The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-22
BRENNAN TOO BUSY
CLIPPING COUPONS
To Think OF BOUTS
Rx FRANK C. MENKE

Prosperity seems to be too much for
Bill Brennan
He has become member of the
idle rich.
The larruper from the confines Of
Chicago all of sudden decided:
I've got enough laid aside to sup
ply me with coffee and cakes for the
rest of my life. So why work."
And comments Leo P. Flynn. his
boss, the big bozo simply won't do
| it. He spent the summer fooling
around and got himself all fattened
up and l can't get him to steam off
| the extra 80 pounds. The whole world
| seems to be full of heavyweights that
want to fight Bill, and that means d
lot of money for him. But whenever
| | get after him and issue some work
orders. he comes back with:
| I've got mine-so why should l get
cut up and bust Up lot of nice fel-
| lows who never done a darned mean
| thing to me in all their lives. What's
a few thousand added to what I've
already got to compare with the soI-
! row that would come to me in bust
ing up a lot of good guys. Anyway
I'm too busy clipping coupons off Oh
bonds"
THE only thing that gets Bill
snorting and ready to go these days
is mention of a possible fight with
Dempsey. Whenever that's talked
about, Bill forgets all about being ono
of these idle rich and says:
"'Get me THAT FIGHT and II
commit murder if necessary. to ge
into shape Get me that fight-Oh
get it for me-
Carried Dempsey Along.
But getting it is another thing
Dempsey whipped Bill a couple O.
times-but in neither battle was Bill
| disgraced He carried Dempsey aont
farther than any other living man
He lost his first battle to Dempse.
because he was unfortunate enough
to bust an ankle which caused tn
fight to halt And in the second al
fair, Bill stepped into a wicked on
in the twelfth, just at time that
whole lot of people thought he ha
the fight cincheG OH points.
Bills willing - fight Dempsey -
| Oh, cash, yes. Even if Bill has joine
| work-or-fight law, he'd get right baC
Into harness again and fit himse
in the fightingst manner possible fo
Dempsey. But dear me. Mr.. DEM
sey cares not for Bill as ring fo
Imam. Smart fellow, that Dempsey.
Flynn was silent for momen
| visioning perhaps, all the purses thi
the "Igot- ine-boys-I-won't work. b
N Brennan has passed up, and then
added:
he Gosh, all hemlock, Bill does nal
ID me mad. Weighs about PIT instead
~ 1877. Eats cream puffs, thick soup n
- pie and things like that instead of ra
. beef. Vow, Spends a dozen hours
u day crushing down an Ostermoor Al
ie uses up the rest of tie day goiI
ie around to gymnasiums and giving Il
u razz to the boys who are working
lie preparation for fights. Vow! Vow!
u Told Him to Save
~ And Pm responsible for 1t all,
; guess | was the first manager B
ever had When the money began
come in | took Bill in a young corn
and delivered a lot of papally advic
l told him to save his money for o
age. Told him to sock every possib
IS dollar into gilt-edged government al
"a railroad bonds and fix things so tn
" he'd never be able, while in his yout
,e to use up more than the interest.
- That's what Bill did-socked aw;
=" the goulash. After every fight B
&c wouldn't read the sport page first
see what the boys said about hin
W Nix! That bird would grab the fina