New Britain herald., 1929-12-17
SH|RES MEETS HIS
 MATCH IN TAXATION
Arthur the Great Receives Drub-
 ping From Football Player

Chicago. Dec. 17 R)-Napolcon . met his Wellington. Arthur The | Great" Shircs has met his Big . Dear.'
 Flushed and admittedly great i because of his unofficial one round i victories over his crstWhiIe White . SoX manager. Russell BIackburnl. , and his 9l second knockout over Dangerous ban Daly of Cleveland ! in his professional ring debut d week ago, The Great Shircs i tackled George Traitor, the Big | Bear of professional football last i night and he got the beating or l his life.
 Before d bowling throng of 5.0pQ spectators, who packed the White City Arena to it's crCakng ratterS, Traitor decisivcly conquered the loquacious. punch singing White SoN first baseman. Launching ter. rife blows from behind his 20 pounds. Traitor battered Shires 10 the floor three times and won th" decision by a wide margin after five rounds of toe-to-toc milling. It was the first setback for thr Great One" but it didn't finish his ring career, As q physician attend ed his s it lip and damaged chin he announced with no little hauteHr he was ready and willing to carry through his agreement to meet the "Dempacy Of the Cub dugout." Hack Wilson, sonctim" in January.
 Nor did he feel diH2raccJ in his defeat, He halfway admitted Trai- tons superiority, but he pointed OH. that he was outweighud by ;o pounds.
 'l didn't want 10 meet hat bl4 brriser and Eve got mind 10 sock my manager on inc jaW. he grunted. "But | fought the best could and had my own laugh at the suckcrs-thosc silly fans who paid ! five dollars d seat Let 'em laugh at me all they want 10. Let 'cm think I'm dumb. got three granI i t$5.o00) for the fight and I'll g.i $lo.000 more for swapping punches with Hack Wilson,"
 Shrcs fought q courageous tight 1 but Traitors great weight and su 1 peror boxing ability were too much for him. Only at the start of thr battle did he look like the Great , One" who sent Daly 10 sleep. A, the tap of the bell. he lcaped liz q panthe" from his corner. llckin% the Big Bear with q !jorm ot wild rights and !ctts. But Traitor. his muscles slc"Ird by long months of football. was ready for him. IL. Ncathcrcd the orm and th"rrafl CT carried th" attack 10 ShircS.
 Ths'c times in .hc first roun1 Tratton's looping left hooks sent the Texan 10 the canvas. white
 many tincs 'IiI Arthur W1s scut rccliu9 backwards b> straight rI@h, . to the jaw.
 After that round and what actual punches the two tired fighters couiI propcl. il was all Tla1on Three or four times in each of he rrulainlIi. |. rounds, Il" gave Shrvs few hcHlt;, snaShrs and then walked Hrouud lIH" bear in ZOO with tn" NvrN tired Mr. SIiircs walking after hirn, five feet HWIy.
 Of the two. however. TrHflon Wa& the more cNhau ted. His eyes droop ed. his hands hung hclpcs$ly by hi, side and he glued his eyes on t}. tHnrhccpcr. II was all right witt 5hirCs. DCcHSionaltA. he ould hat the armi&llcc by Il tlf Ioartcd ov. crhaud swing that landed on th" ropes aud then r~S um" "is, pace b.. hind hls big rival Both had th., tired app ,nr&nr" Of a pair Of ditch digGcr8 going hon, after a harl d&N's work.
 But the large crowd. which paid in excess Of Sl5. DO, Wa., more than satisfied, realizing the two had fought with every ounce of their vitality. The little arena was ill an uproar, which was dcafcning when the two started each round by toe- to-toe milling. Friends of both ! climbed 10 their corners between rounds offering advice. Women and , mon stood up during the ii%hi swinging their fits to convey more advice and twice the noise was sn great th2t Arthur and GcorG,
 fought overtime because neither they nor the referee could hear l!l' bcll
 The two met in th" shower baths , after th" fight. shook hands cotn- plimcntcd each other for "nIakiGa; suckers out of those fight fans. and then went arm in arm to q night club.
 Trafton was in a ioyal mood . 'l1l fight anybody for auothui
 $l.000." he chucklcd. "'rhats I'l casN game. How long has this hnoI, going onH"
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