St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-11-14
NELL RUSSELL

Baltimore was so bowled by prospect getting of the
provincial of the Twin Cities that didn't much attention
asking knew all well as seemed
track? answered yes to everything Not too many weeks
late n Baltimore.
usually does routine police court stuff and
general reporting. Then it happened
Mr. Murphy time, controlled his editorial hedgings
through Each member Of the editorial staff
had The effect of that signal the
same bell fire station. When sounded,
pOsterOs the entire editorial department lifted
the collective editorial chairs and then
eased the signal by passed each member
burning 10 victim intended for The latter ndi-
would from his desk and head for the inner saneum
aacrty of a condemned going to the hot seat
Mr. Murphy q sealy speaking but he has the
capabiy holy hell Of people three times his
may ndvdualist but in younger days
quite that individual II know what mean In oher
words my much noise anybody ees when
approaching the high mOgul Of the Afro publish
ing empire
That delightful day the buzzer doned my sgnatwo
and two shorts feeby anct6ed territory Mr. Murphy
didn't waste words He told me was leaving
hadn't expected break the worlds
writer quite quickly was just getting ready
plaster my silly when Mr. Carl he was known
his staff added that going to New York to cover the Armstrong
Ambers championship fight at the Polo Grounds
Ye reap ye planted the about being sports
bumper 1t occurred to
truth all knew about prizehghtng
guy supposed konk another
bh hard enough stretch him on the canvas Tor count
When the brides finally stopped singing BRAIN back
my Hardwick, the Teller whose job taking was
telling me not forget blowby blow of the fight
What blow by blow account" l asked vaguely.
dumb dora should know that He was wonderful the guy was
being SWITCHED from under him by female
absolutely wonderful almost started making with the water
works, was so touched
or to adde of color ride the
Pennsy Ny touched the Man
Upstairs About fifteen minutes before night e the ram came NICE
soaking down from the skies above the Polo Grounds
called off story about The Battle of Empty
Seats Mr. Murphy liked that recall correctly he gave me front
by-lne.
The fight was reschedued for Madison Square
collecting facts and figures Ambers and
busy collecting facts and figures Ambers and
Armstrong forgot exchange old ticket for
Two hours before fight time appeared at the Madison square
the fight boredookng in the
told didn't have because hadn't exchanged my ticket
deadne squeaked that had to have seat was
sports editor up fight The bp didn't
tommy fiddle Mahama Gandh but he did tell me there
seat the buck it.
asty telephone Murphy didn't exactly
through the wre but gathered he wasn't happy took the seat
the fifteenth
Somebody in Baltimore had given nj a portable type
York. Come fight time struggled to
twenty-five portable in hand and fsu Of
Sitting directly behind of those
grandstand the Garden already
buTened down with an alcoholic load of fight spirit Every
by he'd add bottle Of 32 to the JOY
juice inside Of him. The combination made him violent He
started to a whOOpd Every minute
the minute beer bottle would zng above head, the
typewriter would slip from knees notes would slide to
the floor in a devilsh shower.
preminaries I'd typewriter
pocket and reOrted to hoping that I'd
good clip bottle thereby ending my By the
everything ern except had the
exclusive interview with Armstrong by sending note
his head of the door finally and hOaed where's
dame from the Afro?"
put my smile and cOOed Here ami"
The character quipped You can't i'm He amt got clothes
When tried the dressing room opened
wearing skirt and slammed the door shut before
| could even get my mouth open
waited outside the Garden for Hank There
people with finally showed
by that trails the winner
punched through
the within few Of his
could manage twenty
the middle of III
thing Henry Armstrong; always giving ladies
stopped slammed the
my mumbed Later, grille later" hustled Hank
INTO the
the evening chasing all
finally caught him six when he
and gravel
he Deception. knew l a job had
get fight story land bowby blow account) SOMEWHERE.
Necessity the mother Of invention ynOw Before caught the
morning, bought every daily newspaper
only got blow by blow story,
sports bout them
my STYLE byine
lnmitigated it in.
Everybody amazed that a boxing
With such accuracy and nuency.
Nobody amazed than Yours Truly amazed
actually about the manly
about it without pIfering from the expertsl
Note to Mr.. Carl Murphy-
Dear Mr.. Carl:
Don't Immediately FIRE female member your
honor in by-Gones be by-gones, Ell?
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