Show MUNN GiVES GIVES WIFE CREDIT FOR HONORS CHICAGO Jan Wane CP 16 Wt Big Munn world a 8 heavyweight wrestling champion who ho approximately one one- one eighth ofa of a ton owes his hi prized title to the tho counsel of his four feet tet two Inches tall wife The conqueror of r E Sti 51 angler Is to today lay told honi honl an nn liable Hable desh to pla pIa instead 1 ot of k look took him hint from oil oR sellin llIn In Sioux Rioux CIt Cliv la Za t to professional ath- ath ath after he h od 1 been beert urged b by hi his wife Ife ife to make the leap Jie H gives her hr e credit for th tha di de d cislon In choosing a an athletic In- In instead In Instead stead of ot a business career that in him Into the championship Ba Dark Back k In 1919 a after Munn re- re returned returned re returned turned from military service lie embarked In lit the of ot lep- lep resenting an n ci oil refining In Sioux City But Bit the desire for tor torpIa pie pIa i In Instead lead of business was too In his university h ho I liked football basket took an Interest In track butAS but was AS plumb daffy as ha ho expressed It lt about wrestling That s a where whre my roy wife Ife eom come coma In Munn Munn sail raid She counselled In thu 0 Well W ll It you like athletics athletic better beller than you ou do business OUI jilt It I a IL Job In athletics lou ou can n t do play both both play wh YOU are aro oed to work ork What she advised ad was the th truth Whenever tb there re was a Q game or a football game t-amo anywhere near Siou Sioux City I was wu Oft off to compete In It Instead of ot Attend Attend- AttendIng attend ine log Ing to business Finally taking taking- her c I quit business and went In tor for athletics athletic Munn Mono however refused to lid lid- admit nd mit It was his hla wife who him list to take up a 0 career as it II boxer The r nay eel that Munn Muan In the ho language was a flop as B II fighter In his hia bl very tint professional nl ne n was 10 knocked out rut When he came cameto cameto camato to he decided fighting waa sas aa DO no but buat- n flees nellS aa for him hint |