Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-12-14 | Page 21 | Louis Still Very Hearty Eater

Thomas Goes Down for the Sixth and Last Time v W ... This wirephoto shows Harry Thomas reclining on one knee as he was floored for the sixth time in the eighth round of his fight with Max Schmeling at New York City Monday night. The referee called the fight off immediately after this picture was taken and awarded award-ed the bout to the Black Uhlan on a technical knockout. Louis Still Very Hearty Eater Passes Up Turkey for Mush and Chops By BILL CORUM International News Sports Writer NEW YORK. Dec. 14 Mike Jacobs invited Joe Louis to a turkey dinner last night. "Come on, Joe," he said, "I've got a big turkey waiting for you." "Didn't Roxborough tell you about that?" asked the champion. "Tell me about what?" said Mike. 1 ell you 1 got a inena up in Harlem that's cooking up a lot of mush for me. Thanks just the! same, but I think just aa hard as anybody else. I aup-pose. aup-pose. Arthur Kudner, the great advertising adver-tising man, remarked the other day that th greatest change that had taken place in the American peopl in his lifetime was that nobody no-body seemed to be humble any more. Wa seem to have lost our sense of gratitude for the worthwhile blessings. Maybe we're not going to have peace always. We've got it now. Maybe we're not going to have plenty always. We've got plenty now. They'll still growing big potatoes in Idaho. And big applea in Waah-ington. Waah-ington. which probably is more important im-portant than learning to do it, 1. e.. the big apple. I'll go eat that mush and then catch myself a little sleep. I could use a little sleep after riding on that train." So Jo passed up his turkey foi a big dish ol mush, with maybe a doxen nice hot pork chops on thi side, proving once more that he is a ' lail'rvBaaaaaeSH plain, and wise, world's champion. Louis I To begin with, a hot bowl of muih with a lot of butter in It is a better eaUng diah than the tenderest turkey tur-key ever roasted. Besides which, it's so easy for a fellow to develop turkey tastes. It's a sort of a homly hominy I means homily, but maybe that's on of th thing wrong with our world too many people wanting turkey 365 daya a year. Wanting It and getting it, and not being half as happy as when they feasted on grits. You know you can't beat grits. At least, if you've ever tasted real grits, you know it As nearly as a boy of his age could who's made a couple of million mil-lion dollars, attracted international attention, and com from almost dire poverty to do it, Jo Louis remains an humble fellow. That doesn't mean subservient. They ere different words, indicating indicat-ing different attitudes. Louis' great worry on this trip Is that his favorite ball team (Detroit) (De-troit) has traded away his favorite ball player ("Gee" Walker. "I guess I got to root for the White Sox next summer," he says. J furrownig hia brow. Aad yet, th lncom tag hits him