Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-16 | Page 14 | Lena Says King is Sick Boy

LE LENA NA f SAYS KING IS SICK BOYI BOV Loss of Six Pounds Puts Boxer in Bed Noisy Chicago Fighter Pulls Surprise on Friends by Holding His Silence CHICAGO May 16 King P Levinsky LevInsky Le Le- vInsky the vanishing heavyweight who has been the object of a national search since he disappeared from Los Angeles and his scheduled lIght fight with Art Arl Lasky of Minneapolis was found in a bed at Ja Jackson Park hospital to to- dRY day said Its a nervous breakdown l fr Mrs Lena Levy his sister and manager man man- ager as she ridIculed reports that the personality kid had staged a dramatic from hl his match The Kin King isn't well welland and cant can't fight cut but will go back to California as soon as ashe ashe he can go through with that Lask Lasky fight ight Met by Doctors The Kingfish and Mrs Levy arrived art ar- rIv rived d in Chicago early today and went dIrectly to the hospital doc doc- tom tors met the lighter fighter as he and Mrs Levy pointed their automobile down Maxwell street the KIngs KIng's hangout In the Ghetto Mrs Levy hotly denIed reports that she left leU Los Angeles in a huH huff after having a row over training policies with Pete Reilly another of the Kingfish's King King- fishs fish's managerial triumvirate Lost Six Pounds Founds Pete and I are arc okay Mrs I Levy vy said But the King Is sick has a nervous breakdown His weight fell to pounds his normal fighting weight is pounds and I couldn't stand to see him go into the thc ring in such weakened condition Well We'll fight Lasky as soon as th the King is himself again We left his boxing to togs in Los Angeles and intend to go back as soon as hes he's in condition again but the King is a sick boy right now Location of the King ended a manhunt man man- hunt that threatened to become as puzzling as the s search arch for tor John Dil Dil- linger Maxwell street had been Inthe in inthe the throes of excitement for nearly two days as doctors and friends waited wait wait- ed impatiently for their idol who not only did not arrive but who also re rc- fused to forward any word of his whereabouts The Kingfish was lost to his public from the time he left Los Angeles In until he was lo located in Chicago Chi Chi- cago Wednesday although an unconfirmed un un- confirmed report said he passed through Tucumcari N. N M. M in a big black sedan Meanwhile Promoters Lou Daro and Tom Gallery of Los Angeles for tor whom the King was wa to have fought Lasky claimed d to tc know nothing of the Kings King's whereabouts Silence SurprisIng SurprisIng- BeIng hard to locate was in the na na- hire ture of a radIcal change of character for Levinsky Usually it Is not dir to find him the system beIng just to listen for lor him Ill or not the King faced other troubles He was suspended last night by Dr Harry W. W Martin chairman chair chair- man of the California athletic corn com mL mission ion from California rings for not less than a year Promoter Daro a also o planned to start suit against Levinsky Levin Levin- sky to recover d on the boxers boxer's purse Suspension May Be Extended to Other States LOS ANGELES May 16 IP in California for failure to meet Art Lasky Minneapolis heavy weight sensation King Levinsky of Chicago laced faced the possibility Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day of losing th the right to fight In nu 1111 nab nois and New York as well as Call CaU fornia Dr Harry Martin athletic commissioner commis commis- said the California group had hada a working agreement with the two eastern states and he telegraphed them asking the LevInsky susien- susien sIon here be extended in their areas The suspension here was set for a year And the managerial license of the fighters fighter's sister Lena a also o was revoked Levinsky Martin said left here last Jast week for Chicago falling failing to appear Tuesday night in a scheduled bout with L Lasky sky which was called oUt off The rhe walkout followed a dispute with the promoters