Evening star., 1938-07-07
Horseshoe Champion Frye Declared Ineligible for Star Tourney
From The
,PREss Box
BuiId-Up Of GoIento Follows
"A Tested OId-Ki|Ier Recipe
BY JOHN LARDNER.

"A Tested OId-KiIIer Recipe
BY JOHN LARDNER.
NEW YORK, July 7.-Assumins
that Tony 0alento will whip John
Henry Lewis in Philadelphia this
month-for which he ought to re-
member John Henry very generously
:. in his will. II not sooner-let US study
the growth and development Of the
d winner. who is now rapidly approach
= ing the large money.
5 There are no hard and fast rules
. for building up fighter. Dan Beard
recommended rubbing two dry sticks
r. together. Dale Carnegie says you
= must win friends and influence
E people. Comrade Carnegie is right in
! one respect. You have certainly got
to influence people.
The manager of Tony Galento is
Joseph Jacobs, reformed polo player.
also known as Laddie Jacobs and
Yussel the Muscle. Joe Is an artist
and q dreamer. He used q little Of
everything, including pure poetry, in
the manufacture Of Galento, his new
ace.
e. Here's the Way to Do It.
The secret, he claims. Is In the
; mixing. Here Is the recipe:
One fat bartender.
Add 6 hogsheads Of beer.
Add l dozen perfecto cigars per day.
Add photographs.
Add susceptible fight writer's.
Inform world that fighter has mur-
derous left hand.
Inform fighter that he has mur-
derous left hand.
Inform opponent that fighter will
kill him, at union rates.
Mix well. and do not by any means
let nature take its course.
Maybe you old Boston cook book
fans will recognize the recipe. You're
right. It's the one Tor cheese sounae.
page 274. But do not jump to the
conclusion that Joseph Jacobs Is q
chef-defrauder, q looter Of cook
books.
Il never read the Boston Cook Book
In my lNe," says Joe, under oath. Il
never got farther than algebra"
So the thing is just q coincidence,
one Of those artistic condolences SINH
lar to I'm Always Chasing Rain
bows" and Chopin's Fantasy in +"
As you guide a fighter like Anthony
Galento through life. you meet with
many q problem in detail. Suppose
you put yourself hypothetical ques-
tion, with apologies to Clifton Fadi-
man and Prof. Quiz. You own .
fighter A, and match him with
fighter B. Fighter c, the champion,
already has knocked out fighter B in
three rounds. Fighter A is going to
knock out fighter B. How many
rounds should ne do it in?
Two Rounds Is the Answer.
Mr.. Jacobs got the answer to that
one without looking in the back of
the book-two rounds. That was the
time it took Anthony Galento to
knock out Nathan Mann, previously
stopped by Joe Louis in three.
The late Don Skene, in his novel,
1.-THE Red Tiger" had many sugges-
tions for young managers, but Don
was ahead Of his time. No manu-
facturer has yet shown the courage TO
paste red hair on his fighters chest
and thus develop q red tiger from a
youth with a heart as hard as q
marshmallow. and just as big.
Still. the idea-stressing savaeery--
was used by Mr.. Walter Good Time
Charlie" Friedman to good effect with
many Of his imported heavyweights.
Take the case Of Primo Camera. When
Mr.. Friedman deposited Primo on our
shores and scuttled back to Europe
for fresh specimens he left word that
the vast Italian was an ogre.
Bill him in straight werewolf
roles" said Mr. Friedman. DO not
say that ne eats little kiddies, but say
that he always has wanted to, with
Worcestershire sauce"
So Primo became he victim of type
casting. He scared ia stooges to
death in ia towns and villages. He
melted local hitching-posts with his
CCOW1, dAlu WdS tcIIlcICQ W b SHIP
anchor between bouts.
Truth Proves Shocking.
Thus 1t was an ugly shock for the
gentlemen of the press when they
learned the ogre's true character.
Primo cried at Shirley Temple pic
lures and bought many a round Of
fudge sundaes for the house. One of
his stockholders, Will Duffy, tried in
vain to get him to kill fly.
1T never did nothing to me-" pro-
tested Primo.
Anthony Galento is q more legiti-
mate killer, in one respect. He be-
heves he can knock 'em all dead.
And while I do not know whether
John Henry Lewis believes the same
thing or not, am pretty sure that he
will humor Tony Just this once, in
Philadelphia.