The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-08
WOLF" LARSEN
IS NEW HEAVY
Tom o'Rourke Digs Red viking Out Of
Amateur Glass and Begins
His Schooling.
BY DAMON RUNYoN.

BY DAMON RUNYON.
Il yuu ar" AN amateur h,>!ur iIn r"T
may r"raI.. in IN" recent '.HruHn''nts
hrrr;,h"Wt~. ca MIupu= Larsen n No,
Description may refresh Your w"mpry
Short. pudgl. r"d.hcadcd. ";".u faced.
wail-rl-d. s"rt"uS With u h"rr"ud"Is
SoCE
That's Ia" .Ad
Manages. hereafter t. h" known -
"Wolt' Larsen. after Jack l."uh"n's
great rharl,i"r m The Set W".i." -
IL heavy w":rhr In tn" tournaments ."
represented the N"rwr&E.n Turn N"r",ir
II" vent through lin. heavy Weight class
in those tournaments liz" water through
II tn morn.
Larsen has large. blue. arp"atiua eyes.
When h" would crawl through ne ropes
10 meet some stout upn"u'r'. i, W"'iE
roll tbs" eyes abuUl. and "N":y!'dy
would y; ready In cry for ham.
Larsen on showing up a. IN. i,.Ir'I-
mcniS always hnd ihe app"Hr,ur" -
having just climbed down from M.
drivers seat at in 80 wH&"u. Th"r"
WAS .ha' about h.m wh:rN s." SUe""J 1t
He was :nvar"thiy hr.": AMI 20 IA"
point
".ty cam"'tn fixnt." he wou..! Say.
Then h.. world 60 INTO he ".rx. AMI
Will" everybody was feeling drSp"ud'nt
ahou; han. ~ would hau, OF ari ku,.k
some one silly
Body Punches.
surely Sud must remember Larsen
now.
Hal! dozen managers OF professions
fighters got very much excited ah0u'
LArScn--once they SAW HIM Int. H."
lr nj
punch. and good body pun 'h-rs a." -"
rare that they always attract attention.
Various offers were made - tho i;"'
Viking Ia turn pro. hut h. declined 'h'in
all. He said he wanted IN 60 :hru:k
the nationa! amateur tournament Ir>',
and then ne would listen 10 ideas on ,n-
subject of makIng boxing his Etc ealing
Thu big tournament over. VIII M"e
nus on" az the l"IdinS figuTcS. l." h'i
now decided 10 lick everybody y ia"
world or a. least as mary persons n
the world as possible. ii" ha~ >ism" /
up with Tom O'Rourkc N" N"''ran
manager "f fighters. and his >"hr"..ng
has already commenced.
Tom u<"d To attend IN" amateur
tournaments r"liG .ously Ne WIS "a
excited ABOUT MagnuS aS ANY Ia" else.
In fact. Tom and the writer used :" hold
forth by IN" hour IN m" h.',H part "f
the halls on the merits ~ ia" 'ru%"
Norwegian with the f"arfCl body pHA"'
Tom writes ;ha; h" has tUru"d Nj"
nus over 10 Dan Hickey for instruct i"n>.
II is Tom who changes 'Maguu~'S NJ ~"
10 "Wulf' by 4 sImpl" tw.S' a. 'i"
typewriter Tom thinks il sounds h"'-
ter than MrCnU$. Introducing 'na"
as "Wolt'' gives him & slight "lc" "1'.'
a ,imId adversary AZ the very tar.
rive decided I'm TOO Old tn Il" an
irSirur'ing ROW" c"nfcSs'.s Tom. '.'.
I've got Hickey TO take charc" "f IT,.
young fellow. think he Will L. It """'
fighter after d few months instruction.
He can hit. and il they can hii th'I -"
always go, u ,hanCc.
Can Take Punishment.
Gordon Muur" was tn" NEST pr"m's-
,ng OF the amateur heaVyw"ightS unit'
Larsen came along. The lIt;'r i'@' .
many solid punch in a bout, WaiE:nc
in steadily. his hands in from; Of hmu
looking for an opportunity to drive IN
one blow. Generally that one blow sur
feed in his New York bouts.
He has Il short thick neck ard 4 shor'
thick body. and he stood mp un'i"r qu''"
e ba;t"rng on on" or w" ",'ra~:nnS. IT,
showed amazing improvement III 'N'l'
bout.
O'Rourke handled one oc the best o.
the old-time heavies in Shark"y Hi
now man IS huilt something along 10
Sharkpy lines. Resides Shark~y. Tom
had the great George D!Non and J"c
walcott. both champions. HIS host
known fighter since tho Cd dan IS Ere!
Fulton. the Rochester giant.
O'Rourkc took Fulton to En- and and
chased the European hcavies oWt OF
sight with 'hc long fellow from Mime
sofa. There has been some talk mat
Tom and Fulton have spit hn'
O'Rourkn'E irt'crheads SuN hca- tn"
pa Hid Countrnarrc of tho plast"rcr.
I, was O'Rourke who developed tho
first and one OF the best Of the white
hope tribe. He picked UP 4! ralzcr,
pnd Il lool:rd for q timo asst Tom had
another champion. Then Al fell away
like tho rcst OF the hopes.
II Wolf Larsen shows half The
promise az professional tha: nc dis
played as an amateur. n LOT of aspiring
young gents arc IN for 4 heavy soCk!uE
In tho next few months.