The Washington times., 1938-02-22

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Not guilty. But first we dis
agree about Adamick being q
second rater. At % the Michi-
gan farm boy struck us as a
bright prospect, He seemed to
have heart, a corking left and
determination, which are among
the important qualities that go
into the making Of a fighter.
Adamick, only two years off
the farm and fighting in 9 main
event in Madison Square Gar.
den, scored a handy victory over
q tough and seasoned veteran.
I liked the fight because It was
obviously honest and earnest.
Being that, it was worthy a hun
dred phony. sensational knock
outs.
KEARNS' BUSINESS
Jack Kearns did pull the long
bow when he called James a
combination Walker and Demp-
Sey. James isn't. Not yet. But
that is Kearns' business. Nobody
knocks his own baby, does he?
All told, we devoted two and
q half columns to Kearns and
Adamick, one last summer
when Jack brought the boy East
to see the Louis-Farr fight.
J (Until that trip, Jimmy never
had slept in a Pullman herth.0
The second one about a month
ago, before the Thomas match
was made.
The half one last Friday. the
night Of the fight. Joe Doakes,
bringing a green fighter into
New York, wouldn't get that
much space here. You're dead
right about that, Al?
But if Ziegfeld had been out
Of New York for five or six
years and then should return
to produce another follies, it
would be a pretty fair story for
John Anderson and the dram
attic pages, wouldn't it?
GREAT SNOWMAN OF GAME
J Jack Kearns was the great
Snowman of the fight mana
gers. He had more color in one
suit of clothes than most Of
them had in their wardrobeS,
and he always had plenty of
suits.
I liked Adanick when I met
him. He's a nice kid. But it was
Kearns, not Adamick, who got
those stories. I still think he
rated them.
: Considered from that angle,
what do you. think now, Al?
! We don't know exactly what
to do about the next two
''beefs." They illustrate our
text about not being able to
please all the fans all the time
perfectly. One says, clay off
those bum tips and that horse
racing dope and give us more
baseball, and the inside dope
on MacPhail and the Dodgers"
It probably isn't necessary
to add that the letter is post
marked Brooklyn. If I knew
the inside dope on the Brook
lyn ball club I'd probably be
writing from Bellevue.
| MORE THAN DESIRED
And by July the writer may
have had more news of Law
renee in Flatbush, MacPhail
and the Dodgers than he cares
to hear.
Sometimes new deals in the
Brooklyn baseball situation
work out that way. It's to be
hoped this one won't. MacPhail
and Grimes are hustlers. They
have a better chance to save
the day than any Of those who
have come along since the club
started falling apart with Will
bert RobinSon'S departure.
Still, it isn't going to be any
morning breeze, even for them.
What can I say. Mr.. Brooklyn
Fan, after I've said I'm for 'em?
incidentally, it looks now as
though they'll start the season
with Dolf Camilli at first base
in place Of Hassett. Dolf can't
sing as well as Buddy but he
can hit harder, and Grimes
must have added power. That
short right-field fence is no good
to him unless he can find some
body to hit the ball against and
over it.
The customer who wants more
racing is a lady customer, a Miss
Jane Prescott, Of Seventy-sev-
~enth Street. Miss Prescott
claims the column has been neg
lecting her 'httle sweetheart
War Admiral.
The Admiral hadn't been doing
anything except train prior to
Saturday, Miss Jane. And II
you must know what I thought
of his seasonal debut at Hialeah,
I thought it ordinary.
Off his showing, with light
weight in the boot, in that seven
furlong sprint, he was lucky to
have ducked the McLennan
Memorial Handicap. Piccolo
might we'll have played the same
tune on him he played on those
other sprinters.
Of that first race, the little
champion is also fortunate that
he is not going to have to try
conclusions with Pompoon in the
100000 Santa Anita. But, as we
say along the rails, your '1ittle
eweetheart" may do better.