Wing was very sensitive about the
incident and it was months after
before he fought again. When he
did Wings couture. a becoming ring
coil atop his Uranium was both
practical and becoming.
Now would YOU say Webster was
correct in that "posthaste" defini-
ton. discriminating reader