The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
THE EYE PLANS
It's A Two-Way KO
HEX SUPREME"
By DILLON GRAHAM
Sports Editor. APP Feature Service

upOH tlle DIedk concrete pTOH1eIf-
ade of Jacobs Beach, Broadway's
Cauliflower Alley, where the
bashed-nosed and betting gentry
loiter, slipping their cigarettes
and exchanging their "deses"
and doses.
The street - 49th between
Broadway and 8th-was almost
deserted. Its habitual hangers
on had surrendered to the cold.
But shivering in a doorway and
mumbling to himself was The
Eye.
A cordial greeting aroused no
response from The Eye. His
schnozzle buried in the folds of
his overcoat lapels, his thin hands
trying to gesticulate even from
within the winter hideaway of
his pockets, The Eye continued
his mumblings. Finally, he look
ed up and appeared to notice his
visitor for the first time.
Il been in conference, he said,
explaining his deep concentration
and his mutterings.
''Yeah?"
Il been making a Moo Year
revolution.
"Its colossal, preposterous! My
masterpiece.
The Eye twitched excitedly.
Ssh! It's secret. l amt an
nounced it for publication.
The man with the famous Eye
explained He looked around
nervously and then bent forward.
A Double KaYo!
1.-THE Eye will bring about a
double knockout"
He waited a moment for the
full shock of the startling state
ment to sink into his visitor.
ats The Eyes masterpiece.
Unbelievable. :, greatest feat in
boxing history, I'll put the Eye
on both fighters at once.
The Eye, whose ugly hex puts
the fear of the devil in the hearts
of some boxers, was thrust direct
ly in front of his visitors face,
sending cold sparks down his
spine.
The Eye suddenly pulled away.
II must be off. gotta make
plans" and was gone.
Throughout 1941 the boxing
world must wait and ponder,
whether Benjamin
Einstein Finkle, The Evil Eye,
will carry out his New Years
For several years now Finkle
has hired out to put the Evil Eye
on rivals of boxers who employ
him. He claims to have helped
beat favorites, chal-
lengers beat champions, and
champions retain their crowns.
And now he is preparing for his
supreme task, double knockout,
a hex on both your houses.
II hexes Joey Archibald into
the bantamweight championship,
Finkle says. so win IS straight
Then, he sneeringly explains,
"Al WE'LL (Joev's manager) fig
ured he didn't need me any more.
So l hexed him. Joey was fight
ing Pete Scalzo. And WE'LL amt
no more than turned his back to
walk down the ring steps as the
bell rings when Archibald hits de
deck. out cold. I put the Zaza and
the Zinzer both on him. but
quick.
The Eye Gets Lazy
Finkle says his average is
around 95 percent. Sometimes
The Eye is lazy, he explains.
Occasionally, he uses The Evil
Eye outside boxing. A couple of
years ago he found ii worked on
horses, too. War Admiral was a
heavy favorite TO beat Seabiscuit
IN their match race at Pimlico.
But | hexed de Admiral and
dc Biscuit win easy.
Big Lew Diamond. the char
acter who manages Finkle and is
known as the Honest Brakeman,
says some managers 60 wild at
the sight of The Eye.
"One time down in Washington
had to grab guy and hold him.
The Eye was putting a hex on his
fighter and the guy was hysteTic-
al He was running around with a
needle in his hand. swearing he'd
lab Finkle's eye out.
You can probably laugh at The
Eye. but in boxing. where super
stitions are many. there are those
who turn pale at the mention Of