The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-08

Indicate the big Seattle boz
finally has found himself IL
major competition. There i
no doubt now but that he hdl
lost his nervousness and re
moved the load placed on hi
shoulders originally By the Sc
attic bdilvhoo ;.
THE good lrishman, JacL
: Common. grabbed our elbow
halted us to ask:
Remember this fellow. ;,
A gander at the man in
question brought no immedi.
ate recognition, although the
face was wildly familiar
mot quite, Jack"
George Ingle,' said
And that WAS sufficient -,
''How's the gold teeth ?"
Ingle smiled and there they
George was lightweight of two
decades ago. and more. And one
Of the outstanding boys his
poundage on the Coast. In the
West
A native Of Nevada, he moved
to San Francisco when a young
ster. There he worked, went into
the fight game, travelled the tough
road as far as he could and then
with intelligence quit the game
for a more certain and positive
earning future
George went into constitutional
steel work. Since he laid aside
the gloves he has been one of
that army that builds gigantic
bridges across great stretches Of
water hazardous voca-
ton
Forty-five years old now,
George was smart enough 10 quilt
when II was time. Clear Of mind,
still owner Of that same old smile,
he h foreman Of those groups
who walk the steel girders high
above the earth, rislxing their lives
that you and I might find better
transportation across strategic
points =.
And, listen :. 5. twenty years
have slipped off Pappy Times
sloping shoulders since George
last saw Tacoma. And he said:
The old town is going places.
Quite change. Great spirit. /
was here during the Golden Jubi-
lee week. I was In Seattle at the
potlatch. Well, there was as much
difference between the two as
there is between a Dutch shoe
and a dancers slipper. All the
color and fire and whatnot be-
onged to Tacoma's celebration. II
pleased me to see things that
ways :.
Further discussion brought out
The fact that George. who has
been foreman on the Narrows
bridge job. will Wednesday marry
4 Tacoma woman, Mrs. Patricia
Refs
Il walked out of Tacoma 20
years ago. never expecting to re-
turn. So. what? So. here l am
a Tacoma girl in Ia
coma. town always liked. That
figures up perfectly"
Fight fans of Georges era win
the bouts he waged
here against BILLY Wright !.
Good Frenchy Vaise
:. Leo H0uck Heinie Schu-
And. say" said George. "How
that Schuman could hit I know
many thought he couldn't, but not
|. ! was sturdy and could take
a rap. but he hit me harder than
any other guy. Every time I
think of Schuman. think of Ia
coma and my hand goes to my
jaw where he clicked me. Yes.
he could hit"
The Schuman fight was in 1919,
the Wright and other bouts in
1915 and thereabouts. All Of his
bouts werc fought under the
grand old dean of the Northwest
fight game. George Shanklin /. :.
George beat Eddie Pinkman, the
Seattle puncher. In 1918 for the
Coast title and still remembers
Pinkman crying over the de-
Ingie fought Willie Meehan in
1912, the same Meehan, the fatty
one. who later beat Jack Dempsey
when Dempsey was storming to-
ward the title. In fact. he beat
Willie twice In one week one
in Oakland. four rounds. again in
San Francisco. six rounds. One
fight on Wednesday. the other on
Friday Each weighed 1874
pounds. Six or so years later
when Meehan beat Dempsey Willie
was = heavyweight
George had $40 fights or more
In his career. He won vast ma
jority. hut the greatest fight he
ever won Was with himself. That
Was when he decided. 20 years ago
10 quit the game and go inte
active work -.
His salary today is $3.50 q
week week in and week Out
year In and year out That's
the dividends his Judgment paid
him for leaving the fight game :.
Not many fighters are like George
Too many of them stay In the
game too long