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o*N FRANCISCO -The gray is in
S' Tom Sharkey’s hair at an age of
Z. h ,° V barrel chest still remains.
5» most famous of all the fighting
T he m sailors still looks
g tougher than a bat-
Sharkey fought
them all Jeffries
twice, Corbett, Fitz
simmons—the top of
the list.
“Your toughest
, fight,” I suggested,
“must have been
that 25-round battle
at Coney Island?”
“It was in one
Grantland Kice way> »» Sharkey said,
„ hut in another way I had an
even tougher scrap. I know this
!L the hardest fight I ever lost.
It was against a fellow known as
Mexican Pete-a tough guy. The
referee was even tougher. He
Horse Johnson. Around the middle
of the first round I got set and
nailed Mexican Pete on the chin
with a full left hand. The back of
l,is head hit the floor and Mexican
Pete was colder than a mackerel
on ice. But Horse Johnson leaned
down and lifted Mexican Pete’s
right hand. ‘Here’s the winner,’
Johnson said.
“I was ready to kill him. I rushed
at the referee and said, ‘You’re ei
ther crazy or crooked. That was a
clean knockout.’
“‘I say Mexican Pete won,
Horse Johnson said. “And as he
said it he pulled out a forty-five and
stuck it in the pit of my stomach.
I didn’t even think twice, for we
were fighting in a tough town where
everyone had backed Mexican Pete.
‘You’re right,’ I said. ‘Mexican
Pete wins.’
“Those were tough days in the
fight game,” Sharkey recalled. “We
fought in rain and sleet and snow,
and no champion ever aspired to
be a gent. We fought with a bunch
of guns around the ring, looking for
trouble. They were hard days—very
hard days.
The Jeffries Fight
“I still think I beat the greatest
heavyweight of all time,” Sharkey
said, “when I fought Jim Jeffries at
Coney Island. I know Jeff cracked
three of my ribs. But what are
three cracked ribs? For that fight
I weighed 169 pounds and Jeffries
weighed 208. I had to spot big
Jim 39 pounds. But the point I’m
making is that I was the aggressor
through 25 rounds. Remember that
line Paul Armstrong wrote about me
—‘Round after round Sharkey came
on like the surf.’
“Jeff stood and waited. I had to
do all the rushing—all the leading.
They gave me no credit for that.
And it was still close. I still believe,
the fellow who forces the fighting
should get more credit than he gets
today. Suppose I had stood and
waited for Jeffries. There would
have been no fight.
The Iron Man
“And yet I think he is the greatest
—or at least one of the greatest—
heavyweights that ever lived. Jeff
was big, strong and fast. He was
dead game and a murderous punch
er with that left hand. He was hard
to hurt. I don’t believe there ever
was another fighter who could take
the beating that Jeffries could take.
As some said about him: You might
as well be punching a hydrant.
“He wasn’t even close to the real
Jeffries when he fought Jack John
son. He was the ‘hollow shell’ they
called him later. A middle-aged
fellow who had been out of training
for five or six years. I know Jack
Johnson never beat the fellow I
fought at Coney Island —not by 10
miles.”
Give and Take
I asked Old Tom, the sailor, what
it took to make a good or great
fighter.
“Many things,” he said, “and
that’s why there are so few good
fighters. First of all there must be
heart and speed—the fighting heart,
Plus fast hands and fast footwork.
After that there must be the ability
to take it. A good fighter must be
able to punch —and also able to take
a punch. These are two of the im
portant things—the old give and
take.
There’s another thing,” Sharkey
added. “The good fighter must have
good legs. I’ve always been a great
believer in road work. Most of these
modern fighters don’t even know
what real road work is. I mean 10
or 12 miles a day. And through
many days—or many weeks. Or
aven many months. I’d say Gene
iunney was the last of the crop who
knew what condition meant. Tunney
worked hard for six years to be
ready for Dempsey—and he really
worked.
Success — and Softness
, ‘ The boys today don’t want to be
bothered about this road work stuff.
They’d rather ride. If you haven’t
Sj>t good legs you haven’t got a
chance. I don’t know who’ll beat
Joe Louis but the one who does will
have trained a lot harder and will
nave better legs. Too much success
15 bound to make you soft in time.
I know that nobody trains today
the way Jeffries, Corbett and I
rained for a fight—l mean road
work, shadow boxing, skipping the
rope, sparring partner workouts.
to the
AILING HOUSE
By ROGER B. WHITMAN
(® Roger B. Whitman—WNU Service.)
Magnesite Stucco.
QUESTION: Some 17 years ago
I stuccoed my house with mag
nesite stucco. The metal lath has
started to show through and some
cracks are appearing. I am trying
to find a finish which will be nearly
like the present gray to contrast
with the red tile roof.
Answer: Once magnesite stucco
has begun to disintegrate, there is
no permanent method of stopping
this condition. The only remedy is
to remove the present stucco and re
finish with a good portland cement
stucco. You can get the desired
color from one of the makers of
colored stucco.
Renovating.
Question: In doing over an old
farmhouse, I intend to strip walls
and ceilings of all lath and plaster,
and to run necessary pipes and con
duits before replastering. Would it
be better to use wood or metal lath?
There is no heat, and I do not expect
to put it in at once, but will install
risers for steam or hot water while
the plaster is off. Would you prefer
steam or hot water? Why?
Answer; For a house that is to
be occupied only occasionally, I
should prefer some form of circulat
ing warm air. With both steam and
hot water, all water would have to
be drained off on leaving, and on
opening up the house, it would be
many hours before the system could
be filled and the radiators heated.
With warm air, all of this would be
avoided. Do not overlook the need
for putting good metal weatherstrips
on all windows and outside doors.
Vegetable Storeroom.
Question: Please give me the re
quirements for building a cold room
for the storage of fruit, vegetables,
etc.
Answer: Enclose the area to be
used for the storage room with a
rigid insulating board. Use four
inch studding, and cover both sides
of the walls with the insulating
board. A small window in the par
tition will help ventilate the storage
room. The window should not be
opened so wide as to permit the
warm air of the cellar to get into
the cold room. The walls and
boards could be painted with alumi
num paint to keep any possible
dampness from damaging the insu
lating board, as well as provide ad
ditional insulation. The door must
fit snugly in the wall.
Soundproof Doors.
Question: After I have insulated
a wall to keep in the noise, how can
I make the door soundproof?
Answer: Reasonable sound re
sistance may be obtained by apply
ing a felt stripping on the door
frame, the felt strips to fit closely
around the door when closed. The
space between the door sill and the
bottom of the door is closed up by
installing a special type of felt strip,
which automatically closes down on
the door saddle. Panel doors should
have the panels taken out, and the
spaces Ailed with a rigid insulating
board. The entire door is then cov
ered with insulating board on botl
sides.
Plastic Paint.
Question: Is lime ever used for
plastic paint walls? What is a good
| medium rough finish? Can plastic
paint be put on over old plaster?
j Are ceilings given the same texture
as the walls?
Answer: Plastic paint contains
glue or some other adhesive, and
; will stick to any surface, including
I old plaster. Gypsum plastic paint
is inexpensive, and you will get bet
ter results through buying it, than in
attempting to mix your own. The
dealer from whom you buy it should
have instruction sheets describing
the different plastic finishes. Ceil
ings are usually finished smooth.
Fireplace Hearth.
Question: The specifications call
for a fire brick floor in a fireplace.
Instead, the builder has laid a con
crete floor, claiming this is more
heat resisting than the fire brick.
We have our doubts about this and
would like your opinion.
Answer: Fire brick might b«
t more satisfactory for the purpose.
However, if the concrete was laid
in sufficient thickness and proper
proportions it should prove service
able.
Painting a House.
Question: In painting a frame
house, is it advisable to put on a
coat of aluminum paint first? If so,
why? Is it more costly than ordi
nary paint?
Answer: Aluminum paint is most
widely used for a priming coat on
! new wood surfaces. It makes an
excellent base for the following
' coats of paint. In repainting it is
not necessary. Aluminum paint
does not cost more than ordinary
paints.
Fireproofing Paper.
Question: How can paper be made
fireproof?
Answer: Soak it in a solution of
8 ounces boracie acid and 10 ouncer
borax in 1 gallon of water. Float
the paper on the liquid until thor
oughly saturated, and then hang up
to drip and dry.
Stains in a Sink.
A correspondent writes that stains
can be removed from procelain
sinks by sprinkling chlorinated lime
n the sink in the evening. By morn
! u' all spots so treated and sprinkled
M f’ ; sappear.
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SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago,
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for March 2
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST
LESSON TEXT—Luke 19:41—20:8.
GOLDEN TEXT—And why call ye me.
Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I
say?—Luke 6:46.
“By what authority doest thou
these things?” The question of the
scribes was a proper one, even
though their spirit and purpose in
asking it may have been wrong. Any
man who claims to have authority
over others should expect to be
asked that question and be prepared
to give an honest answer.
I. Authority Rejected (vv. 41-44).
On the previous day our Lord had
made His kingly triumphant entry
into the city and many had ac
claimed Him (see vv. 37-40); but the
city as a whole—and especially its
leaders, both religious and govern
mental—had rejected Him.
As He came toward the city the
next day and it spread out before
Him in beautiful panorama, His ten
der heart was broken and He wept.
His tears were not for Himself, but
for the people who had rejected
Him. We are told that the word
used “for weeping here does not
mean merely . . . tears” but “rath
er the heaving of the bosom, and
the sob and cry of a soul in agony”
(Morgan).
That is how He feels about you
who reject His authority today, for
the city of Jerusalem represented the
attitude of all unbelieving humanity.
He loves you, sinner, and weeps
over your rejection of Him; but just
as He ultimately had to reject the
city because it rejected Him, He will
have to condemn you in your sin if
you continue to reject Him. Why
do it?
11. Authority Asserted (vv. 45, 46).
The act of Jesus in cleansing the
temple was very bold, for He held no
position in the temple and He had no
police powers. Only a man with a
disordered mind or in a frenzy of
anger would assume such authority
if it did not belong to him. This
means that Jesus acting as He did
here, quietly, deliberately, and in
telligently, was declaring by His
deed that the one whose authority is
above and back of all human author
ity had come to cleanse His Father’s
house.
It is a striking scene. Let us see
in it all the gracious majesty, pow
er and authority of the Son of God,
our Saviour and Lord.
111. Authority Accepted (vv. 47,
48).
The people “were very attentive,”
or more effectively, as in the Re
vised Version, they “all hung upon
him.” How remarkable it is that
“the common people heard him
! ! gladly” (Mark 12:37), while the
! learned leaders, both in religious
■ and political circles, hated and re
jected Him.
That situation has continued
throughout the centuries. Let us not
be disturbed or confused by the fact
that so many “leading” men and
■ women (thank God, not all of them,
by any means) reject or question
the claims of Christ. It is the very
thing we ought to expect.
Young people, be not at all dis
turbed by that supposedly conclu
, sive statement, “scholarship is
; agreed,” for usually it proves to be
; wrong. Don’t be surprised if some
leading novelist, or tycoon of the
i business world, is not a follower of
Christ.
1 Meet Jesus yourself and you will
learn to love Him and want to serve
Him. Get the balanced judgment
of “the common people” who have
really met the Lord, and you will
I find the right way—God’s way.
IV. Authority Defended (20:1-8).
Humanly speaking, the priests and
, scribes were right when they chal
lenged Christ. He had no official
I position which justified His acts and
His words. But note carefully that
the very fact that He, in return for
1 their “Tell us,” replied, “Tell me,”
; indicates that the human authority
, which had a right to challenge oth
er human authority had now met
the One who is “the head of all
principality and power.” He had a
supreme right to say, “Before I an
swer you, tell me.”
1 We are apt to regard the answer
1 of Jesus to their question as a skill
ful evasion of a difficult situation,
but it was far more than that. If
1 they had replied honestly to His
i question regarding John, and ad
i mitted that His authority was from
1 heaven, Jesus would probably have
i said, “Then what did he say of me?”
1 He would have reminded them of
' the statement of John that he was
not worthy to loose the latchet of
His shoes, of his prophecy of the
judgment to come, of the baptism
of fire (see Luke 8:16-17), of the day
I when John called Him “the Lamb of
i God, which taketh away the sin of
the world” (John 1:29).
Here was proof concerning His au
i thority, but they did not dare to ask
for it because they did not want it.
You too, reader, if you have ques
i tions regarding the claim of Christ
i to authority over your life may have
■ a satisfying answer, but only if you
honestly want it and will receive
it with open mind and heart.
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2. In what country was the origi
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3. Of the bills vetoed by Presi
dents, does congress generally
pass them over the veto?
4. Nobel prizes are awarded in
how many fields of endeavor?
5. What name is given to a
group of paid applauders?
6. From what language does the
word mile come?
7. Who are the Genro of Japan?
8. Is there any city or town in
the United States with an apostro
phe in the possessive case in its
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9. Queen Boadicea ruled over
which of the following—Romans,
Britons or Frenchmen?
10. How much does the earth
curve in a mile?
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Man’s Unhappiness, as I con
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him, which with all his cunning
he cannot quite bury under the
Finite.—Carlyle.
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The Answers
1. Lake Ontario (245 feet above
sea level). Lake Superior is 602
feet above.
2. Greece.
3. During the last 50 years con
gress has passed only 1 out of ev
ery 35 bills that have been vetoed.
4. Five. For distinguished work
in chemistry, physics, physiology
or medicine, literature, and the
cause of international peace.
5. A claque.
6. Latin (millia passuum, a thou
sand paces).
7. Elder statesmen.
8. No city, town or village in
the United States is officially list
ed with such an apostrophe in its
name, although many of them,
such as Grays Landing, Kings Mill,
Martins Ferry and Penns Park,
are in the possessive case.
9. Britons, She led the ancient
Iceni tribes in revolt against the
Romans, A. D. 61.
10. The actual curvature of the
surface of the earth over the first
mile is approximately 9 inches,
increasing as the square of the
distance. The U. S. bureau of
lighthouses says that the curva
ture effect may be found by multi
plying the square of the distance
in miles by .6, the answer being in
feet.
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Anger is a momentary madness,
so control your passion or it will
control you.—Horace.
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