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e,fillBeLARRY McLEAN AGAINWANTS TO ENTER RING ~ _i' »’•. *iSEATTLE, July 9.—Rube Vickers is ■ not the only baseball player anxious to break Into the fighting game. The Rube recently Issued a challenge to fight any ball player in the Coast League at 157 pounds, but now comes 1 OOI Larry McLean, the giant catcher of („ the Portland team and announces that £n be will fight any man in the world, big at Jeff not barred. McLean iH 6 feet 5 | inches tall and weighs more than 20o. ' i He is so big that umpires walk out behind the pitcher ho they can Judge balls and strikes. He says he has had considerable experience with the |p gloves and he is willing to fight any time they show him any money. TomCorbett is grooming big Larry and tells everyone that he has a sure nulT”he I champion in the big catcher. Now ifso Larry cuts off a leg he has to make 175 Inland the Rube ought to be able to fix up a match that would draw like an-ldiy I porous plaster.—Bulletin■t* i A ... jr. u____ tifo
Newspaper Details
The Daily Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Tue, Jul 10, 1906
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Marty H.
CA 04 Mar 2020
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