Sport: Frugality

Americans frequently express their pride in unlearned immigrants who come to our shores, and from small beginnings rise to the possession of considerable fortunes. It is therefore unusual to see condemnation heaped upon the head of a young, uneducated foreigner, who comes to our shores with few advantages, and small capital aside from the muscles

Yet this is the case of Luis Angel Firpo from Argentina. Firpo recently discharged his excellent American trainer Jimmy DeForest, presumably because the latter's salary cut into the Argentinian's profits. In DeForest's stead Firpo engaged Senor Horatio Lavalle of...

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