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Was out 25th and Turner road
was yesterday it's awfully nice
weather for swinging anything
from a golf club on the links to a
hot to the garden, but we were
particularly interested in tracing
dovn anything that might be con
netted with swinging some base
ball bats around these parts be
fore long. Figured perhaps a peek
at the spacious George E. Waters
"apple orchard" might give us
some kind of a hint as to just
What, if anything, is being done
long the. line of preparations for
the coming season, if the WI ever
gets around to making up its mind
to have a season.
I
Biddy Bishop's dream come
true is still all there, none the
worse after the haw, and look
ing as if beckoning for another
crop of Harrises, Wilsons, Cos
eararts, Clabaughs, Petersens
and Baers to step to the plate
and send their best efforts
fenceward. The nightmare of
Biddy's dream Is there too the
washboard bitfield with its
"treacherous canyons and duck
swamps," as Smead Jolley
called them the result of pan
caking the unleveled virgin soil
with that ten-ton steam roller,
leaving the hard spots high and
the soft spots low, and burying
.the "bad hops" (rocks and peb
bles.) Frank Simons, the guardian of
the greenswards, was there, and
he was enjoying this beautiful
weather on the business end of a
hoe. Evidence of his labors was
there too. New base-lines are in,
and results of seed planting are
showing in most of the well worn
spots. .
"I've sown a lot of new grass
seed," says Frank, "but that
that thaw we had certainly
raised havoc with it. She'll be
all set for the boys when they "
come, though."
Aha! Frank sows more grass
seed and has been cutting out the
base-lines! Proof enough that at
least Salem is preparing for the
campaign.
Thank heaven we have only
until this weekend to wait for
the loop to finally decide on just
what is going to happen in WI
circles this year. (They meet in
Tacoma to talk things over this
weekend.) The major leagues
and the Coast league have gone
to spring training. The Class C
i Pioneer league east of us has
I drawn up its schedule and has
announced opening dates, it nas
even turned down offers from
three other clubs to enter me
loon, nreferrinr to remain a six-
team affair. Leagues all over
the country are lining up to
either play or drop out of play
; for the duration, and the major
ity are going ahead "as usual."
But the Western International,
the pride of northwest organ
ised baseball, has yet to offer
any facts whatsoever connected
with operations.
! Sure, there have been a lot of
tumors. But there's always a lot
of those things every place. First,
Wenatchee and Yakima are going
to ; drop out Then Tacoma is go
ing to drop out; the league is sure
to; fold up; there won't be any
baseball this year; etc.
- President Roosevelt's message
to Judge Landis seemed , to open
wide the gates . for baseball all
over the land. Other leagues im
mediately called ; meetings and
Hiww im whHiilMi. nnnniinrinf
th W h. liffht ha. wn
flashed from the nation's number
fan . th h;mfKtvMr
i , .m,u,n.itl c im'.
ret on the band wagon." The
whole : baseball front has been
buzzing with action since. That is,
all j but one corner of the front.
The Western International isn't
buzzing it hasn't even hummed:
All it has achieved so far is. the
ground work for a lot of rumors
that fans are getting weary from
hearing. So it will be a welcome
message well get this weekend
when we find out if there is or
If there isn't going to be any base
ball in the WI.
" ; : We're inclined to believe that
there will be baseball this year,
i and lots of It too. The fans want
1 It, and there are a lot more fans
i now Who are in a better position
financially to list going U a ball
; game often on their recreation
i ana entertainment budgets than
j there were In pre-war days.
The moguls may decide td op
erate with four clubs if Wenatchee
. and Yakima drops out. Maybe
they'll wind up with eight start
ers, as there are at least four cit
ies in the northwest that have al
ways - been crying for franchises.
Bremerton, Walla Walla and Ab
erdeen have-tried to get In a num
ber of times. Bellingham was in
for two years, and very reluc
tantly gave up her .franchise, to
Salem after league directors and
tx-President-F: E. Knickerbocker
voted that she was out. a.
J Eremerton, Bellihgham and Ab
erdeen would make ideaH ball
towns. ' Their shipyards and wa-
lfrwavs are seething with work
ers, and an three have good ball
r:ks with lights. - Walla Walla
fcns the park and the lights, and
evidently the fans.
One thing certain, four, six or
I-ht clubs, they've certainly wait
ed lonff enough to hold the com-
lr,2 "chicken or feathers' meeting
:
Viks Vie With
Bearcats
Hot and Cold Bulldogs
Out To Hang No. 1 Loss
On No. 1 No-Name Team
Salem high's band of No-Name league basketball champions,
undefeated in loop play this season, dig in for the onslaughts
of Albany's battling Bulldogs on
tonight at 8 o'clock.
The Haukmen will be out
league competition, and Coach I
Dwight Adams' Bulldogs will be
out just as strong to hang the
first circuit loss on the Viks this
season.
In a previous engagement at
Albany, the Red and Blacks
bounced the rugged Bulldogs. 53
to 37 after the two teams battled
on even terms for three quarters.
Ray Wardehoff and Bob Gar
rison top the Bnlldor squad,
which holds an outside chance
of taking their respective dis
trict title. So far this season
Adams' Albany quint has been
guilty of playing red hot has
ketball one game, and ice-cold
casting the next. Should they
be "on" tonight, an upset may
be the answer.
The Haukmen have lost their
last two starts, both against fresh
men teams of Oregon and Oregon
State, the former outscoring the
Viks 51 to 41, and the Rooks run
ning to a 40 to 26 win last Tues
day night.
It is likely Hauk will open with
the big five who have brought the
Viks along the No-Name victory
trail, namely: Dutch Simmons,
league scoring leader, Gordy Mc
Morris, Don "Red" Cutler, Bud
Coons and Wally Gemmell.
Including tonight's game, only
five more tilts remain on the
o 1 i r J
February 23, the Oregon Duck
lings play here, and on March
3 the Corvallis quint will close
the season here. In the mean
time, the Haukmen take on the
big rivals, Astoria, there, Febru
ary 27 and 28.
A A T T TP f
AAU 1 Olimey IOr
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Is Cancelled
The proposed AAU basketball
tournament for the Marion-Polk
county district has been called off,
announced Tournament Director
Vern Gilmore Thursday.
"Only one learn, Simmons' In
surance, has registered thus far;
so I am cancelling the event."
said Gilmore.
"However, should there be
any team wishing to participate
in the Portland AAU tourna
ment on March 3, they can
register with me on a flrst-come-firtt-serve
basis by not
later than 6 pan. Friday night,
as entries from this district will
be limited in the Portland
event."
Gilmore said that defense work
and the services have taken most
of the personnel which comprised
team last year's
locai tournament.
The Simmons team has entered
tte A class of Portland tour
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'Minute Men,' Invite
Northwest States
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19-OT)
Organization of the minute men,
embracing hunters m the three 1
Pacific coast states for purposes
of supplementing military home
. . . .
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Thursday, it will be composed oi
citizens above the war draft age
limit.
General Paul V. Malone, USA
(retired), accepted leadership
of the organization, conceived
by Tod Powell, local fish and
game columnist The far flung
forces, spokesmen pointed out,
will be a part of civilian de
fense and coordinated with the
government's military program.
Some 300 rifle and shotgun ex
perts from northern California
attended the opening meeting and
shortly the organization will be
extended to take in the licensed
humen of Oregon and Wash-
General Malone, in accepting
the role of chief, said: "The
time for mollycoddling, is past.
Contribute immeasurably to the
security of your home. Serve
where you can serve. Do what
you can do. With our; federal,
state and municipal forces and
the minute men behind, them, if
the enemy comes to our shores.
God help him."
British Would Se
But Not Fight Louis
LONDON, Feb. 19-(AHBritish
soldiers want to see their most
potent individual ally Private
Joe Louis Barrow of the US army
in action.
The , Marquess of Queensberry,
whose grandfather put politeness
to a certain degree into prize
fighting, was reported Thursday to
be attempting o arrange a series
of exhibition matches in Britain
for the world heavyweight cham
pion.
As yet, however, not one of
Britain's pugilistic spitfires have
volunteered for a fight: with the
Brown Bomber.
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$5000 Golf Go Takes
Off Today With Ben,
Snead Rated Tops
NEW ORLEANS, Feb.
S t
Little Ben Hogan has
stalled a topheavy favorite
$5,000 New Orleans open golf
tournament starting! Friday, but
the past winners believe there are
several other horses in the race
including themselves.
One thing all agree on, how
ever, Is that it will take some
body who can really sock to
pocket the $1,000 first prize
money. The level, 6,645-yard
city park course is ideal for
long hitters.
New Orleans sports writers all
pick Hogan as the man to beat. A
survey of local golfers showed
Ben away out in with Sam
Snead second.
All consider the 135-pound Tex-
g record of consistency a
better indicator than Henry Pic-
ards feat m winning tWO of the
three tournaments he has played
here and the fact that he holds
the course record of 65.
Picard himself declared:
"Your guess is as good as
mine. But it will take a good
golfer to do it somebody like
Ben Hogan, Sam Snead or By
ron Nelson. It won't be any dark
horse. As for myself I'm not
hitting any too well."
Harry Cooper of Chicago, win
ner of the first New Orleans open
in 1938, picked Hogan, Snead,
Nelson or that just-arrived star
from Battle Creek, Chick Har-
bert.
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Win in Tourney
MONMOUTH The Polk coun
ty B league basketball tourna
ment got under way with a bang
Thursday night with Monmouth
and Falls City emerging with
wins. Monmouth high outhooped
Perrydale in the opening round
of play 27 to 14, leading 11 to 6
at half time.
Falls City jumped to an early
lead and was never headed in
running over Rickreall, 27 Xo 23.
Both teams couldn't find the hoop
and wasted manv shots.
Perrydale meets Rickreall at
10 a.m. Friday morning, and
juonmouin tacKies f alls City at
11 a.m.
Monmouth 27
14 Perrydale
Crook 13
Cooper 2
Crippen 2
Newlee 4
Gentry
4 Yoakum
3 Reiner
Stapleton
Muller
4 Scharm
Subs: Monmouth.
McLean 6:
Perrydale, Johnson 3
Falls City 27
Roy Gardner 3
Dill 10
Ray Gardner 2
23 Rickreall
6 Byron
4 Hamilton
8 Wait
Reeves 4
Dornhecker 8
5 Weft
1 Hill
Subs: Rickreall, Stewart 1. Of
ficials, Kolb and Reynolds.
Turner Loses Last
Home Hoop Game
TURNER Turner lost the final
home game of the season to the
Gates quint 41 to 20 Tuesday
night Carey of Gates was high
point man with 19, Fast break-
ing ana accurate snooting netted
me visitors 20 points in the third
period, leaving the locals trail -
j"1-
Turner (20) (41) Gates
j W. Cox 10 P. Knutson
Mcweai 4 F -.7 Bock
Metcaue 4 c. Mobley
C Cox . .G- 19 Carey
Peterson 2 G7 0. Knutson
CPS Pops Pacific
For 1st Loop Win;
TACOMA, Feb. 19-V-College
I of Puget Sound led all the way
Thursday night to take the -first
tilt, 51 to 37. of a two-game
Last
Series
Northwest conference basketball - Usual winter losses were re
series against Pacific University duced because light snowfall kept
of Forest Grove. ! vl- ' deer and elk -from being forced
CPS was ahead 24 to 15 at the!
halt The two fjves " meet here
again Friday night i ,
Ducks Splash to New
Record at San Jose
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 19HrV
The University of Oregon's unde
feated swimming team- set a new
pool record in the 300-yard med
ley relay here Thursday night in
winning a 52-to-23 decision over
San Jose State college, -
'Here
With
Both Qiiints
Chance For
Crown. Although Small
- -
Coach Clem PaFberry's College of Idaho basketball boys,
riding in third place in conference standings with three wins 'and
one defeat, take to the Willamette gym floor to do battle with
Coach Howard Maple's banged -
Wrestling Is
Slated for
Salem Return
Promoter Don Owen
Announces All-Star
Card Next Tuesday
Promoter Don Owen, carry
lng on in his father's footsteps,
announces that wrestling will
return to Salem for the first
time in almost a year next
Tuesday night in the armory
arena.
Along with his announce
ment, Owen sends word that
his first card will be a head
-liner, with such northwest
wrestling stars as Herb Park,
Sockeye McDonald, Ernie Pi
luso, Jack Kiser, Walter
"Sneezy" Achieu, and George
Kitzmiller pitted against each
other in three matches.
Wickstrom Takes
First Jump at
Mt. Hood Sunday
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. MJP
-Axel Wickstrom of the Seattle
Ski club will make the opening
jump in the climax event of the
Pacific Northwestern Ski associa
tion championships on Mount
Hood Sunday.
The Seattle flier drew first
spot in the jumping event which
will pit him against a tough
elass A field, including Art
Johnson of the Vancouver Ski
club, present PNSA champion,
and Olav Ulland, former
world's record holder.
The Pacific northwestern com'
bined cnampionsnips will open
Saturday with the cross-country
event and end Sunday on the
Multorpor mountain jump.
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WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla
Walla, Feb. 19.-(Special)-Al Mar
of Whitman remained on top in
the Northwest conference scoring
race this week with 80 points in
eight games, but there is little
I likelihood he will lead when the
season closes.
With Whitman finished with its
conference schedule, Mar is only
five points ahead of Liniield s Don
Hansen, who has 75 points and
two games to go. trnest uettel of
Pacific, with 68 points and three
games to go, is also likely to pass
Mar's record,
The leaders, before Thursday
night's ;Pacific-CPS game:
Player, School G.
Pts.
80
75
68
60
58
52
52
45
Mar, Whitman .. 8
Hansen, Linfield
6
7
6
6
8
8
8
5
8
8
5
6
Gettel, Pacific
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I Reed. Pacific
Roberts, Whitman
Miller, Whitman .
Mehring, Whitman ..
Gallaher, Willamette
44
42
Herrin, Whitman
OdelL Whitman
4
1 Robertson. Willamette
39
35
35
Frazier, Linfield
Johnson, Linfield
Bourland, Idaho
. 6
. 32
31
waller. Pacific
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Increase in 1941
PORTLAND, Feb. 19-P)-Re-gional
Forester Lyle F. Watts re
ported Thursday that game," es
! pecially blacktafled deer and
grouse, had Increased in Oregon
aurmg
into restricted winter ranges-
Jilverton Plays Last !
Home Game Tonight
SILVERTON The Silver Fox
es play their-last home game
the season Triday night when they
tangle, with Estacada. Should they
win this: game it would assure
them of a league co-championship
and a possible league champion
ship if they topple Woodburn on
Tuesday , at Woodburn.
Toiii
to
Still Have
Conference
up Bearcat basketeers tonight
at 8 o'clock.
As both teams still have an
outside chance to cop the loop
pennant tonight's clash should
be a hot session. Either team
must win both tonight's and
tomorrow night's games to
maintain the possibility of un
seating Linfield as the probable
league champ.
In an earlier clash between the
Mountaineers and the Maplemen,
the latter ran off with the win.
That game was played during the
Bearcat invasion of Idaho and
Utah last December. Since then
Parberry's pitchers have improv
ed, and are the only tjbam outside
Willamette to nold a win over
the strong Whitmans.
The 'Cat clan suffered a se
vere set-back in the Whitman
series when Joe Murray was
stricken with an attack of ap
pendicitis, which will probably
keep the big center out of the
three remaining Bearcat games.
In the second Missionary tilt,
Bob Medley suffered a badly
sprained ankle which will keep
him benched for the remainder
of the waning campaign.
Opening lineup for the Metho
dists will probably be Sum Gal
laher, who sparked the Whitman
win, at one forward, and Ken
Lilly at the other; Earl Toolson
at center; Jimmy Robertson and
urv ttagsaaie at tne guard po
sitions.
Tomorrow night's game will
mark the final appearance of
the Bearcat brigade on the col
lege' court this season. Only one
more game remains on the
Willamette- schedule after the
Idaho series, and that one will
be played at Forest Grove
against Pacific on the 24th.
Seattle Takes
On Bevens, Zar
SEATTLE, Feb. lS.-The
Seattle baseball management
reported Thursday the acquisi
tion of two young right-handed
pitchers for the 1942 Pacific
Coast league season. They are
Floyd Bevens and John Zar of
the New York Yankee system.
Bevens pitched at one time for
Wenatchee In the Western In
ternational and Zar was with
Idaho Falls in the Pioneer
learue in 1949.
Shortstop Ned Stickle signed
his contract here Thursday and
will leave Friday for training
camp.
Former California
Gridder Killed '
MISSOULA, Mont, Feb. 19-JP)
Ralph Dougery, 34-year-old for
mer University of California foot
ball player, was killed instantly
Thursday when his automobile
crashed into a steel sign pole at
gasoline station.
Spinning
By WHITNEY MARTIN
NEW YORK, Feb. l9-(Wide
World) -Lew Jenkins has remark
ed he expected to end up driving
a truck, an .eventuality which
seems a little unfair. Unfair to
the truck, that is, as Lew Jenkins
hasn't been able to handle Lew
Jenkins on two feet, let, alone
Lew Jenkins with wheels under
him. : -.'iv,-;: : ;-
Here's a young fellow who .
was banded a ring champion
ship on .a geld platter, yet
through disinclination to train
or Improve himself, kicked It
around like ft was a soccer ball
until he finally booted It out
f sight,
Not that we're1 sure1 .Lew could
have beaten Sammy Angott at
any time. Maybe he1 couldn't if
he had gone to bed at 8 o'clock
every night and tried to learn
there was .more to boxing , than
just curling up a right fist some
where near the floor and letting
, But the point is that he didn't
try to take care of himgif, or
to learn, and today, two or. three
days after his meeting with Marty
Servo, he is j the picture ; of a
beaten fighter, in technicolor,
with that truck driving job Just
that much closer. "
We first noted Jenkins when
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Series sweep
Keep Cougar; Pace
Edniundson's Men Await Invasion;
Oregon Meets Idaho in Clashes
For Champs of 'Bomb Shelter'
By The Associated Preai --
;. . -
Stretch drives for the northern division Pacific Coast con
ference basketball championship will launched in Seattle
tonight and. Saturday night as Oregon State and Washington
come to grips. -
Oregon State Is in second place, half! a game behind Wash
ington State. Washington is in third placp, a game behind OSC.
Same Old Leo
LEO DUROCHER
Dodgers Show
Plenty of Zip
First Workout
Lippy Spouts as His
Charges Show Plenty
Of Brooklyn Hustle
HAVANA, Feb. lM-The
Brooklyn Dodgers opened their
spring training Friday and right
away Manager Leo Durocher con
fided in booming j words "they're
the kind of a ball club I been
looking for."
This all-out if ; it was obser
vation came after Durocher de
manded: "Didn't you see the way they
got into that one-hour practice?
Why, they didn't wait for
somebody to tell them to run.
They did it themselves. It's
guys like that it takes to win.
"They've got the kind of spirit
that gets them in there scrapping.
I'll miss some of the boys, par
ticularly Wasdell. He was that
kind of a player,; and I'd never
traded him If I didn't have to."
He was talking about the deal
with Pittsburgh that brought Ar
ky Vaughan to the Dodgers.""
But he admitted that some
times the fighting spirit got out
of hand. "I'm going to try," he
said, "to get Johnny Rlxzo to
stop storming at the people
to let the public alone. I don't
care how much he storms at the
players, or me, but the public
that's different"
Durocher confessed he was go
ing to do a lot of "looking at the
pitchers" which brought up the
painful matter of the absence of
Hurlers Kirby Higbe and Whit
low Wyatt, who are not in camp
It was a ban against players'
wives in camp that kept Higbe in
Miami.
Wyatt Is a holdout, as Is also
Outfielder Fred ; (Dixie) Wal
ker. Durocher had "no word"
about them.
The Sports
he knocked out China Alvarez
in Dallas In time which would
be pretty good for the 100-yard !
dash. We thought that was
anlte something,! and said so.
From Dallas bounced back the
charge that the victory was too
'good to be true, the intimation
' being that Alvarez might have
been knocked out, but only be
cause his head hit the bottom
f the tank. Naturally this was
Indignantly denied by all con
: eerned, as "who ever heard of
-such goings-on ' In the fight
'game, and besides, yeu can't
' prove it. : -i
Anyway, we first met Jenkins
In Mike Jacobs' j office. Hymie
Caplin had him in tow. We found
Lew a scrawny, hawk-featured in
dividual with indifferent coloring
and pale, cold eyes. His conver
sation was confined to truculent
grunts, possibly, because" he 'was
doing the talking: for everybody
within six miles.;, f;:?cv
. . He piled up quite a string of '
knockouts In these parts before
he was given his shot at Lou
i Ambers' title. Amber had been
slewing down, -and- was ready
to be taken. The bouncing,
jiggling, grinning, little gnome
- was Just a shadow of a once
fine fighter, and Jenkins stopped
- him m three rounds, connecting
'Weed
To
Botn teams must sweep men- re-
maining four contests in order to
grab the; conference calico, so
plenty will hang on every shot
, Meanwhile at Moscow there
will be battle at the bottom
end of the division ladder. Ore
gon, lust a half-game ahead of
Idaho, opens a two-game series
Friday and Saturday' nights to
decide which team draws the
bomb shelter for the season.
Toughest task of all lies ahead
of Washington. The Huskies musf
take two games apiece from both
Northern Division Standings
W L Pet. PF PA
Washington State 4 92 617 554
Oregon State...... 8 4 .667 916 496
Washington i 7 5 .583 513 501
Oregon i i 3 8 .275 467 517
Idaho i 3 8 .200 348 3S3
Oregon State and Washington
State all on the home floor, how
ever it's a big job in any lan
guage including the Scandihoovi
an. Chuck Gilmur, the big Wash
ington center, has been hobbling
on a bad ankle, but will be in
there. The rest of the Wash
ington speedballs are ready, and
it all depends on their shooting
eyes. 1 1
The Beavers shift the personnel
of their offense to meet the ex
igencies of the other guy's defense,
and if it isn't Paul Valenti bloop
ing in long ones against a zone.
it s Rose : Bowl hero Don Durban
and Soph Lew Beck sneaking in
for lay-ins against the man-to
man tactics.
Coach H e c Edmundson of
Washington hasn't tipped how he
figures to slow up that parade.
Beaver Coach Slats Gill said
earlier : this week that his
charges ; were ready, and none
the worse after the Oregon
"scraps" last week-end.
Both tonight's and tomorrow
night's games are strictly the
crooshal" the musts, for both
teams. To split even would give
State's Cougars the "open road."
Dallas to Enter
Wrestling Meet
DALLAS Sixteen members of
Coach Dpn Gabbert's Dallas high
wrestling team will participate in
the district wrestling meet at Al
bany next Saturday, February 21.
Corvallis and Albany, with
strong teams, are expected to h
the strongest contenders in the
meet
Winners in each weight will be
eligible for the state meet at Cor
vallis on; Saturday, February, 2.
Those entering from Dallas will
be:
95 lbsi, Don Regher and Gor
don Buhler. 105 lbs., Melvin Tilg
ner and; Lawrence DeWitt. 112
lbs., Leei Hitt and umner Coo
per. 118 lbs., Kenneth Wright
and Bill Smull. 125 lbs., Armond
Frey and Sherman Ruggles. 132
lbs., Zeah Smull. 138 lbs., Marvin
Hiebert snd Carl Schmitt 145.
lbs., Victor, Resch. 155 lbs., Harry
Castle arid James Houtz.
Dial:
with roundhouse rights the Am
bers of old would have wel
comed as fans In a hot hall.
He repeated against Ambers
several months later, 1 although.
Ambers stuck around until tho
seventh round and at times made
Jenkins look like a novice.
Jenkins was the .champion, or
at least so recognized here, and
he felt his oats. He v was tough,
and cocky, and believed all that
was written about him being a
mean, hard, contrary critter.
He didn't need to train. No sir.
He was j tough. Learn to box?
Silly business, boxing. , Just go In
there, and pop them on the lug.
Lanier, just a ngmer.
He wasn't , quite enough of a
fighter to stand sip before Henry
: Armstrong, , but that didn't
change Jhls mind. He stack to
the night clab route, to gali
vanting around the country on a
motorcycle, to getting mixed up
Ia sordid brawls.,'. i-v-I
He won some fights, and against
good : men, including Pete Lello,
and Bob : Montgomery, land he
drew with Fritzie Zivic. h, ; i J
But he was burning the candle
from all! directions, and now his
reforming, if any, has come too
late. V : :v:'--H- :
Maybe; he wasn't fooling: when
he said he ' expected to end up
driving a truck.: