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PINTEN & LAVAL Two "Annie Oakleys" Started|_ SPORTS Mike Jacobs On Big Ladder Mke Jacobs, a fabulous figure in joxing until his nt six yeas ago, died saturday in Mt. Sina Hospital. William Glick, pub- lic 'elations director at the hos- pita, said the 73-year-old former pronoter died of a 'coronary in- sufftiency." Jobs, who lived in Miami Beah, was taken to the hospital . Pridy after becoming ill while at- tendng the races at Hialeah race Oz night back in the '90's when Mickel Straus Jacobs was just | "tha Jacobs kid," selling papers | on tie sidewalks of New York and g sandwiches in Tammany ll a newspaper circulation man- | ager gave him two free tickets to a b&ing match. An acquaintance offered $2 for | the tickets and Mike, somewhat | amaied, sold them promptly. That transaction gave him the | gern of an idea which resulted evenually in bringing him sports | fame and fortune; he became one of tle greatest promoters of box- | ers h history and built up one of the largest ticke. brokerage busi- | nesses in the metropolis. AE As the years rolled, he ¢found mor¢ and more profit, first in sel- ling tickets and then in becoming the ruling power in the boxing worll simply by controlling: the services of the fighters. His em- pire amounted to a virtual mon- opoly on chambionships. He sign- ned Joe Louis, the negro heavy- weight champion, for nis exclus- ive services and "coined" money. ROSES AND TULIPS Yel he preferred tha prize-win- ning roses and tulips he grew on his estate at Rumson, N.J., to the power he wielded in the sporting world He would rather have his friends praise his cooking than to swing a million-dollar champion- ship show. He was extremely proud of the clam sauce he con- cocted for spaghetti and the sizz- ling steaks he loved to prepare for friends at his estate. ROY AND BOARD ESKERMO RASSLER DRESSED IN FJRS ++ +-BUT LIKE I SAID, HE'S TEMPERAMENTAL, AN'WANTS TUH BE FLASHY LOOKIN LIKE A JUKE BOX/----HOW'S ABOUT HIM COMIN' IN DA RING AS A KNIGHT IN ARMOR ? "Uncle Mike," as he became known, was full of contradictions. When the advance sale for a big fistic venture was 'going good," he argued and snarled at any one within range; when business was slow he was as pleasant as Santa Claus, Born on March 10, 1880, in low- er New York city, the third of nine children of Isaac and Rebec- ca Jacobs -- his father ran a tailor store -- his youth gave little promise out of the ordinary. He attended school through sixth grade and had to hawk newspapers to help add to the family income. MANAGED CARUSO TOUR His colorful career stretched all the way from raising flowers to operating a river excursion steam- boat line; from 'speculating' tick- ets to building a real estate devel- opment near Red Bank, N.J.; from promoting all "sorts of prize fights to managing a concert tour for Enrico Caruso. Once he arrang- ed a speaking tour for Emily Pankhurst, noted suffra- geile. ere was a neighborhood in mid-town New York that was nick- named "Jacobs Beach" after him. It was first called that because his ticket office was located there; later it became. the unofficial headquarters of the pugilistic pro- minents who met to talk shop. It was always his boast that his office was 'under my hat." Even in after years, when he occu- pled a swank suite In the heart of Broadway and employed a large office staff, he operated on that principle. BUSINESS THEORIES - His chief business theories were: 1. "Always see the head man." 2. "Never let yourself be sur- prised." He had his share of enemies. They were competitirs mostly and fight managers who believed he dealt too harshly with them in 'percentages' and "gates." But he probably was no more ruthless By Gene Ahem WHATZ.-THE SIZE OF THAT = GUY DRESSED IN SHEET METAL! {i -+:HED LOOK LIKE AN OIL 7 REFINERY/-+ THE MORE [ THINK '| OF HIM, WE SHOULD PAINT HIM RED, THEN PRINT A LINE OF NUMBERS ON HIM AND BALLYHOO HIM AS THE RASSLIN' BOXCAR! than other promoters in a business notorious for cut-throat methods. Although he did not dominate as a promoter until 1935 and it was a legend that he never saw a fight until that year, he was a familiar figure to "insiders" of the sport for two decades before that. He was 'a sort of "advisor" to the late Tex Rickard. Mike ad- vised Tex. how to get bigger gate receipt by 'stretching the arena." He - provided some of the funds with which Rickard built "Boyle's Thirty Acres" in Jersey City. At the same time, he absorbed some of Rickard's methods of showman~ ship. HOW HE RAISED $100,000 He raised $100,000 for Rickard for the Dempsey-Carpentier fight at Jersey City by going to all the principal ticket brokers in New York and saying "If you fellows put up the cash, I'll see that you get all the good seats to sell." The money was raised in eiyht hours: Rickard had oltered Dempsey 35 per cent of the receipts, but the champion's managers insisted on a flat guarantee of $300,000. The receipts aggregated $1,789,000. If he had accepted Rickard's offer be would have gotten about $600,- When Dempsey and Luis Firpo of the Argentine fought at the Polo Grounds in New York in 1923, Mike sat on a policeman's horse selling tickets until the fight started. He was also In the thick of things with Rickard at the great fight at Chicago in 1927 when Dempsey lost to Gene Tunney. SUCCESSFUL PROMOTIONS After Rickard's death, the pro- motional business declined for a while. Then Jacobs began to emerge as a promoter of Milk Fund and Christmas Fund bouts in New York, He staged one fight in the Bronx coliseum in 1934 which not only was a 'sell out" but 10,000 were turned away. Soon thereafter he organized the Twen- tieth Century Sporting Club. When Joe Louis' star began to appear on the horizon the shrewd Jacobs signed him for his exclu- sive services. As the Browh Bom- ber's prestige grew with his knock- outs, Mike made money in pro- portion. He still had tough opposition from Madison Square Garden. He had an historic legal battle with "the Garden" when he signed Louis to fight Jim Braddock at Chicago and won. CONTROLLED CHAMPIONS He finally was called in to take over, with his Twentieth Century Club, at the Garden. By 1941 he controlled all the fistic titles from heavyweight down to the light- weight divisions. He Nad an uncanny knack of making money with almost any kind of a venture. When. Caruso, the Italian tenor, decided to make a concert tour, Mike offered him $10,000 a night for ten nights in ten towns. His profit was $80,000. During the first 'world war Ie became sole concessionaire at Spartansburg, S.C., in barbering, laundry and other business. He had to import fifty barbers from New York to handle the hair-cut- ting department. ROCKETS aN 178 7/144 ERE RRA SCISSORED ww asases SPORTS McGILL WINS 70-65 'WINDSOR, Ont. (CP)--McGill University Redmen nosed out As- sumption College Purple Raiders 70-65 Saturday night in a Senior Entel if Basketball League game that went into extra time. The score was 59-59 at the end of regulation play. Lou Veres of As- Sulnplion led the scorérs with eight field goals and eight foul shots for LAVAL DOWNS U. OF T. QUEBEC (CP)--Laval University Saturday night defeated University of Toronto Blues 7-5 to strengthen their hold on first place in the Senior Intercollegiate Hockey Lea- gue, three points in front of Var- sity. The Blues, however, have a game in Captain Jack Wheldrake of Var- sity was the star of the game with three goals. SPANISH CREAM WINS ARCADIA, Calif. (AP)--Spanish Cream staved off the favored A Gleam Saturday to win the $50,000- added Santa Margarita handicap for fillies, and mares at Santa Anita park, The five-year-old mare owned by the H. W. Collins stable, finished three-quarters of a length ahead of Old English Rancho's Ruth Lily, with Ar Gleam in a photo finish. NHL LEADERS By THE CANADIAN PRESS Standing -- Detroit, won 20, lost 12, tied 13--53 points. Points -- Howe, Detroit--57. Goals -- Howe, Detroit--31. ia -- Delvecchio, Detroit-- Shutouts -- McNeil, Montreal--7. Penalties --Lindsay, Detroit--94 minutes. E 'The International Nickel Company of RA a aim |Rdmonton Skater | Wing Senior Title EDMONTON (CP), -- Youthful Grace and near-perfection has given 15-year-old Sonja Currie of Calgary and Edmonton her second straight Western Canada senior women's singles figure skating championship. The young, blonde miss whirled her way to the top in a field of 11 Saturday night to retain the PARALYS THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Monday, January 96, M53 § Detroit's NHL Lead Shaved To Very Narrow One-Point By ED 3IMON Canadian Press Staff Writer What's the matter with the Red title she won last year at Vancou- | Wings? ver. The smiling confidence and graceful ease with which she won Barely a week ago, the proud Stanley Cup champions were breez- the title also brought her the most |ing along, seven points ahead of artistic skater award. In the senior men's singles, 22- year-old Norman Walker of the Vancouver Connaught Club de- feated clubmate Brian Power to succeed Billy Lewis as western title holder. Lewis, of the Vancouver Skating Club, could" not Zot away from university studies to defend his crown. Pamela Willman, an 11-year-old from the Vancouver Connaught club, captured the junior women's singles. NHL STARS By THE CANADIAN PRESS Gordie Hannigan of Toronto, who scored two goals, including the third-period winner, as the Maple Leafs edged Chicago Black Hawks 4-3 Sunday in a National Hockey League game. Bud MacPherson, whose third- period goal Sunday gave Montreal Canadiens a 3-3 tie with Detroit Red Wings. Jim McFadden, who scored twice and drew an assist for Chicago Saturday as the Black Hawks routed the Canadiens 5-1. George Armstrong, who got both Toronto's markers - Saturday as they blanked the Red Wings 2-0. their nearest National Hockey League competition. Everyone said Detroit was a shoo-in for the title. Today their margin is shaved to a single point. And the only reason they're still on top is that the second-place Montreal Canadiens bogged down over the week-end | after picking up nine points of 8 possible 10 in their previous five games» Creeping paralysis appears fo have overtaken both clubs. They salvaged a single point in two week-end contests only by the ex- pedient of playing each other to a 3-3 tie Sunday night. The Wings, the most potent scor-| ing machine in the NHL this sea- | Montreal as Gordie Howe bol- stered his NHL scoring lead with a goal and two assists, They made the crowd happy by scoring all three goals while Maurice Richard, for whom Detroit has little affec- tion, sat out penalties. But the fans were less happy to see the Wings blow one-goal leads twice in a row in splitting the points. Canadien defenceman Bud MacPherson, who' only had one previous goal all season, tied it up the last time with less than five minutes remaining. Richard and Paul Masnick were the other Montreal marksmen. Red Kelly and Ted Lindsay completed the Detroit total. Richard also scored the Cana- dien goal against the Hawks Satur- day, but the rest of th& game was a different story. Tied 1-1 at the end of the first period on Bill Mosienko's marker, |the Hawks pulled ahead in the Pentti Lund joined in the Boston scoring spree. The rangers got their revenge Sunday, winning on a costly miscue by rookie defenceman Warren God- frey. The young Bruin stabbed desper- ately at a puck that trickled rom goaltender Jim Henry's pads in the first period and accidentally flicked it into his own net. Don Raleigh, the last Ranger to touch' the puck, was credited with a cheap goal, and it turned out to be the winner. That completed a black evening for Godfrey, who had been off the ice with a slashing penalty when Jack Stoddard scored the first New York goal. Real Chevrefils got the only Boston marker in the second period. No games are scheduled tonight. 1 SENATOR GATE " WASHINGTON -- Thé 1952 Sena- son, took an ignominious 2-0 white- | second period on a tally by play- | tors drew '699,000 fans to Griffith washing in Toronto Saturday while the Canadiens suffered a 5-1 drub- | bing from the third-place Chicago | Black Hawks in Montreal. The Leafs went on ¢o edge the | Hawks 4-3 at Chicago, to pull within | a single point of the third-placers. | minutes for easy goals, two by | If a two-night stand at Boston, | Jimmy McFadden and the third! the Bruins handed the cellar-dwell- by Jim Peters. A red-faced Gerry | ing New York Rangers a horren- dous 9-0 beating, only to have the | New Yorkers bounce back for a| 2-1 victory. | Harry Lumley robbed the Red | Wings blind Saturday night. The | pudgy Toronto goaltender turned | aside 33 drives from his teammates | of three seasons back to' Some! Jerry Toppazzini, who came up |his sixth shutout of the campaign with three goals Saturday as Bos- | George Armstrong accounted for | Sullivan got two and McIntyre one, | ton Bruins whitewashed New York | Rangers 9-0. | both Leaf tallies. The Wings looked better against "Stainless steel is steel that doesn't stain. Most metals turn dark when acids or chemicals touch them. Even in the air, silver turns dark, copper roofs turn green, iron gets red with rust. If the right proportions of chromium and nickel are mixed into the steel when it . is being made, it becomes 'stainless', even in * many acids or chemi- cals, and also becomes rust-proof." *The Romance of Nichel™ a 72 page book fully illustrated, will be sent free on request to anyone interested. stron; ing-coach Sid Abel and then pro- ceeaed to play it cosy. While the Habitants stormed down the ice in search of the tying | goal, the crafts Chicagoans broke loose three times in less than two | McNeil in the Canadien nets had ionly four shots fired at him in| |the entire third period and let | three of them get by him. The Boston youth movement had | a wonderful time Saturday night | as the Kid Line of George (Red) | | Sullivan, Jerry Toppazzini Jack McIntyre picked up 13 scoring | points. Toppazzini fired three goals, but the latter set up five more. Milt Schmidt, Leo Labine and it doesn't scratch or dent. and | stadium, an increase of about 4,000 over the 1951 figure. WASHER SERVICE Only genuine new parts used. Repairs at your home if preferred. Fair prices. Workmanship the best. THURSTON'S DIAL 5-5850 "Is it used for anythin Yesidai saucepans like these new ones of a GF dad pe "Yes, the huge cooking pots in food' plants are stainless steel. 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