The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-29

l all of 0 sudden paralysis, and the new babes in the Paradise show, and the next Mlishky Jackson came in with buckets of the bubbling stuH, and of we went.
 Those who couldn't get glasses
 just yanked out the corks and went for 1t like 1t was beer. Joe (Yussel the MusseO Jacobs, an old wine conroisSeur who can tell you whether the stun is from the sunny or the shady side of the hill, had his like iced coffee. Grabbing the water glass of the cooler he packed 1t full of ice, poured on the champagne, and started to work. One guy in the corner, who had bicycle tape over his eye, drank his from g paper cup.
 After everybody had Swigged a couple of bottles, someone had the presence of mind to ask Mike Jacobs the cause of the celebration. He said he was glad we had gotten around to that, and 1t was because
 he had signed lease for the Hippo drome theater, and would soon start promoting indoor sports events in direct competition with Madison Square Garden.
 The Hippodrome, in the event you don't know, is show place that's been a New York landmark since 1905. It was at the Hippodrome that the girls amazed the boys by walking under water without get- ting wet. And 1t was the hippo drome'S stage that first felt the tread of elephants feet, the clang of charging horses. And served aS landing place for the original "slide for life."
 Or was 1t the slide for life? Any- way, 1t was the number where the gal or guy came whipping down from the roof, hanging to Q wire by his tor her) teeth.
 When Mike first said he had leased the Hip no one took him se- riously, for Jacobs is such a great hand at throwing champagne par- ties that often he will make up an excuse to "call out the grape" as he puts 1t. But he dispelled all doubts with a roll of blueprints showing just how his architect would remodel the place to make 1t Americas most exclusive sports joint. The place, when done over, will seat around 5000, and will serve l not only as 9 fight arena, but as e setting for skating, basketball, ten- his, wrestling, and-to hear Mike | tell throwing, air meets, and bal loon ascensions.
 One gentleman, who had been to | England in his youth, told Mike his | plans for the Hippodrone sounded | just like another London sporting | club.
 "r don't know about that" said | Mike, "but 1t gives the Twentieth Century Sporting club permanency puts Q roof over it's head. We | won't run Q bunch of lousy shows in the place--just g select group | of presentations which will warrant | a top price of S25. With that kind of price we can make just as much l money, or more, than the Garden | does. with its 10000 seating ca- pacity and cheap prices"
 Those who know Jacobs say his | chief purpose in leasing the Hip is | not to make Q lot of money with | indoors shows, but to provide him. self with . place in which he can build up unknown fighters to e point where they can be used in big outdoor numbers. Up until now Jacobs, with nothing but ball parks for show places, has been too de- pendent on one nlan--Joe Louis. With the Hip to work in he can go out and sign up promising fighters of all weights and build them up to where they can draw important money out in the open.
 All he needs to make the Hip pay for itself is to develop one such fighter year.
 Copyright, 1886, by United Press) reach third base Hope all the fellows will make an early sale of their mammoth sports carnival tic-