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Physical Development and Sports
By John (Jack) Tholmer
FIGHTS I HAVE WITNESSED
I was born in a town that was al
ways a great fight center (New Or
leans, La.) There as well as elsewhere
I have witnessed many battles.
The question arose some time ago as
to which was the hardest glove scrap
known. That in itself is a hard ques
; tion for any one to answer, as few
men will agree as to exactly what
constitutes a hard mill. Then again,
we must understand that no man saw
all the different contests staged since
boxing became an art. But of all the
slugfests that the writer has seen in
a quarter of a century, one that has
always impressed him as having been
among the scrappiest, if not the ter
rible ever engaged in by little men,
took place in New Orleans back in
1906. John Labeaud, a Creole gro
ceryman and sport, lover of boxing
owned a small club. He matched two
youngsters, welters, Bremmer and Al
berts, to go ten sessions with five
ounce pellets. The writer took charge
of Bremmer’s conditioning. Alberts
had an Italian as his handler.
The night of the contest the little
arena was packed like a filled sardine
can.
After the prelims the main card
slipped in under the ropes. Betting
was lively as both boys had a large
following of loyal admirers. After
adjusting the gloves and instructions
from the referee, the bell clanged and
the battle was on. And seldom have
two beings slugged like those two boys
did that night.
Not a second was lost. Both ad
vanced to the center of the ring de
j termined on the same thing. To slug
I his way to victory. Never have I
seen fists fly so fast and so accu
rate. Not a punch was wasted, each
man seemed confident of his ability
t« outslug the other. For three whole
I minutes it was a hail of gloves, each
blow of which seemed able to drop
: an ox. Bell and they rested.
Round 2.—They have not been
daunted, the battle continues to rage
fiercely, the house is in an uproar—
Alberts rips that deadly right to
Bremmer’s face and a lump the size
of a full grown egg jumps out and
takes the place of the glove as it
j recedes. Bremmer feels the sudden
1 «7TOW th and raises his right glove
to feel it as if to remove its presence.
Alberts is still slugging with both
fists like an enraged demon. Men are
i frantic, you can not hear your own
voice. I yell to Bremmer above the
I roar of the throng; fight ’em back!
fight ’em back, go on, go on, and
he slugs away for dear life. The
bell ends the round.
Round 3.—They deal out to each
other the same dope, only in larger
doses and faster—bell. They do not
hear and continue to mix it. The noise
! is so great that the referee neither
! hears the gong, and parts the men
when signalled by the time keeper.
| Both men go to their corners. Bell.
Bremer goes to the center. Alberts’
seconds have not revived him. He
is exhausted. Bremmer is declared the
winner.
Thus ended one of the greatest
battles I have ever witnessed among
glove men.
After a good rest both men are
alright. None the worse for their
gruelling, exciting contest. It was a
scrap that surely was a treat to those
who witnessed it. From the first
gong it was evident that the contest
ants could not maintain the pace they
set and continue through till the end.
They both started in good shape, but
the pace was too terrific for any hu
man being to keep it up.
SPLITTING THE PLATE
By John A. Tholmer, The Prophet
1
How can one expect Texas to re
spect the law when her governor says
that villians clothed with police au
thority may slug with impunity, club
and blackjack respectable people pro
vided it is done to deprive Colored
Americans of their legal rights?
Go on pecks, some day the worm
will bite you so hard that you’ll think
he’s an adder.
2
' I move that the big boys in the
senate, Lodge, et al., quit pulling the
props from under the temple of peace
and let her stand rocking in her bed
of sand. She’ll hold fast until at
least a stiff breeze blows the cur
tains down or up and the big show’ll
open up again. What’s the use wrang
ling and squabbling about the merits
of the play before the last act? ’Tis
only an intermission we are enjoying
now while the band plays in subdued
strains.
3
If we had not reached an age in
life wheie we feel a sense of grave
responsibility, it would give us pleas
ure to have a good laugh at the antics
of some of our learned statesmen.
Telling the world how to clean house,
picking the atoms out of the eyes
of Japan, etc., while their own heads
are so clouded with dust that their
senses are dulled and the lids over
their eyes so weighted with barnacles
that their visions are sadly impaired.
Still they see the other fellow’s mis
givings, but not their own. Come on
fellows, ditch the pipe, and crawl out
of the stupor before its too late.
4
Many good folks have predicted that
I’ll be entertained by the little chil
dren of h-a-l-l-e-l-u-g-a and the elders,
the kings, queens, princes, dukes and
all the royalties when I turn the ghost
loose, but I’ll have the satisfaction of
knowing that they knew what they
were talking about because they’ll lie
there to see me when I enter, clean
and dressed up, while they’ll be black
and smutty from coal dust, due to
their having been there so long before
1 received my assignment. Wonder
on whom the joke will be?
Army Camouflage—Stevedores, en
gineers, labor battalions, pioneer in
fantry? Answer, think it over for
yourself.
5
Knoxville, Tenn., Special to Civili
zation, Aug. 30.—An army of valiant
Tennesseeans, with full equipment,
declared war on Maurice Mayes (Col
ored), bound hands and feet in the
prison at Knoxville, after the expira
tion of a 10 day ultimatum, charging
said Mayes with shooting Mrs. Bertie
Lindsay (white), and the non-issuance
of a confession of guilt by the enemy.
•The brave sons of the southland, ad
vancing in the face of a deadly tooth
pick charge, mowed down the enemy
with machine gun fire. Two of her
heroes, Lieut. Magney and Private
Henderson were caught in their own
barrage and accompanied the “nig
gers” on the road to the dividing point.
Subscriptions are now open to pur
chase statues commemorating their
valorous deeds during life and in bat
tle. Who’ll vote the first penny? We
move that the governor of Texas send
in the first subscription heading the
list.
6
' Texas’ illustrious governor advises
armed intervention in Mexico. Truly
the galls of some folks arc greater
than the sizes of the carcasses that
] encase them. He would shoot up and
kill his neighbors because they won’t
be orderly and at the same time pins
medals on his sheriffs when they beat
up law abiding citizens.
Great bird, that fellow is. But
we’ll allow if it’s his way of reasoning
he’s not wholly to blame, because he
didn’t make himself, then again he
was reared in a poisoned atmosphere.
7
Things are getting desperate. No
hits, no runs. Mississippi’s executive
is called from the bench and sent to
the bat. He is consulted; can’t make
out whether he is sure he can see the
ball. He’ll try. Sends labor agent
north to recall the strayed flock.
Strike one, labor agent encounters dif
ficulties. Strike two, Colored free
men inquire as to what kind of Col
ored folks are wanted in the state
where Chittling Sovitch is a great
commonwealth. Answer, Mississippi
has room for all the “niggers” in the
world, but none for Colored ladies
and gentlemen. Strike three, and the
side is retired again. Score still 0.
8
While the howling multiudes growl,
bark, yelp and scowl at the big hogs
i who are responsible for the H. C. of
L. as they squeeze, claw and scratch
our blood out by cupfuls, the fleas
(the chop house keepers), charge us
still higher rates. Only they get it in
smaller amounts, but making our
agony longer.
What’s the difference if we die in
quick jumps or slow' ones—just so long
as we kick in anyway, it all equals
the same thing.
9
Von Hindy the pivot of the erstwhile
Central Empires of Europe is strongly
of the belief that there is no defeat, no
end till death has folded his shroud
about us and safely tucked us aw-ay:
He said to his countrymen gathered
to do him honor in commemoration of
the victory of Tannenberg:
“We must hold on to this spirit in
the sad days which are now over
coming us; we must not lose courage
because the pariahs of society and
helots are our enemies. We must
again become that which we once were
when in Versailles the new Geiman
' empire was proclaimed, I being among
those permitted to join in the first
three cheers for the emperor. The
spirit of those days must not be lost
in these days of laxity and falseness.”
It must be admitted that hope
coupled with courage and ambition is
a combination that will not down. Ex
hausted Germany has all three. Will
she forever remain where she stands
at the bottom of the list of great
powers? Made to feel the shame of
her disgrace, an autcast among the
peoples of the world ? Rome blazed,
dimmed, faded and finally passed
away, and once upon a time to lie a
Roman was greater than a king. And
not many days ago to be a German
was equal to a king.
Will she forget, forgive and swal
low her humiliation? I say she wont’.
Some days the fires will be rekindled
and blaze again, but the new conflag
ration will be three score times great
er than the one just subdued. Would
that I could sojourn on this hill as
long as did Abraham, so I could take
a hand on some side or other.
Darkness. Game called.
PHYSIC \L DEVELOPMENT
AND SPORTS
By John Tholmer.
Late Boxing Instructor Camp Funston,
Has.
My mudder called ’em monkey tricks,
W’hen feet Pd place toward the sky,
And kick the air such awful licks,
Still 1 continued to grow high.
It is with great satisfaction we note
that schools in different states have
decided to follow the lead of Massa
chusetts by placing in their curri
culum athletics, including boxing. Sev
eral years ago to most college pro
fessors boxing was a game not to be
thought of by gentlemen. Today this
greatest of health giving exercises
seems fast coming to be recognized
as a brain and body builder.
To Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft of Prince
ton, is largely due the credit of a
revival of interest in this lively past
me. Appointed chairman of the ath
letic division of the commission on
training camp activities, U. S. war
department, when America entered the
world war, he determined that all sol
diers should learn to box. Not only
because it added to their physical pow
ers, but because it was essential in
bayonet fighting. As the stand and
movements of an experienced bayonet
man are identical with that of the
boxer.
The men quickly caught the spirit
and the work progressed rapidly and
■""-e’lent results. The average
l>oy regards the fellow who has some
experience in boxing as a sort of won
derman, a person whom he would not
dare have a brush with. Why? Sim
ply because he doesn’t know that it is
i an easy matter for him, not only to
learn to box, but to grow strong. He
sees pictures of well formed, well de
veloped men of athletic build and mar
vels at their good fortune, and says
to himself, “gee, I wish I was like
that guy, straight as an arrow, deep
chested, strong neck, large arms,
springy step. Bet he could fight a
bear and give him a tussel." Well,
boys, your hopes can be easily real
ized. Health, brawn and strength are
the most valued assets and the cheap
est to acquire. Follow these articles
and learn how I got mine.
(To Be Continued.)
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