Evening star., 1956-12-27
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW By FRANCIS sTANN
Somewhat on the Morbid Side

IN THE MORNING MAIL there was this note from
frankie Mann olde boxing promoter and obituary
clipped from The Star George c. Talbert 49, died in ST.
Petersburg and buried Christmas afternoon in
Arlington Cemetery.
This George Talbert was known as Pug Talbert" !"
HE figured in the oldest boxing
in Washington history. This about 1908 The was
Suitland Park dance hall that located where the
Census Bureau stands.
THE main event." Mann went on, "was to be l5-
rounder between Pug Talbert and Eddie Crowe of George
town Frank Mccormick the promoter. The sheriff
and he figures Importantly was Arte Suit.
Suit had warned Mccormick not promote the card,
but Mccormick did not think that the sheriff
Without telling anyone except the fighters and few close
friends he took chance and went ahead with the show
ON THE NIGHT OF THE BIG fight, Mann recalls a
battle royal was allowed to Then followed four
rounder between Kid Whip and Jumbo Foley" frankie
writes "In the the sheriff and about four
constables up covered the crowd with pistols
Don't move Sheriff Suit called out Everybody is
under arrest
His had just the opposite effect The dance hall
frame building and the crowd those
pistols all hl broke loose People dove headrst through
windows couple of groups took the doors off the hinges
p F. OConnor was seen removing window sash from his
neck.
1T a mad rush for Washington in horse-drawn
carriages driven pemel down the road The sheriff and
his deputies didn't fire their pistols but they handcud the
fourround fighters Kid Whip and Jumbo Foley the
referee Jim Janey old time colored mddeweight All
them put into the Marlboro jail The fighters only
calaboose.
no moral to the tale" frankie concluded Just
forgive an odtimer for remniscng bit because the death
of Pug Taber him something to hang it on Those
were the days in boxing in these parts"
NOT SO LONG AGO of those TV quiz programs a
couple asked to furnish the full of Babe Ruth
incredibly handsome prize The lady and gentleman
hubbed It, The of course George Herman Ruth
When Brother Herman died Christmas at the age
of IS it duly noted that he not only Ruhs first
baseball coach at St Mary at Baltimore but that
has confirmation Babe took Brother middle name
Actually there three Brothers who played major
roles in the development Of the child Ruth who later
years freely admitted that without their guidance he might
have become juvenile delinquent Il guess came pretty
close to becoming adult one too Babe to laugh
before his own death in 1948.
Ruths background always has been hazy although it is
known that beginning at the age following the death of
his mother he fortunately fell into the hands Xaver-
Ian brothers at ST. Mary There Brother Herman but
possibly even influential in forming the
Babe were Brother Matthias and Brother Gilbert all
three did their parts the young Ruth who knew little
OF his parents relatives and made any effort
them out As kid he perhaps figured he doing all right
in the company he was keeping
THESE ARE NOT PLEASANT THEMES. It is granted.
nor is the next thought, which deals with guy
named George Krehbe racing writer for the Detroit News
and friend to remember lot racing writer's are not
precisely accepted by the breed which prefers to den-
titled as sports writer's but Krehbe wasn't among them
George knew his trade and he knew how to write story
This at the Kentucky Derby last May and George
handsomely middle wasn't we'll He had record that
showed that his heart UP the past and during
Derby week he felt pains in his chest Two days before the
Derby George checked hospital but on the big day he
was on the scene to report for his readers the victory
Needles.
1t typicaly piece that Krehbiel ground
out on the next morning this real guy climbed into his
automobile to drive home and died He'd flied his story
however and the only for complaint BY his readers
that George didn't think Needles was so good colt as
to win the Derby II that a sim the Of it,