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Show 4Jfl4 Rya I IAdventurers Adventurers Adventul"ers Adventulers " ' " yClub Club Clubz Club"Wrestling y yr , . , z r "Wrestling Wrestling "IT/restlill "IT IT restlill " / for Life " By FLOYD GIBBONSIr GIBBONSfI GIBBONS Ir\ Ir fI IrFamous fIFamous \ Famous Headline Hunter HunterT . I /T T / EET Felloe Fellon Fellow Adv Adventurer nturer Jack Kapsol of Brooklyn Brooh.lyn Broohlyn . , N . Y Y.1 Y1 . I t 1M 1MEET Jack Jach . is a gas station attendant andcomes and comes into mto the tltc club "lth lth with withlflying "lth'flying " v\ith'flying v ith'flying ithflying \ 'flying flying lflying ' colors and a story of a hand hand-to hand to - to hand battle he hadss had "ltIl ltIl ss " ith itli aholdup a ahold-up ahold up hold hold-up hold up - up man . SP SPabout Spciking- Spciking Spc1.I.ing Spc1I.ing Spc1Iing SPa Spcikingof eihinm . . a - of hold-ups hold ups - in gas stations , I want . to tell you y youabout u uabout about Bill Kernan , a friend of mine mme who runs a service service station statIo ? inMiami m in mMiami inMiami Miami , Fla . Bill DIU Bi11 DIUwas Bi11was was sitting alone in his lonely lonel } ) station one nIght nIghtlast nightlast nightlast last winter . . There had been a ' lot 'ot ot of gas station holdups In town recently recentlyand recentlyand recentlyand and Bill BIII W was lS feeling pretty nervous this night . He had quite a abit abit abit bit of money in the cash register and didn't didnt ' like the looks of the theweather theweather theweather weather . It was raining ramlng cats and dogs and the streets were weredeserted weredeserted weredeserted deserted . . bu { suddenly cnly the light of a big car driving Into his dilveway dllvewny dilvewny startled him himThe himThe himThe The car cnr sklddcd sUdded skidded to a stop and nnd two men jumped out and nnd entered the ofuce office office'Bill ofuce'Bm ofuce'Bill ofuceBill 'Bm Bm 'Bill Bill ' took one look at them ' and 1nd ind nearly fainted f.1inted f1inted . Botli Both wore masks I ! IMasked : Masked Devil Deviland Devil and Pirate Hold Up Gas Station . * ' i Without waiting for the commind comm'lnd commlnd command ' . , Bill nill raised his hands over oyer his hts head head'nnd head'and head'and headand 'nnd nnd 'and and ' dropped weak weakly ] . } into a it chair . He looked his night nigbt visitors over with withIPopplng withpopping withipopping IPopplng popping eyes And no wonder lOne I ! One of them looked like Uhc the eYll-1 eYll 1 devil-I devil I devil - I mean meanexactly meanexactly meanexactly exactly that-he that he that - he was W'iS WiS ' ' dressed in a de\ de des devil's devils den's \ tl n's ns ' s costume complete from horns to tosplkCd tof tospiked tojsplked f ! splkCd spiked tail taU I ! The Tbe other masked mtsked : man was a pirate plmte and nnd pistols plstos ] and daggers daggersipeeped daggerspeeped daggersjpeeped ipeeped ( peeped threateningly from his belt IWhat I ! IWhat What a disguise . , Bill thought , and with chattering teeth he hetold hetold hetold told them to help themselves to the cash register . Bill's Bills ' boss had hadtold hadtold hadtold told him not to resist In case of a holdup and Bill , being an obedi obedi- obedient obedient - ent employee , obeyed But the men paid no attention to the cash cashregister cashregister cashregister register . The pirate Instead drew out a long pistol and leveled It Itat Itat itat at Bill's Bills ' trembling head : "Give Give " us some gas or your life , " he growled . Bill BIlJ jumped at the command and quickly filled fiUed their tbeir tank He spilled spilleda a lot of the gas on the road but that didn't didnt ' matter . All AU he wanted to dowas do dowas dowas * ' was to get rid of his dangerous customers as soon as possible A few gal galIons galions galIons Ions of gas was a cheap price to pay , he thought thoughtHoldup . . Holdup Turns Out to Be Revelers ' Lark . Then as he finished finlsbed filling mng ] ) the tank Bill BlU got another nnother shock . . The devIl devIlreached devilreached devilreached reached in a m mysterious sterious pocket and handed him a five fie fi\ fi fir \ e a dollar doUnr bill blU Bill Billlooked Billlooked Billlooked looked at the money in amazement . A strong whisky odor came fiom flom ftom the thedevU's thedevil's thedevil's thedevils devU's devUs devil's devils ' breath . . "Keep Keep " the change , " he muttered thickly . And the two bandits 'b1ndlts b1ndlts bindits ' " climbed chmbed into their big car and dro\ dro dros drove droe \ e a back to tothe tothe tothe the fancy dress ball ban they tbey had Just left 1 ! This Time It's Its ' Really a Serious Affair Affair.That's Affair.Thats AffairThats . That's Thats ' one service ser\lce ser lce sersice \ man's mans ' story Jac Jack ] . Kapsol's Kapsols Iiapsol's Iiapsols ' ' experience wasn't wasnt ' quiteso quiteso quite quiteso so funny and his bandit hadn h'ldn hldn hidn ' t been to any masquerade either . ' Jack had the night watcht watchtat watch at his father's fathers ' service station on onliberty onLiberty onLiberty liberty avenue in Jamaica , L . 1 I . One Saturday mght-or mght or night-or night night - - or ratherSunday rather ratheri i Sunday morning , for It t was 3 a . mJack m-Jack m Jack m -Jack Jack - Jack was sitting alone wait walt- walt wait- waltng waiting waiting - , ing ng for customers The date was December 1 , 1934 Business had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been good that day and there was plenty of Jack in Jack's Jacks ' cash cashregister cashregister cashregister.The cashregisterThe register . The street " was "as as de deserted erted when a big blue Buick BUlCk drove up and twotougb twotough two twotough tough tougb looking ookmg hooking ] characters charactlrS asked for 10 gallons of gas Jack gave 13e 13\ 13 gas ; ' \ e a it to themI them I ' u zit i ; ? I I I r rThe _ The Thug Swung an Ugly Black Jack at Him . and they gave him a r " two to 0 dollar bill in pa payment . } ment When he started Into the theoffice theoffice theoflice office to get the change chnnge one of the men-a men a men - a big fellow in a heavy overcoatfollo overcoatfollowed overcoat overcoatfollowed -followed followed -follo\\ follo - followed follocd \ cd him"Hand him him"Hand "Hand Hand "Band Band " all an the dou douph dough h over o\"er o "er er ' \ " , " the big man ID'1n ID1n min ' ordered with a curse nnd and nndpulled andpulled andpulled pulled a heavy black jack out of his coat pocket Jack Jade sa\s sa s says , 1 ' \ s the black jack jackwas jackwas jackwas was an ugly ] looklrg ooklrg ooklrgeapon \ weapon \\eapon eapon and the sight of it almost made m'lde mlde ' him obey obey.But obeyBut . . But he be figured he couldn't couldnt couidn't couidnt ' gh give gise e up his father fathers s money \ without thout ! a n struggle struggleBesides struggleBesides struggleBesides Besides , , Jack Jach Is an amateur amnteur \ wrestler restIer and a pretty big fellow feow ] himself . Jack's Jacks ' Knowledge of Wrestling Was a Life Saver Saver.He SaverHe . He rciched rC'lched rClched reached ' for the cash register , pretending pretendmg to obey , and tlien then sod sad soddenly saddeny suddenly denly deny nnde m'lde mlde made ' a living flying lng tackle tad.le tadle . at the holdup man Whami Wham ] the black bl1ck jackwhistled jack jackwhIstled jackwhistled whIstled through throuh . ; the air and down " went "ent ent both men Jack Jacl . had been too toofast toofast toofast fast for the black bhck Jack jacl . He lie got un under er it as liS the weapon we1pon wbl whizzed ze by his ear earand earand earand and grabbing the bandit's bandits ' arm applied npplle a "Japanese Japanese "Jap'1nese Jap1nese "Japiuese Japiuese " ' arm lock locI . " Did Old you ever see that hold ? It's Its ' ' a pip and you can snap a aman's aman's aman's amans man's mans ' arm with It But the arm Jack held had a heavy overcoat overcoaton on ! it t and its powerful owner broke the hold Jack got a "full full " Nel- Nel Nelson Nelson Nel Nelson - son " on him next and was able to keep away from the black Jack jack.And jackAnd . wrestlingbout restllngbout ssrestiingbout And now comes as strD.n strDn strange . e ' an 1n ending as liS any professional restllng ssrestiing \ bout ever e\"er e "er er \ " ha had The bandit had h'ld hld ' been smoking smo.lng smolng ] . a cigarette clgnrette when he be came In ha In'Ihe inthe 'Ihe Ihe the ' shock shoch of Jack's Jacks Jacl's Jacls . ' attack had knocked knod.ed knoded . the lighted llghted cigaietfe clgmette cigarette on the floor floor.In floorIn . In a corner of the thc ollice office was a keg of ot : highly hgbly ] Inflammable Inf1amw'1ble Inf1amw1ble ' auU anti autlfieezesolution autlfieezesolutionDanger fleeze freeze fleezesoluUon freezesolution soluUon solution solutionDanger Danger of Explosion Was Greater Than Robbery . The tap had leaked leal.ed lealed . and as Jack struggled strugle ; : de de&perately deperately desperately & perately on the floor he hesaw hesaw hesav/ hesav hesavto saw / to his horror that the cigarette clg'lrette clglrette ' had ignited Inited . ; the liquid JlqUld A blue sheak stieak sheakof stieakof stieakof of flame thme was "as as " already he'ldln heldln heading heiding ' . ; tor for the 1.eb 1eb . ke , 'I I ' ? The he next minute might mlgbt see an ane.posion anexplosion anexplosion e.posion eposion explosion ) . ] that \ would \ ould make the tbe wrestling wrestll1\g wrestll1 g \ match , a tie- tie tielth tie-with tie with tie - - " with lth both wrestlers wrestlersdead wrestlersdead wrestlersdead dead ! Jack didn't didnt ' knos4 kno\ kno knoW knovhat \ v/hat v hat what / to do . But his opponent did and he did didIt didit didIt It fast . . The bandit apparently had no desire to be blown up . He Hesaw Hesaw Hesaw saw the fire starting and he started with it Right out the door he hewent hewent hewent went and slamming it after him was off In the car with his partner In partnerIn a cloud of dust . Jack had h'ld hld hid ' literally fallen out of the fr frying Ing pan p'1n p1n ' Into the fire I ! The Themoney Themoney . money was sate sare safe but now it looked like Uke the whole place would go up in inl1ames inflames Inflames l1ames flames flamesJack Jack Kicked Death Right Out the Door . He Jumped for l Ids his s leather coat and tried to smother the Increasing Increasingblaze Increasingblaze Increasingblaze blaze . ' The 'Ihe Ihe Ziie burning liquid splashed spushed ] on his hls arms and burnt them severely sevel seveielyThe ey ] . The wood of the keg was actually buining bUlntng burning ' \ when hen he tried to move It to tosafety tosafety tcsafety safety . One spark on that keg and It would be all over . He bracedhimself bracedhimself braced bracedhimself himself against agamst the tho wall and with his pants leg burning burnmg kicked thekeg thekeg the thekeg keg off Its cradle and out the doorl door I ! Wow Wowl ! If that Isn't Isnt ' kickingdynamite kickingdynamite kicking kickingdynamite dynamite , what is ? But Jack Jach got away nway with it it . . He stamped out the tbe fire Inside Insde ! the station stationnnd stationand statloiand nnd and then took tool , . an nn . inventory I.nventor Inventor . } . The inventory Incntory In\ In \ cntory sho\\ sho showed shoed \ \ ed that he had lost : ; on oncoat < coat cOJ.t cOJt . . , one pair of pants and , last hst but not least , two C eyebrows ev ) ebrows 1 I ! IeWNU 1WNU e-WNU e WNU 9-WNU 9 - -WNU WNU - STTlCO Servko Service . , |