Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-13
TONY GALENT0 TO
BEGIN TRAINING
FOR COMEBACK
BY JACK CUDDY

Promise or threat? Inter
pref it as you may-Tony
Galento is coming back.
The beer-barrel that walks like
a man will begin training at Sum
nit, N. j.. on Monday. He will start
grooming for campaign designed
| to cut tank like through the cur
rent civilian buns" and then tao
kle Sgt Joe Louis for the real
title'-for nothing.
And when I say for nothing l
mean for nothing" says fat Gal
ento who not SO long ago was
described in the nations neWSpa-
perS as a 'throW-back to John L.
Sullivan"
Galento made this historic state
ment last night at the corner of
49th street and Eighth avenue, after
the Mauriello-Nova fight. When we
bumped into the fat man at this
cross roads of the cauliflower world,
he did bit of elephantine shadow
boxing, and declared: 1t was a
lucky thing the boys at the ring
side Wuz holding me tonight, or I
would have jumped into the ring
and knocked both of dem buns out
with two fast left hooks"
MUST BE 40
"Tony-act your age we said.
You must be showing your heels
to 40 years or more
He snorted In the first place,
1 amt walkin' on my heels yet, and
in the second place, I'm only 80
years old. And because I see what's
comm to the heavyweight division
during the war, I been doin' preli-
minary training for three months.
So l weigh only about 245 pounds,
| just 18 over my fighting weight.
I'm at the ringSide tonight, and
Mike Jacobs takes one good look
at me and says can I get into shape
quick and fight somebody in his
heavyweight tournament. 1 say, /
can lick anybody you got in your
tourney right now, and if l take off
20 pounds I can lick Louis He
says, Start trainin'-I can use you.
So. on Monday, l go to Bey's camp
for three weeks. Then watch me
NOV EN- down.
Galento, who teamed with Louis
for the most electrifying braWl in
the Brown Bomber's career, in 1899,
wanted the world to know that
money is no object in this come
back" TWo-Ton Tony emphasized
that everyone 'pegged me for a
stupid fat man when I was fight
ing, but I was Watchin' those bucks.
got more money now than I'll
ever need, and I spend good. l blow
more than a hundred a week for
fun"
LISTS ASSETS
And he listed some of his assets.
There was tie GalcntO Cocktail
bar at Orange, N. j., in a 100000
building that he owns, also his $l3,-
500 Orange home. and other prop
critics that would approximate $75.-
900.
Then l got my annuiticS," said
Tony. What Ia hell--Im Sittin'
prctt%. [ got everything I want but
that title. Nov I'm goin' after that
and seriously There's one guy
| kin lick, and that's Louis. III
fight him for nothin' for the title
| He's in the army-okay. But we'll
fight foE army relief. And I'll pay
all my own training expenses and
transportation to any city in the
United States. And I don't want
cent OF the purse. l Just want that
title I'll knock him dead this time"
Fat Tony was halting pedestrian
traffic on the corner by Madison
Square Garden. 50 we maneuVercd
him into a side street as he cX-
planned that he had Louis "out on
his feet in the first round in the
80 scrap, and he had Bomber Joe
on the canvas in the third round,
but I didn't have brains enough
to finish him He added: This
time I'll finish him. There's only
two gus in the heavy division to-
day who can punch-LouiS and me.
And ! can hit harder with my left
hook than he can with his right"
WILL ACCEPT MATCHES
Meanwhile. Galento said he would
accept matches with any opponent
Nike Jacobs might name for New
York, or Herman Taylor might des-
ignate for Philadelphia. They're
both my friends he explained.
And I'd like TO help them out
What did he think of the Mauri-
ello-Nova scrap? "Well-Nova was
rusty from lack of action. He was
winning all by himself, until the
kid nailed him in the sixth. Mauri-
clio is just a kid They say he's 90
years old. He's only about 10 or 20.
When he matureS-you know Wot I
mcan-hc'll be better. I'll take both
of dose buns ON in one night. I'll
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