Show r 0 Lew Recall First Christmas 0 In 0 Circles S 1 By PAT ROBINSON ROBINSON NEW YORK Dec 6 INS Billy INS Billy Conn dropped into town town unexpectedly last night to tell Promoter Mike Jacobs he had r 1 I t I decided to give Tommy Tucker the he next shot at his is light heavy heavy- eav I weight title i But Mike already had left leU for Detroit to see Abe Simon battle I Roscoe Toles there tonight for forthe they the thC dubious pleasure of climbing through the ropes with Joe Louis early next year I just dropped in to play Santa Claus for myself explained Billy and Ive I've decided to let Tommy Tucker help me do the job right That fight ought to mean about for me not me-not not a bad little Christmas present even if I dont don't get the check until next month Billy laugh laughed cd as he recalled the difference between the Christmas he will have this year and the one he had only four years ago I Iwas Iwas I Iwas was only 19 then he said and andI andI I had just had my first round four-round fight I I got in in cash t. t too too too-so so T I kept 50 cents and gave the rest to my mother She told me if that was the best I could do I had better quit fighting and get geta a job The funny part of it was that I lost that fight A kid named Dick got the decision over me in Fairmont W. W Va But ButI I still think it was one of those town home-town decisions In his year four-year ring career Billy says he has made about for himself He has had 65 fights His biggest bit to date was the he got for licking Melio Bettina in Pittsburgh Previous Previous Previous Pre Pre- to that his his best gate was 2080 he received for Fritzie the current welterweight welterweight welterweight welter welter- weight champion Billy was only oIly a welter then Jhen hen He was explaining all this when Lew Jenkins the newly crowned lightweight king dropped inIve inIve inIve in Ive got it on you two ways Lew told Billy I got 11 bucks for my first fight and I 1 got for getting licked by Henry Armstrong Arm Arm- strong Lew turned to the writer You know he ne said I I used to think Billy couldn't fight at all until I saw him lick Lee the theother theother theother other night Billy snorted Why you skinny skinny skinny skin skin- ny tramp who ever told you you knew anything about fighting All you can do is punch I wish you were my size Ill I'll bet you couldn't hit me with a handful of buckshot Is that so retorted Lew I Ican Ican Ican can box better than you can You'll notice I 1 dont don't get bun bunged ed up much And he looked pointedly pointedly pointedly point point- edly at the tape covering Billys Billy's nose which had stopped one of left hooks tearing the cartilage |