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“LANKY BOB* IS DEAD
Robert Fitzsimmons, one of the two real pugilists the
world has known is dead. Hardly a child ovei ten \tais oi
age but has not heard of "Lanky Boh and there are man\
who have seen him tight or know his ring record. The
opening statement says “two of the real pugilists” and the
other is John L. Sullivan. For years Sullivan and Fitzsim
mons have been the real idols of the ring. Of course theie
is Sharkey. Jeffries. Corbett. Jack Johnson and Jess Wil
lard—hut the two real fighters were Sullivan and Fitzsim
mons. One would have stood about as much of a chance
of "framing" a tight with them as a snowball would have
of withstanding the alleged heat of Hades. l'o have at
tempted to "frame" a fight with Fitzsimmons or Sullivan
would have l>een one’s framing of the measurement of the
top of the earth which denotes the last resting place. Sul
livan we all know as a "square shooter." "Lanky Bob” was
as closely related to the "square shooter term as was Sul
livan. Sports knew that when Bob stepped into the ring
that there was to be a tight—something that few fans have
seen in later years, as the sporting game has relegated into
one “of how much money do I get for meeting so-and-so.”
There has not l>een a tight in recent years that has not been
so "queer" about in one way or the other. Ihe sport has
fallen to such a degree that no matter who enters the ring,
no matter who loses, that there is not some skepticism. And
those who enter the ring have brought this thing upon
themselves, for they have either been the victims or have
been a party to tactics decidedly unsportsmanlike, and if
they have been the victims, they were easy ones. Look
back yourself and sum up the recent tights—say for the
past ten years, especially among the heavyweights—what
is vour decision? Fakes or shady affairs. Kvery fight
has had its meaning—a knock on the game. The heavy
weights are not the only culprits, for money madness has
seized all the lightweights, featherweights, bantams and
the various others. Therefore, the sporting world has lost
a real fighter when the Grim Reaper took in Robert Fitz
simmons.
There must have been a great sigh of relief when the
employees of the Seattle shipyards returned to work yes
terday. It is also another victory for the present admin
istration. sending able men to discuss with the men their
duty to the country in this hour of need.
The proclamation by President Wilson calling for a
day of prayer to seek aid from the Supreme Master, the
• tTTP.fJ
The Satisfy! - and
yet. they’re WILD
RISING OR SETTING?
— Harding in Brooklyn Eagla.
bending of the knee to the Great Creator, shows what a
' God-fearing man and Christian the Chief Executive of the
United States is. His belief in the Supreme must be recog
nized bv all and must carry a dreadful meaning to the
Ingersollite.
~
Tomorrow is Liberty Day when the entire nation will
work for subscriptions to the second issue ol the Liberty
j Loan Bonds. Liberty Day should have a meaning never
| before attained.
Famine in sugar and a tax on jewelry if you put -
chase it—both begin spelling the sentence “We are at
War.” There will yet be more words which yvill add to
| the kind of type the sentence is to be spelled in and all yvill
. increase its font.
The other day a visitor in Seward called on two min
isters. The visitor was told that one “was digging pota
j toes” and the other was “carpentering on his house.”
' Truly, everybody works in Seward.
; “Do your Christmas shopping early” yvill be the slo
1 gan thrown before us. \es, it is only sixty-four days, in
i eluding Sundays, to do that same shopping. My, hoyv time
flies.
C.W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
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