Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-01-25
COLORED BOYS PUT.
ON A AzN SCRAP
SANS PAIN OR BLOW
ONE OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
SHADY TuREs WAS 4
RIGHT SMART sHIMMlER-AS
AN ARTHA JOHNSON HE WAS
A GOOD GIN HOUND.


Before d large crowd OF eX.servic,
men assembled in the American Il
gion hall last night, the mascGlin,
means OF selfdefease was eXpCunde'
by six stalwart, fearless end cieye.
youths who confined their instruction
along lines OF physical proves
coupled with American grit and as
gressiveness.
Two colored boys heralded as th'
feature" OF the show jazzed throus.
three rounds for the darktown cham
plonship OF the South Side. IN
darkies-George Chambers, Mitch
cigar store porter, and Sims Simmons
q dapper young negro who shags tip
from guests at The Cliiton-dCmon-
trated TO the nth degree CT periectiod
the pacifsts skilful strategy OF
avoiding trouble b. not going where
II U.s.
1t was plainly but not painfully evil
dent to Gawg and Sims that the.
were two OF the shadiest features ever
putting on a performance IN OtIa"s
The only thing their mixup lacked
was u clankety bing bang orchestra 10
furnish punch and cadence for
clever portrayal of voodOod dance IN
some Alabama swamp.
Comedy was there in heaps. Every
body got a laugh out Of the dark skin
ned comedians, who. while feisning
seriousness, got By with the stall !u'
about as cleverly as any sons OF !
Will Rise can put over a blum and
make 1t stick The crowd was next
TO EN- and giggled merrily throughout
the long drawn-out eyOlutlons CT inc
scrap-with the rap taken out OF 1t.
For one solid round of five minutes
neither darby so much as laid "a hand
on his adversary. The round consist
ed entirely of the two emulating
pair OF barnyard ROSTERS looking TO-
an opering-and hoping they won
md it. Gawd'd look at Sims and his
eyesld say, Now. YOU darby, | ain I
got rothin' in for you and Sins
would look back with a glance thai
said. "Youse good, Gawd, and SO
know it, so the farther you and Il
apart, the better / Is Off Win TWO
perfectly good reasons like th5se tn
pair made sure to get no nearer than
six feet, far enough to guarantee tina,
a stray glove didn't come in contact
with an unbeached nose OF admitted
soft texture and the hurt attendant
thereto.
Occasionally Sims would shimmy a
shoulder at Gawg, following that das
tardly insult with Chaplinesque wig
gle. Of his embryo mustachio. GaWg
would let flash Of indignation flicker
across his manly brow, set himself
for a lunge at his yaller foe. think
better of it by considering the cost
and set back for another circle two
stop with a prayer that Sims wouidn
do that at him again, lest he get mad
and hurt somebody, even at the risk
of getting hurt himself,
Once or twice Sims did the unwar
rantei by wiggling his misplaced eye
brow and rolling his shoulders at the
wrong time 1t was then GaWg for
got himself and let fly wicked right
The contact was Just below that eYl
looking mustache and Sims lost sons
of his eclat, not mentioning his de
bonair air. He kerflumpad down on
the canvas floor with a dull, sickenIng
thud, from where he looked at his
enemy with panied surprise at such
terrible and animalisuC outbreak
Sims sat down that way couple o
times and it dawned on him he hadn
better wiggle his shoulders any more
nor move that gang of black hairs tina
separated his upper lip from a goot
sized fat nose.
Once Sims learned his lesson there
was no more reason for GaWg to clos
his eyes and express his indignation
in blind swinging Of arms that IN
pressed the audience OF a windmill l.
action during the dead Of night
For three long stanzas the featur
act was carried off this way, whe
Gawg discovered he had hurt a shou
der, which never did display the tel
ibility of Sims Maybe it was iea
ously over being mixed up with be
ter shimmier. but, anyway, GaWg an
Sims declared an armistice, decide
to call off hostilities and walked frOl
the arena before the fight was ha
finished.
The other matches repaid the fan
for what the South Side champion
had failed to give them, and wei
worth going far to see.
Joe Nevins ard Pat Baines OF Ear
vile made a draw of their snapr
mix-up.
Dick Stout was hurt during the fir
round of his clash with Jim Prey al
was taken from the arena. Bud Pre-
and Harry Nebergall substituted al
proved themselves regular boys at {
entertainment Of this sort
Following the course of instruction
refreshments consisting Of hot d
sandwiches doughnuts and coh
were served under the direction
Ralph Bawden CT the Flick bakery.