Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
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dentist make up a dozen sets.
He always carried spares in his
pocket and kept the rest on file
in a cabinet in his office.
Boxing writers were always
stealing Yussel's teeth as a gag,
but the good-natured manager
would never get sore, even when
they showed up later and asked
him TO autograph them for SOU
venirs.
Some people are sensitive about
their tailor-made crockery but
Yussel never was. More than
once in a restaurant he bowled
the customers into the aisles in
spasms of laughter by taking out
the dishes after a meal of his
favorite gefuelte fish, dunking
them in "A glass of water and
swapping them back into place
without so much as batting an
eyelash.
In Jacobs office was an i'm
pressive looking safe. Visitors
looked at it and conjured up
visions Of stacks of crisp bills
arranged In orderly piles Few
knew the secret Of that safe ex-
cept Yussers old boss. Dumb
Dan.
All II ever contained was a
book Of blank promissory notes,
one OF which Yussel would make
out and dispatch by messenger
TO Promoter Mike Jacobs office
whenever he needed a few grand.
Mike. who recognized his name
sake as the smartest manager in
the business. always was willing
TO give him an advance.
That's how it happened that
Yussel owned Mike about $4,000
when he died suddenly last
Spring
During the quarter of a cen
tury that he was a manager Of
pugilists. Yussel the Muscle prob
ably collected more sinners and
bloody noses than all his fighters
combined. He was so notori-
ously helpless with his fists that
his one victory stands out like
the stogie in has profile pictures.
one day he walked into an
office building on Broadway and
heard a German janitor heiling
Hitler Without saying a word.
he wound up right, parked it
on the Nazi's chin and stepped
back to let him fall. 1t was
Yussels first and last fistic con-
quest
Usually. Jacobs came out of a
fracas badly damaged one of
the scars he carried to his pre-
mature grave was inflicted by
Max Schmeling by plaster
proxy Yussel had plaster bust
Of Make on a desk in his Office
In those days. Professor" Billy
McCarney. the same one who
testified at the Surrogate Court
hearing recently that Yussel was
maintaining three women at one
time "a big buxOm blonde in
Washington, a cute red-head in
-, Philadelphia and an innocent
brunette in Baltimore"-wa in
partnership with Jacobs.
One night they went to their
office after a bout with Bacchus
and, as was always the case
when Yussel had a few under the
belt, he started picking on the
Old Professor. Finally he said
something NJ Carney couldn't
take even from a partner, so the
-Brnfessa-Eeaehea- fer the near
est missile and hurled il at
Jacobs. 4 Duif's-eye. II laid him
low with an ugly cash on his
brow. Ignoring the wound. Yus-
sci surveyed the pile of broken
plaster with horror, then burst
into tears.
How could you hit me with
Make, Bill" he sobbed. I'm
never forgive you for thisr
And he never did. They broke
up partnership the next day and
never spoke to each other again.
Jacobs amours were always
subject for merriment among
his business associates. The
Casanova of Cauliflower Lane
used to number his women. and
office associates fell into the
habit Of calling them by the
numbers.
When Yussel returned to the
office after an absence, he would