The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-03
Extra Sports
FRANKIE MASON
 STARTING ROAD TO FAME AT 30

A unique character of the boxing world is Frankie Mason, a 30-year old pugihst, who is just starting out to gain real fame anu fortune after 10 years of success in one section of the country. That Mason should have been contented with the success he achieved in Indiana and neigh(boring g states all those years is remarable but there are many other odd things to be written of Frankie. He is not like any other boxer in the game, having his own ideas of the sport, the way to train for it and the grand finale for his own career
 Inasmuch as this is to be Nasons debut in this neck of the woods, it is well to tell something of his life and his ambitions.
 Mason might have come into his own years ago had he not begun pad ding his own canoe at tender age, with the ambition to become a news paper man. From selling papers to the circulation end and then to the proofreading room, Mason made his way on the Fort Wayne Journal. The old game fascinated him and, while he succeeded in the ring in his own home. town, the lure of the dollars was not sufficiently strong to wean him from the Npurring of the great presses and the odor of the melting pot.
 Mars stepped in and changed his life for it was while he was in an army cantonment that Mason decided to devote his energies to getting the money. Years of experience proved that love of the game, not dollars, held him to the print shop, so now Mason has sailed forth looking for glory and gold and he hopes to win two worlds titles before he casts aside the padded gloves and seeks peace and comfort in wooded hills. where there Is a mountain stream nearby and specs1ed beauties to be t~icked and caught by an artificial, but brilliantly colored, fly In such a mountain home, with his old folk around, Mason hopes to spend the latter days of his life far from the great presses, the throngs and the lmeEght of the ring
 In other words, he does not fancy the hero-worship that comes to a bat Her. In fac- he does not like boxing at all He never boxes unless there Is money in sight, and when he trains, strange to say, he never dons a glove He spends much of his time in the Young Mems Christian Association, doesn't drink, smoke nor chew, and declares he knows fewer pugilists than any man in the game.
 Mason is little fellow, the sort one might unhesitating1y take for a clerk. He is so light that few persons would decline his invitation to fight in street snarl, but he is just compact machine all bone and muscle. No t1lI IHFNyH- 9T a nose decorated his countenance, and his teeth are perfect. Only broken right hand betrays him.
 ''I now am taking boxing seriously" said Mason yesterday. ''F'or the first time in my life I feel that I want to get out and make big money out of it. The fascination of the newspaper game held me for long while, but how I hope to win two titles, one held bv Peter Herman and the other by Jimmy WiI1e-
 II believe I am the logical opponent for Wilde. because I can do his weight. The f1yw eight limit is easy for me, be- cause I am below it now When l stepped upon the scales today l tipped the beam at 108 1-2 pounds.
 T do not care about the English referees for I feed sure can beat Jimmy at the English game I have beaten Pal Moore and he defeated Herman. I also whipped Johnny Ra- san, who trimmed Pete, and I out fought Kewpie Ertle. Most Of my cp- 1.onents have come into the ring at HIS pounds, practically a 10-pound advantage. and that is all I intend to give away
 without desiring to boast, I be- l.eve I can defeat any flyweight in the world and that I can also win the decision over Herman, who is the worlds bantam titleholaer. There fore. I am going to try my best to capture those cham 7ionships.'