The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-30
|ANCIL HOFFMAN
HAS HAD GREAT
time WITH BAER
CalliOrnians Can Split ST..
100000 II Camera Is
Defeated

ABbury Park, n, j., May a.
"Ulvo the devil his due" 10 quote
an old saying, Ats the trials and
fluctuations that tho BDft.Epoken
bat braIny little Ancil HOFFMAN has
had 10 endure 10 drive Max Baer
| 10 almost the top runR OK the
heavyweight cham psOnghlD ladder.
In the short npnce Of four years
the former san Francisco promoter
has not only realised his life long
ambition 10 become one or the
worlds greatest managers but has
made fortune both for himself
and his wise. cracking lighter,
There IN mn telling how much they
Will divide " Bacr dethrOpes Primo
Carnera In their scheduled 10.
r0under, at the Garden Long Island
Bowl, June IL, They have bundles
Of contracts 10 sort out and Sign
II the p,nyboy turns tho trick.
They iigure 10 make n couple OF
cool million bucks should Make
grab the big title, Their movie and
radio monies alone should be IN
ak fKures, not counting countless
other things they can got on the
side. Bnor picked up around sdO,'
| 900 and $4,000 with Cnrncro
Soft touch, you said u mOnthfui'
Knows Iils stun
Hoffman practically grew W In
tho enulIllOWer Industry, Whom no
WAS knee high 10 u Hrnhsh0 ppcr no
fought n few fights In Sacramento,
HD weighed i0s pounds, Then he
went Into buslnoM and married,
uyen nftar no said ~ DO" NJ tho
altar, no had ono fight nj 1sg
pounds knocking out @ rival lad
nnfnbd kid Fisher,
Bnor'B plot first saw tho light
Of day 40 yenrs ago ~ quincy, ILL
fIe was 7 years old when the Hon.
mans moved 10 Sacramento, Cal.
When Jim COffrOth promoted on n
big scale In Hun Francisco during
tho 20.rOund d hyg, Hoffman was
staging small nghts In sacramento,
THAT wns ~ years ago, with the
return Of leKniIyed boxing IN Call.
fOrDln md tho advent OF iOsr0uDd
scraps, Hoffman decided 10 try his
nOtorInl hand In Frisco.
In H. short space Ut time he be.
came d second rex Richard. lie
promoted the Mickey WnlkeT-Aoe
UudkIDg fight which established
record Of $4,000 In r0ueIptB on
tho G0ost Among Soma 0f hlH
other biz promotions were BieIdt
w, Corb0tl, Walker w, Emanuel
WR,kor w, cowboy Jnck Wills,
Emmanuel w. McTbgue, Tod Nor
gan w, ZOrilln, Morgan w. Johnny
dundee, COrbttt w, Thompson,
THOMPSON w, Fields, Eddie Rob.
arts w, joe Dundee, Roberts w,
Corbctt, ana Jimmy MeLnrDID w,
pnnchD Win,
Hoffman saw B0or Hatten frankie
Campbell which resulted In tho lat
tor's doDib. 10 snw pUBBIbiIltlet
In tho youDgster Iio mnnouvored
10 buy his contract, tIg had mover
managed n Fighter before but he
liked Mhx'B stuff ana decided 70
ON bnTk on u managerial career,
~ liked the why Mnx fought"
remInIsesd Hoffman the other dny
In Jjnor'g BWhBky hOstelry ut III.
boron, ~ went ont TO buy his con-
tract and got ", Iie fought tho hrBt
light for mo against Ernie Schnnf
IN tho New York Garden, Then ]
had him night Tommy Loughran,
IIeeney twice, HwiderBki NIBk0,
P0u,inO, King Lovinsky twice.
Bnbanf again IN Chicago, Urifiiths,
Walter Cobb, Les KoDncdy, Dekuh,
four or Hye small lights, ana then
/ matched him with HehmelIng,
Strangely, tho three knyoB he Boor.
cd under my management were or
ton rounds duration oncb, his vie.
tins being Cobb, SANTA and
SehmoliDg,
Killer Instinct
II have always believed Boor N
the DnDrest approach 10 Dempsey
he continued, Hes no good on de-
feHso, Just u natural born sIuRger
IKE JDGk. Her slug twenty rounds
II his opponent viii slug with him.
"DO you know" revealed Hon.
mnD, that ! held him back ngninht
BcbmcIiDg, " I'd told him 10 10 IN
and try for n kayO IN the chrly
rounds he'd tOppIcd the Dutchmnn
IN jlg time.
"rhe greatest night ever saw
was between Joe Thomas and
Stanley Ketchell. never saw 20
rounds no terri6caly fought M they
winged. ! shall never forget u"
While other managers have
squsDdcrcd their earnings, Hon-
man has piled ~ ~ nest egg. lie
owns % ranch Ut ~ acres A. Fair
Oaks, 10 miles northeast Of Sacrn-
mento whore he raises oil kinds 0f
fruit.
Je has enough DO re mi sailed
away 10 keep him on easy street the
rest ~ his Ilfo. Ills only companion
IN Mrs M8udo Hoffman, hig dutiful
wife who assists him with his mail
and other business activities.
Lest we forget, AnciI owned four
cafes In sacramento before pr0bi-
bitjoD. Mrs Hoffman has only seen
J,aor fight once, the scrap with
ScbmcIlng. She IN undecided
whether shell TAKE In the Camera
battle or not, She has n motheriy
interest In the young man.
Good business
IL was Hoffman who engineered
the monetary deaI which brought
I;aer 10 ASbury Park while Atlantic
City was fighting tooth and nail ~
get him 10 30 there. The bOnrd OF
trade and the city Ut AsbUry ParK
proper offered him such lucrative
Ind uccmeDts that Hoffman couldn't
very well say no. The progressive
Asbury parkites picked out the
Sims estate at ElbcrtOB for Baer'B
encourage, Tbc house contains 20
rooms. not counting countless other
convenience. They went further.
The city people erected an outdoor
arena for the challenger which
seats $500. All the monies taken
IN nj the gate go 10 Hoffman.
IIoffrnaD'S busIncs acUmen also
got Bsor swell radio contract.
AncII In assistant director Of the
broadcasts, lie writes Max's fight