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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Stribling's Bouts

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Freddie Boo.ds;; d.. 10; Larry Avera d. 49, 10.
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d.. 10: BATTLING Budd. d.. 10; Fearless Ferns.
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Paul p B aaf 0 d.. 8; Bob Fitssmpons
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George George I" Cook, w.. 10: Bud German. W. 10;
Harvey Perkins. W. 10; Jimmy Delaney. W.
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n ~ d.. 10 10: Chief T Mstoauak, n d.. 10; johnny
Rohki. n. d., 10: Tommy Burns: n d., 10:
l926-Jimmy Slattery. w., ~; CnuCk purns'
k. 5: Johnny Risko, w.. 10; Ray Newman.
W.. 10; Paul Berlenbach .0or light heavy
weight title). l.. IS: Buck Aston wtk D;
Chuck Burns. w. TO- FranH l,,ra boscn R,t WA:
Battling Levinsky. n. d.: 10: Ed smith. w.
10; Big Boy Peterson. k' 3; Joe Lohmah'
ls27-Eddle Huffman, W., 10; Leo Gates
wtk, !; Red Eitzsimmons. K. a Jack IN Met e,
Loughan. l., 10: Jimmy Byrne. n a.. IL;
Chuck Virgins. VT. 6; Otto Won Porst. w.
Harry Dillon. W. 10; Agnus Snyder, W. 6;
Andy Kid Palmer. wtk., 6; Leu Scozza W..
TO- Tom Kirby, W., 10; Make Rosenbloom'
1873 Chuck Wieeins n; d. 10; s Martin Idn
Po oifse k. q Sailor Maxted. ". 2; Joe
Clancy. k. !; Al Friedman: k.' ~ Chp pat
Joyce t. Earl Blue em s X JACK s. sass
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2: Pete Angelo. k, 2; Charles Randell. K,
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k. 3; Harry Fay, w., 10: Joe Pasko, X, =;
Wild Bill Rowe, k, 2; B Buckley harris x:
Jack Ryan, X, 2; Martin Burks, X !;
10; Big Sid ferris, k. 8, Ray Neuman, H..
6; Billy, Freas, X, l.; Panchos Castano' *,
2; Marshall Blackstock. k, 2.
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Durham, n. G. K, :, January il; ATt MALAY
, Norfolk, Va. k, 3; January n. Sully Mont
gomery. Memphis. Tenn. k. 2; January u.s.
Ralph Smith. New Orleans k, 2.
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Sharkey's Record

1922 GoFn at Binsh'm'0n' NJ T. october .
KnockOuts.
1924-Billy Muldoon. /: Pate Hace, 2.
l926-Joe lawson. 2; Orlando Reverbert
3; Homer Smith, stopped in 7 rounds.
Won From.
l924-Floyd Johnson. 10; Homer Smith, TO-
l5 55SojtS; d de Nave. 10; suuy Montsom
cry, TO- Jack Renault. 10; George Cook. 10;
Jim Maloney. on foul in O.; Johnny Risko
s5 5m Ha@ 1 Rn TO- Kim solomon
10; Pat Mccarthy. 10; Bud German: on foul
2; George Godfrey. 10; Harry Wills, foul
in 10.
1e24-Young Jack Johnson, O.; Charley
Weinert, IL.
ls24-Eddie Record. 10; Jim Maloney, 10
1e25-Charley Weinert, 10; Bud Cor
man, 10.
1927 Record.
March Mike McTitue, New York City,
technical knockout in IL.
May 2o-Jim Maloney, New York City,
July 2l-Jack Dempsey, New York City,
knocked out in 7.
Record for 1928.
draw, 10.
March l2-Johnny Risko, New York City,
lost in Is.
April 3o--Jack Delaney, New York City,
knockout in /.
June 21-Lee Gates. st. Louis, Mo-, knock
out in 3.
December l0-Arthur de Kuh, Boston, won
in 10.
January 2s-K. o. Christner, New York,
won in TO-
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ON THE SIDE LINES
With the Sports Editor ~
;By DENMAN THOMPSON=

by the New York State Athletic
Commission there will be no
judges. Magnolia will be in I'M
disputed charge of the pro-
ceedings, will be the sole judge
of any claims of foul, will de-
eide the winner if the bout goes
the limit and If it is too close
to make a Just decision will
have the authority to call it a
draw.
If Sharkey runs true to form from
his course in the battle with Demp-
sey he may be expected to do a lot
of scuawking over the legality Of
Striblings body barrages. With no
other official observers in the form
of judges to help him out Magnolia
will have to base all his rulings on
disputed points on what he, himself,
is able to observe.
As it is a physical imposSibihty for
any mortal to be in all sections OF
ring at one and the same time there
may be some rough stuff tonight
that isn't detected.
All of which presents the POSSIBLE
ity that regardless of the RI suit the
battle may become the subject of bit
ter controversy, just as was the
Sharkey- Dempsey affair in 1927, and
the later second meeting betwf EN-
Dempsey and Tunney, which was
featured by the celebrated long
count.
TN that connection the news
papers hereabout yesterday
carried prominently dis
played stories to the effect that
as Promoter Dempsey has taken
care that there will be no repe-
tition in the fight tonight of
the thing his friends claim de-
prived him of x. 0. victory
over Tunney in the seventh
round at Chicago.
Dempsey is represented as
having given specific instruc-
lions to Magnolia in a confer
ence with the managers of both
Sharkey and Stribling that he
is to begin the count the in
slant either of the fighters
goes down and that in the
event the other fails to go to
the farthest neutral corner
Magnolia is to quit his count at
-four" personally escort the
standing fighter to the corner
and then resume the count at
five"
That is just the way the matter
was presented in the public prints.
How such a procedure would prevent
a so-called long count is beyond us
for in the Chicago fight. Referee
Dave Barry used four seconds get
ting Dempsey to corner before be-
ginning his count and in this one
Magnolia would have to consume
about the same amount Of time in
the middle of his count.
Howeper, it is to be hoped Magnolia
tonight 1Oiu hare no problems to
sotpe, that the GLOVE thro,0ing is all
clcdn-cut and above board and that
il there is any counting to be dont
the unfortunate recipient OF this at
tention 1UiH not be able to hear it
eren NTH a superdyndmic loud
speaker.
Then this battle Of Biscayne Bay
may be adjudged to have accomplish
ed something worthwhile In addition
to establishing william Harrison
Dempsey as an accomplished pro-
notes.
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MUCH TO Be TOLD"
ABOUT HEAVY BOUT
485 Press Seats Requested,
Greatest Since Dempsey
Fought Carpenter.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
n A IAMI BEACH, Fla, February q.
M The front rows of the Fla
wv mingo Park ringside tonight
1 4 will look much like the same
section in Madison Square
Garden, except that soft skirts, white
trousers and panamas will replace the
formal dress of most of the famous six
hundred millionaires and their friends.
The biggest assembly of newspaper
men since the Dempsey Carpenter fight
in Jersey City in 1921 has collected for
this fracas. A total Of 485 requests for
press accommodations was recorded, as
compared with about 600 for the Jersey
City fight, which set the record. The
total Is 81 more than for the last
Dempsey-Tunney fight. However, only
1876 will be accommodated in the actual
ringside press section. where approx
mately As telegraph wires have been
installed to carry the details to all parts
Of the country.
holders, with 81, while the big-city list
shows New York with 80, Boston 49,
Chicago 16, Kansas City 10, st. Louis
10, Cleveland IA, Atlanta IL. Philadel-
phia l6, Buffalo 2, Salt Lake City 8,
San Francisco !, Havana 4, Toronto
and Montreal each.
Babe Ruth, who likes his fights al
most as much as his home runs, made a
flying trip from the Yankees camp at
st. Petersburg to see the bout. There
is hardly major or minor league camp
in Florida that hasn't its representatives
in the fistic crowd.
The largest bet so far reported on the
fight was one of $4,000 to $4,000 on
Sharkey to win. the result Of a diff
ference of opinion between wealthy
Chicago hacker of Sharkey and a rich
Atlanta friend of Stribling.
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THOMPSON WILL BOX
FIELDS ON MARCH rs
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 27.-Promoter
Jim Mullen, competing with Paddy
Harmon, builder of the $1,000, 900
Chicago stadium for pugilistic plums,
today announced the signing of Jackie
Fields, Los Angeles contender for the
world welterweight championship. and
Young Jack Thompson, San Francisco
Negro. for the Soliseum March rs.
Mullen also has signed Otto Won
Porat, the Norwegian heavyweight for
a 1O-round battle with Tom Heeney,
the New zealander. in the Coliseum
March IL. This will be the first major
heavyweight battle in Chicago since the
battle on the lake front between Jack
Dempsey and Gene Tunney Is months
ago.
Fields Is a Chicago boy who went
West to make a pugilistic reputation.
He and Thompson met previously on
the coast with, Fields grabbing the de-
cision in 10 rounds.
Thompson rated as the nearest ap-
proach to Joe Cans, holds a. two-round
knockout victory over Joe Dundee. the
welterweight title holder. Dundee held
onto hts title. however. by forcing
Thompson to come in above the weight
limit of lat pounds.
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KOEN|G IS ANXIOUS
TO PLAY HOT SACK
Would Rather Cavort There
Than at Short, Yankee
Player Asserts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
y T. PETERSBURG. Fla. February
2T.-Mark Koenig would rather
play third base than shortstop
~ for the New York Yankees, and
not only because he doesn't have
to walk so far to the bench.
Now in the process of being groomed
to fill jumping Joe" Dugan's shoes at
the hot corner. Mark explains that he
I'D much rather play third" Koenig
says. "At third 1 ought to last about
three years longer than I would at
short, where there's more ground to
cover
Koenig and Gene Robertson are bat
Ting for the third base job. while the
competition for Marks old shortstop
berth lies between Lyn Larry. the Pa
cific Coast recruit, and Leo Durocher.
Twenty-six Yankees now are In
camp, but Babe Ruth's not among
pursuing Grant golf balls.
BY the Associated Press.
FORT MYERS, Fla, February 81
A dozen of the So-called regulars of
the Athletics have tickets for the
Sharkey- Stribling fracas at Miami
Beach tonight. so Manager Mack told
ttletIl W lOIBcI Ddoc Udll IOudy. Olly
the rockies remained in camp and most
Of them are pitchers.
Mickey Cochrane. celebrated saxo-
phone blower, catcher. most valuable
player, etc, is no longer a hold-out.
He reached camp yesterday, shook
hands with his boss and said he was
ready to go to work. The argument
over salary had ended happily, he said.
Nv the Associated Press Il
PHOENIX, Ariz.. February 27.-The
Detroit Tigers apparently are here to
play ball-all kinds of ball. There
wasn't an idle moment in two hours
of infield practice yesterday, and when
that was over "Bucky" Harris or
ganized a medicine ball chain and be-
gan work on hand ball court. Harris
said hand ball and the medicine bali
would have places in everyday train
ing schedule.
Harris practiced on equal terms with
the rest of the group, making no at
tempt to give instructions. To work
out the Winter kinks evidently Is his
first objective.
BY the Associated Press. &C., ...
CHICAGO. February 27-Manager
Lena Blackburne will have q party OF
AZ White Sox players, writer's, photog-
morrow, when he departs for the Dallas
training camp for the first limbering-
up work of the season. Eleven players
will be with the party when it leaves
here, and others will join en- route.
Players here arc: Pitchers Fred Dun
don. Urban Faber. George Connally.
Bob Weiland, Ed Walsh, jr.; Eli Ward
and AL Thomas; Bill Cissell. shortstop
Clyde Grouse. catcher; John Clancy.
first baseman and Karl Swanson, sec
ond baseman.
Dan Dugan. rookie southpaw. and
Clarence Hoffman. new outflelder, will
join the squad at st. Louis.
BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. February
27.-Whether Alvin Crowder, lead
ing hurler in the American League last
season has reached terms with the st.
Louis Browns was a question today. He
failed to report with the initial squad.
Vice President McEvoy said Crowder
was not holdout.
Manager Dan Howley hobbled with a
cane. an operation was performed on
his left foot Saturday.
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GORILLA AND MORGAN
TO CLASH FOR TITLE

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES. February 27.-San.i-
ago Gorilla, flaShy little San Bias Indian
from the jungleS Of Panama. will get
his second chance at the world Junior
lightweight championship April Q. He
will meet Tod Morgan, title holder, at
the Olympic Auditorium here on that
date
The match. closed yesterday by Hay
den WadhamS. matchmaker Of the
arena, will bring the pair together for
the second time. Last year at San
Francisco Gorilla held the champion to
a draw.
Morgan, left-handed artist who won
the title here in 1925 from Mike Bal
lerino Of New Jersey. will receive a
$4,000 guarantee as his share of the
gate. Gorilla will got percentage of
the receipts after they have passed the
S25 mark
The championship match. at 1870
pounds, will be the first titilar hcut
here in three years. In the last afTair
IN which crown was involved Fidel
La Barba, then fiywe.ght champion. re-
$2.ssS the challenge OF George Rivers.
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BUSH MAY DIRECT
WITH iron HAND"
Indicates Changed Methods
in Calling Down Late
Pirate Arrival.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ASO ROBES, Calf, February
- 27.-Donie Bush evidently means
to handle the Pittsburgh Pirate
i 1929 edition differently than last
season. The arrival of Fred Fus-
sell, rangy left-hander, yesterday showed
the diminutive mentor to be not so easy.
Russell, three days late, though signed
early was lucky to escape fine, Bush
told him. and may yet If he. doesn't
round into shape the same time the
other battery men do.
Twice-a-day practice sessions have
been inaugurated, with all battery men
participating excepting Burleigh Grimes,
who has been taken down with cold.
The new inf1eld trio-Sheeley, Tray
nor and Stroner-seems to be function
ing well. Stroner especially seems in
excellent shape despite his recent ap-
pendicitis operation. The Waners con-
tinue to hold out.
Z SAN ANTONIO. Tex, February 27
RD.-With John McGraw himself on
the job. the New York Giants are in for
work. and lots of it. ,'>'
The Little Napoleon" has ordered
two practice sessions a day from now
on, from 10 to IL and from to f. Nc
IldW a SdllC UCUWCcil tIIc Leg .
lllarS and the yannigans yesterday. The
regulars, pounding out Is hits. beat the
rockies to 2 and would have piled up a
much larger score If they had done
their base-running with a little more
celebrity. In the first inning the regulars
made two doubles and single, had the
aid Of an error and wild pitch, but
still couldn't score.
CLEARWATER. Fla, February q
N.-The annual struggle between the
pitchers and the batters already has
begun, so far as the Brooklyn Robins
are concerned. Some of the more am
bilious additions to Uncle" Wilbert
Robinson's flock laid into the offerings
of the eight pitchers in the camp with
so much vigor during their second work.
out yesterday that the harassed hurlers
tried to put something on the ball.
Max Carey, veteran outfielder. who
Is acting as manager until Robbie ar
rives, severely rebuked those who so far
forgot themselves. Save that for some
ball game in July" he advised.
AVON PARK. Fla, February 81 L@).
Manager Billy Southworth of the
Cards is, candidate for the regular
right field berth. Coach Greasy" Neale
will decide the gardener, as Roettger
and Orsatti are the other aspirantS.
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WRC WILL BROADCAST
ONLY BIG BOUT TONIGHT

Washington will be told by WRC
the details Of the Jack Sharkey-
Young Stribling scheduled 10-round
fistic contest at Miami Beach. Fla,
tonight, but il 1t wants a resume of
the preliminaries to the main en-
counter of the program at the Fla
mingo Park arena it will have to dial
some other broadcasting station.
According to the National Broad
casting Co, which has arranged for
y coast tO-coast broadcast of pro-
oeedings in the Florida ring, the
story of the main fight will begin at
10 o'clock. The ringSide account Of
Ireliminaries starting at $3.50 O'Clock
will be sent from Stations VIDAL,
WIZ. WBZ, WHAM. WLW, KDKA,
WBZA, WJR, KYW, WREN. kWk
and WHO'D.
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CANzONERI IS VICTOR
OVER TOUGH FILIPINO

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 27.-Tony Can
zoneri, former world featherweight
champion, found his knockout punch
missing when he battled the Filipino
gamecock, Ignacio Fernandez, 10 rounds
at the Coliseum last night. He pounded
Fernandez's concrete chin with an
avalanche of punches, but failed to
come close to knocking him out or even
upsetting him. Canzoneri got decision,
however.
Fernandez fought back viciously and
received a tremendous hand from the
crowd for his courage in refusing to
wilt under Canzoneris superior attack.
They fought before a capacity crowd
of more than 10000. The gate receipts
were around $4,000. 1t was Promoter
Jim Mullins third successive sell-out.
Eddie Shea, Chicago's contender for
the featherweight title, also found
Sailor Fay Kosky of San Francisco too
tough to stop. In fact. Shea was both
cred so much by Koskys left-handed
STYLE that he was held to draw.
Joey Medill, Chicago lightweight,
pounded out decision over Joey Kauff-
man of Brooklyn. and Earl Mastro,
Chicago featherweight, outpointed Will
lie Michel, a Belgian 124 FOUNDER.
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Florida Sports Drama Rue Continue FsSng Catcher
EvERS IS IN OLD FORM;
BANNED FOR PROTESTING

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. Febru-
airy % P).-Johnny Evers and
Hammering Hank GOwdy are bring
ing back the days of 1914 to the
lowly Braves in training here. The
veterans Of the world champion OUT
fit of that year. recalled to their
old team in an advisory capacity.
forgot age and led two teams of
sandlOt makeup through three in
nings Of base ball yesterday.
Gowdy played second base in
stead of catcher. and Evers did not
play at all. but they acted like the
Gowdy and Evers of old. The Trojan
rushed out from the bench. followed
by his whole team to protest a de-
cision at the plate.
1t didn't make any difference 10
Eyers that the umpire happened to
be Francis +. Slattery. chairman Of
the Boston schOOlhouSe committee
and mentioned as B0stOn's next
mayor, but Umpire Pete McKenna
came to Slattery's rescue. and Evers
was banished from the coaching
box for the remainder of the game.
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JOE DUNDEE MAY FIGHT
SOUTH AMERICAN BOXER

BUENOS AIRES, February q R.-
Negotiations to bring Joe Dundee. world
welterweight champion, to Buenos Aires
for a title match with the South Amer
lean champion, Kobrisset, are progress
sing. 1t is said that the purse and
other conditions have been accepted by
both boxers.
Dundee has been asked to arrive in
Buenos Aires not later than April A
as after that date it is differcult to
stage outdoor matches in the Argen-
tine capital and the indoor clubs are OF
small capacity.
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FOLLOWER OF STRIBLING
RIDES MULE TO FIGHT

MIAMI BEACH. Fla. February 81
@.-TranspOrtation obstacles mean
little to J. D. Redd, Georgia compa-
triOt Of w. l.. (Young) Stribling and
fight fan extraordinary.
Determined to see his idols fight
with Jack Sharkey tonight, Redd was
confronted with the how of getting
here from his home In Camak, Ga,
500 miles distant.
So he came astride his mule, ac-
c0rding to his story.
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BILLY BARTON SHOWING
WELL, MAY BE FAV0RITE

LONDON, February 81 LP).-If Billy
Barton. American race horse, continues
to progress as he is now doing at Tenby
he will start as one of the favorites in
the Grand National, in the opinion of
Sporting LIES experts.
The magazine reviews the effects Of
inactivity due to the prolonged cold on
the various horses.
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THREE MAT BOUTS STAGED.

In wrestling matches last night az
the Gayety Theater Harry Hudson
scored over George Dobson, Ray Hud-
son defeated Charles Kelley and Johnny
RAiIlipsWop over Eddie Heesal
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LEWIS SCORES ON MAT.

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. February 81
R).-Ed ,Strangler) Lewis threw How
ard CantonWine of Iowa in straight
falls, both with headlockS.
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TX 1ITH Jacks belt-line a con-
w slant, but moving target
' for Willie's flying fists it
is fortunate for all concerned
including the spectators that so
capable a referee as Lou Mag
nolia will be the third man in
the ring. The veteran New
York official, who will have sole
charge of the contestants while
the mixing is cn, knows the
fight game from end to end and
will not hesitate to call either
CT them for any off-color stuff.
Although the fight will be
held under the code approved
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IAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb
M ruary Give do not
wv feel qualified to pick the
4 Il winner of the Sharkey-
Stribliny 10-round scuffie here
tonight, ncr for that matter do
we feel inclined to essay the
role of prophet in the Gala
CHER Crosse eight-r o u n d r
which precedeS it. We have a
bunch, however, that because of
his greater experience Crosse
will get the decision over our
fellow townSman in the semi
windup and that in the main
bout If there is a Knockout
Stribling will score it, but that
it is more likely to 60 the limit
in which event the verdict will
go to Sharkey.
Little has been said about
the possibility of the feature
setto of the card ending short
Of the regulation 80 minutes of
scrapping. for any reason other
than a knockout, but that pos
sibility exists and if it should
materialize the past perform
anceS of the principals would
indicate that Stribling will be
the offender and be penaliZed
by loss of the bout as a result.
Stribling always has been known
as mauling type Of fighter who
delights in roughing up his OPP
ponent and who is anything but
choicy in the use of blows when in
clinch or coming out of one. He
lets them fly from all directions and
angles and apparently doesn't seem
to care where they land just so long
as they do.
One OF the best tricks in w. LIS
bag is to ShoUe vigorously his OPP
ponent nth straight left and fol-
loD tctth hard, short right to the
body, near the belt line. According
to the boys iUho haze been matching
Strib in his aUorEoutS here he has
been beidboring his SpGrring part
1ers i0tHl both left and right hand
shots that in many instances landed
q bit loiC. and 1t is not improbable
that some OF his blolDs tonight t0iH
be Just as close to the border line.
As a matter of fact. IL is rather
generally conceded that Stribling
will make play for Sharkey's body,
although he is fast with his left jab
and packs most of his dynamite in
short, overland right hook TO the
jaw.
Strib has been told that Sharkey,
if not actually weak in the stomach,
has distinct aversion to being wal
loped i'm the bread basket, and that
nothing is better calculated TO take
the steam out OF him than rat
a-tat-tat OH his midsection.