The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-09-10
Camp
EntertalnS
Customers
Challenger of Dempsey Drops
Into Second Place With
Spectators When Man.
ager Performs.
Rabbit Punch Favorite
BY FRED s. HUNTER,
staff CORRESPONDENT The Omaha Bee.

By FRED s. HUNTER,
staff Correspondent The Omaha Bee.
Atlantic City, N. j.. Sept. 9.-Luis
Angel Firpo's Atlantic City training
camp may be no great shakes as a
place of physical development, and
the fistic curriculum may be nothing
to get excited about, but from the
standpoint Of amusement and enter
tainment for the cash customer, 1t
is a riot. Up in Shelby and Great
Falls last July. the charge to watch
Dempsey or Gibbons train was so
cents per head. Here the gate ad-
mission is 81 per copy, plus war tax.
But it's worth the difference.
The extra so cents worth is pro-
vided. not by Senior Firpo. but by
Senior Horatio Lavelle and the super
ior collection of syncophantic,v votarios
with whom Senior Horatio has sur
rounded the wild bull Of the pam
pas" in an impetuous endeavor to con-
vince the wild bull that he really Is
wild.
Crest on Motor.
And, oh, yes, there is Luis Angels
new automobile. On the side of this
new automobile is painted the name
with a crest, which we have been ad-
vised was designed by no other than
Luis Angel himself. Being an ex-
stevedore, Firpo has his own ideas
about designing, but it must be ad
mitted he is at least original. The
coat of arms has copper sun ris
ing Tor might 1t possibly be setting?)
ma baby blue sky over a pink
stretch Of pampas. In the fore
ground is the head of a bull with
long, sharp horns and look that Is
presumably vicious.
Now. laugh that off
But, to get back to Senor Horatio,
who is well worth the money.
Omaha was denied the highly recre-
ational spectacle of Senior Lavelle in
action, when Firpo visited our city
early last month because Senior Hora-
tio had not yet arrived from Buenos
Aires to become Luis Angels man
ager, isocyguard, PROTECTOR court
Jester and handy lad. And what
shame, Senior Horatio would have
been knockout around the baseball
headquarters or the Business Mems
gym.
Senior Horatio IL. as busy as the
proverbial cranberry merchant. He Is
constantly on the go, and his tongue
wags forever. He expostulates. He
calculates. He gesticulates. And he
performs the most marvellous genu-
Elections ever beheld by man. FIrpo
boxes round with a sparring part
ner and returns to his corner where
awaits Senior Horatio ready to do his
stuff.
"Ah, my champion, what a wonder
full round that was" >rhapsodizes the
enthusiastic Senior. Horatio with ap-
propriate physical establishment
Behold the delight of the spectators
oh, my king. 1t is truly marvellous,
thy grace and thy skill"
And so on.
The gong rings and Eirpo stalks
majestically out for another two min
utes of pillow throwing with a de-
crepit sparring partner. Senior Hora-
tio takes up his prattle from the cor
ner.
Psychological Chatter.
bend forward a little further, oh
my king. Champion OF champions.
smite him with the right hand. Oh.
what a. marvellous champion. More
OF that terrible right, Luis. 1t Is deadly
indeed"
There Is more. much more, and all ap-
parently TO instil In Firpo a spirit Of
confidence that will Withstand few
iolts in the chin from Jack Dempsey.
Psychologically. Senior Horatio's the
ory probably Is sound. Firpo, irnpas-
sive, phlegmatic. even sluggish. Is the
type of man to respond to such treat
ment. But It causes no end Of amuse-
ment to the cash customers. who
spend more time gasping in abject
wonder at Lavelle than at Firpo.
Commenting upon the soundness Of
Senior Lavelles management. 1t might
not be amlss to take note that the
same sort of thing goes on all the
time at Jack Dempsey's training
camp. They never speak OF the title
holder as Dempsey or Jack. It's al
ways "the champ" Even Kearns re-
fers to his charge as "the champion" )"
Another reason. possibly, for the
I.avelle strategy Is to overcome the
gloom that drips from the visiting ex-
perts. They drop in at the training
camp, neer intently at firno. smile
cheerlessly and wanly at the antics Of
the Jealous and passionate Senior
Horatio, and then silently shake their
heads. They can see no good what
ever in Firpo or his methods, and
apparently, the least they expect next
Friday night is tragic calamity with
Firpo supplying the tragedy.
Laying no claim to expertness, we
have so far been unable to join in the
collective gloom. 1t Is OF great annoy
ance and some disappointment too.
the experts seem to get so much en-
joyment out Of IT,