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| Take a close look at the bottom photo on the cover of Black Iron: The John Davis Story - and you'll see World and Olympic Champion John Davis smiling as he gives free autographs to students at the Chinese School in Oakland. (And yes, the kids are smiling, too.) The old-school champions were great ambassadors of the Iron Game. |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Last week I sent a message about
Clarence "Clancy" Ross, the 1945
Mr. America.
In response, one of our longtime
Dinos shared an interesting story.
He found an original photo of Ross
and Bill Pearl, the winner of the Mr.
America contest in 1953 and a multi-
time winner of the Mr. Universe
contest.
He mailed the photo to Ross, with
a short letter asking him to sign it.
He enclosed a check for $50.00
because he assumed there would
be a charge for the autograph.
A week later, he received the signed
photo with a note from Ross, who
thanked him for the check and said
he had donated it to a local charity.
Our Dino thought that was pretty
decent.
He then sent the photo to Pearl,
and asked him to sign it.
He enclosed another $50.00 check
to cover any fee for the autograph.
Pearl returned the photo - signed -
and included a short note.
He also returned the check -
because there was no fee for
signing the photo.
That was what the old-school
champions were like.
Decent.
Hard-working.
Down to earth.
Men with class.
Men with character.
Men who believed that being a
Champion didn't mean you were
better than everyone else or that
it entitled you to charge money
for the simple act of signing your
name on a piece of paper.
Rather, it meant you had a unique
opportunity to motivate and inspire
others - and to help them achieve
their goals of strength, health,
muscle and might.
In short, the old-time champions
were ambassadors of the Iron
Game - and they accepted the
responsibility and the discipline
that the job demanded.
As always, we can learn from them.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. The best way to learn about the
old school champions and how they
trained is in the old-school magazines.
I have many duplicates of Strength and
Health magazine from the 1940's, 1950's
and 1960's. I'm selling them because
Trudi and I are moving to the Pacific
Northwest soon. I won't be able to
take them with me, and I want to find
good homes for them.
We still have complete 12-issue sets
for many of the years from 1940 thru
1970.
Each 12-issue set runs $120.00 plus
shipping and handling.
If you're interested, shoot me an
email.
We also have several sets of six
issues from different years in the
1940's. Each six-issue set is $60.00
plus shipping and handling.
P.S. 2. We have 9 copies of Black
Iron: The John Davis Story left in
stock.
I'm not going to do another printing,
so these are the last copes available.
If you're interested in grabbing one,
shoot me an email. The price is
$34.95 plus shipping and handling.
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day
"Being a champion is a 24/7 job -
and it means more than winning a
trophy or a medal."
- Brooks Kubik
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