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Young Giant to Oppose RubelLegion Card April 14 to See Barney Hassel in Action“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”So wrote a poet years ago and although Charles “James J, Jeffries” Rubel has a decided preference for true detective stories and wild west tales, he agrees that the gentleman who penned the above line expressed a great, universal truth.“The bird that wrote that was as good a poet or writer as I am a fighter, almost,” confided Charles J.-J. to The News-Herald. “He must have been a champion in some line himself. Ever since I got good I've thought the same thing, but I didn’t get around to write it down.”And if anyone should know, it is Charles. For, less than a week after he had eliminated Earl “The Mighty” Smith from competition and for a few moments from circulation, challenges have poured in thick and fast, each challenger aspiring for the figurative crown that now rests more or less securely above Charley’s massive brow.Fight Set for April 14The outcome is that arrangements are. now complete for another Legion fight card, the feature of which will be qn eight-round battle between Charley and a certain Barney Hassel of Graet-tingec, in which the local farmer-grappler-pugilist will defend his laurels, his anatomy and his claim that he is the roughest, toughest, most scientific and finished fighter now claiming Clay or Dickinson counties as his residence.The fight will be held Monday evening, April 14, at the boys’ and girls' cjub building on the Clay County Fair grounds and will see Charley matched against the strongest adversary he has met so far.Investigating Hassel’s qualifications, the Legion’s matchmaking committee learned that Hassell is 22 years old, white, single, tough and ambition. They found, too, that he is not a novice in the ring but that because of his 210 pounds of weight and terrific punch, he has been unable to secure matches in these parts. And among his other qualifications, they found that he aspires to bigger and better things and that he welcomes the appor-tunity to meet Clay county’s own contribution to the swat industry,considering it a stepping-stone to recognition.Kayoes HorsesAs voluble as Rubel and equally modest, Hassel told the Legion committee that he was in perfect condition, explaining that during the farm sale season he had made a comfortable living by demonstrating his strength to skeptical crowds.Hasset's favorite demonstration, he told the matchmakers, is to wager that he can knock down a horse with one mighty right. He has collected on this stunt a number of times this season, he says, and when the Legion representatives appeared dubious he offered « free demonstration.“Spare the horse and save your strength for Charley . You’ll need it,” R. A. Peterson told him, after Hassel had produced witnesses in proof of his statement.Charley AmusedInformed that his latest adversary was possessed of such unusual strength, Rubel laughed loud and long. Knocking down a pug horse and knocking me out, are different. They- told me Smith ised to toss around a Ford engine
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Spencer News Herald
Spencer, Iowa, US
Thu, Apr 03, 1930
Page 9
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Daniel R.
NA, 17 Jan 2019
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