Show LENA ENA WOULD GIVE ANYONE CASE OF JITTERS No Calliope Could Make More Noise Poor Kingfish Just Wasting Away Hes He's Already Lost Six Whole Pounds By PAUL GALLICO NEW YORK May 17 King King Levinsky I am shocked to hear lies sick ick abed in a Chica Chicago o hospital shrunken to a mere pounds and wracked by a nervous breakdown The delicate nervous system o of the kIng cing as finely balanced as the hair hairspring hairspring spring pring of an expensive watch has succumbed as we all knew it would eventually and nothing but complete rest will save the boys boy's life It was Leaping Lena Levinsky really reany who unwittingly saved the king from a aate fate ate worse than death when noticIng noticing Ing ng that he had suddenly dropped from rom to pounds in Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles where he was matched to fight Art Lasky refused to permit him to enter the ring in such a weakened condition If the king had been permitted to togo togo togo go through with the fight and once more nore had heard Leaping Lena shriek shriek- ing ng her war cry Give cry Give him King Give him good the good the specialists say his iLs reason would have snapped There are a few cynical parties who ho claim you OU cannot have a nervous breakdown without a nervous system and that claimIng claim claim- ing In a nervous breakdown for the king would be just like issuing a 1 statement that Max lax Baer was down with the brain fever but the king is managed by two very cry intense people the same being Leaping Lena his own dearly beloved beloved beloved be- be loved sister and Peter The Fox Re Reilly illy Now Lena Lexia as you know ow has all the sedative qualities of or a steam calliope the he same restful atmosphere as an armor plate foundry the same tender soothing qualities as a factory whistle sounding in ones one's ear Peter the Fox is s actually as quiet as Lena is strident but ut the quieter Peter is the more surely he is slipping a poached egg into nto your pocket setting fire to your our feet wiring you for an electric shock or perpetrating some more imposing and nerve wracking practical joke upon your person He lives in m a perpetual perpetual per per- atmosphere of sneeze powder stink bombs rubber frankfurters and water glasses with holes in them He can be a little tr trying ing on the nerves As usual when a man lies sick and ailing there are unfeeling and cynical rumor spreaders about ready to moner monger mon mon- ger er scandal and they say that the king cing is not sick at all but that Lena had lad a row with Peter the Fox and therefore removed her beloved broth broth- er from Peters Peter's vicinity in other words arranged for a quick change of venue because unfortunately along alone with his love of boyish pranks and jokes Peter the Fox has a ver very quick temper emper I believe Lena implicitly when she says that the king is suffering from froma a nervous breakdown I do not see sec how low any anyone one could have been around Lena as long as the king has and not suffer one The The night that the kin king boxed Max l Bacr in Madison Square Garden Garden Garden Gar Gar- den he spent most of the evening with his arms raised high hl h and curled about Bacr's Baers neck in the attitude of a young oun girl yielding her first kiss to her lover a pretty prett- enough gesture when performed by the proper parties but not practical for a 1 prize fighter intent intent in In- tent on gaining a notable victory It exposed Levinsky's entire left lef flank lank so that Baer Bacr could and did beat it every round producing hollow booming sounds Each Bach time he landed Lena who was sitting behind one o othe of the corners would scream Keep away from him king keep away from him And each time the king would snuggle a little closer and lift his arms a little higher It was what we call cal perfect team work In order to soothe his nerves after the run out from California I note that Lena had the thc kin king driven to Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago by automobile which is 15 always the way to begin any sensibly conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted rest cure I am glad to see that no one has been so gauche as to suggest that tha Levinsky's flight from Los Angeles Angele might lave ve been occasioned by feelings feelings feelings feel feel- ings of fear or respect for his op op- I hope none such will be forthcoming I have seen Lasky in operation and in my estimation he heis heis heis is a very bad pugilist who fights as lS wide open as a revival meeting 1 |