The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-24
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By Ryan
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILE

BY FRANK BUCK" o'NEILL
Mr.. Buzzer Ryan munched
solemnly on a triple-deck sand.
witch. He included the entire
world in a sweeping gesture
and shook his head. Now when
Mr.. Buzzer Ryan includes the
world in sweeping gestures
and shakes his head, he is in
retrospective mood. Especially
when his is munching triple
deck sandwiches.
Funny game, this boxing
business" said the Buzzer.
Then he told the tale Of the
white hope that was shattered at
the point of a swinging right. In
fact, the particular hope that Mr..
Ryan nurtured through moments
of great mental anguish and no
minor expense was shattered sew
eral times. 1t is said that these
hopes can be restored, but like
Clipped and broken vases, they
never are quite the same.
His name doesn't matter
now" said Buzzer. "He was big
and he could box. He could
punch and he could step. In
e fact, he was very good until at
the most unexpected moments
he would lead with the point Of
his jaw. And that, history Of
boxing assures us, is very, very
bad. Matchmakers are most OBJ
durate at times. They look only
at results, and when they see
that telltaIe note in a record.
KID by it is very hard to con-
vince them that an accident
happened.
TOO MANY ACCIDENTS
"They have a habit of saying,
Accidents don't happen six
times in a row. and / suppose
they're right.
But to return to my great
white hope, who to this day is
known as 'Ryan'S Folly will
say that he is a most unusual
character.
"'Only yesterday 1 heard from
this hope of mine piped Mr..
Ryan, and he reached in his
pocket, drawing forth a letter
from the hinterIands.
HE is doing me a favor"
said Mr.. Ryan, and the last ves-
tige Of the triple deck sandwich
disappeared in his capaciOuS
NAV. Here is the letter:
"T have a white hope for
read the missive. "'He is big
and strong, and can he take it.
He may be down, BuZzer, but
he never is out. Once or twice
INSCRIPTIONS referees have
given him the short count and
embarrassed him greatly, as
each time he was just getting
ready to get off the floor when
they told him he had been
knocked out. But you know how
these referees are at times
WHAT? JOE BECKETT!
Mr.. Ryan returned the letter
to his pocket.
81 and my white hope were
on tour once" he said and I
will say that nothing but the
best was good enough for him.
He had the consciousness of the
champion. We had a large dou-
BILE room with twin beds. Most
fighters take a single room and
attempt to Smuggle in an army
cot, but not my hope. / had
considerably more money then
than / now have.
I'VE boxed q local fighter
who was run Of the mine, and
were on a guarantee. There
was no stipulation of payment
per round, and that was quite
fortunate. For you see, 'Ryan's
Folly was filling in to borrow
from Joe Beckett, when a most
unusual accident occurred.
'I must explain that filling
in is a term borrowed from
the National Sporting Club OF
London. 1t means sparrlng
until the gentlemen have had
a chance to remove their over
coats, like their cigars and
settle back for an evenings en-
jOyment.
"The local yOkel had never
been out of Arkansas and was
not familiar with the ways OF
the big city.
MR.. RYAN is HURT
Mr.. Ryan paused impressively
A look of pain fitted across his
face. We feared the worst.
"The local yOkel rushed from
his corner and chinked my
hope on the chin. The rights
and privileges of Joe Beckett
were completely taken over by
my warrior. 1 must admit that
the accident had happened
again. He was knocked out.
But we went out and col
lected our $500 for the minute
and 40 seconds entertainment.
There was some talk of riding
someone out of town on rail
for stealing money, but they
probably were referring to the
local yOkel whose lack of under
standing ruined the night.
I'VE returned to our room at
the hotel, and the marshall,
nice chap accompanied us and
spent several hours with US.
Nice chap, that marshall, even
if he did eat three sirloin steaks