Show Harmon Doubts Fire to Conquer 1 I Last Obstacle of Arena Opening OpeningS S Smoke noke Permeates Stadium as First Prelim Starts Paddy Suspects Play of Enemy CHICAGO March 29 Pad AP-Pad- d Harmon went fire fighting on the roof of at his multimillion dollar Chicago stadl m last lalit night just a s sa a a. championship bO boxing pro pro- i gram was a bout about to start In the ring belo below There were or more more men and women seated In the great au- au m when smoke began curling down from the nor northwest hw st corner of- of f. f the roof shortly after 8 Oc- Oc a glowing firebrand dropped down among the Jers though none struck any spectator The odor of smoke and the sight ot At droppIng tIre brands threatened to spread panic for the crowd crowd had a a. vivid memory of at what happened at atthe the She Coliseum at a 3 boxIng show no later than last Monda Monday Persons In Inthe Inthe the balconies whIch were crowded began clapping theIr h hands and theIr action had the effect of calmIng calmIng calm calm- Ing those below CONQUERS OBSTACLES Three times In recent years Padd Pad Pad- i d dl Harmon ha has been confronted wIth what appeared to be Insurmountable Insurmountable mountable obstacles In the buildIng buildIng build build- Ing of tho stadIum each threat coming just when he thought hought everything e was an all arranged Then last Jast nl night ht rUh the gong about to sound for tile the first preliminary lire fIre threatened hIs dream house From the looks of oC this I am tam the fir fire was wag start started d by ar al alen enemy enemy en- en emy of at mine I rmon said Someone Some Some- Someone one wanted me to Oven fail ven now In my greatest hour With the first alarm of at fire lIar lIar- mo mon made his wa way to the roof selz seized d a fIre hose and began playIng playing play play- Ing a stream ot of water on n the burning burning burn burn- ing root roof and tar p pots ts Firemen arrived and nd after t. alot fifteen illeen mInutes mIn mm- utes the fIre was conquered red though ih the odor of burnt wood papel d the st stadiUm I harmon Halmon reveal revealed d that workmen at atthe atthe the stadium which even Is not completed went ent on strIke and inthis In InthIs thIs labor trouble Harmon saw the hand of his enemIes QUELLS QUELLS' STRIKE Only fIve h hours urs before th tIle champlon cham- cham plon fight b between tween Tommy Loughran and Mickey Walker Valler was to go on on I quelled the last effort ot of workmen to quit theIr jobs he said I And yet et with a long serIes of oC hardships behInd hIm that began when he peddled papers for Cor pennies to hel helt his family's support which rats ran through weary years ot of effort to Interest capItal In his stadIum dream and whIch culminated wIth the menace ot of holocaust with all these things behind It was a a. kindly faced smiling Paddy that took a modest bow from the ring last night and persons cheered a fig IrIshman |