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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1926)
Page Two Saturday. OctoW 2:, 192i TllF, KLAMATH NFAVS Harry GreltfOnce Great Fighter, Is Seeker of Unknown ! North Pole Plane in Air. A gain6n Flight Cher U. S. i NRW YORK, Oct. 2J. I United Neva) On or boxing' most col-' t orful ex-champions. Harry Grub of, Pittsburgh, who fought and do-! fcated the best fighters ot tha pait.J while defying all rules of training nd good conduct, (lied Friday fol-j loving an operation In an Atlnnticj City sanitarium, i Greb. reckless, Irresponsible, Hon-' hearted, will bo mlsxed by boxing fana even IhouKb his star had sot a, few months before his death. In his prime. the Pittsburgh windmill whipped Gene Tunney. the present world'e heavyweight champion. Jack Dempsey. whom he. outfought In a private quarrel aboard the good ship "Granite Bute." Tommy Gibbons, cleverest of heavyweights, Johnny Wilson, trom whom ho won the middle-, weight title in 1923. Mickey Walk er, and a host of other champions. During his IS years in the ring. Greb fought 400 fights, he waa a marvel of boxing In that he never trained seriously for any of the contests, and burned the candle at both ends during the brief' per iod between bouts. Wine, women and foot automo biles appealed most to Harry Greb. w and brought about his death at LOVCrS the age of S3. It was following) one of the many automobile acci dents In which he had been a' victim that the boxer, whose real name was Harry Berg, was taken; to a sanitarium for tin operation : to remove a broken bone from his'Red Grange, famous football star. skull. j which will be shown at the Or- From that operation. Greb never, pheus theatre beginning today. is recovered. It was performed Thurs-j one of ,he reav )ig pU.turM -hat day night and he died without re-, . ... . ,, . , , .... , has come to Klautath r alls in a gaining consciousness rtdnjr af-j ternoon. ! 'on,! Per""1- Tne picture is really A picture of Harry Greb that was, a sensation, aud the greatest fool- Ci i!y h Jij Two Building k ' Permits Issued considered uiiIkkn so subiullti'd. Plana for bids way l nliluiuod at t ho tiff It of llin City Kimlut'el' or Police ,1ml tie nt tho I lly llnll of Kliiiunth. I'ltllx. Oregon. The aiieceasiul liltliler will lu mil , Irti in the (Into of mnalug maird. I 'llin nwnrd of the contract to tint ' successful bidder Is lleri'by IllHtltt j coiilliiKcul upnii I he snlo of tint 1 hoods necessary to flmuien the in- of auilt liiiiiiVt'Uiiut Willi..., It. I. II It.ld UM.K.I...I M (.,. I ... . . ' , . .. nulled to Rive liotlil III u sum lo lie I liillatltili mil jci.tcni.ijr i.iirinoi..i mini no , lv ,,, ,,, t'olllK'll. for llllll. i office of City Clerk l.ein I., tia- the faithful performance of Hip run-1 I'lm ('omuiiin Council rcscrvns the I gluiKcii. for the construction of a tract In bo enieretl Into lur the i right to rujeel tiny ami all bids mill jjooi) house ou Wllford avenue. ! mnkliiK of said Improvement. I to make auch linpnivouicnl oil lie- i r.acu inn iiiuni nit act-iiiiiiiuiiii'ii iiair ii iiiu . ttj. by u check certified hy stiiuit res-1 I Hi led at Klnniulh Kails, Oregon, ' ponslhlc hunk for HI of Hie amount 'litis tlsl day of (letnbrr. 1'J-' 'hid, as gnnruntco that I he smrea.i. i I. KM I- IIAllll AtlKN, fill liltliler will ciittir Into ctiutrael . ' Pollen Judge of the t'lly ut with the illy for Ihe making of, Kliunalli Kit I Is, Oregon. 'such Improvement within ten days ,021 Na Inc. The left, and Harry Gug- Josephine Ford" roes to the line for a take-off; inset. Commander Richard Kyrd, genhcim. The great FoLkcr monoplane in which Commander llyrd matle liU liMoric North Pole flight Is now on Its way-touring the entire country in an effort to stimulate Interest in aviation. Coinhian.lt r llvrj Hew uith'tlie ship on the first Irp of the trip; the greater part of tlie llvinu will be done hy Floy.l llcniict. Herds associate on the polar flight. The sponsor of the llilit, Harry (iin-iicnliciiii, l'tvaiiicut of the Daniel Giipiicnhcim Fund, asistcd in the preparations for the U iriiinin;: of the tour. 1 i Anxiously Await Orpheus Program "One Miuute to Play," marrinp Ceorse Pi'll of riiilor,u!u was a for a hour -ti?rdji" W. II. Cody won grantd) a permit i for I sort addition on l'ihiuil street. I I XOTK'K IWITINti IIIIIN Mt( Till-: ', tt.srni-l lf TIIK HITH j NKU:ll I'MT Scnleil iiroi.iisms will lie received by the Cnimium I'oiincll of thu t'lly of Klumnth Falls, OrrKoii, nt the offli-o of the police JuiIko up to aud liieliidlng Mouduy, November S, 1'ijii. at tho hour of H o'clm-k r. M. of snld dale, ut which time all nroposuls will bn opened and 1 considered for the construction of the Tenth Sewer I'ull, being prac tically nil of Indiisirlul Ailillliou ly ing uortn of orchard Avenue ex- ( , cent certain para already served by the. Kifth Sewer lull, ItliH-ka U3 und 1-M of Mills Addltlou; I Mortimer Avenue anil Kldorado Ava- i line; parts of Williams Adtlltiou I mid Second Hot Springs Addition, ull us shown on Ihe Improvement limp which indicates both tho ri- jisiliig sewers and those to bo built. j Tho proapoaed Improvi'meut is to lie made according tu tho plans. j specif ieut luus and esliiimtes of the City Kngineer on file in Ihe office lot tho Police Judge, reference to .which is hereby made regarding fur ther details for plans for const ruc tion, material, tiuuntltics and Ihe like. Said improveiucut will ho let In oue contract. Hidden will lie required to sub mit bids ou li tanks prepared hy the City Kngineer. and bids will iitx be I I assiHtoii ly I) m I Rev. Wm. Bradner J W Sc't-vico.i of Deep. Spiritunl Tunc utul Intvllvctual Quality in THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1 on Stimlay. nj UjJ S:M Holy Cominunltiu 3 00 Servlro of Christian (111 m 10:00 Churi-h HcIiihiI Healing Nil 11:00 Preaching Service 7:J0 I'reatltlug service ' I . sTiTi T ? iMTsTi aissr"! siiastsaiaVsS ' iV :---isfr?osnffsVN characteristic ot bis life comes to mind. A low eelllnged Pittsburgh; "speakeasy" during the hot August j days when the amateur golf cham-i pionship waa being contested at Oakmoat. Greb. seated In a cor ner with three over-painted wo men. His face was partly conceal ed with bandages. Harry's ribs were bound with 'tape go that he! could not lift one arm. He hadi just left the hospital after one ofl ball film that was ever produced, otherwise It could not run for such a length of time in tho cities ot the country where the theatres have been crowded upon every presenta tion. Ou should familiarize themselves with the synopsis 'of the play in order to thoroughly enjoy the pul sating situations, and this synopsis is herewith presented': lied Wade, high school football (celebrity. Hfdjairp6ifTWfriarif it has a good football team, but .his father wants I him to go to Parmaled. and there he goes, knowing bis- father's dis taste for tha game. On the train Red encounters Sally Hogcrs. whose brother Tex ia coach at Parmalee.' Biff Wheeler, captain ot the Clax on team, and In love with Sally, Is also on the train. In an impromptu intercollegiate scrap on board the train Ited is the fighting demon. He has intended to go to Claxon despite his father's wishes, but now. unconscious, he Is carried to Parmalee. He learns his mistake, bat meeting Sally on the Greb had an engagement to fight in the middlewcat the following Sat-i urday and Ibis was on Monday. Some one suggested that the bout undoubtedly had been cancelled. "Cancelled? No." said. Greb. "It will be fought and I'll take him." He did, and won tbe tight. Nature had endowed tbe Pitta burgher with a physique so far above normal that he was in some respects a superman. He played fast and loose with life, and for years "got away with It" in a profession that demands ot most men the most rigid adherence to rilu-lnlin - . ' . . , . . j campus, he changes his mind about 14 .1(17 Mil). UICU lUUftlll MS ii; responsibility as he lived outside of It. He cared nothing for rules. It was head, shoulders, elbows and thumbs, anything a referee would permit. No other hoxer of any weight and Greb seldom scaled over 160 has defeated as many of the big men of the ring aa the; Plttaburgher. A list of his victims' la more imposing than that of anyj uiuer woueru lignier. I . , , . . . . ... Rift thankfull! i tie aituir wmi uvmpsey was when the ex-heavyweight champion i was training tor Bill Brcnnan.j Greb punched, cuffed aud slammed; the then title holder about for two rounos, making uempsey look so; bad that he never again would put! the gloves on with the Pittsburgh wlndnifll. Greb always said that if Oempsey, would give him a fight the heavy-' weight championship would change! hands, aud Jack, for oiie. believed1 him . I lor nun to piuy. pretends uruna enneps the night before the game, nnd Tex Itucers, the coach, nng- J rily forbids him lo play. Wade, still adamant, decides to going to Claxon. He refuses to i turn out for the team In at-cord- ance with his father's orders, but Is eventually i persuaded to play. and his marvelous, running secures I Parmalee Its first victory in years ' against another college. The elder Wado offers Parmalee' an endowment ot $100. out). Todd, is president of the college and an old friend of Wade's accepts the gift thankfully, since Parmalee tu; in a bad finuncful way. When Wade learns, however, through the mistaken but well-meaning efforts I of Tubby. Bed's roommate, that I Ited Is playing football, he comes to Parmalee in a towering rage on the day before the big game with fluxion and forbids Ited to partici pate in the game. Bed Is inclined to be rebellious, but when he learn' that his father will withdraw the endowment If he plays. Ited. against President Todd's generous advice 2: 3C Gene Tunuey was Hiked by Greb In Madison Square Garden and had to hand over the American light j heavyweight title In 1 .':'. Others' who were beaten by Harry includ ed: Tommy Gibbons, Jack Ite naifit, Jimmy Slattery, Ted Moore, Jimmy Delaney, Tommy l.oughrun. Johnny' Wilson, ("hurley Weinert, Mickey Walker. Bartley Madden. Jeff Smith. Hob Itoper and Kid Norfolk. It will be noticed that many of the above are heavyweights, who outweighed Greb from 15 to SO pounds. Harry liked them and licked them. jnrowing punches from every angle with a full arm swing, which earned him the title of "windmill," the Plttsburgher was as trouble-: some to an opponent as a, hornet! down tho hack of one's neck. , Most of Greb' fights were no dec-j Ision affulrs. He was often en-' gaged In bouts two and three times; week, living riotously In the meantime. watch the game to he pure, his son Is nut ilivobeyiinK him. He han never seen a game, and by the end of the first half has uncoiiHcloiii'ly' worked up luto a frenzy of excite ment. Ho forces from lied the ral reason for his drunkenness, ami then orders him to get into the game. The score Is 6-0 against Parm alee and Hie coach is still hitter ! against Bed. thinking him a tin li tre Oexperute In the last quar j ter, however, he Is forced to s.-ntl i Bed In. In n denperule, daring run 'down the last minute to play. 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