The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-04
This
Sporting
World
Look Who's Ticking
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

After his alleged broadcast Of the
Crosby Wildly football game
Thanksgiving morning, one would
think that our new and esteemed
young CARPETBAGGER, who mas
crowned himself KING Lear, would
run away and HIDE for q few
months to let the odor Of that paid
WBRY commercial fade away like
the last rose of summer. Not So,
my dear compatriots, for the hand
some young man with the nice
voice and more MOXIE than the
people who make it, raked Louis
(Kid) Kaplan of Hartford, former
worlds featherweight champion
over the radio Goals last night, in
about as cruel, unfair and un-
warranted q manner as could pos
sibly be imagined.
The gist of his radio blast, after
having attended boxing bouts in
New Haven last week, where
Kaplan was a referee, was that
the former champ, who had the
honesty, courage and faith in his
friends to turn down a $4,000
offer to THROW an important
bout with Danny Kramer Of
Philadelphia, was "still hearing
bells" when he climbs into the
ring to referee a boxing bout, and
that he should, in the interests Of
boxing in Connecticut turn in
his WHITE trousers and resign
for the good Of the game. All this,
because. Kaplan, like other box
ing referees in Connecticut, in
GLIDING myself, are sometimes
confused by not hearing the bell
at the end of a round when there
is much yelling at ringside, or
the bell itself came from Wool
worths. 1t seems Kaplan stopped
bout with As seconds in a round
left for action, stopped count Of
boxer who was on the floor, then
awarded the decision to the boxer
on his feet. When he was APP
prised of his error, the bout con-
tinued, and Julie Kogon, possibly
deprived of knockout by Kap-
lan's action won easily, from one
Buster Beaupre.
Less than six weeks ago, AN
OTHER referee did the same
thing, in Hartford ring, but no
one accused him of being mental
ly unbalanced, hearing bells,
etc" 1t just happened and could
easily happen again.
Talk about the POT CALLING
THE KETTLE BLACK. Young Mr..
Lear, for he is quite young and of
DRAFT AGE, imagine, had
his description of Crosby and wildly
football players so mixed up
Thanksgiving Day, that, according
to many. many listeners, the King
so far lost control of the game from
a radio standpoint, that he had
number 48 carrying the ball,
tackled by 10" NO NAMES, NO
IDENTIFICATION, nothing but a
mixed up, inconglomerate verbal
hash OF somthing Mr.. Lear was
looking at. but could not describe
to save his soul, reputation as a
sportscaster miami papers please
copy or his unmitigated GALL,
which seems to be as deep as the
ocean. To this day. Principal Joe
Kennedy Of Wildly (the winners) is
trying to find out from what he
heard on the radio, who did what
on the final play Of the game. CRU
cial plays, 80 yard touchdown
run, series of forward passes were
all blank to WBRY listeners that
day; and the silly part Of the en-
tire situation is that the u. S. Rub
Der Company was supposed to PAY
for the worlds worst sports broad
cast since the dawn of the Chris
tan era. Whether they did or not.
cannot say.
And now, less than six weeks
later, this young man with the
nice voice and the gall Of Gethse-
meme, tells Louis Kid KaLlan.
worlds UNDEFEATED feather
weight champion, he ought to re-
tire as boxing referee for the good
OF boxing in Connecticut. the man
who was honest enough to spurn
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR of
CROOKED money, the man who, as
fighter, citizen and family man,
is one of the proudest boasts of
those who know him comes
from an egotistical youngster. who,
having been in the city less than
six months had the nerve to bill
himself as Connecticut's ACE
sportscaster with no apologies to
Bob Steel or Phil Buxbal.-.., Jr.).
Listen, Kid-you couldn't carry
WATER for Kid Kaplan II you live
to be Methuselah, and with your
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