| Show RICE A ARTHUR BRISBANE always insisted insisted In- In r that that a gorilla could L whip both of them even though the both of them included Gene Tunney and Jack e Dempsey i I Commander Tunney Tunney Tun Tim I. I ney never agreed 4 with Mr Brisbane r The commander was I always quite certain that Joe Louis Jack Dempsey or himself himsel could take care of I I I f any gorilla that ever adorned a jungle or ora ora a zoo We thought of this the other night as we stopped in front of I circus cage In The Worlds World's Greatest Greatest Great- Great I est cst Show The last time we saw about two years ago his weight was announced at pounds On this last occasion his weight was given out at nt At the moment we wondered Just what would have happened If U Tunney Tunney Tun Tun- ney lacy Dempsey and Louis together had entered catered his cage to throw right and left leCt hooks plus straight Jabs or right crosses Tunney has always Insisted that if you nailed a gorilla squarely on the jaw he couldn't take a punch and a quick collapse would follow That could be true But tangling up with pounds of catlike like quickness and jungle ferocity still leaves Gargan Gargan- tua 1 to 3 In our book or maybe maybel 1 l to 10 Slow Courtin Courting So far there Is no early prospect of any little liWe arriving on the scene His mate is still sUll in the next cage where steel touches steel but his trainer has been unable to detect any fondness on either side It may take another year one trainer said to bring about their friendship and It t may take longer Theres There's also the chance that Gar Gar- might prefer his bachelor life on to the finish We cant can't afford afford afford af af- ford to take any such risk right now apparently has a disposition composed almost exclusively exclusively exclusively of vitriol and TNT Pound for Pound The best pound-for-pound pound fighter Inthe in inthe inthe the circus or anywhere else is the black leopard or black panther Here is a much smaller animal that even evena a 3 tiger will detour quick Lightning-quick powerful the black leopard has only one De real pleasure in life life and and thatis that thatIs thatis Is to fight He is the only jungle animal who Is always looking for a fight Frank Buck says Most animals only take the warpath warpath warpath war war- path for food The black leopard takes the warpath for lor fun And he is 3 tough even for a tiger who will outweigh out weigh him more than Joe Louis Lous will outweigh Beau Jack or He Henry ry Armstrong Arm strong I found it generally general general- s ly agreed among circus trainers that nothing now exist- exist Joe Louis ing fag on an this earth minus tanks or airplanes or machine machine machine ma ma- chine guns could handle a big wild bull elephant Here Is one party that always gets a wide detour So far as the United States Is concerned concerned concerned con con- Em Bring Back Buck Duck not only rates the grizzly bear far above any U. U S. S animal contender contender con eon tender but he also gives him at least an even chance against the tiger and andt t the he lion The grizzly Is big quick powerful power power- ful and ul-and and both mean and smart He Heis Heis Heis is well protected with a thick coat of f hair around the throat throat barbed barbed wire entanglements that defy claws clawso o tf h. gs S. S But after looking over G G. a nt a again it Is still my belief tI tr- tr Tunney Dempsey and Louis comb combined ned would spend an ane e emely uncomfortable ble afternoon o evening Evening in his Ws cage I would like to suggest to Tunney Dempsey and Louis Lous that If 11 they invade lair they ride In on the ins Inside de of a tank Game Time One of baseballs baseball's leading experiments experiments ments should be to find the right time to start a game g-ame that will suit the needs or desires of war workers without causing any absentee snarls Cincinnati tried an 1130 a a. a m. m game on Monday and the result showed an improved attendance over the same Monday date in 1942 1042 Apparently Apparently Apparently Ap Ap- Ap- Ap there wont won't be any big crowds through the week from Monday Monday Mon Mon- day on through Friday But there can at nt least be an improvement Changing Times It was something of a jolt to see sec seethe seethe the Yankees moving Into May without without without with with- out a hitter among the first Ave ve Inthe In lit Inthe the American league Apparently the power ver that once belonged to the big bats of Ruth Gehrig Dickey and DiMaggio Is now transferred transferred transferred trans trans- to pitching arms Manager Joe McCarthy one of the most conservative conservative con con- will make no predictions but he will tell you he is satisfied That coming from McCarthy Is a burst bunt of optimism |
