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PAGE TWO "Champion E (Literary Digest). The bold assertion that "all leans like a first-class scrap" fer^d in a lightsome, off-hand n by the editor of the Jersey Citj nal, as a solution for the largf question that crops up when championship fight is in pros "Why do peaceable, intelligei spectabe average Americans I enthusiastic over the spectacle big men pummeling each othe one or both arrive at a state figured helplessness?" The ei asm has been present in large ure on every such occasion long history of cliatnpionship-t It was responsible for a trenu pilgrimage to Toledo, Ohio, Willard fought Dempsey on J .\irpianes, wires and newspapi operated in rushing to the foi ners of the country the trem< news that Mr. Willard had coll suffering from an extreme fis disposition, in the third act. or Mr. Dempsey. whose courage si the soldiers' papers are quest because, although unmarried within draft ago. he did not api France, is hailed as the "v champion fighter." Ilowevet New York Tribune refers to a distinction" made by Mr. (Jrr Rice, who opines that Dempsey marvel in the ring, the greatei ting-machine, or what you will he is not "the world's rha fighter." As Mr. Rice puts it: "Not by a margin of 50,Ot men who either stood, or were to stand, the test of cold stool a ploding sheil for anything fro cents to a dollar a day. It woi an insult to every young Am who sleeps today from Flanih Lorraine, from the Somme \ Argonne. to crown Dempsey wit laurels built of fighting couragi The Tribune comments that t call of combat is loud, and hum ivgs. the most orderly and pea < > uit in, iiimi it till ill 111 till* III. values of any duel between giai But the heroes of thr> prize-lit ; something else again The wai us new values, new standards of aee and moral valor, new eon and a new meaning for 'elia fighters.' " Despise the men ai methods ayfve will, a so-called ^ pfrmsbip 'fight 'holds .1 euriou intense fascination for us all." words of the Macon ((la.) Daily graph, and has held a similai nation wherever men had red in their veins. It is an "instinc marks the New York Times, there is no quarreling with i stinct." Among men of intellect and c who felt this fascination, o stinct." it is recalled, was the English essayist. William II critic of Shakespeare and biogi of Napoleon. Hazlitt, who re the homage of Robert Louis S son and of W. E. Henley, wh; his position may be today, wi description of a prize light Ilia place nearly a century ago. summary of the fight between man, the Gas-man. and Hill N says one of Ins biographers, "is in literature as also in the ann the ring." It is true that (' Lamb, who was not always in a 01 grace tnmseir. remarked tlial 1 i11 was "one of the finest and spirits breathing when in his n and healthy state." and some u eritle has suggested that his stat not have been "natural and hei when lie wrote of the grea bloody battle. Nevertheless, lift's report of the Hickman fight has become a class'c, though it is lacking in most c "extravagances of journalism." the Chicago Tribune detects i language with which the reren lard-Dempsey fracas was dished the public. Hazlitt begins w long description of his journey place of the battle, and finaliy to a consideration of the contest in this fashion: "Header, have you ever s< fight? If not, you have a pleas come, at least if it is a fi^ht lik between the Gas-man and Bill 1 The crowd was very great wh< arrived on the spot; open car were coming up, with streamei ing and music playing, and the try people were pouring in over and ditch in all directions, to see hero heat or be beaten. The were still on Gas, hut only aboi to four. Gully had been down Neate, and had backed him ci ernbly. which was a damper t sanguine confidence of the a( party. About two hundred tho pounds ($ 1,000,000) were pei The Gas says ho has lost pounds which were promised h different gentlemen if he had He had presumed too much on self, which had made others pr< v . y )m ? - * ? igtiters' ot Today an on him. This spirited and formidab Amer- young fellow seems to have taken f< is of- his motto the old maxim that "thei nannor are three things necessary to succei r Jour- in life?Impudence! Impudence! In . dark' pudenee!" Ii is so in matters of opii ever a ion. but not in the Fancy, which is tl pect?{ most practical of all things, thour at, re-1 even here confidence is half the ha >ecomoj tie, but only half. Our friend hp of two vapored and swaggered too much, i r until if he wanted to grin and bully his a< of dis- versary out of the fight. 'Alas! tl athusi- Bristol man was not so tamed!'meas 'This is the grave-digger!' would Toi in the Hickman exclaim in the moments < toxing.! intoxication from gin and succes ndous j showing his tremendous right ham when| "This will send many of them to the illy 4.; long homes: 1 haven't done with thei >rs co-[yet!' Why should he? Though h ii' cor-|had licked four ol the best men wit! mdous in the hour, yet why should he threa: lapsed, j en to inflict disltonorable chastise tic in-! ment on my old master Richmond, round, veteran going off the stage, and wh >me of has borne liis sal)le honors meekly iotting Magnanimity, my dear Tom, an 1 and bravery should be inseparable. 0 tear in why should he go up to his antav rorld'sj onist. the first time he ever saw hit . the at the Five Court, and. measurin "flnejhim from head to foot with a glanc intand of contempt, as Achilles surveys ' is "a Hector, say to him: 'What, are yo st hit- j Hill Neate? I'll knock more bloo but o\it of that great carcass of thine, thi mpion .day fortnight, than you ever knock"' lout of a bullock's!" It was not man >0.000 ly, 'twas not fighter-like. If he wa ready, sure of the victory (as he was not) ml ex- , the less said about it the bettet in six; Modesty should accompany the Fane aid be us its shadow. The best men were al erican w ays the best behaved." prs to The fighters were matched, in thi to the classic affair, along lines familiar t h any those who read accounts of the recen p." Willi) I'U. I lant nBAU t*n Tho (lue.mal "the resembled Dempsev In being lighter 1111 be-1 more aggressive: Mill Neate was i ( cable great <>x of a man. somewhat reseni imatit bling Wi'.lard. The outcome, how its. . lever, was entirely different, evei ig are though llazlitt's description of th r gave first round might fit the same roum cour- in the recent widely advertised con trusts, test at Toledo. As the essayist rc mpion jiorts: id the ,,ln the first round every on cham- thought it was all over After malt s and ing play a short time, the tias-un :n the Hew at his adversary like a tigei Tele- s'rnck five blows in as many seconds I'asei- three first, and then following him a blood he staggered back, two more, righ t." re- and left, and down he fell, a might; "and ruin. There was a shout, and 1 said in in-, 'There is 110 standing this.' Neat seemed like a lifeless lump of ties] ulture and bone, round which the Gas-man' r "in- blows played with the rapidity o great electricity or lightning, and you imag azlitt, ined he would only be lifted up to b apher knocked down again It was as i "oived lliekman held a sword or a lire ii tevcn- that right hand of his, and directed 1 atever it against an unarmed body. The rote a met again, and Neate seemed, n<> t took cowed but particularly cautious. "His saw his teeth clenched together am Hick- his brows knit close against the sun eats." lie held out both arms at full lengtl alone straight before him. like two sledg< ;ils of hammers, ami raised his left an inc harlos or two higher. The Gas-man couh state not got over this guard they <lrue Hnz- mutually and fell, hut without ad wisest vantage on either side. It was th at ura I same in the next round; but the ha I nkind a tire of powei was thus restored th e may fate of the battle was suspended. N ilthy" i one could tell how it would end. Thi t and was the only moment in which upin Haz- ion was divided; for. in the next, th Neate Gas-man, aiming a mortal blow at hi even adversary's neck with his right hand >f the and failing from the length he had t< which reach, the other returned it with hi n the left at full swing, planted a tremen t Wil- dons blow on his cheek-bone and eye up to brow, and made a red ruin of tha 'itla a side of his face. The Gas-man wen to the flown nnrt tllf>r<- vunu nnrithn, dIw>ii # comes a roar of triumph as the waves of for itself tune rolled tumult uously from side t I side. This was a settler. Hickmui ren a got up. and 'grinned horrible a irhast lire to lv smile,' yet he was evidently dashei e that in his opinion of himself; it was th S'eate. first time lie had ever been so pun frn we lahed; all one side of his face wa riages perfect scarlet, and his right eye wa is fly- closed in dingy blackness as he at! conn-1 vanoed to the fight, less confident bu hedge still determined. After one or twi their rounds, not receiving another sue! odds remembrancer, lie rallied and went a it five it with ills former impetuosity. Ku to try in vain. His strength had been weak ansld- ened his blows could not toll at sucl o the a distance he was obliged to flint iverse himself at his adversary, and couh usand not strike from his feet; and alums iding. as regularly as he flew at him a it I 3,000 ills right hand, Neate warded tin lm by blow, or drew back out of lis reach won. | and felled him with the return of hi him- left. There was little cautious spar 3suino ring -no half-bits no tapping ant / ... > '' " I /" x ? V/ THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCA not the sportl of winning th d Some Days Ago cbaulthe 8ordl "May the mockery now, le trifling. none of the petit-maitre-ship reauy determl ir of the art?they were almost all at th0 door. re knock-down blows; the fight was a ss good stand-up fight." Uow to .\rr|v, 11- In the end the boastful Gas-man, ,, _ (Percy P. Cac 11- pummeled to a pulp, went down for ie the count, and Hazlitt reports that, ? Suggest vour :h on being brought back to conscioqsr reportt ness. he asked, "Where am I?" in the A . , First take yov id most approved manner. They col- , . , ., . . . , , ' Add wife 8 inc i* lected a purse for him, of a size not . . Divide bv youi I specified by the careless reporter, . , . , . v v Add your tele >e who also neglects to mention how _ , . Subtract your much the victorious Hill Neate se- ... , . . ,, ~ ... , ... Add electric li in cured as his share. Probably it did bv nuni if not equal a tenth part of the $100,000 ,, ... . Multiply by ni s. which Mr. Willard received Tor fight- Multlplv by yo I. ing for 12 minutes on July 4. a rate Add numbor 0 ir of payment which most newspapers u seem to think considerably excessive. e In fact, the whole present financial i>W i- arrangements of championship box- |J ins-mutches come in for some hard >- knocks. "A heavyweight championa ship is a commercial enterprise. ^ o promoted by a plunger who stands to ? win or lose a fortune," says the Syrail case Post-Standard, and the Omaha ir Bee buzzes disgustedly: "Once the great athlete was adn mired by all and envied by many. He g was an example of the possibility of e] physical and mental development and d coordination. On his mind as well as u his muscles depended his preemiil nence in his especial line of endeavor, s and the all-around man was a source d | of inspiration because of his vigor. -j Among savage and semlcivilized peosj pie he was chief, and the highly cul, tivated paid him tribute of respect be . cause of his beauty and grace as well y as his ability. i I- "Not so these days. The profes- a slonal athlete is first of all a business B s man His renl triumph Is found in! I othe box-office, his trophies take thej 1 t form of cash in hand, and his glory n is invested in lands and stocks. His i leadership may pass, but the usufruct 1 n of his endeavor is siilistuntinl ami - j during. Kven should he, as many of I _ the ilk have done, dissipate his sains I! r 11 foolishly, it remains true that it was 11 j We are proud of the ronfldence E doctors, (Iruftftists ami tlie puhlic I have in tttiti Chill and Fever Tonic. ! !- ?Adv. i ? j This Can y | I. e h s > f! 9 r a * y j i| ^ ?j _ o ii ?j .'J 8 _ _ kti^tMmi wfiinwf 'am* ' >-?- AA. : J*#*-' <*teu i '4 **o :- * yijfcv^B STER, S. C. iik ins-intu nor ine joy Atui your liouse number, at led him to the top. Subtract wife's age (approximately! i long ng for the hard Divide by number of aunts you huv< i Add the number of uncles, best man win!" is a Subtract number of daughters, because the outcome Is Multiply by number of times ned by the money taken You have gone up in an airplane, I Subtract your best golf score, ] Add a pinch of salt, e at Your Income Tax. And then go out and ity. In The Boston Kec- Borrow the money and pay the tax. ord.) file for income tax re- *'i Charlotte. ? (Monroe Enquirer). ir income, Up in Charlotte they found a badl ome, crippled fellow begging on the streel p eldest son's age, ] a few days ago and they made hii phone number, vamoose the town because lie ha auto license number, saved up three hundred or 11101 ght bill, plunks within a few months. 'Not! iber of kilowatts, or feller up there by some ungodly 1 inibor of kilowatts, not illegal tricks and turns prize ur father's age, 'em loose for 'steen thousand plunk if gold fillings in teeth, and he stays and welcome b'gosh. 1 Next Time?Buy { CORD TIR Big? cle | k appearanc an exces v even for < "U?? ??~ il a~(lr*# V liar ritkl TOUGH, WEAR-RESISTIN For Sale by Dealers iels 8 days are Man, .. i S C?ii $J[ $f a_ :4g?sUy& \ frfc . 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