The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-28
L ALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

By United Press
NEW YORK, Feb 28.-Some-
IN thing ought TO be done about
people who go around corrupting
the minds Of the innocents. 1 am
sitting at the ringside in the Gar
den Friday night still painting from
excitement after Billy Petrolle had
knocked out King Tut in four
rounds when one Of these vipers in
human form bounces into the press
row and whispers, Wen, you just
got back from Florida in time to see
a swell Barney, didn't your"
am shocked as we'll as ineensed and I
Aay to this human viper What do you
mean, a Barney? I. think the two young
havages put up a very vicious fight from
gong to gong. And how about that blood
triekIyinE from Tut's nose and mouth, 7
suppose that is the works too?"
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am VERY much steamed up over the
thinR. as 1 say. because ! do not think It
honesty of effort, especially IN the prize
ring. so I tx a challenging eve upon this
loVlY reptile and repeat now about tnat
biood2"
This causes the ghoulish hend to throw
back bis ugly head and laugh moekingly,
and he replies: Say that Just makes It
look good. You gotta finish up with a
little blood. You've been around enough to
know something about this racket haven't
you?"
Well all I can say is that the fight
looked all right from where I sat
and / liked the way the boys threw
their punches and stopped them
A PART from whether the per-
IA Torrance was wholly authentic
it certainly had the marks Of a fin
ished presentation. There was
nothing obvious, amateurish or
glaring about it, although when the
young man who is known as Tut
turned over an extra time after
coming down for the knockout, the
professional cynics at the ringside
began to sheer.
think iwtas Dumb Dan Morgan VINO
FIRST said that when they turn over twice
Il means . return engagement at Dubuque
next Thursday with the knockout reversed.
I imagine what started the boys to jab-
herring was the sudden shift In the odds
which established Petrol'e a Z to favorite
an hour before the fight. Previously Tut
had been a dominating choice to win, and
on done figured to. because few weeks
ago he had stiffened the battered fargo
Italian in twenty-four seconds, Rocky
Mountain time. using the Australian crawl
he overlapping grip and wide sweep
ing right hand.
The battlers also we're working on a
rather peculiar financial arrangement by
which Petrolle was TO receive CERTAIN
percentage Of the gross and out OF S San
Don't ask me Why. Maybe it's an old
Cueensberry custom. AT any rate Patrolle
came out OF the fight with al 1.-The glory
and Tut with all the gelt, which Is talr
enough as such things go.
II
STHE gong sounded for the first
4 round, but Petrolle appeared
not to hear it. He stood in his cor
ner as if in a daze with his guard
half raised and in a very brief space
Of time, Tut was upon him clawing
at his innards with great earnest
ness and enterprise, practice which
he continued throughout most Of the
round, or at least with q sufficient
degree Of 'constancy to win it.
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But, The second round had not gone very
far before Tut was Bonded on one knee in
the middle of the ring blinking out at the
crowd and taking a count of inc. He had
had the misfortune to run into a right
hand punch at a very inopportune mo-
ment. and no matter what the human vip-
ers tell you, there is nothing pleasant or
soothing connected with an adventure of
this nature.
Tut got up. not any too worse for the
experience. ana the remaining moments
OF the round were deyoted To- as 4 1sce
fine old blue eyes ever look upon. In
deed made a marginal note on my score
the most sensational rounds in the history
of he new garden. bu / am reluctant 10
place such statement openly in the rec
ords because I do not want any Of those
human vipers going around the town max
Ing offensive cracks about my judgement
mean fellow can not take too many
chances.
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Well anyway the round goes TO Petrone
end so does the third which produces
enotber nine count knOckdown, Tut beine
the sort Of battIer who takes all he can
both in the ring and at the box office.
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Then comes the last round and the fin
fish Tut goes down for still another nine
rount and to me he doesn't look as II he
which he went down. But he seems pretty
badly Jared. and when he gets up Petrollc
smacks him with a right that seems tc
carry a load OF authority, and Tut goes
bouncing in the resin on his back and be-
fore he can get up he is counted out.
DooooooOooOoooool That;
- the crowd telling Tut what il
thinks of him as he lirnps out of the
ring, and few minutes after that
he is across the street in Polytechnic
hospital submitting to an eX-ray
examination to determine whether
he has appendicitis. Instead of {
Barney, for all anybody knows, Tut
may have participated in a very
brave ring performance Friday
night, and for my part prefer tx
believe he did, even~if the commits.
sion did hold I'D both purses.