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Show Second South Sam's LUIS ANOEL riEPO, who tome folks thought was a lot of Pampas bull, don't believe the old wheeze that you can't keep a rood guy down. The Smart Guy and the Sap - T'p In Shelby, Mont., there's a gent named Jim Johnson, who's mayor of the burs- Jim thought he'd promote a boxing match Juat to put rlhelbr on the map. so he hired Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons to do a heel and toe for fifteen frames for the modest price of three hundred grand. A lot of folks said that he waa a sap 'for doing that, that he wan going to lose money and all that sort of thing. Well, he waa and he did. ' All the amart guys along Broadway laughed about poor old game old Jim Johnson of rihelby. who hocked hla bank and half of the state to put on a fight juat because ho said he waa going to. . Back In New York they have a guy named Jim Johnston. He's a fight promoter, too. He decided that he was going to stage a match between Benny Iieonard and Johnny Dundee. Johnaton had all of the fight writers with him, a big towa to draw from and all that sort of thing. He didn't have everything against blra tha way poor old Jim did In Bheiby. The Broadway bill prom lee 4 to be as big a bloomer as the Shelby affair, bo they Juat up and called - the whole thing off. and everybody aevs what a smart guy this Johnston la lust because ha didn't have the grit to stand the gaff. ' Somehow or another we can't figure Juat why they put the hammer to work for Johnson and his Shelby crew, when he said he'd do aome-thing aome-thing and go through with It. and then let this guy Johnston off when He starts something and lets poor old Vox Popull himself hold the sack. Jim Johnson may not be smart but he's aura all man. There's only one way to get a drink in Salt Lake. Step op to the first place yon come to and ask for it. Tha suys whs knaek Jim Johnson and praise Jim Johnston are about ar bread minded as Fat eohuler'e friend who ssys that everybody ought to be given the right te live providing they're Democrats and Pseebyteriane. e a Fight fans are funny guys. , Last Julv when Jack Dempser was fighting little Tommy Gibbons, probably the smallest of all possible contenders for his throne, every fight fan in the country, with a few etxeep-tions, etxeep-tions, was hoping liempsey' would (ret his block knocked off. Then when he engaged in the bull fight they were pulling for him to make some beefsteaks out of this bull guy. They always want to see the smaller guy win. . Mebbe they aren't such funny guys, after all. $ Mebbe they're just pretty human sort of folks. Wanted In Friday's Telegram ssysi "Two unincumbered1 ladies wish four gentlemen boor dors to room together." Tha Wantad auy must be trying ta steal aur stuff. There'll be a rush an Friday Telegrams ta get tna t el op ho no numbers- ' . Marriage, according to Judge Ben Lindaay of Denver, is on the wane. What is it the scientists say about the country getting wiser and wiser, day by day! Bait Lake baseball fans era losing their rep. A couple of weeks ago Paul Strand broke tha Coast league home run record, and tke fans didn't give him a tumble, in San Francisco they'd have torn up Recreation park and used it for a bonfire parade. Toaterdav Paul B trend broke tha world's hitting record, crashing out tha hit that meant everything to Bait Laake. making bis two; hundred and ninetieth hit with four weeks and three games of thai wtgon yet to go. Ho got a rumble, and that was about all. In San Francisco they would hsvs voted him half Interest in tha Ferry building. behind the gang If they want them to go. Bad Ridley, who meets Loa Palaso st ths Orphsam theatre next Monday night, hss been known as, snd calls himself, ths "Little Jack Dempsey." Thst may not be so sweet now thst it is known thst Dempsey can bs socked on tha chin. |