Show o Belgium Pug Gets Elite Backing 4 Millionaire Seeking Heavyweight Heavyweight Biddle Family Loves Ring Sport By Edward J. J Nell Nei NEW YORK Dee Dec De 6 AP AP wo Two tiny tny Drench phones phone tinkled unheeded un heeded on the desk of Tony ony Biddie Biddle Bid- Bid dle die wealthy son of a a famous family I Secretaries stepped stepped in a worried i fashion in iq 11 and out of his luxurious 1 office otIce walled wale with wih ancient tapestries tapestries tapes tapes- tries and floored with a carpet calpet inches inces deep The youthful financier heeded neither neither- phones secretaries nor nOlO a way two market that should have commanded every bit bt of his attention I Instead he lolled lole In a soft desk chair chai or rose to stretch his Ilis six lx feet of brawn and muscle as he paced up and down the tho carpet And th the tho subject t that lured lure this athletic scion of ot tho the Biddies of phia for hours from tho manifold duties dutes of ot a modern multimillionaire was wa bo boxing boxing boxing-a ing-a ing a game gamo that has ha fascinated tao fas- gme chi and lured to its is fold the male Biddies from the tue first Nick Jck down LISTED IN WHO S WHO At the tho moment Tony Tony you'll find him listed as Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr in Vios Who ho hoIs Is is is the center center of the latest sensation A few tew days ago he ho paid pad for tho managerial contract of Reno neno do Vos crack Belgian chal lenger longer for the tho middleweight cham cham- Then Tony turned the tho battler over ovel to Jimmy Bronson I chief second of Gene Geno Tunney lie Ic will vill wi advise and Jimmy will wi manage maage and between them them- they expect to toland toland toland land the tIle Blond lio Fox Fez of Belgium In Inthe inthe inthe the throne now occupied by Mickey ik y Walker Valker This is just a start however The he Biddle Biddie m millions lons arc at tt tho the disposal al alof of Bre Bronson in the quest of 01 the next heavyweight l champion Tony will wi purchase any boxer in li-i any division upon whom Bronson places the stamp of approval l Furthermore they are considering tho erection electon ol of olan an art ideal training camp on the outskirts outskirts out out- skirts of the city to bo be run without profit and provide perfect quarters qua lot for boxers any trainers managers or promoters willing to tD meet a t nominal nomina portion porton of or the expenses A glorified boxing emporium Tony rony ony calls caBs it i. i TONY CAN BOX Although Reno fleno probably do doesn't know it It and it isn't in the contract the boxer has acquired a potential sparring partner in hi his n new w owner Tony Is la a crack amateur heavy heavy- weight lie JIo whipped the pu pugilistic Uste barber for the amateur championship champion champion- campion- campion ship of 01 Bulgaria in Gene eya last training camp Every day finds him in some gymnasium swapping leather with wih the best available reveling in Iii tho finest clean cleanest cst sport In the world world If I a family like a people can be besa sa said to have have a national sport a apar pair par of crossed boxing gloves would have some somo place i in il the Biddle cost coat cot of arms Tonys Tony's father tather Major Anthony Anthony Anthony An An- thony J. J Drexel Sr Sl is still a crack bo boxer er at 54 4 ready and willing to match fists for sport with wih any one Tony perforce learned to box almost as so soon n as he could hold his hands hads up ERECTS RING Down on the tile Biddle estate at Philadelphia there was an old barn ban that onCe housed the tile splendid thoroughbred horses and carriages that preceded the tho gasoline era When Tony was 10 th the floor noor was wa torn tip UP a a. ring pitched and seats accommodating COO OO e of t Philadelphia's Philadel phia's phlas most fashionable society were erected there Tho The three years that followed follo were great groat In Tonys Tony's life To ro that rebuilt barn before an always capacity capacity ca ca- ca- ca gathering Major Biddle l brought the ring masters of the time Ume Philadelphia Jack OBrien O'Brien OBren Kid Kd Gritto Griffo lir Frank nl Erne ne Kid Kd Williams WI- WI Wil hams liams lams Jack Johnson Johnon Jim Jeffries Jefres Bob and Jim C Corbett all displayed their prowess to the fashionable crowd And always Major Biddle BiddIe was the opponent LIKES BOXI BOXING G. G After the bo boxing there thOlO were buffet fet let suppers and the celebrities of ot society met the tho celebrities of or the tile ring on op an equal social tooting footing As Asa s a result Tony believes that boxing gained a tremendous number of or converts He Ho still sUl sees ses some of them then cheering lustily lusty in iii front row seats at Madison Square Garden Gaden Big democratic and affable Tony frankly is crazy about boxIng box box- ing He lie believes the the entry of modern mod mod- em ern eln patrons of ot tho sport of boxing will vill wU add interest to our own lives and possibly strengthen the sport With owners such as Biddle Diddle there never would b ba bC the tho possibility of pushing a youngster ahead too fast because of financial necessity PREDICTS FUTURE It I It wouldn't surprise me he be said as tile the stock stacIe ticker clicked in ill inthe the next room and there thero wa was wa a flurry Hurr of excitement everywhere but i in his chair if lv many others followed the same trail Bo Boxing stables stables sta stu- bles may replace ce racing stables Spruille Braden and Walter Chrysler Chrys Chrys- ler already have bought Knute Hansen Han- Han sen sen-by sen by golly goly I must roust call cal Walter Vale and kid him about Knute's kno knockout knockout knock knock- kout k- k out by Christner In Cleveland |