The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26
Luis Angel Firpo Is Still " Wild Bull Of Pampas"

NEW YORK, August 24.-'Mid pleasures and palaces which fringe the strutters' speedway along the ocean front of Atlantic City, Luis Angelo Firpo remains the same sol emn, impressed, uncombed and ob- livious colossus who withstood the hat boys of all Broadway in their six months struggle to check the precious black derby that Luis An gelo was wearing when he came tographs, Luis Angelo was still wearing the ferrous millinery, slightly dented in numerous des perate struggles with the hat boys battalion of death along the grand avenue de luz, but still the same old kettle, nevertheless.
 Although Luis Angelo himself never Cmplained his South Amer ican comrades have recently pro- tested that too much note was made of Luis Angelo's conquest over the hat boys, Luis Angelo, himself, when current along Broadway, and thrilled by the combat with the forces which were trying to wedge him apart from a souvenir centaVo, seemed rather proud than ashamed of his victory over the beleaguering forces. His emergence from the conflict with more than $100,000 in cash or quickly available securities, when it came time to depart for Atlantic City was an exit of triumph which the famous young Griffo, squatting on a door step in the shadows of side street. shabby and broke and not gCod to look at, must have envied.
 GriffO Made Little Money.
 Young Griffo. featherweight grown to ITO pounds, no brighter than he should be, and as short in the wind as he is in the change 1-1 fa o hnf fnr this very day than Luis Angelo FirpC ever will be. He never made much, but what he made was any body's money as long as it lasted.
 Luis Angelos South American friends have taken Luis Angelo and his career far more seriously than New York, even though New York has tossed him enough change to az gregate the lifetime earnings of half a dozen skilled workmen in useful trades From what Luis Angelo's friends have said, 1t appears that he wht jests about Luis Angelo Firpo is guilty of a mortal sheer at the whole Argentine nation. Unless one stops twitting Luis Angelo for his thrift and the impressed conditions of his trousers, the ambassador will depart from Washington and Argentlnian gunboats will throw shells in the lap of New York city.
 The comrades of the untamed toro appear to have muffed the fact, how ever, that Luis Angelo's personal ana sartorial characteristics are all part of his fortune. If reference to them really does lacerate the toro's feel ings part of the remedy can be found in any pants-pressing shop for 30 cents, and the nuisance can be completely abated for SIC worth or halves tn any street corner in New York.
 Luis Angelo would win reputa- tion as a great liberal by distributing that much money among the buns along the Bowery if proper attention were given to the advance work, such as phoning the papers and the news reel firms. and this may be stated as a proven fact, for equivalent stunts have been done before by men who were at heart no more reckless with their money than Luis Angelo.
 Wrong Role.
 But then there woulc remain of rnis Angelo no prominent theatrical chara cteristic except his almost in- credible unfitness for the role in which he has been cast-challenger of Jack Dempsey. He would be Just & very inferior prize fighter, without any peculiarities on which to hang the stories which have made hlm famous and rich.
 Fred Fulton is always called the prostrate plasterer or the human horizon line or some such uncompli- mentary thing. But frequent refer ence to Fred Fulton got him matches with Harry Wills, Charley Weinert, Bartley Madden and Jack Renault which paid him more money than he could earn In four years of indus trious clustering. Jack Kearns has weakness for altar of hehotrope and has been referred to as the pre- ambulating barbershop" or the aro- matic manager for more than four years. But Kearns realizes that these references are not always made in an unkind spirit and are money in the bank for him because they en- nance the interest in him. Johnny Wilson's nose, a monumental conk, has been widely celebrated, and every comment thereon has raised the bal ance in Johnny's bank.
 So Luis Angelo Firpo, defending his change pocket against the rapacious tip collectors of Broadway's annex along the boardwalk in Atlantic City, is perhaps more fortunate than his ardent compatrlots realize. Like Babe Ruth he is snowman. And his thrift. his disregard of what the we'll dressed man is wearing are part of Luis Angelo's act, whether they know 1t or not.
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