The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-02

I great many years. I am for- tunate to be assocaited in busi- ness way with Max and also with Jacob Amron and Louis Brooks.
 Because of them I have not had to make the financial sacrifice 70 many others had to make when they entered the armed forces. I couldn't have conducted my Broad way restaurant nor the Great North ern hotel any better than they have. We're a going concern and we are looking forward to the post war years together.
 Boxing Was Good to Me
 Looking back from the exalted age of 50 years can truthfully say that boxing has been good to me. In the years just ahead I believe it will offer even greater opportunities to some Jack Dempsey of the future Naturally I am convinced that the next heavyweight champion will come from the ranks of our fight ing men. It was so after World War and If I am not mistaken his name was Gene Tunney, a Marine seem to recall meeting him on a rainy night in Philadelphia.
 came to the Tunney engage ment after three years of inactivity. The same problem that I was un- able to solve then will confront Joe Louis in the not too distant future. It is my belief, based on personal experience, that Sergeant Joe will have no better luck than I had when he is confronted by the chal- lenge of youth. Age beats us all
 I would be the last to detract from Louis greatness. AS a cham po!n he stands above us all. I don't think 1 could have beaten him if we had met when was at my peak and if he was in the form he dis played the night he knocked out Max Schmeling.
 It is only that defeat is inevitable as tomorrow, and Louis, magnificent though he was, can't laugh off a four year layoff at the age of 31. speak from experience.
 Sgt. Louis shouldn't feel badly about this. The friendships made in the ring stay with us old champions down through the years. Firpo writes me about once a month For tunately I can read little Spanish. Enough to understand what the old Bull is writing about.
 When I was on my last War Bond selling tour I saw Tommy Gibbons ir St. Paul. He is the sheriff out there and looks like the prosper GUS mid-Western businessman he is.
 The Orchid Man is Still Gay
 During recent tour of duty in the European War theater, l vis- ited Georges Carpenter in his cock tail bar in Paris. The Orchid Man is thin and drawn and I'm afraid little broke. He still smiles and attempts to be gay, but the memory of what he and the other people of Paris went through during the Nazi occupation still haunts him. He was not collaborationist.
 Come to think of it, Commander Tunney, USNR, and did a little collaborating ourselves a couple of years ago. We collaborated on the Navy's and the Coast Guards psysi- cal training program. That pro- gram is paying rich dividends in victories out in the Pacific.
 When the war is Won-the only question today is when-I am look ing forward to a number of things, rot the least of which is six months of uninterrupted sleep. After that l am going to enjoy the company of my daughters, Joan and Barbara. It is my hope and prayer that the inevitable victory will free them and all the other children of the world from the misery and suffer- ing that are the by products of every war.