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

TALKING
IT OVER
BIZ JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, July 24.-Going
' through the mail I find a 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 caulif1owers. In
short he has gone out and got him
self heavyweight fighter, and is
preparing to move into the big town.
Perhaps YOU never heard OF Joe Jordan"
ne writes. Well, I'll tell you how good
only one. He Knocked out Battling Bozo in
IeSs than a minute: and you know what
Battling Bozo is; ANSWER: .Terrible.) Not
from here on Allen details a series OF
oia z, ,,eI mat Leave you in cold.
paralleled in civilized aReD
Jordan is q wears old weighs 100
pounds and Is a college graduate He IS
fast, game and hitter. 50 what, more
yacht.) His ambition is TO be a great sur
geon. He needs money for additional edu-
cation: He has decided or, the fight game
II & grand II 1t w0rks.}
Il have arranged with Jimmy Bronson
of New York to handle him with me in
the east. have been told that Bronson
Is man OF high character. Some one
IS ALWAYS knocking. Bronson We expect
to arrive early in August. We will not be
looking for any pushovers as YOU call
them lnudgeover is the correct world We
want to prove that we have the stuff"
JORDAN is total stranger to me-
a. I never heard Of him until I got
Aliens letter. But Allen is capa-
BILE 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
Memphian. and Moore proved good enough
TO whip ayS different holders of the ban
tsmweiRht title although he never held
tbs title himself In this respect he holds
some sort OF record. II this statement
All Of the fFhts were no decision affairs
That was back in the DAYS when coddling
"Asmpions was general practice.
lC was Allen. Incidentally. who introduced
your correspondent TO the fine art OF beak
busting. was one Of his pupils. Allen
mean by straight lefty With practical
men there can be no wsvering choice be.
tween realism and theory. But much OF
the value OF Aliens direct technic was
lost When he hit you it was impossible
will say this for the gentleman, how
ever. He never carried brutality to ex-
tremes. When you started TO- fall he would
catch YOU. IT, wasn't until years later
Humanitarian impulse Allen merely wanted
TO save YOU for the next round. / do
not profess to speak for all OF Aliens
pupils. I merely relate nv own expert
secs It NAV be that I was the only guy
r. the class he could whip.
THE heavyweight field is wide
i 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 a bank clerk. Fitzsimmons
was blacksmith. Jefries was camp
hustled freight on the Galveston Docks.
Somebody told willard that he was big
enough to fight.
Dempsey was a laugh at the start. and
how manv of the smart BOYS thought Tun-
world? It isn't ALWAYS wise to ridicule
these Young heavyweights certain Sc
lect percentage Of them always succeed IN
making YOU look bad