Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-06-10 | Page 7 | Georgia Loyal to Young Stribling

Georgia Loyal to Young Stribling Native Son Picked to Win Heavy He vy Title 4 Challenger Continues Quiet Living Editors Editor's Note As M. a friend of or Willie writer Sn In his home and a sports Jimmy Jones Jonts knOW knowl II a town MAcon Oa O the thai thai- of of the intimate aide re the championship cham- cham lenger for In this and of his family life and or of the Jones ar- ar Georgia boy Jones tens jells some the tIdes Ucles on about how bOI stands In his home hometown town more own and of rats his personal o life e f By Jimmy Jones Copyright 1931 NEA Service Inc MACON Ga Oa June 10 In lo-In In the remote re it- mote retreats of Georgias Georgia's great swamp the there are natives who never ne read newspapers and who still believe that witches chase thase away the f flaIl lh On in a Sl r recent cent trip a Macon m man aSke asked f one one of f the swamp denizens who lives in a log cabin on an Island Is Is- land and what he thought of chance to win the big fight The native looked up blankly through shaggy eyebrows he asked the an German replied replied re reo re- re Max Ma the plied DUed the 1 Well VelI drawled the native aun i aon-i I- I never worry bout a Georgia Cracker not a n German That is typical of the loyalty loyally for Strib down here though s a crude ex ex- ex ample The city cUy of Macon has thrown only two tv parades parade for a homecoming hero aero One was for Willie Stribling after he stopped Otto Von In Chicago Strib riding in an auto was escorted along alon Macons Macon's main thoroughfare thor thor- Lindbergh fashion as ticker tick tick- er tape and paper fluttered from office of of- flee fice windows The other parade was after he hll h Phil Scott n NO TROUBLES There is a complete understanding within the domestic circle of the heavyweight challenger His wife in tn on rooting for him at all his fights Just as cs she did when she sho was his his' boyhood sweetheart And Mrs S never gets Jealous when hen her husband is as s critic at al some bathing beauty revue or when he poses with a stage star for for a photo He cams earns his living by serving by-serving serving the public says the boxers boxer wife and because c I come second sec sec- ond say cays o of o hl wile wife 1 L The greatest little sport in the world The spend many quiet evenings together Strib likes to play bridge with his Ills wife and read aviation aviation avia avia- tion magazines He always has a coule cou plo pIc le of good hunting dogs around home lome his tast tastes s running to tov set setters rs pointers and dogs He cant can't bear the sight of ot a Pekingese or poodle Mrs Stribling worries a a. little when her husband is away knowing his love ovo for speed explains explains ex ex- plains it like this Hes big big bigand and strong and never loses oses his 1115 head and I know h he will wUl take care of himself