San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04

a good town.
I presume my contemporaries are
unaware that brunswick is the seat
of the shrimp industry Of this great
nation. a shrimp being an edible eH-
tracted from the mighty deep, and not
TO be despised, as anyone Will tel
you who has partaken of Brunswick
shrimp cocktail.
There are myriads of shrimp in the
waters off Brunswick, Ga. Mr.. George
Stallings, former manager Of the Brs-
ton Braves, and now OF Rochester.
n. Y, once gave vivid description
of the shrimpiness Of the region when
he was telling n northern man OF the
glories of Dover Hall, of which Mr..
Stalings is a member.
"It's near Brunswick said Mr..
Stallings. to more definitely locate
Dover Hall in the mans mind.
brunswick" repeated the nan.
Isn't that where the shrimp come
FROM
st is" said Mr.. Stallings.
"Are there any shrimp arouGH
Dover Hall?" asked the man.
shrimp" said Mr.. Sizzling. why
the water is blood red with EN- y
I have not been to Brunswick, Ga.
since. Deacon Tiger Flowers attained
the middleweight championship, so |
cannot say how the community views
the achievement. ] doubt that it tales
IL very seriously however. for Bruins
wick. Ga, has many matters TO think
about Of more Importance than pugu-
ism.
Among the people of his own racc:
the victory of the Deacon has caustd
no little qualification for the reason
that he is perhaps their most popular
gladiator. mean to say. he is tn"
most popular with the colOred peOIdc
Of all the colorcd fighters.
In fact. j believe that Flowers Is
the most popular fighter with his own
race that it has produced since IT."
days Of George Dixon and Joe Cans.
They were both immensely popular
with their own people, and Cans was
perhaps more popular with the whites
than any colored fighter in the history
Of the game.
He had n mild. diffident manner,
and great good common sense. lie
was fine sportsman in the ring, be
sides being wonderful fighter. II"
had many friends among the white
followers Of the Manly Art Of ScramL-
ling Ears.
The fact n fighter is color,d
doesn't necessarily make him popular
with his own people. Though he ."
came heavyweight champion Of tn
world, John Arthur Johnson was ex-
tremcly unpopular with his own race
perhaps more so than with TIE
whites. He had stand-offish attitu 20
toward the black folks. He tried to
associate with whites. he married -
white woman. His people felt that MS
conduct was Il Tcs' 'ctiOn upon IL"
race in general.
Sam LanfOrd. the Boston Bear Cat
was always fairly poptlar with hi
ppOple. They admired his tremendous
fighting ability. and the colorcd rae"
took great pride in him. Harry Wills.
the Brown Panther Of New Orleans.
is personally popular, and well ie
spccted by his people, but lily
enough they are the sevcrCst critics
of his ability. A lot Of them don't
think he can fight up to his repu;d'
ton.
think Flowers popularity with
his people is based more on his "a
reer than on his fighting ability. NJ are
than any other fighter. the dark d"l-
con Of Georgia typifics the strussl"
Of the race against adversely. He has
come onward and upward in tho
boxing game in spite of many oh
stacleS.
His devoutncSs and simplicity ex.
cite the admiration Of the coloI,i
people. They know hat it is on the
level with him. A lot of our white
fighters might take example from In"
dark deacon. 1t wouldn't hurt them
to adopt his manner Of living, even
to the religious phase Of II.