The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04

MIKE JACOBS
 office of a ehiropracter friend In the Capitol Theater building. He collapsed after two days of strenu- ouS activity-mentAl and physical activity that had been forbidden by his personal physician, Dr. Joseph Feldman of Rumson, N. J.. where Mike lives.
 As Jacobs stood visiting with his friend, his knees buckled twice ''as if he had been hit on the chin with a straight rieht"-and he pitched sideways into his friends arms
 While first aid wes being admin istered. pr. Vincent Nardiello was called. pr. Nardiello is Q staff phy- sician of the New York State Box ing Commission and he is Jacobs personal Manhattan physician. Dr. Nardiello ordered the promoter re- moved to St. Clares Hospital in an ambulance.
 pr. Nardiello called into concul- tation Dr. Peter Croce of St. Clare's staff and pr. Isreal Wechsler of Mt. Sinai Hospital. one of the na- tion's foremost neurologists. They issued bulletins at intervals regard ing the stricken mans condition.
 Denied Visitors
 Tn his sixth-floor suite at St clare'S. Jacobs was denied visitors. Nevertheless. relatives and business associates gathered in the sitting room of the suite during the night: and several reporters kept watch" downstairs.
 Jacobs' wife, Josephine. was en- route to Miami. Fla, by automooaie' Accompanied by an adopted daugn- fer. she had left Rumson Monday morning. Police in several southern states were requested to contact her and tell her of Mikes plight. Mike had intended flying to Miami nexs Monday to ioin Josephine, atter comnleting his busy round Of Christ mas shopping and after staging .ne fight at Madison Square Caroen Friday night between Marcel Cer- dan E,sropean middleweight cham uion. and Georgie Abrams. Of Wasn- ington. D. C.
 Mikes younger brother Jake and two sisters visited the hospital last night. The sisters are Mrs. Freoa Kanen and Mrs. Mary Betts. Mike and his wife never had any children of their own: but they adopted two "a boy and a girl.
 while Jacobs lay in St. Clares, men of the fight game wondered what would happen to Madison Square Garden boxing If Uncle Mikes-the greatest boxing promo fer of aIl time-died or if he re- covered from his attack" and vas forced to retire. Some thought thai the Garden might decide to stage its own boxing, with perhaps vice. president Ned Irish as promoter. Others believed that the Garden would take in some seasoned boxing man as partner and let him carry on in Jacobs' footsteps. Jacobs 2Oth Century Club has been a partner of the Garden in boxing promotions since 1888.
 Two men most prominently men, tioned as a possible new partner were Paul Damski, former promoter at the Sports Palast in Berlin. Ger many Cbefore Hitler): and Al We'll former promoter and matchmekeE in New York and other cities. Both are men who have money of their own to gamble"-apparently pre- requisite.
 Whoever attempts to fin Jacobs shoes will be tackling one of the worlds toughest jobs. For Jacobs the son of a poor Jewish tailor not only built his own fortune to an estimated s7,O00,0 900 through various enterprises that included steamboat concessions, ticket speculation, real estate, the stock market and the fight game-particularly the fight game-but he also built up the mosi vast and ramified empire in boxing that ever existed. The late Tex Rickard never even dreamed of c fistic empire such as Jacobs rules
 The withered man controls every champion from the heavyweight down through the featherweighi divisions. And he controls most oi the prominent contenders. More over, he has working agreements with the outstanding European promoters-Jack Solomons of Lon. don and 10 Longman of Paris that gives him first call on any top flight fighters that may be develop. ed in the British Isles or on the continent.