The guardian., 1940-11-16

truly were among the invited guests of
Mr.. Bill Duffy =. earlier in the even
ing our house guests included the fol-
lowing labor union officials who flew
over from New York for the affair:
Jimmy Burke, delegate of the Team
sters and Produce Union No. 202,
Teddy Gleason, delegate of the Chicken
and Poultry Union, Connie Noonan
President of the New York Local
American Federation of Labor, Eddie
johnson, delegate of the Longshore-
mems Union, Joseph P Ryan, Presi-
dent Of the International Longshore-
mems Union, New York City and our
own Johnny Dunn, Vice President of
the same organization: they are q
splendid group of labor representa-
tlves and presented Ma Sawyer with
an assortment of several boxes of
choice confectionery Bill Duffy
wired for and graciously received his
new heavyweight prospect while we
were being entertained in his suite
this boy, Ben Moroz, a Ukrainian-
American youth, is a remarkable speci-
men of physical development q. only
twenty years of age he weighs three
hundred and eight pounds and is seven
feet two inches in height (larger than
Primo Canera) =. he measures a 3S-
inch wrist plus a 54-inch chest and
comes from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
e.. the various sports writers present
marveled at his powerful physique and
Bill Duffy now has him training hard
for a Boston appearance on the same
card as the Joe Louis-Al Mccoy bout
on December l6, so you fight fans will
be due for a double feature Jim
Maloney and Jack Sharkey were i'm
pressed with the newcomer and praised
him highly E. Joe Rubin was master
of Ceremonies and the following local
theatres and night clubs contributed
complete floor shows to the entertain
ment program which lasted for four
continuous hours. the RKO Boston
Theatre; Steuben's Vienna Room, the
Beachcomber featuring Socarras, the
new Cuban sensation and his magic
flute; the Club Mayfair; the Club Yer
sailler; the Cocoanut Grove featuring
the Leighton sisters; the Copley-Plaza
Sheraton Room; the Latin Quarter and
the Old Howard Theatre which fea-
tured Otto Eason, the amazing colored
tap dancer who does his stuff on roller
skates; Baby Marie Dowd; Mickie
Alpert, Stuart Frazier and his Orches-
ira, Bobby Sawyer, Martha Burke,
Romo Vincent, Cong. John W. McCor-
mack, Dist. Atty. Bill Foley, Police
Comm. Joseph Timilty, Judge Burke,
and host Of celebrities made the even
ing a most memorable one the
lovely Mrs. Mack was presented beau
tiful bouquet Of crimson roses after
wards the suite was a scene of frater-
nal reunion as Bill Duffy held private
party for his special friends where the
guests had their choice of Black and
White Scotch with soda or Canadian
Club Rye to exchange "reminiscences
over e. and here l leave you gentle
readers with the earnest hope that you
will pardon me if I have over INDUCED
in relating this personal experience
which I deemed worthy of your inter
est =. thank locally, the Sigmas
Armistice Day Formal Dance at Green
Acres Country Club was well attended
and brilliant social function the
toast for the departed was the usual
feature of the evening and the ladies
made very pleasing picture in their
fashionable evening gowns ... the Girl
Friends are coming up next with their