Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-07
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BY HENRY McLEMORE
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CHICAGO, Aug. 7. WP)-Having
consulted the best boxing brains
of the country and found them to
be of the unanimous opinion that
Joe Louis will put the Of chilleroo
on Kingfish Levinsky at Comiskey
Park tonight, I unhesitantly pick
Kingfish Levinsky to confound the
B &. B. o. It. G. and put the oil
chilleroo on Joe Louis.
The OF chilleroo, as you of
course know, is boxing's jargon for
what is technically known as lay
ing one on the OF patato for
keep 1t is synonymous with
Chilling" icing" Suffering" and
laying him out among the sweet
peas"
In challenging the best boxing
brains and picking Levinsky-and
tell you this quite frankly-I am
making a supreme effort to salvage
my shattered reputation as fight
picker. My reputation is so COM
pletely shot to pieces that only
volcanic upset, with me as the only
right guesser, will do it any good
If picked Louis, say, and he won,
it would help me a little, but not
much.
On the other hand, if Levinsky
lands his graveyard special" and
proves the dark bomber" to be
Just a dud I will be as much of
household name as ammonia. AS
the only man who picked Levin
sky people will turn to look at me
on the street, sandwiches will be
named after me, and I'll be invited
to meet Sistie and Buzzie at the
White House. And wouldn't I just
love to see Sistie and Buzzie first
hand! The Republicans, for want
of a better man, might even run
me for president, and I could be
both president and right.
But enough of this day-dream-
ing Actually, what are my chances
of redeeming my past failures as
a picker and becoming famous as
the man-who- Observation-Disclosures?
To tell you the truth, can't see
any. The best you can say for the
Levinsky of today is that he's big,
willing, has a heart large as wa
termelon, and is as honest as the
day is long. Therell be no hand
cuffs on Levinsky. which in the
argot of the ring means he'll be
giving all he mas, all the time.
Has One Chance
His only hope, and even he ad~
mits it, is to land one of those
wild, cobblestone rights which he
d1spenses with such utter aban-
don, on Louis jaw. I am hoping
that the King will come out swing
ing with the bell and keep on
swinging until something drops
be it he or Louis. Oh, the horror
Of it if the King tries to think and
box scientifically! The King just
can't think and box at the same
time. He gets so begged down in
his thoughts that he can't move
an arm or a reg and is easy prey
Levinsky's style is made to order
for Louis. The King is wild, open
rusher who keeps piling in, and
Louis is a -blooded, smooth
smart sharpshooter, whose punches
pack the authority of As
But can he take it? How will he
respond if the King happens to
blast him a few in the belly and on
the jaw in the early rounds?/Wil
he shake them off and keep COM
ing, or will he-and once again
I'll have to lapse into the patois
of the pugs-will he start tin
canning it?
I'll give you an answer to those
questions bright and early Thurs
day. On second thought, maybe l
won't. I may be too famous on
Thursday to speak to anyone. Boy,
wonder what I'll take Sistie and
Buzzie for present!
Throw that thing, you Kingfish
you!