THE ll.I.rSTR ATKD FEATURE SECTION — January 30. 1!V»2
THE CATFISH
Slug Wilson and Mick M allory, the Champ, j
Taste Some of the Catfish's Leather and the j
Big Crowd Stands on its Hind Legs Because
it Knows a Good Fight when it Sees One.
By E S K A K D LAWSON
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the smaller of the two, feint 'd neatly
with his left (m l dro\e a satagr right
I and Billy Allen, my M n . 4 r* look rv* , to the he irt of the kid Catfish paled
far so m ra n t to serve » • a ip u r r m f p a r!- 1 with the pain of it. and the pain tin
.Is o n
ih * Iw n t o s e r ui our
i*#r (or 2*<uy
j leash d all that stored-up anger
stadie who
»la ir d t o meal Murk I H lo»
on Sat irdav n ic h t
A ll o f his re fu ta r It aus­ ' which he had tried so long to h-ld
ine partn ers aro in no con d itio n t o •*> up • m check.
a g a in -1 h*m. and o r a re m a quaudary
Covering up as best tie could, he
unfit in w anders a nor.desrrtpt m d r id a t i
fro m the south who lo o à » 1ÜU good m a­ dove in. hts hands working like pis­
te ria l
We n ickn am e h m tho Catftah K id tons
in and out. Leather spatted
and put him in the rin g a iU i Slug
Tho
against flesh and r.’d spots began to
ve te ra n figh ter takes the new c o m *' (o r a
Slug grin­
m erry rid * durum the first round b u l a » allow on Slug s abdom n
th a t .ra m * «o d a 1 w
th at th * K id ia g e t­ ned sickenlngly and then, like tile
tin g mad and th a t ih * figh t n by l o means
striking of a serpent his left hand
o ver yet-
licked cut to smack true and lull to
NOW OO ON 'WITH T H * »TOUT
the Ups of the kid
Blood spurted
front the mashed Ups and tears of
[ pain dimmed the eyes of the Catfish.
INSTALLM E N T II
The m u d round of th«: tUe pri-
But then he snapped out of K. They
v j K bout was « revelation both to ■ swept to the eenter of the ring, hurl­
ing
blows at each other front all
myself and to Billy Allen. Uke I said,
snglea.
Slug charged in. driving
the Catfish Kkl was boding mad ' rights and lefts with da/shng speed
«h e n the initial frame ended, and to the fare and midriff of his rjm -
he dsdn t cool off any during the petttor
He raced hr Kid to the
minute's rest
His fighting bl.od was j rop.'s. but the Kid came off like s
aroused and his muscles «e r e taut madman, his right fist cocked at hi*
Ktery vein of his body stood out as side, hia eyes narrowed murderously I
« e rubbed him in his corner, and his Slug saw that blow coming through 1
mouth «forked ceas'lessly.
! a red haae of pam He felt .hat he I
When '.he gong sounded he was should have avoided it with ease, and
out of his corner in a flash Slug was vet s mehow he could not. He was
scowling The Kid crtJ'hed slightly, boring straight in as the Kid bounced !
diawing his stomach back, dragging off the ropes, and the momentum of j
his chin down to his shoulder. Slug. them both, traveling toward each |
W HAT
MAS M A I T I M I )
Irom tlie crowd as Malloy strada
down ths aisle
It took only mia
glance for me to see that the Itouso
«a s pretty nearly w sell-out
It
«a s t il very big. aiisway. and somo
folks «e re perched In the rafters.
Mull .y came over and felt of the
C liristi K id s taped hands then raised
hia face to grin at him
Hello FUli.“ h- said sneerlnglv
"You don't nerd to feel hi* hands,
fellow,“ I growled at him "He don't
need any liors-slioe* to slop you!"
Mick glinn'd again Hr wa* a well-
batterei) boy, heavy-ael and pugna­
cious. and Ills ears were flat and
«iv a wling like yon see n so many
priar-fighters
I « m i n o r <1 o n
Fag*
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flee Ml pisls • o h * 1 Wttu lag*, a* W WIN
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The two m e n !*tood toe to toe for the rest of the round, b lA r k
against white, guarding not at alt. hurlinjf their flats with
never a pause.
other, together willy the savage pow-
“ Noasir,” he 'effaced ■Slug's In no
rr which madness engendered tn the condition to fight anybody or any-
thing
right now
H< rouldnt stand
Kid. figured in Uiat blow.
up two minutes If this guy Malloy
It caught Slug squarely under J h r KOt , hwUU|y
, t lhBl jBW
chin and turned him alinast a bark
' But wliat re we going to do?" I
somersault.
He struck the fl o r of ! asked "him
the ring with a dull thud, and we,
O e l «.ttir b o d y else •
too excited to call a halt to the pro.
Who. f rinatane*?"
reeding*, watched » J Jerry Lee. who
Who gave Slug that punch? That's
was acting relerre, counted Slug out.
Here was Slug. our undefeated “ **■ •“ *> vou » » " ' "
But lie don l know nothing ibout
near-champion, knocked out by a
-pairing partner) By a rank outatd- fighting scientific and all that. He's
Just
a mug I scraped up for a spar­
er who had never worn glove* before
In his life!
The full significance ring partner
of such an upset did not ‘ trike us
■If hf'a good enough to knock Slug
until many minute* later, when we a t 1 co|g ),e'* plenty go d enough to take
last succieded in bringing him bark over Mick Malloy.' skid the medico.
to his senses.
"But ain't there some chance that
"W h ew !" was all he said for a x Slug could go In there?" I asked.
couple of minutes. We got him out 1 "Oh yes. but ltd be suicide for
of hia trappings, gave him a shower him."
and a nibdown. and walked him ! "You're a nice one." I said
"I
around a bit.
thought you d fix my boy up in time '
"How're you feeling?" I asked him
"I'm doing all I ran," the Doe re-
1
1,4 ****** bul d“ ln 1 plied, and then I turned to go
sound any too convincing.
"Say." til* Doctor called me bark
“ Hurt anywhere?"
W hat lime la tht* fracas, anyway?"
"Nope, cept—well, my Jaw."
"Tomorrow evening.' I told him
I felt hia Jaw. the spot where the
'N o t a rhanee." he said sorrowfully
Kid's vicious blow had landed with
Not a chance In the world that Slug
f0rce
"“
could take M all'Y over
Take my
decidedly wrong, my fingers, experi­ ad vice and send thls new bov in l l l
enced in such matters told me in be betler llian rtaking Slug.'
stantie. I called a doctor.
(lu rw i 1« th« — rr et of (•miniti«» »p->
I went up to th* offlee and gave
p*el . . And a soft, light nil In lath *
Examination proved that some Billy Allen Ihr dope
Billy had th* nmnrrai c*f chirm. I>r Fr»-t! Palmer’«
tiring was wrong, prat what It was | catfish Kid there, getting hia sign«
Shin Whit AWT Oinfniint «often« amt
the doctor couldn t be aure until ha ture on a contract It didn't call (or lighten* th«' da rii eat «kin. € I Mira
got a couple of x-rays made. Mean­ much, but you should have seen the plmplee. Moti hea And tan nurim, and
while he warned Slug to take it happy look on the K id * face when (Utom »way with (hot ’ oilv. ahlnf**
mighty easy.
we explained the whole thing to him. look, line ( him preparativi* and mah*
your akin aoft. delicate and « Iwrm-
A day later he Informed ua that Then I rushed denars into the gym m* Thia nmiiiini Olntm«nt la mad«
Slug’s Jaw wasn l broken- the guarda with him and we began to give him a In the fnmottn l>r. Fred Palmer*«
he had worn Had prevented that— but little concentrated Instruction in th* I*« tx»ra tor lea where are nlao m.i«l«
thmw it her henuty alila you know mo
that the thing was pretty bad and [ gentle art of fisticuffs
The Kid learnrd f ist, and although *•11: l>r. Pitlm rr'i Hhln White n r
any rough treatment would make It
worse. W" told him about the forth- | .Slug s Jaw was healing quickly, the Howp, Hkln Whltaner Fuca Powder.
Ilulr Mreneer and I (l«l Deodorant
coming title fight, and he turned j bom decided not to risk further in
which rnny la* had nt nil (Irti* atore»
thumbs down on that right then and Jury. That afternoon we announced for 2R rent« each or will I a* nent |w»ef-
there.
Hi- substitution and the next day the pald upon receipt of price. I>r rrad
Kid weighed in Instead of Slug
It I'almera I Mira tor lea. l>ept. A. A l­
was a mighty long chance to take, lan tu. Da.
S an d 4 r In ola m p o f o r t r in i
since a dr leal for us would merely
on m p io o f S h in W h ita n e r 9
mean that Mirk Malloy would hr
A »
Semp mnd F me a F o n d a r.
helped along his path to the cham­
— o r-
pionship wilile Slug was standing still,
but Billy was willing to take it on the
D R .F R E D PALMER’S
I I I K f T I V K IW K
Kid * showing agklnst Slug, and there
wasn’t much I could do about It
Next rvening, then, the Catfish Kid.
wide-eyed and rather Ul-at-eiae, was ‘ M I P S YOUR COM PLlHtOM V O U T H fU l'
shoved between th* ropea into the
ring with Mick Malloy, one of the M N b u p deed p a rt a il id » r r « « . O k ia lM i« «
C h a n iy M A R T W IR .IA N O W H U H .I u w »
chief contenders for the heavyweight
Jee M iteni. D»|»t id. OkHihnni* Otty. O k ie -
crown. I took It upoii myself to sec­ horn«.
H N a g y T r g u b lr
ond him, while Billy and Slug looked
s i T . , r W h i m m a u **•
on from the sidelines
l w • t r ia l Baa
w u N T ii)
n m .i. i . u c r v m o j o
'Bead sileltoe lelt as we clambered d t L ’ g a N r k T y n «•«•erf*
U. M .S H T E U 4 ■ «
IN «.
H> M * «fl
W rM * V A L -
*1 > • * * ? g ira s i B ra tk lra . 1 . » .
into the ring, foflowvd by a vast roar M o w . U n I . O t t g p t i r e « « , r t > » r « e «
"n i f in ii''
R e s is i S u c h
Loveli ne»«
SfiinRUfiitener