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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1934)

THE_PRI7FFIGHTER AND THE LADY

By FRANCES MARION

CHAPTER X

SNEERING CONTENDER

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of a Knock- Johnson-give you that great "Oh, oh, and look who's come all something. In case. fighter, that mountian-hearted man the way from Hollywood! I down, don't forget to go to a noutral of ring lilstory, that ox-champion thought it was a spotlight but it corner." There was an amused, out of the westJess Willard! turns out to be all platinum! Misa wry smile on his face. Photo- "Holo, Jess," said Dempsey as Harlow, wish the boys luck." graphers placed their camoras, took Willard climbed into the ring. "Lit Jean Harlow, in gorgeous array, pictures of the fighters while the to bigger crowd than we had in was helped through the ropes, took reporters sharpened pencils, got her bow amid thunderous applause, their paper ready, and a buzzing ceived from the crowd was terrife, Toledo, oh?"

Willard gave Dempsey a playful shook hands with. Steve and then sound of conversation, laughter and He kept bowing right and left, stop-punch. "I didn't get much chanco walked across to Carnera's corner. shouts swept over the house. ping for his handlers to make way to notice things that afternoon, "Good luck, Primo,"

Belle jumped nervously as the bell The champion's eyes and then his Stovo glared down at the Profes-between the spectators who crowded Jack. He laughed and climbed sor who looked up dazedly, and then the aisle to get a closer view of the down from the ring. Other famous head turned to follow Miss Harlow sounded for the first round. Morgan gold in pleading tones: "Boy. I'm gigantic world's champion. After men of the ring were introduced as she was helped down by the an-and rocked him with a smashing mot Carnera more than half way The disc had been flipped for colours Jackio Fields, ox-welterweightnouncer and Jack Pearl. The an-blow to the check. A great shout the Professor-your friend.'

tho audienco. "You're nothing to me from now and the champion and the contenderchampion of the world; Tommy ❘nouncer grabbed Pearl by the arm. went up from

Steve Ryan, for twelve years holder of "Aha, I give you the man who tella Carnora backed away, Stove tearing, on. I'm managing my own fights," had taken their corners,

Stove Baked angrily out of the looked sourly at the floor, not even the welterweight crown: Frank me he once fought John L. Sullivan after him. They clinched and in

giving his opponent a glance. As Moran, who fought two champions, and Bob Fitzsimmons, blindfolded, room as the Professor got up slow- Bugsie was about to put Steve's staying with Jack Johnson for with both hands tied behind his separating Carnera landed a smash-

ing blow into Steve's stomach. : ly, wiping a tear from his eyes, gloves on his hand, Carnera'a mana- twenty rounds. Then the an-back! But I don't belleve him! Bello winced. Morgan planted a He turned his back as he heard the

ger, approached.

nouncer went Hollywood, having Baron Munchausen!" door open and someone come in.

espied some motion picturo cele- "Was you, dere, Sharlio?" said smashing blow to Carnora's head, The genial voice of Jack Dempsey

brities taking ringside seats: "Jim-Pearl as the boil clanged time for followed by a left hook that rocked the champion again. The crowd asked: "Where's Steve?"

yelled its delight, half of them on Jack," said the Professor, with-

mic, step up to the ring and take a the bout to begin. bow. In case you don't know this Willle Ryan and Bello Morgan out turning to face him, "could I

gentleman, he's" His voice was had seats four or five rows back their feet, the rest yelling for them borrow a bottle of Scotch?"

drowned out in a huge roar from from the ring. Across the aisle to sit down. The Professor was

Continued on Page 5). the crowd and cries of "Hot-cha-nearer the ropes, Belle saw the Pro- cha!"

fessor, haggard, bloary-eyed, his clothes in disorder. Her eyes wont back to the ring, where Steve, a sneering smile on his face, stood without responding to either plaud its or heckling that mot his formal presentation before the first round.

"Sure, if the newspaper boys didn't finish it all." He felt around in his deak. "Here's a bottle left. Feeling like celebrating, eh?"

"No," said the Professor, taking Young Gaffney went back to his

up the bottle from the desk.

grave.

Dempsey looked at him, myatin- ed, and watched the drooping figure of the Professor as he walked slowly to the door, fumbling the

"Wait a minule." He picked up Steve's hands and examined the bandages. Stove held up each hand in turn and said sneeringly:

"I got pig-iron in that one and two anvils in this one."

"I wouldn't put it beyond you;" said the man, nodded and walked back to Carners's corner.

Bugsie started putting on Steve's glove, stopped, worried. "Ain't anybody gonna go over and look at his bandages?"

"Nuts!" exclaimed Steve. "Lissen, Steve,” Implored sie, "If the Professor was he'd-"

"Shut-up!"

·

Bug- here

Jimmy Durante bowed to the plaudits and walked over to the champion and shook hand: "Primo, my pretty, they started to make me like you, but they only got as far as my nose-hot-cha-cha!"

"And here's the Chief himself," the announcer's voice cut through the laughter. "Come on Ed, get up hore. Bring the horse if you've got him."

The crowd gave Ed Wynn a big ovation as that famous star of stage and screen walked over to Morgan's corner. "Mr. Morgan, I'm positive that you are going to win this con- test-to-night-positive"

Suddenly her eyes met those of Steve. She let them rest on him coldly, enigmatically. Stove snoer- ed and deliberatedly spat on the canvas. Belle lowered her eyes to her programme, torribly hurt for a moment. Under Willie's searching look, she quickly recovered her poise.

"Quite a house, for a second-rate show," she observed,

bottle of Scotch into his pocket. Then the voice of the announcer Steve kopt the words he had.spo-was raised: "Ladies and gentlemen, Joon in wrath to the Professor: ho it is my privilege to introduce the became his own manager, merely hiring a man to attend to the vari-rst champion of the,, Twentieth

Century Jim Jeffries!" ous business angle that developed.

Jeffries climbed through the He did train, however, trained hard! and faithfully, with one or two ex-ropea, acknowledged the plaudits of

He broke off as Steve continued "Must be a convention in town," the immoned throng shook hands with the contestants, and made way to glower at the floor, gave hisnedded Willie, for the next celebrity. The an- funny little laugh, crossed his hands Dempsey was giving the final in- nouncer outdid himself: "And now on his stomach. "Yes, it's been structions to the contestants. They let me introduce the man, who very hot this summer-" He left started for their respective corners, wrested the championship from the the scene as the announcer's voice but were called back by the referee! greatest of coloured fighters, Jack came over with unexpected fervour: "Oh, boys! I just remembered

plosions, until the time for the world's championship bout with Primo Carnern at Madison Square Garden came. He was nervous, ex cited, gloomy and glum by turns. In his dressing room he listened to the roar of applause that greeted the announcement that Jack Demp- sey was to referee the fight, and the lesser rounds that greeted the naming of the judges, Ed Smith and George Blake, and the time- keeper. Then the brass band broke into the strains of "The Stars and Stripes Forever," announcing his own entry into the ring. Ile hur- rledly donned his bathrobe and started for the ring.

"Here he comes now, folks," spid the announcer as Steve headed for the ring, "the contender. Steve Morgan."

The shouting was tremendous na he stood inside the ropes and raised his clasped hands, but amid the clamour he could distinguish a burst of boning here and there and his Inco turned sulky.

The band now switched to the Fascisti anthem Indicating the ar- rival of the champion himself,

"Here's the champion--the pride of Italy-the man mountain, Primo Carnera! And I'll bot Mussolini là Ilstening in!”

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