The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-23

be fairer than to let him tell his
my partner, Garland, first told
me about Firpo," says the Senior
Mccartney. ''You know he had
Maxted and Mccain in against
Looie. These wNre his first two
fights in this country. As soon az
heard about the guy. suggested
throwing q moose over him. That
sounded good then. But 1t was be.
cause / didn't KNOW Firpo. It's
true that / appear, with Garland,
as a sort Of guide to the best spots
for hunting push-overs, set-ups,
mugs, has-beens. palukas, and
whatever else the papers have
called the guys Looie has met late
ly. It is true that / cut In On
the proceeds Of these shows. But
managing him? NOBODY manages
that baby, but Luis Firpo, himself.
and in person. Don't let anyone
tell you different. know.
Remember when RiCIard want
ed him to call off q couple Of
those dates / had arranged for
him? Did he call them of? He
did not. The promoter, he lose
money, IL not appear he said.
The promoter he have my word.
would not do It the run-0ut Nor
Senior Rickard. Why should ] do
II the run-Out for the little pro-
mOter out there9 That ees all.
"And that WAS ell, too. Ffrpo
kept the dates, though in one Of
them, Homer Smith failed to act
the part OF the set.up every one
said he was, and was on his feet
at the finish. though on the floor
most Of the way.
"I am satisfied that even Il
Firpo had lost to Smith, and was
eliminated from the coming cham
pionship fight with Dempsey, he
would feel all right about It, merely
because he had kept his word.
"That little tour through the
sticks would have netted Looie
$50, 900 even, in cash, II the Cowler
fight had not been called off. But
for a promise made to Tex Rick
ard to arrange no dates after Aug
IS, F'irpo could have made as much
or more again. We are fairly
swamped with offers for him.
every time q new offer ar
rives I have to laugh. Let me
explain. When F'irpo licked Bren-
nan last winter / had just come In
off a. tour with Willard. Richard
asked me to take Firpo out.
couldn't sac that at all. After
some argument during which ]
pointed out that Firpo wasn't
known and. so far as the country
outside of Madison Square Garden
was concerned at that particular
moment, wasn't going anywhere.
So why try to put on q tour?
Richard insisted, and after q
time / sent out the customary
wires and phone calls asking
81 900 an appearance for E1rPo.
/ think / got one answer BACK.
This was for $500. The tour
plans stopped right there.
"That's not more than six months
ago. is it? Now we're TURN1NG
DOWN offers Of $4,000, $4,000. ST.
500 and percentages Of the gate
privileges that would stagger you!
ia il any wonder that / nave TO
giggle now and then?
Il like Firpo. He's a man 81
his word. have already men
toned that Indianapolis incident.
Once Looie gives you his word
YOU can 60 and bet on it. He
never changes his mind.
"You hear q lot of stories about
his being dumb. Forget them.
Here's a little happening that took
place on his recent trip west.
"Looie was hardly in town be-
fore an automobile salesman, rep
resenting one of the finest cars
on the market called on him.
The fellow was loaded down with
blue prints, prospectuses, figures
of all sorts, pictures. literature In
armfuls. He fairly swarmed all
over Looie. For an hour or more
Looie sat with the fellow and the
Interpreter went over everything
the salesman had to say, Firpo
tossing in. a question here and
there.
At the finish, what do you
suppose LOOie did. Buy q carr
Guess again. He rounded up an
attorney, dashed around to the
local office Of the automobile
company, talked things over for
q long time, and when ne came
out, he had the necessary papers
to show that he was the sole
agent in the~ Argentine for the
car.
dumb? If he is, SOS Morgan.
Sos Ford. Sos Rockefeller. Sos
Kearns. So are all those guys who
talk money in 100000 chunks.
I'm sorry that Richard did not
care to have the Firpo tour pro.
longed. So was Looie. OF course
you'll say that it was because of
the money he lost. That's true.
But he also told me that he found
a sort of mental rest in jumping
from one town to another, taking
In new scenes, taking on a variety
of fighters. 1 believe what he said.
said.
1T know Firpo hates the coun-
try life. He Is city fellow, If
ovor there was one. y That in