Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-07-05

When we say exact outcome" and
who Is gOin' 10 be the winner, are
two different things; for ex-
ample, 80 per cent Of our popula-
ton picked Joe Louis to win, but
less than a half -dozen writers
picked the round dick Cullum Of
the Times predicted that Louis
would win In the eighth, and no
IFS or but's). OF course our
Jackie will have more hackers than
Billy Conn had against Louis, but
the result may be the same.
Up to deadline time, which Is
Wednesday, the promoter, Tony
Stecher, and the Willie Pep man
ayers hadn't decided as TO where
to stage the big fight. Willie
Pep and his board Of bosses want
the fight staged at the ball park
and have n $l2 top. Stecher
wants 10 play safe and stage the
fight at the Auditorium and is
for a 81 top price for ringside
seats. &. At any rate by the time
you read this, or the following day,
the prices and the place Of the
fight will be officially announced.
To put my little idea across,
and II was the brain truster
wouldn't forget what happened Just
two weeks ago. :. / mean to Mike
Jacobs there were close to
$4,000 empty seats in the Yankee
Stadium the night that Louis took
care Of Conn. :. The higher price
seats will 20 as they did In New
York, but the working man who
hasn't gotten rich during the war,
isn't going to pay four or Ave bucks
for a seat that isn't worth more
than 81. Yes, most Of the
people still work for a living.
Quoting Walter Winchell's col
umn:
REP. o'Toole wants congress to
probe the Louis-Conn fight. i
We're for that. II would be |
nice TO have Joe Louis meet up
with Representative Rankin i
just oncel"
THE GoSSIPEL TRUTH
It's official now. The Louis
Conn fight wasn't a fake. The |
Rnti-everythinR WsstbrOok Pegler
said II was on the up n UP. /
Billy Colbert, the st. Paul boxing
promoter, showed n net profit Of |
81 300 on his fight show last week.
e. First profit st. Paul promoter
showed in five years. One |
reason we like sports Is because on
the Louis-COnn polka, the New
York Post referred to n hangnail
on Louis finger Rs wound"
frankie Diamond (Star-JournaD
says since the fight, Billy Conn has
been doing more explaining than
mn unwed mother. Louis has
privately admitted to friends that
the No. 2 heavyweight is Elmer
Ray, who has 80 knockouts in ~
bouts. Didn't any Of the news
services report that n precedent |
was set the other week when a
Negro judge, Frank Forbes, was
one Of the officials Judging the
LOuis-Conn thing? II marked
the first time in history Of box
ing that such n great responsibility |
had been placed on u Negro Of
fetal. Maybe the Louis Conn
fight wasn't fraud, but II looked |
as though Conn were a-fraud of |
louisl e. Tip: Eddie Eagan, box
ing commissioner from New York. |
will throw in the sponge. o.. Billy
Colbert Is busy working on an out
door fight show to be staged early
In August. Things are so
tough for n certain small-time fight
manager. he's been locked out Of
his phone booth twice. . Headline
in this weeks Variety Public
Conn-ed Into Louis Fight" .
The following II positively the last
funny.writing well do on the fight
-. ] promise! &. One Of the boys
who had had little too much,
staggered into n tavern the night
Of the Louis Conn fight, and offered
10 bet 10 10 on Louis. -. Some
one said; Are you crazy The
fights over, and Louis won"
Whereupon the drunk thought for
u moment and then said: We'll, in
that case, I'll give you II to l."
3. A fight hAmateur was second
ing his prospect, and in the fifth
round his boy was battered and
besides had n cut eye. Many Of
the rinasiderS were yelling for the
hamAteur and the referee TO stop
Il to which the second yelled
hack at his critics: AS long as
my boy can see with one eye, Wen
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