Bisbee daily review., 1920-07-03
HAPPY SERVES
 REAL K|CK IN
 MODERN PUNCH
Lowdown on Woods Meth ods of Driving Rivets at
 Last Is Betrayed
By CHEF JOHNSON

ever that means, if he mentioned punch" around the Hermitage. But in these days, when the Hermitage legs handcuffed, the word punch is the most popular one heard in the re- formed Brewery Gulch liquid empor um. The punch referred to- however, is that which is carried around in either lunch-hook by one Happy Woods, of Tucson. So the old mahog- any bar doesn't blush more than its usual red when punch is mentioned. French's hang-out on the gulch seeems interested in nothing but Hap py's punch this week and every time Happy works out the interest in creases.
 That celebrated punch of Happys has an interesting history. When about the tender age of 16, according to the most authenticated reports, Happy decided that he knew some thing about mahinery, so he went to work ill the railroad shops at Tucson. In short time he was handed con- mission in the boiler house. boiler fac tory or wherever it is around round house that noise doesn't bring a bawling-out from the foreman.
 One of the principal deeds that Hap py was supposed to do was poke rivets through holes and then persuade them to stay regardless of the pressure brought to bear on them.
 Up to this point historians agree. Beyond it they differ. The most reas- onable theory, however, is that the boss came around one day ana found Happy's compressed-air riveting ham, mer lying on the floor
 'Hey,bo," he shouted in kInc, ratn- erly tone. Where d'yuh get 'at stuff. huh? Grab this stutterin' hammer an smash in them rivets, get me, Steye?"
 Our nero calmly replied: Sir, don't heckle me. In the first place nay cog nomen is not Steven. Secondly, that compressed-air riyeting apparatus is Ientirely superflous. Watch me with much avidity and 1 will strive to eluci. date"
 And with them words, (according to Earl Mohan,) he stepped. over to an invalid locomotive boiler, inserted d rivet slammed it with his good right Iarm and the riyet was firmly fixed where it should have been fixed Ac- cording to tradition, Happy, from that day until this, uses his spare time making a rivet-hammer out of both wings. Which, if true, accounts for his wallop There are other stories concerning his punch. but most of them are worse lthau this one
 However, 1t is some wallop. Among them as is ready to give tes- timonials to this is Eddie McLarney. Eddie chose to step into the ring with Happy last November. For two rounds he kept awake, then , he stuck his phiz in front of Happys lfist.
 [ Two minutes later Eddie opened his l eyes and looked up at the doctor. l What was it?' he whispered. :, "Happy's punch," the saw-bones
 replied. h
 Punch nothin'," muttered- Eddie ' hazely. Tt might have been white
 mule, but no punch ever made my 2 brain shimmy like this"
 The only gent around this claim -hD d
 about Happy's wallop is Bert Colima
 who will tangle with Woods in the
 main event of French's fight card a the Grand theatre Monday night Der
 believes the theory that history re
 peats itself is founded on sount
 basis. And the best part of his his
 tory is that chapter of his life tha
 deals with a little argument he hat
 with Happy at Yuma last year. Der
 and Happy stepped into the ring and
 somehow or other, didn't seem to ge
 along very well. In fact, they began to rudely punch at each other. Bot were rather pew at the game then am Bertie became real vexed at his advel sary.
 III At last he almost lost his tempe and showed his fist into Happy's mas al organ or, in more polite Englisl he popped him in the beezer." Youn MT. Woods beeZer, in those halcyo days, was d tender one and, whe Bert's fist eollided, it broke down an wept. Happy tried to go on with tn mill, but little nosey insisted on pc colating claret. It also became col ceited because of it's prominence an
 swelled up until Happy couldn't SC
 beyond it. So the fight stopped | For this reason. therefore, and als | hence: Happy Woods has brett | well-defined idea in his dome that M | Colima is capable lad with his pi | snatchers-"his nose knows" An