The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-07-23

1T OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, July 24.-Going
y through the mail 1 find let
ter from Matt Allen Of Memphis,
Tenn, who was when I was in those
parts last rising young attorney.
At least he was young.
1t seems that Allen has turned
from blackstone to caulifowers. In
short he has gone out and got him
self heavyweight fighter, and is
preparing to move into the big town
ba Perhaps ssIl'as you never heard Of Joe Jordan"
ne E1'eii Wen, III tell YOU how good
only one. He Knocked out Battling Boo i'm in
5 aniJ tS Boo is; Answer .Terribie) Not
vnLy tnat out he practically murdered
t staoh mere on Allen details a series Of
Siamuly sweat. continuity Of cruelty IN
paralleled in a civilized ageJ
Jordan is Fl wears old. weighs 1870
POUNDS stn and Is a college graduate He is
could E So1 a sa P Pfts5 Td d E
YACHT His ambition is to be a great sur
s ss9n He needs MONEY for sddiitonsif e sd
as a means to this end I think YOU f1 viii
i asFes srs shis aTds5ls Better than that
N+NAAN a. ~ WDihesl
have arranged with Jimmy Bronson
q New York 10 handle him with me in
me east have been told that Bronson
Is sTa Ss F n nFn cRRaTaeter Some one
70 arrive early in August. We will not be
iiqpoking for any pushovers as YOU call
want to prove that we have the stun W.
JORDAN is total stranger to me.
" I never heard of him until 1 got
Aliens letter. But Allen is a capa-
bic judge of fighters. Looking back
over the years it occurs to me that
he always had more interest in the
ring than the law.
He brought out Pal Moore. another
10 whip hve different holders OF the ban
mWeight title. although he never held
t s,, title himself In this respect he holds
puzzles you it can be readily explained
AL Of the fights were no decision affairs.
That was back in the DAYS when coddling
champions was a general practice
IL was Allen. incidentally. who introduced
g you, correspondent to the fine art Of beak
was a realist. He would smack YOU on
the III. be e. and say. see that is what
men there can be no wavering choice be-
tween realism and theory. But much of
The value of Aliens direct technic was
lost. When he hit you it was impossible
I viii say this for the gentleman how
tremes. When you started TO- fall he would
catch you. It wasn't until years later
that learned this was not wholly a
humanitarian impulse. Allen merely wanted
to save YOU for the next round. I do
not profess to speak for all OF Allen
ences II NAV be that I was the only guy
in the class he could whip.
TINE heavyweight field is wide
Il open. I'd like to see Jordan
come along. There isn't first class
heavyweight in the game Schmeling
and Sharkey made that plain. And
you never can tell when some young
giant is going to come bounding out
of nowhere, a champion in the raw
They all come that way.
Corbett was bank clerk Fitzsimmons
was blacksmith. Jeffries was a camp
hanger on. a sparrlng mate. Johnson
Somebody told Willard that he was biz
enough TO fight.
Dempsey was laugh at the start. and
how MANY OF the smart bows thought Tun-
new would ever be the champion of the
world9 It isn't always wise to ridicule
lect percentage of them always succeed in
making YOU look bad.