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••T have beard only two comment* about the Charle^-Barone melee that upset me and our of -he tu e«piali/e.* the otheiOne in the fart that Barone U \% hat the follower* of the *o-called manH art term a “bleeder. * a gent who *pray* gore ail over the place when he i* rot. causing kindly referee* to act before they think, halting boMilitie*.Mr Andrews m one o*’ hi5 first pailcys \\ith the Cincinnati Boxing Commission brought Barones bleeding to the fore sharply.MI hope you people don t panfr ea»ily,M he asaerted, “What If Barone does bleed a little? It's to his credit. Moat fighters today are so old they can’t bleed They’re mummified,The other comment came from Pittsburgh and was to the effect that Mr Mintz would have been most happy if the Barone match,ofTed last week because of the big snow drifts, etc., had beenr^anceled instead of merely postponedThe word was that Mlnti feared Barone, hut I believe that a man who ha* insulted the Engliah language aa Mints has Insulted It fears nothingA friend had the best description of Mr Mintz.MA lot of people don’t mince words.” he remarked, “but Mints minces all of themNevertheless, 1 wouldn’t say that Jake thinks that young Mr Barone, who was born hack in 1927. nine years after the end of theawar to end wars, is going to be carried triumphant from the Garden ring on the shoulders of people who should know better.The Charles-Barone affair appeals to he on* promotion staged by the Becker freies that will not cost them.With an advance sale of more than $30,000 the goose hangs high In addition, Mr. bam Beckfr at the outset of negotiations, diaeiosed that he took a dim view when it came to guarantees, the result of a lesson that hr learned when he paid out forty grand for the privilege of watching, practically alone. Joey Maxim light (iua Lesnevich.There are no guarantees for Charles or for Barone. What they fet they must drag through the Garden turnstiles, which probably accounts for Mr. Becker's elan and easy laughter,“I had my appendicitis cut outrbnce.' he averred. “It hasn’t grown back.That should prove to Mi Mintz that he i«n’t the only Americancitizen who can pull a malapropism out of a crack. iAnd that, I would say, is about all, except this rommunicatior from Mr. F, R Flaherty, of Newport;Dear Nix,” he writes. I have Just finished reading an article in the Times-Btar about the effects of last week’s snowstorm on the city of Altoona. Pa.“Among the comments on how chaotic conditions were, dm largely to lack of electricity, the article stated ’a handful of taverm are operating by candlelight. But customers have to be sat is herwith warm bear.*^''ets ean peoplev I suppose Mr. Flaherty thought the people could put Bear outside in a snow drift. But If he thought that he’sIn Aiteaaa. * * •■ V\f-'
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Cincinnati Times Star
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Mon, Dec 04, 1950
Page 14
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