The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04

just why the tall guy picked
as sucker for a touch. He Gel
a jab. His nose was battered into a
level plane with the Jumps where his
eyebrows should have been, and his
ears protruded like minor pumpkins.
you get a few minutes to spare,
buddy?" he said.
We went into a hamburger place
and he ordered coffee, putting a
nickel on the counter
I'm not trying to hit you up" he
said. II just seen you talking TO one
of them big shots and maybe you can
get them to see me. I want a bout,
I'm middlsweight."
He was too tall for a middleweight,
You could just see squat Brouillards
and Walkers cutting him up. told
him I couldn't get bout to save my
life, fer him or Gene Tunney. was
telling the truth. He didn't think so.
He said his name was Kid Clendon
or Clinton and he'd had over two
hundred fights but no manager would
touch him now because he had lost
the last fourteen and because his
pan was such mess. 81 amt walking
on my heels yet and one of them
ought to give me chance. went
eight rounds with Dave Shade on
the coast. A guy who can do that
amt through. can give them their
moneys worth. All l want is three
meals day."
Have you tried anything else?"
What else is there?"
Maybe around the gyms or Sec
ending :"
GsEJE looked blank. I couldn't see
III him doing seconding or any
thing else. Maybe he couldn't either.
There amt nothing else" he said.
"When'd you fight Shade?"
Couple of years back"
tried to pump him who his man
ayers had been but he wouldn't say.
He got to talking disjointedly about
how his purse had been held up in
some one-mule Jersey town because
he couldn't come out for the third
round. 81 hadn't been hit much but
my eyes went back on me. looked
up into the lamps but even that way
couldn't see thing. get that
way sometimes. But I give them
their moneys worth"
What was your end that night"
Twenty dollars First time I
smelled money this year. Maybe
get it next month Give you half of
it if you can get me in to see one
of them guys. 1 see where Sherkey
is pulling $4,000 for taking Loughran
Say, ask one of them fat guys to give
me bout. They won't listen to me.
Tell them about Shade. You can be
my manager Half OF anything I get"
mo" said, II don't know them
at ALL"
I WATCHED him finish his coffee.
! II ought to see dentist" he said.
Il ought to see an eye doctor. Amt
thing you can do without money.
got folks in Butte. Maybe they got
money"
why don't you get in touch with
them?"
Maybe I will They wouldn't rec
ognize me, I don't think. My father
used to run a diner when I heard Of
him last. I could go for some ham
and eggs. Up to the time I worked
on the coast sent them pictures of
me most every month. You think
they stopped writing because my mug
was getting scrambled? There's some
doctors can fix you up. My mother
must have kicked the bucket, she
woulda wrote"
He ficked a paper ball at the
cashier.
Whats the idea?' the girl said.
81 didn't mean to hit YOU" said
Kid Clendon or Clinton. Lets get
out of here"
Outside I started toward the board
walk and he accompanied me in ST.
lence. AT crossing he stopped short
and nudged my arm,
Say, I didn't really think you
could get me bout" he said. II
just had to talk to somebody. See
you around"