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PUOF. MIKE DONOVAN TO BOX WOOSEVELT-«New York, Dec. 2.—If you lack III© an artist or a reporter when approaching Mike Donovan the e days, the great teacher of the manly art does a sprint that would be a credit to Arthur Duffy. So much prominence has been accorded Mike ever since the fact that he had been invited to Washington to spar with the president leaked out, that lie is side-stepping interviewers.There ar# merchant princes who would pay liberally to see their namesIPROF. MIKE DONOVAN, inf (he papers as prominently as Mike s has been—not in the same way, but die s 8 e h© has oonsun • i gratis would mean thousands to any businesshouse—but Mi he is not a merchanttU* is a I .a princeof boxing Instructors, ami do©*n't needDie advertising Ard he i * t unic*?,too, when he asks the “boys” not to ask him questions about his- trip toWashlngton. lleing Irish, he is good-natured and hates flb refuse to talk about what his interviewers want him to. Out ha is sore because the news leaked out. He doesn't want Rooseveltto get a hunch tfhat he gave it out. Roosevelt wrote Mike asking himto come to Washington for the purpose of refreshing the presidential memory on the upholstered glove question, and to see if trust-wallop-ping had Impaired the speed the former police commissioner, colonel of volunteers an] governor cf the Empirestate exhibited.Alt; ording to Mike, R •» » ‘“It is ; dangerous man for anyone to face He carries the fighting to his oppu nent at all times, and, being soniewh near-sighted, prefers infighting t sparring at long range—and at it fighting the truatbusier can work hioc with bis adversary. With his 2 pound* of beef and muscle, the pr • ident ha* biceps and shoulder mu^ that would be envied by many a pn fsssfonal strong man, and unless h»* icareful, the other fellow is liable toconnect with an electric batteringram that * an i ■ a current as plt;»w i ful as a shot from a hypo—and a whole lot more sudden.It is prolahl© that Mike's sojourn in Washington will be a lengthy one. The president has been takiug on too much avoirdupois to phase him, and he desires to work off. He knows no better way than boxing. In a Mi-tiou to acting as sparring partner for the father, it is likely that the dean of boxing instructors will give lesson* to the youngsters, who already havemore than a-primary education in theart.
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Sandusky Evening Star
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Sat, Dec 03, 1904
Page 7
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