The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
This Sporting World
B;ts About BoxinR
.Ry JOHN "A UUNKY


 Force og RahR may elli NElke JAcooS overlord of tAe boxing basls ness since he loaned money Co Tex Rickard to guarantee Jack Dempsey a hAR million for the first title bout with Gene Tunney ct Philadelphia. and then moved into Madison Square Garden when the Jimmy Walker-Jlmmy Johnston comblna. ton suddenly lost its power in New York City. 1t seems an odd twist of fate at this time. that walker and Johnston are both dead within the past six months and Jacobs, at e6 years of age. Is the victim of Q cer- eoral hemorrage tblood clot on the orain) caused by overwork: that may bring death. though today's early reports were that he is slightly im- proved" which means nothing ln the case oe a person of that age with such Q serious physical ailment.
 Does tt not seem strange that a man. reputed to be worth s7,000. 600 would hasten his death by WORK ING too harda In the case of Mike Jacobs. it Is only too true: as those in the offices of the 3oth Century Sporting Club web know. Upon doctors orders. he was in bed the week of ehe Elmer Ray-Jersey Joe waicott bout at the Garden, be- tween two colored men 90 or more years of age who have had con- siderable success during the past year, which surprised 60 percent of men clsoe to the boxing bust. ness. Because the -Walcott, e sS ringside fight at best in pre- war days. had an advance MSG sale that indicated a near capacity crowd; millionaire Nike just couldn't stay in bed: sick or not: 90 hA came to New York from his Rumson. N. !, home against his doctors. orders and had all he could do to hobhle around that evening and get back home.
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 Ordinarily. he might be resting in FlorAda right nov: but he has the Marcel Cerdan-G -Georgie Abrams fight coming up tonight at the Gar den. and another full-house is al- most assured: but Nike won't be there eo see it: but those close to him believe that he postponed his Florida trip until the Cerdan-Ahranas gate was counted; though sending his wife on ahead: she having been lo- cated in Daytona Beach, Florida a day after Mike collapsed in the lobby of . theater building earlier this week.
 Should Mike recover, and he is a ''very sick man" despite the current slight improvement" report: he will have to quit the active supervision of his boxing business; though he and the MSG directors CAFike's part nersl will have to agree on a boxing director at the Garden; with Nal Roger& present matchmaker, Al Weill CT Paul Daznski in line for the job.
 In signing Earl Roys of Bristol, and Kid cappy of rorrington as un- dercard boxers to the main bout Us Frankie vigeant and Tony Falco next Friday the iSth at the state arnoEy: Promoter George Mulligan has pscked a couple of crowd pleas CTS who have been cheered steadily ell lnst summer in Bristol and Tor rington where they are strong local attractions. Of course. they will not box each other; but the fans from the two cities will be around to see them go against Sparky Duquette of Worcester and Happy McDonald of Hartford.
 Thnmaston folks tell me Frankie vigeanE gets up about 5 A. N. to run around McGrath's lots to strengthen his legs and wind" while Manager Trainer Joe CSteele) Mobile, says the boy is the best he has ever handed, as he never shirks training and can be trusted to keep his phy- sical condition at peak, when his handler is not in sieht-They put on 6 Buddy Knox of Dayton. Ohio vs Arturo Godoy of South America bout somewhere oElk west last night; Al Weil1's Arturo getting the decision. Gould tk be that We'll Is building up Godoy for another bout with Joe Louis at ei0o ringside? By the way, whats become of Billy Conn, who has even given up battling his father-in-law since he last met the champ.-Art Rooney, the big box ing and football man of Pittsburgh, owned the winner of the big race at Tropical yesterday: Air Patrol, pay inR s7.a0 to win and better &ian even money (eAi0) though coupled with Westminster as an entry.
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