The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-24
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Young Stribling Will Be Pos.
sible FavOrite; Christner
May Take Jack
BY HENRY L. FARRELL

when Wine SCfl0lng goes into
the ring against Jack Sharkey he
may be favorite in the betting. It
appears quite certain now that he
will be q popular favorite among
those who don't bet and for reasons
other than that Sharkey never has
had the boys getting down for three
long college rahS for him.
It may be taking a lot for granted
to anticipate Stribling and Sharkey
in the ring because that guy Christ
ner may take his discus windup and
knock tor loop the fellow who called
him "a common Polack." But It is
not assuming too much to predict
that Stribling will have the majority
Of the public with him if he does get
in the ring.
Disregarding their mechanical
equipment for moment, it can be
said that Stribling is the best known
fighter in the country. He has wan
dered al over the country for three
or four years fighting every place.
Sharkey has confined his work al
most exclusively to Boston and New
York.
Stribling Got Plenty Publicity
Stribling also has been in print
more than any other fighter. He ut
tracted . lot Of publicity by making
q tour Of the country with an auto.
mobile caravsn and later he BOUGHT
q big plane and piloted it from SPOT
to spot where he was fighting. And
two or three times q week he was
iegittmately in the news with an item
That ne had knocked out some bum
some place.
It Is possible that Stribling has
shown himself to more people Ia
more cities and hamlets than anv
other fighter since the day that John
L., Jack McAuliffe and the original
Dempsey travelled the country taking
all Corners.
It is true that striblinr did not
show himself to be great fighter be-
fore all those people. He was fight
ing sixth and seventh raters all the
time and he could call his shots.
Even the simple country folk did not
tall for idea that he was IN 4 fight.
but they did gather the impression
that he would have been powerful
good against top notch fighter.
He's = Nice Clean Boy. Too
Even IL he did, not convince the
customers that he was ripe pros
pect for the vacated heavyweight
championship title. he did make an
impression upon them as q nice, fine
looking. clean-cut young athlete who
went around with his mother and
father. And 1t made an impression
upon those fans Of the bush leagues
when they asked his father why the
boy did not fight In New York and
the father replied-"My boy will not
do business"
All OF this contact with the public
made Stribling well known and well
liked. He Is not popular In New
York but he Is popular In every other
section Of the country and when YOU
travel around . little bit you become
convinced Of It.
The tact Of Pa stribling put his
ooy IN = nice spot recently. The
directors Of the Garden couldn't find
the contracts that Richard had
signed with Sharkey and Strtbling Tor
the fight. sharkey said his was Tor
100000 Hat. posted IN advance. IA
6tribling satd-"We1l 80 Tor anything
you think fair They rot what
Kickard had agreed to pay them.
9harkey didn't. And stribliuS got
the popular decision BY ! shutcut.
Shaskey RaDped Two ldo1s
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