Show e 15 new tork post service fans last ovation to humphreys best memo memory r to retain HE E HAD been leaning forward efrom from one of the padded leather chairs in a corner of the garden boxing office felt hat carefully balanced on one ant knee he had been listening eagerly to the brisk gossip watching marge dispose of t too 00 presumptuous free ticket see seekers kerso breathing again the breath of what had been life to him for almost fifty years then the crowd had drifted away I 1 looked at him again after all times ci c iange ange old friends drop off quickly qui eldy when a man who has bee out of close touch so long is shoved sho ved again into the spotlight he must wonder it if it will be the same tic lie 1 I thought that I 1 noted one snarled hand trembling slightly we fell to talking not about the illness that came three years ago but about other brighter days there were stories about boyhood moments on oliver street when he used to play marbles with the governor a gentleman who is known more familiarly to most others as al smith about how murphy who seldom went to fights once sat beside him at a pulse strum ming bout and punched his ribs black and blue in the midst of the excitement cit ement about how sullivan named him J joe a e the beau t a title 4 which he much preferred to the bowery demosthenes which some newspaper guy tagged joe humphrey on him years later there was the proud boast that for years he had been able to smoke a cigarette chew gum cum and announce a fight at the same time how did he come to get into this racket well he was a newsboy when he was ten years old and folks who used to listen to him on the old produce exchange corner used to admire the power of his voice even then after that there was a lot of distinction to be achieved as master of ceremonies at balls and parties in the neighborhood bo call for beamut started famed announcers career then one night when chuck connors was meeting billy welsh at little casino down on bowery near pearl the regular announcer did not appear A spectator stood up and demanded that joe the beamut be given the job joe got it whether the mayor of chinatown that was connors beat the little john L that was welsh on this occasion is something he could not remember but he did remember that it was one of the happiest nights of his life though the very happiest no those were swell times when he and sam harris and terry mcgovern were in the fight business best fighter that ever lived that terry secret of success well what wha t you had to have to handle a crowd was a voice personality and color it ought to be a deep bass voice with lots of vibrations you ought to antagonize the crowd either what you should do was use good judgment and try to keep them friendly what well yeah maybe he was sometimes misquoted but what of it suppose he did stand up in the old garden that last night there and demand silence so he be could pronounce a apostrophe to the famed statue of diana the point about that was that hed announced fights in this state under three boxing laws since 1899 besides what if some people did laugh at that crack it made them happy and so kept them satisfied it well that was the real job of an announcer and if some of those birds who the ebb and flow of a boxing evening had brought the crowd back into the little office again jimmy johnston was waiting to go downstairs with his old friend I 1 rose and shook a hand that no longer trembled so long he be said ill be hey I 1 tell you what youre always using old time pictures on those sports pages of yours why dont you come out some day ive got a lot of at them and we could sit around some more and along with so many others other I 1 am going to miss joe humphreys N leaguers aver thal thai i charley gehringer was the best american circuit performer in the allstar all star affair with lou gehrig ranking a very close second eddie stuart best of all lacrosse goalies when he operated in front of the mount washington and crescent A C nets has moved from westchester to a better business proposition in boston watch southern california next fall the behind the scenes dope is that howard jones again has assembled one of the r irions best football teams its tough preparing tor for an olympic invasion A recent letter from berlin confides that officials have been working overtime stocking up sixteen different brands of chewing gum for the athletes unless he takes a salary cut jimmy wilson may be looking for a new job next year now that the once great catcher no longer is very active on the playing field his boss seems to feel that a annual salary is too much for a mere phillie manager van mungo is not surprised at the unjustified rumors that he misbehaved before the allstar all AU star game when he checked in at his hotel on monday morning lie he was assigned to room and when he paid for his breakfast he received a 2 bill in change after that he was prepared for anything in the way of hard luck pie traynor convinced diz would make pirates pie traynor will tell you that it if the pirates had dizzy dean they would win the pennant easily although they do not deny that the big nels boy may do it the smarter and more honest boxing 1 people feel that tha t joe louis will need more than the extra foot of bandage permitted him by the ever obliging pie traynor new york boxing commission before he makes a comeback rabbit obtained from the the As recently should be of real help to the bees ile he is one of the best defensive infielders in the business and when he is happy bits in the clutch his philadelphia trouble was that he did not like the way connie mack black treated him incidentally mr air alack would be something less than a popular favorite in boston even if he returned all that dough he has been taking out of the town since he located the yawkey bakery the fans are sore because he was in town on a sunday for a regularly scheduled contest but would not wait over for the allstar all star affair two days later another hot boston blast is directed at the national league the fans who esteem wally berger so highly that the bees were afraid to make several very promising deals for him this spring cannot understand why he was kept on the bench during the dream game in his home park larry benton a great pitcher when he served the braves and giants soon will be released by the baltimore club rudd hoyle pound triple threat star at hun school in princeton is an unreasonable lad in spite of tempting offers from two major colleges nearer home the youngster who is tabbed dabbed as surefire varsity plans to enter harvard this fall the best minor league buy right now nov is cliff melton mellon who once had a tryout with the yankees lie is a big young limber and not too smart southerner possessed of a very good fast ball and a sharp breaking curve baltimore is asking for him and will take 20 Gs less don lash who possibly is the best olympic distance star ever de developed eloped irk in the he U S did his first running as a ir barefooted boy of thirteen that was in the cow pasture back of at the little red school in his home hamlet of auburn ind could it be that penn the team which may end Prince tons football winning streak early in october alread already has started practice the new york state athletic commission has dug up an old rule which decrees that all prize fight contracts must be signed at the commissions offices this naturally will not improve the very messy boxing situation but should give the matchmaking state officials some swell extra chances to get their pictures in the papers A boston restaurant features a bill terry hot plate on its celebrity le menu the dish is freshly made corned beef hash with dropped egg jimmy butwell who came back from the world war to continue his career as one of the all time great jockeys now is a patrol judge jersey city hopes to get the toronto international league franchise next year mayor hagues new stadium which will seat for baseball and for fights being the reason for revived sports interest across the river even though the giants are slipping 9 there is no danger of eddie brannick losing his title as the best dressed secretary in baseball on the clubs last western trip lie he packed 45 brightly striped and dotted neckties aside from winning prize lights fights lightweight contender leonard del genio likes nothing better than to read charies dickens |