New Britain herald., 1929-04-13
ANDY AND NOAH
 TALK FIGHT GAME
Neither Thinks Very Much ol
 the Other
(COMMl NlCATED)
Dear Mary Ann.

Dear Mary Ann.
 on account of being kinda fed up on james I didn't call for you he other night but visited my old pal Noah Count instead. having a fine tune even though l missed the old parlor act and your old gent bring ing in the alarm clock to show what time Romeos should leave. We got 10 talking about Contortionists Nhe lads with the muscles so flexible they can crawl through kitchen stove pipes without getting soot down their neCks even when passing an elbow with me saying I'd like 10 be one. Especially at the movies when some blg bImho blocks my view, then without getting cramps l could maneoLver my boGy to see fl the hero is IS dumb as he looks or the villain as bad as he acts.
 Noah claims he'd never he q con- tortlonlst because while doing his stuff he'd be worried stiff for fear he couldn't drag himself back into shape again He'd rather he prize fighter. l tells him it's better to he a Contortionist getting all outa shape once in a while than to be prlz" fighter and eet knocked outa shape permanent. + a fella has q good healthy jaw there's no sense in pun lshing 1t by using il as a bumper 10 stop the other guys hard fist. This spiel. Mary. recalled pnr days with the amateur give and take boys, when We each had half dozen battles. winning all but six.
 We kids each other along with Noah saying ,"Remember the night YOU brought the house down by missing so many swings jane in the gallery walks out on account of thinking you Were waving to her ?' Although this touches a sore spot. l grins. Which was nothing to the night your noble Cranium kissed the canvas so many times that even the referee remarked that you musta been top heavy, not only above but below the ears. Even if l did get walloped with everything but the timekeeper's nationality he an- swers. T managed 10 put many 10 sleep.'
 "Yeah." I comes back with, the customers in the first 3 rows. Those in back were already that way. Letting this go over his bean like an oversize derby, he continues. Even my opponents admitted I was light on my hoofs." "Well,' ] chuckles. they oushta know. judg ing from the number of times they lifted you off of 'em onto the ropes. v "Is zat SO. he says. sarcastic. you be in the fight game today fl the referee would let you carry mat tress in the ring sos you wouldn't wear out the canvas in croWdlng It.
 "Outside Of being good target prac 1ice for the other fella all you ever used the ring for was a place 10 catch up on your sleep, being knocked out so often that half of your-ti1ue was spent in total dark ness. Instead Of climbing into a ham, mock 10 get rocked 10 dreamIand you got the same results by climbing into ring All you needed to feel al home was paJamas. horse blan- ket. and bedtime stories. Even the ropes couldn't keep you from talk ing ringside seat. The slow mo- ton" pictures got their stuff from watching you in action, if any. When you tired of telegra phing your punches you sent night letters. The onIy time you sent a battler down was when his legs gave out In try ing to catch up with you.'
 As Noah was speaking the truth more than he realized I reaches for my kelly instead of a Sweet, saying. And you quit the game because you didn't get enough exercise "Nhat do you mean, not enough everciseo' he demands. Well" l draWis, you walked into the ring but missed the exercise on the return trip on ac- count Of being carried, and how
 ANDY DALE.