Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-30
TIRPO PASSES TIME
COUNTING CHICKENS

ATLANTIC CITY, n. T., Aug. 80.
For the fifteen days that are to
elapse before he meets Jack Demp-
ey, Luis Angel Firpo, the affable
young Argentine financier, will be
within his rights in figuring that he
IS to be the next heavyweight cllam-
pion and the big money power of
pugilism.
Luis Angel is doing his figuring
right now and he is serious about
it. He has made no plans to re-
turn to his Argentine home after he
meets Dempsey; on the contrary lie
has decided to remain for long
time in the United States.
Il have too much business to at
tend to before / can go home, y the
big South American said today.
Firpo has gone far enough into
his future plans to decide he will
not need manager when he gets
the title.
So far as outward manifestations
of nervousness are concerned, Firpo
shows no more anxiety about the
coming fight than his player piano
which beats out music all day long
without the inducement of a nickle.
1t plays all the popular jazz tunes
and upon its rack are several of
the latest hits from Argentine, one
of the most recent of which is
'Firpo, Firpo, You're Going To
Get 1t Dempsey
Learning English
The South American is adding
some English to his vocabulary. He
knows "Good morning. - How are
you, - ssNice day. .'Glad to see
you, - GLOW mueh?'' and several
Others.
His pet phrase, however, accord
ing to his household staff, is ''See
you tomorrow 1t is timely
phrase when he is approached by
venturesome business men, and he
gets so used to saying it that he
occasionally bursts out with '.See
you tomorrow" when some dis
tinguished person is telling him that
he is proud of the privilege of meet,
ing him. t
When the sheriff in Indianapolis
told him he would be arrested if
he knocked Joe Downey down, Firpo
said '.See you tomorrow and the
sheriff thought it was fine joke,
his interpreter said.
Firpo called attention to the fact
al he still had $4,000 coming to
i'm "-nm Indianapolis. During this
art u ne conversation the inter-
ra.er marked that Firpo was the
d-hearted person he had
en-. Catching a glare from
side of the room, the in
r covered up the break with
the Willard fight he was
l1y one in the house who slept.
not worried bit and the
ere all worked up.
Checks Up Writers
eads all the papers, or has
eeai to him, and he has a
Fmarkable faculty of remen-
nz the names and faces of the
rs, and he has a hobby of
eeliag up to see what they write.
de las fine memory on all ring
topics. He can tel 1.-The round and
lie kind Of punch that won every
big fight for years back.
The South American thinks il is
peculiar that he is criticized for
his fights against Homer Smith and
Joe Downey. Johnny Dundee Is
going to fight for a championship
next week and he was beaten the
other night in Philadelphia. l have
not been beaten" he said.
Firpo has picked up several Amer,
ican games, including the grand old
game of craps. He has one black
bone and one white one. He has all
the form of a first class shot, bat
he has not mastered the intricacies
of swapping his huge fingers.
When attention was called to a
previous statement that Firpo did
not gamble, his friends explained
THAT is not gambling, he always