The Washington times., 1937-01-28

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Walsh
BY DAVIS J. WALSH
international News Service

NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-After
meditating upon everything very
gravely, I am unable as yet to
fully comprehend just what may
BIZ taking place around here and,
in all modeSty, I may say that I
can be relied upon to remain
equally uninformed until some
body gets hit on the nostril to-
morrow night. But one point
seems to be quite clear: This town
either is full of smart guys or the
smart guys are full Of vanilla
phosphate.
They're so smart, in fact, that
they've even taken what started
out to be a 10-cent prize fight
between Joe Louis, the big-bop
man, and Bob Pastor, the re-
doUbtable collegian, and run it
into an alteration. They've bet
it all the way down from 12-1 to
81, just like it was an investment,
ana it is painful to note that
even the press boys aren't i'm
mUne.
They're taking the oldds on
Pastor with tens and tWentieS, and
Pastor, not TO be found remiss in
the proprietieS, is said to have
taken $1,000 himself at II and
5000 against $4,000 that he wins
by knockout.
Signed by Erickson
Only a cad at heart, of course,
would suggest that these may be
laundry or cuff bets, and, besides,
the young man holds a ticket,
signed by Frank Erickson, who
runs the biggest book in town. But,
as I say, boor might think that
Mr.. Erickson likes to have his
prank.
I also say that it seems possible
everybody has misunderstood Man.
ager Johnston, who likely as not
set out to turn on a little legiti.
mate heat on behalf Of Promoter
Johnston, and now finds himself
with something hotter than a
baked Idaho potato. Anyhow,
they now think the odds will go
as low as 81 and the gate as high
as 100000, which most aSsuredly
is doing all right with a party who
is as open as a manhole and as
wide as the Lincoln Highway.
I'm not quite sure whether he's
any wider than that with his
mouth, since in order to reach q
conclusion it's probable that sound
ings would first have to be taken.
Orates Louis KayO
So far, the only soundingS
around here have been given. Our
young man from the campus has
knocked Louis stiffer than a
length of lineoleum with his ora
tory and only this morning, he
caused to be issued, through Pro-
moter-manager johnson, fresh
outburst, bordering this time on
villification.
It was something well calcu-
lated to take the curl out of Louis
hair and put it in his toes, If it
was allowed to see the light OF
morning-which it wasn't.
Anyhow, it all shows what can
be done with a young man who
has been muddling around with
such as Eddie SimmS, Steve Du-
daS and a few more. He's young
and on his way up, whereas the
rest Of Louis victims were either
finished or fervently wished to be.
Pitching in Wrong League
Pastors knockout Of Impelll-
there did the rest, for it created
an illusion that possibly isn't
quite justified by the gents ability.
He could leave Louis rigid with
the first punch, but that wouldn't
change the fact that he's been
pitching in the wrong league. It
would largely prove what a lot Of
us suspect, namely, that once hit
Louis is an awful Sapolio.
He was, for instance, definitely
knocked by Schmeling and rocked
by Brescia and Ettore, the lat
ter circumstance being worthy of
alert attention. 1t is generally
suspected, in fact, that Ettore
can't hit hard enough to make a
derby into a fedora.
Still, if Pastor was a good bet
at IL and 10 to /, or worse, he's
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