Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-29
"Chirps'' -
from the s-~saf
Democrats Pen

Well, Sir, / see by the papers tnat
Joe Louis-if any of you should not
know who this individual is, I'll just
say he's the Brown Bomber OF De-
troit"; l reckon you know now, don't
YOU? That's what they call him, but
he's not what l would ordinarily call
"brown"; nor, is he what, in these
days of narrowing warfare over on
the European continent, is called a
"bomber." He's what we, in Dixie
land, call a member of the African
persuasion: and he is consistently and
vociferously announced at the end OF
his various pugilistic contests in the
following manner: LADIES' and gen
tlemen! the winnah and still cham
pion heavyweight of the world is
Joe Louis!" And then comes the shout
ing.
But 1 started to say that I see by
the papers Joe Louis is to face an
other aspirant for the said champion
ship next Friday night in little "OP
N'York." If things happen as they
usually do, the man he faces will not
have much face left after the "bomb-
er" gets through with him, and l
think he's got both face and heart
to climb through the ropes to meet
that gorilla. And another curious
thing about Joe's opponent is, that
he boasts the name of "Paychek'',
and, believe you me, that's what he's
after. But I want to ask you, gentle
readre, "How big would you want that
pay check to be to get into that ring
and stay about 80 seconds with the
"Champeen?" If 1 should do it, I'd
have only the welfare of my family in
mind. I'd make a will, fully expect
ing to pass in my checks, and de-
wise my "pay check" to my survivors.
Well, Mr.. Paychek, here's wishing
you luck, but I'm blest of you wouldn't
be better off at home and asleep. You
may go to sleep next Friday night,
with your head on the canvas, but
you're liable to wake up with head
ache, and won't really "come to" until
next week. So, you'd be better off at
home-just where that is, I don't
know. From the photographic ap-
pearance of your name you might
have come from an igloo built in the
land of eternal SHOWS. You may have
come from the matched houses of the
South Sea Islanders-said abodes
propped up on what we'd call piling
to protect the family from snakes and
hostile tribes. You may have come
from the wilds of central Africa,
with an albino cast to your features
or you may have come from Phila-
delphia, from which neck of land
Chirps so recently received some en-
dearing-and other kind of-hand
written, type written, badly written,
and full-of-pet names letters; also
other kind.
Now, Mr.. Paychek, if you want to
know how to beat that fellow Louis,
I'll let you in on little secret-kick
him on the shins! You know, he be-
longs to a division of the human
family which can't stand rap of
that sort. You could land your boot
toe on the back of his head, and he
wouldn't mind it any more than If
some one had hit him with spit
ball blown through a tin tube. But
he's just little jealous of his tibia;
Just whack him on that, then straight
en- him up with an uppercut. Then
you might go home with a bigger
"pay check; maybe, if he's not look
in at you while you are getting in
your best efforts for a bigger pay
check.
What's that you say? Boxers are
not allowed to kick? Well, all I got
to say is that when the gloves are
being laced on Louis ham-like fists,
a pair of handouts ought to be added
to his wearing APPAREL. I'll be corn
swoggled if / haven't read, many a
time, that he could kick like mule
with either fist. To even up mat
tiers, his opponent certainly should be
allowed little leeway in the use of
his pedal extremities. Until that is
allowed, I don't see any way of eras-
ing the Bomber from the arena of
conflict except by shifting the point
of attack-sort of thanking him, as it
were; bending his line, and blasting
him out of sight while his hands are
tied.
Well, I hope, Mr.. Paychek, you
will get enough out of your pay check
to keep you in coal for the rest of
the winter, because it looks now as if
our stoves, furnaces and fire places
..a not noinor To take q vacation very