Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-06-18
SPORTS PARADE
BY HENRY McLEMORE

NEW YORK, June 49, (UP)-In
my set, where the Mushky jack
sons speak only to the Evil-Eye
Finkles. and the Evil-Eye Finkles
speak only to the Dumb Dan Nor
gans, and the Dumb Dan Morgans
speak only out of the corners of
their mouths, it is considered not
only de trop" but even lousey for
a fight promoter to take a guess
at the probable winner of a bout
he is handling.
So. there was many raised
SCARED eyebrow when walked into
Mike Jacobs strictly private office
yesterday, and, shrieking above the
strictly private mob that was in the
room, asked the promoter how he
thought the Joe Louis-Arturo God
oy fight would come out.
1t was faux pas, and the set
wasted little time letting me know
it was. Three or four of them let
their feet fall from Mikes desk
Others got up and put on their
coats for the first time in years
Still others tossed their cigarettes
out of the window instead of onto
the floor.
Retained POise
Hymie Caplin even went so far
as to use the past tense in con-
demning my query.
Only Promoter Jacobs kept his
poise. With old world courtesy he
] Of
med smoke off me, and asked:
Now what is it you Wanta know?"
l said l wanted to know what
he thought of Thursdays scrap
between Louis and Godoy, and if
he knew anything about Louis
wanting to retire, and ii it were
true that the heavyweight cham
plon of the world had become more
interested in 12-cylinder cars, emer-
aid green suits, fifteen course din
ners, and diamond rings than he
was in the business of prize fight
ing.
Nuts" said Mike, lapsing into
the French we always use in private
conversation.
Il can't say Joe is going to win
on Thursday, because l don't know"
the promoter continued in French
that showed not one trace of &C
cent, but I do know this. He hates
Godoy. l also know that anything
Joe hates is in danger of getting
its head knocked off 1 also know
that he wants to fight Godoy again.
know this because Louis is the
one who made the match. A week or
two after the first fight with Co.
doy, Joe came to me and said get
] that there Godoy in there with me
again. That's the fellow l wants
TO fight"
AS Tor Joe wanting to quit the
ring and settle down to life of
ease and smothered pork chops,
Jacobs says there is no truth in
the report
Ready to Fight
He'll be fighting four or five
years from now Most of his cash
IS tied up in investments, and he
can use all the ready scratch he can
7 mani ~ Itll yOu llOW Urea lie ID
of fighting: If l asked him to fight
again in August and again in Sep
TENDER and again in November he'd
do it. The only thing that will make
Joe quit is to lose his stuff. Natur-
ally, he isn't going on fighting af-
ter his legs and punch are gone.
But just SO long as he can keep
winning, he'll keep fighting"
l asked Mike what he thought
the fight on Thursday would draw.
ITS hard TO tell but my guess
is that it will do around 5000, 900.
That won't be quite enough to
show a profit, but III be damned
if a guy named Hitler is going to
make me call off show. I know
the times are bad, and that the
people haven't got their minds on
a fist fight, but I'm going through
with it and I'm going through with
all the other shows I have sched-
uled. That's the trouble with this
country. Just as soon as times get
d little tough the guys With dough
quit spending it or taking a chance
with it. Hell, figure the Stuff
is only good when you're spending
it. I never heard of anybody using
1t for wallpaper"
Then we had tea and scenes.