THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 14, 1939
They Still Talk About That Fight In New York...... The Duel In Which
By Leo Fuller
NEBRASKA WILD CAT SMASHED THE JEWEL OF
breath.
sparring looked
"Yah!" retorted the West Side. "The Wild Cat will knock him dead."
In short, the fight wasn't to be stopped for little things like broken ribs, cut eyes or split lips!
away.
THE
GHETTO
three
and certain, he lost his sureness. OT so long ago, in the roar- ed a dozen of them a day in training! smashed wickedly to the body,
was Suddenly Hudkins' swaying ceased. ners simply played with him. The tearing in, belting the Nebraskan from He shuddered from head to foot, and. fight wasn't just a fight-it was East Side exulted as they thought of every angle. Patently he was the cool without warning, he hurled an overhand a civil war!. There was fierce ri- the job of work Ruby would do on this master of the situation, and Hudkins right that caught the Ghetto's idol grunted as the flailing blows fell. flush on the chin! The fans' voices valry between the Jews of the clumsy, over-muscled gorills,
Ace suddenly made a shambling at- cracked, as Ruby catapulted back into East Side and the Irish of the
tack, but, this time Ruby didn't glide the ropes. Then Ace started. Ripping, West Side, and every promoter's
tearing, snarling, throwing punches dream' was to put a murderous
Under such circumstances the fight He anchored himself to the canvas, from every angle; his blue eyes blaz- Irish fighter in the ring with a m the city, and the betting was pheno- a right hook on its way..
overshadowed everything of importance feinted with his left hand, and started ing, he became the Wild Cat he was Moving named. He crucified Goldstein against homicidal Jew!
menal. It was just after the war, and his left foot slightly to the side to give the ropes, and the bell found the East Thousands of fans would roar up everyone was rolling in gelt. It is him leverage, he half turned, and, like Side dandy crumpled and dazed, with to urge their man on, thousands of estimated that over a million dollars, an arrow from a bow, one of the great- a jungle man tearing him to pieces,
Three minutes of fighting .. was bet on this contest!
est right hand punches ever delivered dollars would be bet, dozens of
hours of thrills! Duffy, whose word was law in cer- was started on its way! brawls would start around the tain quarters, talked to the referee. The blow exploded on Hudkins' The handlers worked on the men in ringside, and each camp regarded "Listen," he said. "I won't want the granite chin, and the man of steel was the interval, but when they came out victory for their idol as positive best of it, and I don't want the worst knocked to a jelly! He actually boun- it was obvious Goldstein had lost his of it. If Ace is going to be licked Iced as he dropped to the canvas, and nerve. He was no match for the jun- proof of the superiority of their
want him counted out."
the crowd leapt to their feet 18 one glo man who surged at him. His suave Side over the other,
man, yelling. He was out for the demeanor, his stylish boxing, his flash- His foe's One of the most fantastic of these
night. He must be. Not even a heavy- ing punch, all had gone. contests took place a few years ago in
weight could take a blow like that and miraculous recovery had been too much, On the fatal night, thousands strug- recover. Ruby waved an airy glove at and this subsequent assault was the the Coney Island State, and the fans still refer to this clash with bated gled into the Stadium. Thousands more the spectators. He turned away. to end.
were beaten back by the police reser his corner, the lights glistening on his The fight lasted until the fourth At that time there had risen in the ves. There wasn't a square inch of beautifully parted hair. The referee round. Hudkins was stark fighting East Side a young Jewish lightweight empty space, as the two gladiators en- droned the count.
mad. He threw a thousand gloves. In named Ruby Goldstein. They said he tered the ring and stood facing each Suddenly an hysterical howl from the middle of the fourth session the
to lamps, the fans caused Ruby was a world beater, and he looked it; other under the burning are
turn, and Jewel of the Ghetto sank to the canvas, they called him the Jewel of the Ghetto Vocal earthquakes greeted them, and there he saw the incredible Wild Cat going to his knees under an avalanche
The de- lurching to his feet at the count of of blows, and was counted out. and he looked that, too. Handsome, what a contrast they made! beautifully built, black sleek hair, he bonair, smoothly-graceful Ruby, the nine, swaying, rubber-legged, blood When they carried a gasping, beaten, was a wizard boxer, possessed of a sullen, shaggy faced Hudkins.
trickling from his mouth! Like a poun- bleeding man to his dressing room, man-killing punch. Whenever he fought Goldstein was a three to one favour cing leopard, Ruby crossed the ring. they carried a ruined fighter. Goldstein the local taverns lost a fortune, as the ite, and as he waited, tense and quiver- There followed one of the most amaz- faded from that night, and never again entire neighbourhood followed Ruby to ing for the opening gong waited like ing minutes ever seen in a fight. boxed in first class company.
a high-bred race horse, those odds ap- Goldstein stood flat footed and threw
Riots broke out in the Stadium, and One fine day there blew into New peared accurate. With a huge sigh, sledge-hammer blows. Half conscious,
the spectators York from the Golden West, a blond, t' crowd settled down,
Hudkins lurched. He stood as if nailed fights started among shaggy-haired man, with craggy, bat- The gong boomed. Ruby danced to the canvas on his quaking legs--yet that carried on to Broadway until the early hours of the morning. Many gam- tered features. He had a shambling lihtly forward, poem of action. Ruby couldn't nail him!
blers had been financially knocked out gait, but his bowed shoulders betoken- Swiftly, snakily, he speared Hudkins Like Self-Righting Doll when Ruby took the fatal ten and the ed terrible power. His name was Ace with a left hand. Ace rolled forward
Ace was like one of those dolls, set West Side rubbed in their victory in Hudkins, known as the Nebraska Wild carelessly. He seemed to have no idea Cat, and one of the toughest men who of balance, boxing or style. His sine. in a kind of rounded cup, which always the worst way..
a vertical position, however But it was a fight of which New ever drew on a glove.
wey arms hung somewhere around his sway to
York still talks, and it was а first He put himself under the managerial knees, and he took the flashing punches hard the're pushed.
feather
round that has few parallels. It was were Irish on his face as if they
Ace would sway forward, and a famous banner of Bill Duffy,
right book would slip over his a duel between Broadsword and Rapler, sportsman, and the West Side adopted dusters.
shoulder; as he swayed backwards in which the Broadsword left the Ra- a murderous uppercut whistled by pier twisted and shattered, glinting Disinterestedly Hudking unleashed a his nose.
piteously under the lights. A frown creased Goldstein's face, as
(COPYRIGHT) Hudkins' first day's training was a few wild swings, which Glodstein evad- sensation. He ambled into the ring ed with ease, smiling at his ineffectual he gave everything in an effort to fin- The crowd hooted. Ruby ish the fight. His timing became un- smoking a huge black cigar! He smok- efforts.
a man.
a
Ace as their idol; and when Hudkins Master Of Situation
and Goldstein were matched the town went crazy.
THE ASCOT MEETING
KING'S COLT DISAPPOINTS
LARGE CROWD
The
London, To-day-Ascot opened in dull, cool weather. Royal Procession was greatly missed but the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Royal made the meeting truly Royal.
The large crowd was greatly disappointed, financially and other- wise at the failure of the King's two-year-old filly, Great Truth, in the Queen Mary Stakes in which it started a 3-1 favourite, the race being won by Lord Lonsdale's Snow Berry at 4-1 ridden by Gordon Richards.
Robert Lazard's French colt Another Derby runner was suc- Mack Ann proved its reputation as cessful when Lord Derby's Helio- the best miler in France by easily polis carrying top-weight, at the winning the Queen Anne Stakes, astonishingly good price of 6-1, starting
which at 9-4, in
the comfortably won the Prince of English - trained, American bred, Wales' Stakes. Time Step, considered one of the best English sprinters, was un- placed after starting at 11-10.
PREMIER RACE
French-bred horses ran away with the Gold Vase, M. Herbert Blagrave's Atout Maitre (11-2) trained in England, beating easily Accord Parafait Auriga specially sent from France,
won
Mr. John Westall easily won the premier race of the day, the Ascot Aly Khan
the Coventry Stakes, for the second successive Stakes for two-year-olds with year with Frawn (100-8) and his Turkhan at 100-8, this being one Jockey, E. Smith, completed the of the first of Bahram's offspring double when Sir John Jarvis's Ad- to prove successful. Khan beat his mirals Walk (6-5), the only suc- father, the Aga Khan's, colt cessful favourite of the day, easily Jindani an 11-8 on favourite, with
Reuter. Denturius third. won the St. James' Palace Stakes.
STRENGTHEN THE GRIP
GRAPHIC GOLE
POINTS
OF
FIRMEST
PRESSURE
FOREFINGER
GRIP
LEFT HAND SHOULD
BE WELL ON
TOP OF SHAFT
AND THUMB
OF RIGHT HAND
LAST TWO FINGERS OF LEFT
By BEST BALL
1
These summer months need not be periods of inactivity as far as progress in golf is concerned. The grip can be strengthened, correct- ed, made more automatic by par- ticular attention to details in prac- tice. It is not necessary to swing. the club vigorously, indeed this at times is a difficult procedure in the confines of one's living room. The mere stroking of the club, with the attention focussed on certain~~ points will do the trick. For ́ex-"
To-morrow. It's Not All Fun Being
A Fighter.
PENFOLD GOLF TOURNEY
Little Easton, To-day.-At Birming- ham, in the Penfold Golf Tournament series, the following results were re- gistered yesterday:-
Rees beat Lacey 2 and 1. Cotton beat Allis 3 and 2. Padgham beat Gadd one up. Perry beat Burton 2 and 1. Adams beat Charles Whitcomble 4
and 3.
King beat Reg Whitcombe 3 and 2. Later results were:
Cotton beat Lacey 2 and 1.
Alliss beat Rees 5 and 3.
Burton beat Padgham. one up.
Gadd beat Perry one up.
Reg Whitcombe beat Adams 2 and 1. Charles Whitcombe and King halved.
--Reuter.
ample the left hand should take a position well on top of the shaft so that at least two knuckles ́are visible to the player as he looks down. From this position it is possible to push the club back and. swing it down with the greatest efficiency and power.
The point of firmest pressure in the right hand is that of forefin- ger and thumb while in the left, the last two fingers grip most se- curely. This allows a grasp on the club that is firm without being tense and pliable enough to be maintained for a long; period of time without tiring. Stress these particulars and you will be better equipped to take up the game again next spring. An efficient grip is one of the essentials of low scoring.
Friday:-Mental-Patterns.