Evening star., 1923-09-02

| and a mess of wits and vizes is the
info that this cuckoo will pay Meehan
| five hundred fish per week for thirty
weeks to show in a stage stunt about
twenty minutes a coupla times day.
They is two ideas in Noes scheme
that draws interest from me-the
dough and the notion of keeping Duke
outta the fight game for seven or
eight months while the newspapers
is steaming up knockout crowd for
us when we is ready to give our luck
another workout.
What does the BOY do?" l asks
Goldberg. Shadow boxing and bag
punching"
Something like that says he.
"Only they is a gal in the piece and
, Meehan's got few lines to pull but
they amt nothing that takes any
brains. What kinda voice is the kid
got? Think he can get by with a
song?"
II got a idea they amt no notes he
| knows excepting dough and me-" l
| tells him. "Them's the two things
| he's strongest on
finally tells Moe his stunt is X. o.
! with me and l figures l can bring
Duke in line. l promises to fetch
| the boy over in the afternoon and
get this Jack Hancock on the dotty
| line.
| Meehan kinda likes the idea of
| showing hisself off to the publics.
Think you can get by with
sonS2" / asks.
Sure" he answers. Take a listen,'
and he essays to thrill off few notes.
Now that it's settled that you
can't" says i, lets go over to Gold
| berg's and give the music idea the
buns rush.
Noes got the piece Meehan's gonna
act in all ready. Here's the how of
| it: When the curtain goes up Dukes
sitting in a gymnasium reading
book-deep stuff like Elsie Dinsmore
or The Life of Battling Nelson when
jane crashes the gate. She's got
into the wrong joint but Meehan
starts gab-feast with her. The gal
| pipes the book and is surprised that
| a box-ighter should be going In for
such top-heavy junk or maybe even
, that he can read atall. This is Dukes
| cue to make a few craks about how
! the punch boys has been misjudged
and wot really swell guys they is
and he finishes up by telling the frail
they amt nothing that gives him
/ more pleasures than to lay around
the art museums and going to the
uproars.
) The lane in the piece suddenly
gets a yen that she'd like to see
fighter in action and while Duke goes
outta the exit to change his scenery
she pulls a song and dance. Meehan
; comes back and goes through lot OF
rope jumping, bag-punching and the
rest of the hop. For a encore, IL they
is any such, Duke Is to tell how he
! licked Dixon.
Who's the gal?" the kid wants to
| know.
'Goldie Lark" Moe tells him. Ever
hear of herr"
"Is that the chicken in the sins of
1922 l asks.
That's the baby" says Goldberg.
| Funny how l happened to get her
She drops in a coupla days ago ana
tells me she hears as how I'm going
to put Meehan out and wants that l
should use her. Says she amt so crazy
about the dough. but would sure like
to be in this act with Duke. So graos
| her quick She'll be card herself.
"A looker?" cuts in Meehan.
"She's a Knockout boy" says Moe.
shell make the act go even II you
don't turn out to be no John Drew.
y x X
THE next coupla weeks we has re-
/ hearsals. Goldie is a bear on
looks and a fox in the head. You
don't have to tell her nothing only
once and right away she can sho"
you where it's wrong.
Duke takes a quick flop for her.
but when he's pulling his stun
GoIdie gives him kinda sneery
look. as if she was saying to herselr'
You poor fathead. Why don't you
get out and fight. instead of stailing
around on the stage.
Noes idea is to make all the big
tanks from New York to San Fran
cisco. finishing up in the Big Stall
in the spring. on the trip back.
about not giving Dixon no return
match and Gallagher throws apoplec-
tic fits all over the sport pages. The
day before we is ready to open in
Newark / runs into him on the
street.
when you gonna give us another
crack" he asks.
DO you really want one?" l comes
back. surprised. Il thought you was
Just bulling the newspapers so you
could get a go for your boy with
the second-raters.D
Gallagher throws me a mean glare
IF | knew you was on the square"
saws /, I'VE never woulda gone in for
this drama stuff. Meehan's sore as
a boil because the row with Dixon
went more AN a round. He didn't
figure that baby of yours would last
over a minute at the mostest."
That so," barks Biddy. IF you
and that horseshoe ham of yours
feels that way. about it, what say to
-take-all row with about
ten grand bet on the side?'
Nothing could give me more
pleasures" l answers, but we got a
fat show contract we can't bust"
Don't let that spoil your booty
Sleep" comes back Gallagher. You
forfeit with Goldberg and I'll pay
the rifle"
"Ah,' says 7, "they is one thing
you forgets"
whats that?" he wants to know
"The duties me and Meehan owes
to art" / replies.