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THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND nghter, that mountian-hearted mean the
THE LADY
By FRANCES MARION
CHAPTER X
FEBRUARY
Johnson I give you that great "Oh, oh, and look who's come all something. In case of a knock- way from Hollywood!. of ring history,that ex-champion thought it was a spotlight but it corner." There was an amused, I down, don't forget to go to a neutral out of the west-Jess Willard: turns out to be all platinum! Miss wry smile on his faco, · Photo-
"Hello, Jess," said Dempsey as Harlow, wish the boys luck." Willard ellmbed into the ring. "Lit
graphors placed their cameras, took Jean Harlow, in gorgeous array, pictures of the fighters while the tlo bigger crowd than we had in was helped through the ropes, took reporters sharpened pencils, got ceived from the crowd was terrific.
Toledo, eh?"
hor bow amild thunderous applause, their paper ready, and a buzzing He kept bowing right and left, stop punch. "I didn't get much change walked across to Carnera's corner. (abouts swept over the house.
Willard gave Dempsey a playful shook hands with Stove, and then sound of conversation, laughter and ping for his handiera to make way to notice things that afternoon, "Good luck, Primo. between the spectators who crowded Jack. He laughed and climbed the aisle to get a closer view of the down from the ring. Other famous head turned to follow, Misa Harlow sounded for the first round. Morgan Belle jumped norvously as the belt The champion's eyes and then his gigantic world's champion. After men of the ring were introduced as she was helped down by the anand rocked him with a smashing the disc had been flipped for celours Jackie
met Carners more than half way "You're nothing to me from now and the champion and the contender champlan of the world; Tommy nouncer grabbed Pearl by the arm went
Fields, ex-welterweight |nouncer and Jack Pearl. The an-blow to the cheek. A great shout up from tho audience.
'SNEERING CONTENDER Stovo glared down at the Profes. sor who looked up dazedly, and then said in pleading tones: "Boy... I'm the Professor-your friend.
On
Stevo stalkod angelly out of the I looked saurly at the floor, not ovan the welterweight crown: Frank, me he once fought John L. Sullivan after him. They clinched and in
room as the Professor got up slow- ly, wiping a tear from his eyes. He turned his back as he heard the door open and someone come in.
The genial voice of Jack Dempsey asked: "Where's Steve?"
"Jack," said the Professor, with out turning to face him, "could. I borrow a bottle of Scotch?"
"Sure, if the newspaper boys didn't finish it all.' He felt around in hle desk. "Here's a bottle left. Feeling like celebrating, eh?",
"No," said the Professor, taking up the bottle from the desk. "Young Gaffney went back to his grave."
Dempsey looked at him, mystif-
As
giving his opponent a glance. Bagste was about to put Steve's gloves on his hand, Carnera's mana- ger approached.
"Wait a minute." He picked up Steve's hands and examined the bandages. Steve held up each hand in turn and said sneeringly:
"Shut-up!"
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was raised: "Ladies and gentlemen, Then the voice of the announcer it is my privilege to introduce the first champion of the Twentieth Century-Jim Jeffries!"
Willie Ryan and
staying with Jack Johnson for with both hands tied behind his separating Cornera landed a smeh. Moran, who fought two champlons, and Bob Fitzsimmons, bundfolded,
twenty rounds. Then the
atomach. an-back! But I don't belleve him!ng blow into Steve's nouncer went Hollywood, having Baron Munchausen!"
Bella winced. Morgan planted a espied some motion picture cele- brities taking ringside seats: "Jim- Pearl as the bell clanged time for the champlon again. The crowd "Was you dere, Sharlle?" said followed by a left hook that rocked smaahing blow to Carnera's head, mie, step up to the ring and take a the bout to begin. bow. In case you don't know this
Bello Morgan yelled its delight, half of them on gentleman, he's" His voice was had seats four or five rows back their feet, the rest yelling for them the crowd and cries of "Hot-cha- nearer the ropes, Bello saw the Pro drowned out in a huge roar from from the ring. Across the aisle, to sit down. The Professor. was
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fessor, haggard, bleary-eyed, his clothes in disorder. Her eyes went back to the ring, where Stove, sneering smile on his face, stood without responding to either plaud its or heckling that met his formal presentation before the frst round.
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-chal"
"And here's the Chief himself," the announcer's voice cut through the laughter. "Come on Ed, get up here. Bring the horse if you've got him."
ovation as that famous star of stage The crowd gave Ed Wynn a big 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
"I got pig-iron in that one and two anvils in this one."
"I wouldn't put it beyond you," sald the man, nodded and. walked back to Carnora's corner.
Bugsle started putting on Steve's glove, stopped, worried. "Ain't anybody
go over and look at his bandages?""
"Nuts" exclaimed Stove, ed, and watched the drooping figuresle, "if the Professor was
"Liasen, Steve," implored Bug- here of the Professor as he walked
he'd-" slowly to the door, fumbling the bottle of Scotch into his pocket.
Steve kept the words he had spo- ken in wrath to the Professor: be became his own manager, merely hiring a man to attend to the vari- ous business angle that developed.
Jeffries climbed through the Ho did train, however, trained hard and faithfully, with one or two ex-ropes, acknowledged the plaudits of plosions, until the time for the with the contestants, and made way to glower at the floor, gave his the immenso throng shook hands He broke off as Stove continued world's championship bout with Primo Carnera at Madison Square for the next celebrity. The an- funny little laugh, crossed his hands Garden came. He was nervous, ex let me introduce the man
nouncer outdid himself: "And now on his stomach.. "Yes, it's been cited, gloomy and glum by turns, wrested the championship from the. the scene as the announcer's voice who very hot this summer" He left In his dressing room he listened io. the roar of applause that greeted greatest of coloured fighters, Jack came over with unexpected fervour: the announcemont 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. He hur- riedly donned his bathrobe and started for the ring.
"Here ho comes now, folks," said the announcer as Steve headed for the ring, "the contender, Stove Morgan."
The shouting was tremendous as he stood inside the ropes and raised his clasped hands, but amid the clamour, he could distinguish à burst of booing here and there and his face turned sulky.
The band now switched to the Fasciati anthem Indicating the ar- rival of the champlon himself.
"Here's the champion-the pride of Italy--the man mountain, Primo Carnora! And I'll bet Mussolint is listening in "
The ovation' the
champion re-
Suddenly her eyes met those of Stove. Sho let them rest on him coldly, enigmatically. Steve sneer- ed and deliberatedly, spat on the canvas. Belle lowered her eyes to moment. Undor Willie's searching her programme, terribly hurt for a look. she quickly recovered her poise.
"Quite a house, for a second-rate show," she observed.
nodded Willlo.
"Must be a convention in town,"
Dempsey was giving the final in- structions to the contestants. They but were called back by the referee: started for their respective corners, "Oh, boysi I just remembered
When rebels, in nörtheast Spain began a reign of terror in an attempt to overthrow the govern mant, civil guards were hastily summoned to ferret out the insurgents. Hare loyal troops are shown combing the streets for anipars in Villanueva De La Saròna, scene of bitter fighting in the uprising in which more than 100 were killed and hundreds wounded.
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Leopard skin underwear being exhibited for the first time in a London fashion show.
Profesor A. M. Low has decided that in the future feeding will be done by electricity. It is considered that the energy taken from the body by an"average day's 'activity will be more satisfactorily replaced by electrical means than by the consumption of food as at present. Photo shows Professor Low providing a "light" meal of
the future in London.
Yelka Dimitriyevltyb, a Yugo- Slavian peasant of Klinovo, who
recently celebrated the can. tenary of her marriage with her husband, who still actively
works as a shepherd,
A view of the cabin of the new luxury air liner which has just been put into
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A 'camel symkhana at Omdurman, near Khartoum where camel racing, la very popular. Photo shows two riders finishing.
A splendid alght photograph of Southampton harbour, showing an brean liner and two small ships lying at anchor, thale lights reflecting in "the blank water),
Trudé Marlan, "the girl from Stalermark, who has advanced sud- denly to film stardom in Germany.
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