The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-18
In New York
ny PAUL HARRISON


 New York--sports crowds In Manhattan are unlike those any whore else. And l think this in. dividuality generally is to their credit.
 ! To thoir credit, that is, because they seem to require no feeling oe fierce partisanship to bolster their enthusiasm. They are less con. test than with the mere striving for victory. And they have Q pc. cuilar detachment about local teams and .giadiatorg--iargeiy, of course, because nobody seems to think of New York as hig own homo town.
 At . baseball game you can sean the eager faces roundabout and know that these people are yibfNt- inN to Q mass interest, thrilling to tho green sweep of the outh0id and tho curvlng filght of q hard hit bali. They even may Do enjoying the sunshine, though New Workers As c ruiO have no fe0llng for the sun. ThOir impulse Is to avoid it. uothnm'g sun iB only something that gourg the morning milk and increases the death rate In July and August.
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 Take q prize fight. Take the Baer. .Carnern priye fight, where an irregistible force smacked over m immovable body The amphithe- nter itself was half tho show--a vast, mysterious sea in which dwelt the monster that Is tho mob. A monster with coordinated refiexeb. too, for the whoie thing would cheer or boo or yawn at tho Same time. LikO Q f1erve impulse, word Of each ringside incident would sweep the stadium in c second. "Jim Fariey's coming In" "0ene Tunney just told somebody he thinks CaFn0ra looks good" "Itudy Vallee's betting on Baef'
 There were plenty Of celebrities to Do gaWked at by the crowd, Harvey Gibson, Barney Barueh, Col Theodore and Kermit Rooses welt, Vincent Ast0r, Amolla Ear. hart, four governors and three mayors and dogens 0f other names you know were in the inner circle. George M. C0han, Paul Whiteman, irving Berlin and 4. c. Blumen. thai, the latter eseorting Gloria Vanderbilt, ,!I ! . helped sIre,ssa ropre,senat Clark Gable and I!ing Crosby, and Bobby Jones and tho pondcrous r. sportswrlter for the event, waded through q clutter Of typewFiters to take bow in tho ring. 
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 gomctimos during the preiimin. aries tho mob would get bored, hythmicaiiy. This must have been somewhat trying for the young mon in tho ring, one Of whom would be bleeding in way 0rdi. narily yery gratifying to fight fans. while his opponent peered ct him through swollen eyes.
 A fight crowd also has amazingly capriciOug critical instincts. Once when Carnern slipped and Baer res fused to follow up his advantage, the young man who used to swing meat axe was cheered for his gaiiantry. A minute later the same opportunity occurred and this time T3ner was b0Oed for his stupidity
 Baer mashed Carnera's nose and received acclaim. CarDera covered up his nose and was bo0ed for t. Baer finally clipped the nog0 again--which seemed to Dc what tho crowd wanted--and was hissed for the remainder Of ths round.
 Since they are hampered by no l0yaitieg, the customers always aeem to favor the man who looks Jest ,Rt the moment. This may not Dc good spOrtsmanship but 1t is good mob pgychOiogy, and seems to induce Q vicariOus feeling of personal triumph. When 9ign0r Carnera lashed the Bner into q corner, the man in front of me howIed rapturOusly for the Italian, informing him that his piayb0y opponent was but Q hollow shell and would collapse at any moment .9, within ten seconds Baer had rocked Camera with Q supplying right, and the man before mo was screaming, Alta boy, Max! You g0t the big bum nowl" M
 And Hu no did have. But no sooner had the contest ended than the huzznhg were hughed to C great wave of inurmuring about the next fight and the next cham. pIon. Somewhere, the crowd agreed gloatingiy, there must be somebody who con knock over this great clown Baer. 6
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