The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-18
talking
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

ATEw YORK. July 1s.-The prize
N fight racket has new light
weight champion today. swarthy,
souint-sved, olack- haired, youth
from the east side-that noisy,
turbulent, aromatic Jewish section
of the metropolis that produced
Leonard and such lesser lights as
Terris and Goldstein. Abraham
Singer IS his name. Al they call him
in the ring. He took over the cham
uiouship by smashing the weight
weakened Sammy Mandell into
bundle Of limp flesh in less than
two minutes Of pounding in the
first round Thursday night.
As a contest u was q traTesty ana man
az Che neiKhbor's children. skepueal ana
suspicious. BY nature and reason "i'
the Yankee Stadium kicking themselves IN
the panties and growing that they mao
contributed their dough to another n''''
burglary.
~. 49,. ~ course. that they did not
-.t 10 ace a great Gzht since u taxes
40 Ia make anv sort OF nght ano ~ ~ -,
dav night handeH fes va, - 81 p',sst tbsre vas
AZ re fzht vas leRitimately eontesSeo'
-. hovS Who peered at Mandeh at MS
training camp and wrote that he was ="
,uhbed nm and ready for the clothes nne
,,rt.d An, turn. Making weight took 100
- ~ his vitality and stamina and ne
hev,n to totter and roll his eyes the uIs1
tI,,s singer reached out and daboed MS
check bone with left band.
n
A BOUT all that was left Of the
n old Mandeu pattern when ne
came into the ring, pasty faced ana
bIue Hpped. was his heart ana ms
old bath robe. though when ne
nosed in the ring with the chal-
ienper for the camera fiends, ne
looked durable enough from the
outside. and some of the boys began
to ask leading questions about IhoSe
2 to 1 odds on Singer.
NJ, Al. bout hadn't gone more THAN
sr.ntv ar thirty seconds before 1t became
.-fd.nt that the 2s-year-Old Mandeh ma"
.rdd.nIv become incredibly aged and I'M
,ot.nt without taking ANYTHING away
49,, SINGER. don't know Of anv ialrig
-ood Ii-btvsirht who couldn't have knoeKeu
49,. .b,mpIon out Thursday night. He was
that far gone.
IT. ven, down four times before sur, sur
rendering and in q Rallant ,I aisr,sie ~ the
porfinr with the best tIaqie'ItYIs Fonnsd
s2gett,---5r,- IN his knees in neutral corner
FOR the FIRST knockdown a, us,., he cot
pi9bt and he took a count OF hVe'
q
Facing inevitable defeat the champion
s,,.5 and shaken. began to back away,
1,stinctiveIv duoking under punches anu
ho1di,r nm his guard. Singer caught MN
-, over on MandelTs side OF the rlns
,nd b,-an to pummeI him about the head-
Manden looked to his e % cali for for help
svom bis friend and manager. the einger
Lsi1ed Manufactured Eddie kanlss' ,,SSno,seb
drove him to the floor and nan 'lioUH-
the ropes -
Not manv In the ring side seats Win .
.,osc mn view Of his desperate preuicA
r,ent expected him tosrise again; out inc
s.htirr heart OF the fraii Italian tuho
.5o,,d to the end and he climbed out o.
IN. resin once more TO face ms atouseu
eonaueror.
nv now he had lost all sense OF
d surroundings. He was out on
his feet. Blood was beginning 10
come from his mouth. A thin req
nenciling of it ran down from the
left corner of his lips and dropped
on his chest.
II would have been humane thing I1 70
have stopped the hght ~ tns Ala not wish
10 deprive the Bronx boy OF an ,.tsp 4,
nuted knockout. \ few momeJn's ,,n 1asy a
Sresh assault thoroughly beaten ana Just
as thoroughly out.
pudEv figure in the press peWs WORKED
his wav over to the ringSide and shoVeH
his hand IN TO the winner. Singer folded
the hand in his gIoyed fists and pumped
,,r.v enthusiastically. II told YOU I would
do it, he gurgled- He was talking 10 beh
nv leonard. the retired champion who hrst
made the east side oauliiower conscious
eighteen wears ago.
MEANWHILE the stricken Man
NI dell was propped up in his
corner. Doc Bagley. the trainer. was
ironing his throbbing head with
cake of ice. Kane. the manager,
was Mating him briskly on the jaw,
irving to chase the cobwebS away,
and asking if he felt all right
which was a rather strange thing to
ask a man who just had been hit on
the head by safe that had fallen
eighteen floors.
Presently. Mander was able to get m
and leave the ring under hts own power
the black robe he wore and the ohalky hue
Of his face lending a maeabre touch to the
exit Of a champion fistioally bankrupt at
an age when many champions of the past
we're Just beginning to qualify as wtndup
frhters.
few faint cheers we're set OF by SYM
pathetic admirers and there was throaty
undertOne Of bOoes. How much glQ yon
set for LAYING down.? S99meeoh 1s Sh tSatsd
another voice. MandeH still mentally pc
Tossed from the beating he had taken:
staggered down the ring steps ana up one
~ Ire siSles that led to the Yankee dug
out and thence to the dressing room;
thTon sh the 0iq ropes before Msndell's han
dlers could get 20 him and carried MN 70
his corner Standing in q neutral corner
Singer waited until the knockout count had
been completed and then jumped hlgn N
the air like a cheer leader calling for
tiger and nine rahS.
-
As the darkness Of the arena settled
around him like heavy black folds Of OBJ
scuritv. the thought occurred 10 me that
young sammy MsndeII is a pretty lucky
stin at that. II isn't as " he had been
beaten out Of the ring an old man. Hes
stim just a kid. And now he can 20 out
ard get into snme decent business.