The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-21

Auto Crash Joined COmiskey And Daly As Boxer-Manager

It is truthfully said that Patrick Edward ComiSkey, the boxing worlds single remaining hope of soon conquering Joe Louis. never has had Soft touch" in his life, The closest he ever came to one was when he threatened to knock out Billy Daly. But, that was before Pat ever drew on glove profession ally and Daly became his manager to fashion his amazing career.
 All of his amazing career started quite by accident. Slightly more than three years ago Daly was tour- ing Ireland in search of 8 potential champion. Coriiiskey was parking cars in Paterson lot. It has been suggested since that it was here Patrick Edward first developed the lightning in his left as he snatched quarters from under the boss nose.
 Daly's search abroad was unpro- ductive and he soon returned to his Paterson haunts. Back home he was advised by his trainer, Johnny Lane, that he had discovered "comer" in local amateur tournament. But Daly was too disilluSioned to show genuine interest He went no fur ther than to have the boy casually pointed out to him as they passed each other on the towns main stem.
 Head On
 Then something happened Bill was driving his car through the winding North Jersey hills short time later, his thoughts obliterating the fact that he was hogging the center of the road. Suddenly from around bend in the opposite di- rection a high-powered roadster roared toward him and there was no time left for action. The inevitable crash followed =.
 A powerful youth stalked forward. Daly, sizing up the situation, saw that he was furious. Then his brain registered recognition
 "Now, don't get excited" were Daly,s first words as he stalled to permit himself to think. T know you You're young Comiskey I'm going to make you the heavyweight champion of the world"
 Prophetic words? Comiskey wasn't interested in being heavyweight champion this day.
 Never mind that stuff," Pat fin- ally exploded. "This car belongs to the boss. I need my job and it'll cost sixteen bucks to fix it. So, get it up," fired Pat, land mean right now!"
 Daly paid. Pat cooled of. And 1t is proving to be the best invest mept the manager ever made.
 In twenty-nine fights this young Idol of the Irish has knocked out twenty-five opponents. Daly, the day of the accident, must have ob- served the tremendous power dorm- ant in his marvellous physique.
 Patrick Edward, now only 19, came up the hard way. Born of Irish parents he has lived in Paterson all his life His education didn't go beyond the grammar grades. AL ways big for his age he found lit tie difficulty getting employment at various tasks, working as a me- chanic, in a steel foundry, as tire man and parking station attendant, among other jobs.
 COrkOnianS
 He doesn't come from the usually large Irish family. he being the youngest of three children, there be- ing an older brother and sister. His buxom mother, Mary, = whom Pat and the rest of the family have af- fectionately dubbed Maggie" = and his father, James Michael, are of hearty, old Irish stock. Both were born in Ireland though they came to America at an early age. His father, born in the City of Cork, in the County of Cork, where the houses are all painted green, was only ten when he left. His mother was younger.
 The strain of circumstances long has denied both a lifelong desire to return to the land of their birth, to visit scenes of their early child hood and renew old family friend ships. Now 1t is within the power of Patrick Edwards fists to satisfy their fervent prayer.
 Irish eyes weren't always smiling in the Comiskey abode. When the children were growing and attend ing classes there was only father Jim's small earnings as a steel mill worker to give them the advantages he hoped they could have And, in addition, they held the neighbor- hood championship as eaters.
 Today it is reflected in the amaz- ing physical structure which is each of them and to Patrick Edward falls the honor of making two particular ly grand, old Irishmen's dreams