The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14
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BY HENRY McELMORE United Press Stan COrrcspOndent)

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 Grossinger Lake, N. Y. May 14- To those young men who are will ing to endure 45 minutes of as- sorted misery for weeks of deep- dish luxury, heartily recommend the bushes of championship fisti- cuffs.
 There's no softer life, my friends, unless 1t be that of a bench Pek- inese, than that enjoyed by a champion while preparing for a title fight. My knowledge is very first hand, too, for these lines are being written in the sumptuous field-stone lodge that serves as press headquarters as the Country club where Barney Ross Is training for his welterweight fight with Jimmy McLarnin late this month.
 The place-of the Ferndale Country club-crawls with luxury. Surrounding its some dozen lodges and score of cottages are golf courses, swimming pools, stables and trout streams. Anything less choice than squab or pheasant for ulhlcE UEhSS PiVSGots oHu eA@ drinks are prepared from sarsa- parilla old enough to vote.
 Some how 1t dosen't make sense -all this fine flourish surrounding a man who is preparing himself in the toughest of all trades. What business has gleaming silver and crepe suzettes with a right hand swing to the nose, left hook that rips the eyebrow? What possible connection is there between bri- ale path than winds through lovely spring woods and a straight poke to the belly that makes a mans insides turn upside down?
 It doesn't add up even to the younger sports writers, who came along when conditions. while not so lush as now, never were so bad fellow didn't have a bed with springs on which to sleep. But to the veterans-those hard-bitten boys who carry in their heads what most of us pack in a record book on the hip pocket, it is amazing and bewildering.
 Take Hype Igoe, for example. Hypus, who has been the top box ing authority since Jim Figg turn ed pro, was sitting here few minutes ago and, feeling tack in his shoe casually remarked that he would have to so to the village in the morning and have 1t fixed. Five minutes later the club cobbler, his bench under his arm, come in.
 q understand you have a tack in your shoe, Mir Igoe. May I please extract it?"
 Getting Soft
 Now in fact that's something" exclaimed Igoe when the cobbler had gone. Why I've seen the day in boxing when anything short of your head catching on fire wouldn't cause an interruption in poker game. Here's Ross training out here and living in a specially built cottage of IS rooms, and with every comfort known to man. Kid La Vigne would get a laugh out of this place. I'll never forget the Kids palace at Pop Blankens in Frisco when the kid was training for Walcott. There was a joint. You bather in tubs, lived on cots that saw service in the Civil war, and ate food that is banned by law now. Ross has a barber come miles to shave and shampoo him. The Kid soaked his face and fists in dirty pickle brine to get 'em tough.
 And there was Bat Neison's training camp at Joe Miller's place outside Colma. Bat was training for Jimmy Britt and he boxed 20 rounds right up until the day of the fight, just to be sure he could go 20 rounds. These days the boys don't work fl it rains or Is cold. Hell, I'e seen Bat and his kind step out in a storm and run miles through mud, and then come back and fight iS rounds in the ring
 Let's go over and see Barney"
 But Barney wasn't in.
 sorry said the butler. who opened the door, "but the master Is out on the bridie path. And he's going in town for a manicure when he comes back. 70 you'd better come back at for tea"
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