The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-30

and a couple
Pat o'Brien of hobo d ! e S
like us.
Ford has just closed in the
play and is sailing to England
this week before resuming his
part on q road tour. Says
the play is one Of the most beau
tiful he has ever done. q.
Talked of coming to Washing
ton in the fall" We told
Wally how much we enjoyed his
Characterization Of George"
: the nursemaid to the half-wit
'Lenny" of the play.
Later, still with Regain,
O'Brien and Ford, we travelled
to the greensboro Arena to see
Pete Scalzo box George Kar-
kella. .. The celebrities be-
sieged by autograph hounds. 4.
. O'Trien called Scalzo one Of the
best prospects he had ever seen.
:. Pete won his fortieth fight
in Al starts but hurt his right
hand.
We asked Scalzo's manager,
Pete Reilly, if the little feather
weight wanted a bout with Joey
Archibald you couldn't get
them into the same ring" Reilly
replied. "Archibald's manager,
AL WE'LL, wants no part of Scalzo
and the boys will never meet
in that ring unless it's socially"
After the fights to a little
cabaret" in Brooklyn where
Regain met old friends who were
no little impressed by his Holly
wood pals Regain, inciden-
tally, passed up a lucrative sing
ing engagement to stay in New
York for the ArmStrong-RoSS
bout which was postponed
Then Phil had to leave for Pitts
burgh and didn't see the fight
after all.
At the Armstrong-Ross weigh
ing-in on Thursday ). The box
ing commissions office damned
with photographers, managers
and neWspapermen You are
struck by the intelligence Of
both fighters The rain that
fell that afternoon -. Wait
ing around the Hippodrome for
word Of the postponement
Mike Jacobs pacing his office
The assembled DELEGATES
Lewis Atchison, Francis Stan,
Sid Mercer, Bob Considine, Jack
Miley, Lester Scott, Hype Igoe.
Gayle Talbot, Caswell Adams
and scores Of out-of-town report
ers.
The fight is off! Rushing
to telephones and wires >. The
mad scramble that reminded
you Of one of those movie news
paper scoops" Going over
to see Armstrong workout
The taxi in which we were
riding with Mercer, Talbot, Igoe
and Scott narrowly missed a
big truck The taxi driver
turned and gave us toothlesS
grin Il wasn't a bit scared"
he said.
Talking with Armstrong ..
He's still confident he'll win. ..
Eddie Walker, his Eastern rep
resentative, Squawking about
the postponement. Chasing all
over the city trying tc pin down
Gen. John j. Phelan, chairman
of the N. Y. Boxing Commits
sion, to a definite statement
as to whether the boys would
have to weigh in again. Visit
ing the Journal-American office
and cutting UP old touches with
Jake ,Karpf, Charley Taylor,
Lew Burton, Lester Rice, Harry
Glazer, Bill Olmstead and Will
lie Kirschenbaum.
Riding uptown again with Sid
Mercer who proudly showed us
clippings of his beautiful daugh-
ter, Frances, who is row in the
movies. Frances is in the Gin
SCL 1OOBCAo PANOIAC Nv ACAOAA
...A call from Ray Bell. We
went over to see Regan off ..
Later we tried to round up the
rest Of the Washington CORE
Spondents. Walking in a pour
ing rain and finally to bed. =.
The next day. The fight is
called off until Tuesday In
vitation from Pete Scalzo to go
to dinner "A message from
Ray Bell to join him and Bob
Considine at dinner Another
invitation from Sid Mercer >.
We wound up buying our own
dinner "A visit to Mount Yer
non, N. Y, the home town. Elk
pecting friends to ask how we
were getting along The first
one we met said: where have
you been the last couple Of
weeks. Haven't seen you around.
.. That was the first time in
five months we had been home