| Show I A DOUBLE PAGE I OF SPORTING NEWS CONTAINING II I PA j v. v i 3 X TilE THE ir irBY fiAME i 4 BY LLOYD K JONES I BY HY LLOYD K JONES There was a time when Tom Torn Sharkey Shar Shar- Jc key thou thought ht ho he could wrestle Tom not only fancied tho mat game grime was wa cut lUL and frIed dried d for tor him hini but ho tou tool took j every precaution to mako good Somo c three years rears cars back was ached sched- llod to moot meet Jack Roone In tho thc windup at a big wre wrestling show at J the tho Coliseum in Chicago It wa was Q a I widely advertised nd event ent and Boone Rooney wa was pretty well thought oC of To bo be n assured of oC fair rail play took the precaution to warn Jack that an any unfair tactics would Immediately w transform the meet Into a boxing contest con con- i. i test Now If It thero there l is an any one man L who looks Jools like lIko a n. mountain of ot flesh that guy Is the tie above mentioned Thomas rhomas With JU that ship on his lith noble bosom ho be suro sure does loot look like Ilko an annex to the navy When limo was Sharkey was a n bit j excited d and sort ort ort of forgot tho gam game ho Ito had entered Instead ot of going goin iy through tho the precautionary routine of ot off f r feeling out his man ho immediately put up his dukes dukos and find began prancing prancIng ing around Rooney looking Roone looking for or an S opening After Artor a while white Tom got the notion all straightened out and understood I he lie was to wrestle IIo TIc didn't know v I r I much about tho the game but ho was as I mighty Incero about It Incidentally Incidental Incidental- ly won the match which was wa wasa I a n. handicap a affair r. r Other fighters have had wrestling but tho the two kinds of or sport port l I dont don't mix very well Jack Monroe took tool on a few tew c. c wrestling contracts and chose choe amon among his competitors IIan Harvey y Parker I J. J I Parker was altogether too clay classy i t. t for tor Monroe and didn't care caro to merely throw the fighter Ho lie wanted to show him up and he ho certain certainly lived up Uj to tl his fondest wishes So Sn bad badly W wis ws R Jack shown he decided to elc Jc reen ro- ro en vengo e. e At that time Jack was waR preparing pre pre- paring for his fight with Jeffries Jack Monroe Shown Up Ui I In the tho dressing lnA after the sho show shop Monroe Monroe Monroe Mon Mon- roe in to tell Parker what hat he ho Intended to do 10 to him him especially especially b byway by byway j way of ot administering a good heating I Harvey lIane was looking for tor this and risked asked the other boys to leave leavo the dressing room retaining one as referee Now No No I Jack said Harvey cy I never thou thought though h you ou were we're anything but a a. bi big mutt and antl I Im I'm going to provo prove It Im I'm not u tL lighter fighter and am nm not going to tako t. chances of a n beating but I am going to twist your our blamed arms arias off of and ami you ou never will get gel that losers loser's end encl with Big Dig Jim This was the ver very thing Monroe fonroe to avoid so 80 he backed down and decided that Harvey Parker was wasI not such a ball bail fellow tellow att after r all I There arc ro el very few wrestlers who i ido I do not b believe lIeve that they could bo be goo good I prize e fighters Frank Gotch 01 either th 1 I had bad the notion at ono one time Kir or wanted to see what the tho sporting editors would I pay ay about It The Tho truth Is in wrestling wres t tUng Gotch would matte mako Jim Jeffries I I look like Wee a plater while In fighting I James would compel Frank to lI listen ten to tho the little birdies I The Tho very tactics that win matches for grapplers would be foul In fighting fight I lag InS and the tho tighter lighter b by punching his opponent would lose on a foul in wrestling A man ought to bo be content content con coo tent to be bo good In one line Ho IIo cant can't expect to hold all tho the championship j i tI i I zi I II IhL F I 44 I I 4 4 I p TY I F f tl 1 I i r i I I I Ii IiI 1 I JAMES J. J JEFFRIES JEFRIES |
