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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-11-15, Page 7Mad Boy Oi Boxing d) led AHero Films about the fight game are always popular, so don't be s'urpr'ised if one of these days they don't make a movie about •boy. of the ring who died a hero at the age of twenty-seven. They'll never get a better fight. story. Al cane from (Brownsville, a tough section of New York. There's a murder a (lay in the big city and Brownsville con- tributes its full share; He was the third son of a family of tenement dwellers, When Al was a schoolboy his elder brothers were constantly In trouble with the law. You wouldn't say the younster was bright, but no one could ques- tion his loyalty. He was fiery- tempered, and it needed only a nasty remark about his broth- ers to send him belting into action. Soon it was discovered MSc he had a.punch above the aver- age. When he connected with a left hook the recipient went down for the count. You can't have a reputation for being a puncher without the news reaching a fight• promot- er or a boxers' manager. Soon Al found that he could earn quick money with his • left hook and he decided to try his hick in the ring. A few preliminary bouts con- vinced the townsfolk they •lead a potential champion in oheir midst., a colourful fighter and a real character. Young Al could box a bit, but as. anon as he got, hurt -or his opponent landed a low punch, he would lase his head, stamp his feet, roar and fight like a demon. And the crowd loved- it. Deciding An cash in cm this, o promoter one day billed him In Al (Dummy) Davis, Bummy being a slang term for anyone 'tvhn went berserk like Davis. When Al spotted the nesters he saws red. He rushed to the: promoter's office, 'What the blazes is this?" he tscrearned, "I don't 'want to be called Bummy! You take them posters down!" "Cool. off, you hothead," snap- ped the promoter. "You fight bummy and the fans like it. Where's Cour seise'? As plain Al Davin you're jut anolher fighter. As Dummy Davis you're gooienne, Beat, it." A) sate the logic .of that. Ile Went on to more and more wins. After he had scored thirty- five iii n r'ow he had a argu- ment with another Bic' nsvinc boy and they started too -settle it in the street. Someone told the promoter, who rushed over to stop the barefist battle. -Are yon •crazy?" he demand- ed of Al. "You •don't fight on the street any more. Besides he't a better boxer than you -- you're not in his class" "Ain't I?" said Al sullenly. "I could lick him•anyway!" "All right, ]ick him for me -- hut in the ring," snapped the pro- moter, So many fans wanted tickets for that fight that they had to take it to Madison Square Garden. The 20,000 -seat stadium was packed to capacity. For three rounds Davis tried -in vain to land his celebrated left hook. The crowd jeered as his clever opponent •made him miss and the jeers infuriated A.l. Early in the fourth round he was about to toss another Left hook when he remembered that he would get booed if he miss- ed. So he threw a right hook instead — and knocked his man cold. After that Al went on win- ning and his purses get. bigger and bigger. With the money he bought a small bar. Along the front in flashing neon lights were the words: "AI (Bummy) Davis." All his pals were giv- en free drinks and he never be- fore realized how many pais he'd got! Ile asked his promoter, Mike Jacobs, to get him a match with the welterweight champion, Fritzie Zivic. "I don't think you can beat him," said the promoter. "But you can have -the chance." lie knew the fans would flock in to see Al get a hiding. - Davis did well at the start. Too well for Zivie, who stuck a thumb into Al's eye. When he got back to his cor- MERRY MENAGERIE "For x'ete's sake, is 1;V1RY day Friday around this joint? TOKYO TOYLAND—It won't be too long before Santa makes his annual trip. The Tokyo youngsters above, find themselves in a children's paradise already, as they enjoy a wide variety of "Made in Japan" toys. The peak period has begun for the island nation's toy manufacturers, with 30 per cent of the pro- ducts going to Canada, the United Stoles and some European countries. Dar, Al complainer) about: the thumbing. ''That guy's fighting dirty," he growled. "Well, go tint and tell trine;' advised his cihief second. AI went right: into a clinch and ti;d just that, _whereupon the eh'lmp stuck his other thumb into Bummy':- other eye. That did it. ':So you want 10 fight rough:' bawled Dummy. Then he hook- ed his left so low that all over the arena they could hear the crack as Zivic's protector buckled. Dummy heokrd again,. even lower this time. Then he went io work with Loth hands as the champion backed into the ropes and coiled for help, The referee tried- to haul petits all so 13uininy turned tad oma heel hin, on the chin. Through the ropes came the po- lice and half the. ringsiders. Soon Dummy was fighting all and sundry until sheer weight of numbers bore hini to the canvas. He got a life suspension for that little riot, so he joined the army. But soon the array were askingMike Jacobs to take his fielder back again. They thought they could win the war better without him! On his discharge Rummy got his suspension revolked and landed a return with Zivic. Fritzie was in his hest form this time and gave the ring -rusty Davis a fearful beating before the referee stopped it in the tenth round. Other defeats followed and the deniand for his services slackened. Soon promoters had lost all interest in him and Al was forced to sell his bar. The new owner kept the glit- treing sign up and every day Al used to go in for a beer. It made him feel he was still the owner. On the afternoon of Novem- ber 21st, 1945, he was sitting there when he saw four men enter and go over to the propri- etor who was standing behind the till. A gun appeared and the nervous proprietor began gathering up the bills in the cash register. Bummy got to his feet, His eyes were blazing and his fists were clenched. He walked quietly up to the four hold-up men and, grabbing one by the neck, dropped hint with a terri- fic left hook. The next man turned. Al aimed a left at his stomach, but a gun barked and the tighter took one bullet in his neck and two in his body. The thugs picked up their unconscious conhrack and made for the door. Hominy, still on his feet, staggered after them. They scrambled into a ear and, as Al reached the pavement, they finished hini ori with inot•e hot lead. A cop took a shot. at the flee- ing car and hit one of the gun- men in the shoulder, .Later all the gunmen were surrounded in their hide-out. In the tremendous battle that followed, one of the four men was killed. The one with the wounded shoulder was sent to the electric chair. The other two were given life sentences, Al Davis was given a simple funeral, but everyone who was anyone in the fight game at- tended, He hadn't a dime to his name when he died. The quar- ter -million dollars he had earn- ed with his blazing fists had all gone long ago. Engineering s to d e n t s are baffled by the feet that often the girls with the most stream- lined shapes offer the most re- sistance. feunthiig, Shoot -first and ask quostiors later! This adage may have had its place in bygone days when thea •safety of the -community depend- ed on immediate and effective action against prowlers. It hat no application today and cspeci- ally not by hunters. Bunting is one of Canada's • largest participant o u t d o o r sports. Hundreds -of thousands of men and women from every walk of life enjoy healthful re- creation from the days afield on the" annual hunt. For some of them this pastime will be spoiled by the irresponsibie gun -toter who will cin such things as fire "sound shots." "Sound -hots" are those fired at sounds made by some uniden- tified person or animal moving in the woods. It seems incredible that anyone -would be so careless or show such absolute •disregard for human life tis to shunt at something be cannot even see, let alone recognize, Yet it hap- pens every fall and, sometimes, with fatal result::. - It has been said that you can- not legislate brains into anyone. nut sportmen can, by example and a word of motion to their fellow hinters, eliminate the few who would give this great sport an undeservedly bad name. Trate sportsmen respect the right of others to enjoy their sport in safety. They respect the rights of the property owner, his fences, his buildings, his live- stock and crops. 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