The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-07

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Kirk Miller est fight in
the history Of Illinois.
The first one occurred years
and years ago when Chicago
was called Fort Dearborn and
was a little stockade on edge
of Lake Michigan where the
few hardy settlers from Mary.
land, Pennsylvania and East
ern Ohio made so bold as to
come out here and establish
civilization, much to the cha
grin of the Iroquois and Buff
falo that roamed these parts.
Biggest Gate on Record
The second and greatest fight
Of 'em all was back in 1927,
a comparatively recent history,
when Gene Tunney, the Squire
of Stamford, and Jack Demp-
sey, the Maitre de Hote, played
a revival of the Battle Of the
Sesquicentennial before the
largest gate in the history Of
boxing-$3,o 100000 in round fig
ures.
Which brings us right up to
date and the Louis-Levinsky
fight tonight between Joltin' Joe
Louis, the 21-year-old Blastin'
Buddha and Kingfish Levinsky,
christened some "a years ago.
Harry Krakow.
Krakow is the twentieth child.
boy and girl, Of the elder
Krakow, whose chief bid for a
livelihood, say nothing Of fame,
was then in the capacity OF
fishmongers, over at Maxwell
and Halsted Streets, in Chi
Cages tenement section. That's
the district where you can buy
anything from a second. hand
coffin to a pair Of used sus-
penders, right on the curb.
Hardy Race
But I think the elder Krakow,
in the light of present-day
medical research, might have
We'd with the Collander, On
tario, Dionnes. because after
Ievinsky, there was still one
more offspring, the Kingfish
being the tallest and hand
soonest and most virile Of the
whole batch of 81.
Driving in from Levinsky's
Round Lake camp yesterday
afternoon I asked the driver to
put through Maxwell Street
and sure enough. there on the
sidewalk, weighing 800 pounds
if she weighed an ounce, was
! Kingfish's aunt, sitting on a
STOOL. tanning flies off unfresh
fish. BY her was the King
fish's cousin, a greying man
of go, hawking his wares. It
Is difficult to depart from the
pursuits of a lifetime, say
naught of generations!
! At Round Lake, one Of the
20 or so fresh water pools on
the road to Milwaukee, Levin
sky had just tapered off train.
ing at a roadside inn called
the Haunted House.
I suspected it was so-called
because the Kingfish's sister,
Lena Gevy) LevinSky, who is
his manager, haunts the place
and greets all corners.
Don't Hit It Up
Lena is divorced from a hus-
band who was, and is, a Levy.
There are any number Of Levy's
along Maxwell Street. Always
have been!
Lena is a bucksome brunette
no longer young who dyes her
hair henna and makes a bad
job Of it. She has two bouncing
sons Of about 20 and % respec.
lively. She could lick the two
Of them with KingfiSh Levin
sky thrown in for good measure
any time they took it into their
heads to start something.
II Levinsky had Lena's color
and his two blacksmith arms he
could whip his weight in wild.
cats. On the other hand, if
Lena had LevinSky'S maulies and
her brains, we wouldn't have to
look any further for a white
hope.
But unfortunately, Levinsky
is nothing short Of a dolt, that
is he would be if he were just
q little more intelligent. and so
Lena's alertness of mind and
sharp, definite, persistent
tongue, isn't going to help Le-
whisky much in the ring against
Joltin' Joe Louis tonight, be-
cause Lena isn't a man-quite
and women can't have seconds
licenses in this State.
Victory Celebration
Lena is positive there will be
nothing to it but her Little
Brother tonight. Why they have