The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04
Sports 
BY OsCAa vRALgY Unilaa Pres Sports Writer

WNW HUfk, Dec, q = tVFI @ 1us flslst m6B maintained 6 death Watoh ea 1aeGbs foaeh today fog the man WlD aeaM in eauilfl0WeFs and raised Hosoa
 hflohasl D.eaalas Jae0ils, . sfah1s mai mgiiOoi refugee who became one al fFoadWay's siireWdest Opefatofs, Waa ileaF deal from q eesebfAi heifs nffaaaee. And the fignt mob vas N0fs. Flea 6VeF tlie ltlssife should the final hsli fine f0F "Uncie Mike," b0Eine's afeateet nSotiopoliss,
 5acols has one Os the iafFest ae' n,iaIntanees in the world. They lns eilf6s Ifi0hssaFs, CO.'S, tFadeaIneti, ti' nanFleFN, poIltlclaI1s and 1cialites nlE lO tiie boys along the Dsscn, that concrete stFand between bToa1s WIav and Eighth Avenue M fath fItfeet, ne is c meal tlskss. Me h tlIsif stJncie Nike" not becasiee tney love him bsit because tiifOieh his Algsgs like Flse they rods from poverty 70 affltience.
 Ben in Poverty
 me ahFlveied, tlFedsiooklne man WIth the hiFid tongue and en0lsrlc felnoef fiads boHing one oS the big' aeet auofse teialnAsses ifi ths flasl0fi, Some estimated five Co ten millions woltnd ttp if he bank aecOifit bui etlIl there vas plenty ioT the mob.
 Born ifi the poverty of tho Battery, Nike, who woiild be 0T on Match 10, becafne ti1e fiahafajsh Of niauL
 ft was q ions, slow climb iof the man whose false teeth don't iit de. spIte his millions snd wh0 had . Finrvoste habit of clicking tilsri. Mike miKist have been . lower East ssde clothing merchant had he stayed ID the tailor shop FSin by Popps Isaac JacOi1s.
 Bit he had othsF idsas, promils eated when he sold two free paAsee for ca shortly after quitting school ln the sixth grade to sell nswspapefs. mat green government htefattife looked good to the young Jewish DOy and started him off as a specuistoF'
 Started Early ln Promoting
 From ticket scsiping. Mike vent to zeal estate, emaii fight prontosiors; managed q tour by EfSico oaftiso, onerated cOsiceastosis on river ex- eiirslon steamboat inc and finally opened . sliecessfui sicket office.
 m was from thss office on lesh street near Madison Sqaaf Garden ffak the Strand niif1ais sand received fts peculiar name. one hot Summer Aay. Mlke put up c vafi-colored awnlna ir front. The fight fIio0 eofi- aregated in its weIeofle shade and, Ergo, jacobs Beach"
 Mike was one of the late Tex Rick. ards most valued advisers and, when Rlckard dled, re succeeded his friend and prOceede to make the promoter iook iike A two-bit operator. By 1854 hs orRanfzed the Twentieth Century Snort Cltfb and clifiched his grip on tf1e flgiit game by signing Tor the exclusive services Of the then ecfn' is1g Joe Louis.
 From there he tied up New York. and other biz fighters. You fought for Nike or you didn't fight in New York. And it also vas peculiar how hard it was to find work elsewhere in the country. Promoters elsewnere howled about his monopoly" but nothing ever broke his grip.
 Big Little Deal
 Even in Iittle things, Mike always was one to make c fast dollar. There was the time recently when, after alterations to his Rums0f1, N. J, mansion he was wondering hos to get rid os the debris piled in front and how much it would cost him. A man cams along and asked Mtke how much ile wanted for the cans and tHnk.
 sFifteen bascks," said Nike.
 The man tried to settle for ei0 but Nike held out and got his ssktng price. He got more satisfaetion cut os that deal. ore of his iackeys report nA kasam making a10 900 on q fiGi1t.