tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1514398624319652023..comments2024-03-28T12:46:54.004-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Brains vs. Brawn: 90 years ago Tunney v, Dempsey shocked Soldier FieldNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49733812613179780242018-09-23T20:14:09.127-05:002018-09-23T20:14:09.127-05:00Olden days? Gosh, thanks mister. I'm just a ki...Olden days? Gosh, thanks mister. I'm just a kid. I'm not even 75 yet.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73340860534693612782018-09-23T16:06:07.429-05:002018-09-23T16:06:07.429-05:00Jakash disappear again? He came out for a while.
...Jakash disappear again? He came out for a while.<br /><br />Grizz, I like your olden days memories posts.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30164397106415963562018-09-22T17:35:24.689-05:002018-09-22T17:35:24.689-05:00I'm glad this story rolled around again. I nee...I'm glad this story rolled around again. I need to correct my comment. My dad informed me that his father's fighting name was Kenny Roberts. Not Kenny Galati. Not that it matters to anyone reading this, but there ya go.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3942906036218792452018-09-22T17:01:31.910-05:002018-09-22T17:01:31.910-05:00As a kid, I remember reading a full-page Daily New...As a kid, I remember reading a full-page Daily News spread that ran on the 25th anniversary of what was supposedly Soldier Field's biggest crowd ever for a sporting event. That would be the Austin-Leo Prep Bowl game, also known as the Chicago Mayor’s Charity Game, on Nov. 27, 1937, which pitted the champion of the Chicago Catholic League against the champion of the Chicago Public League. The attendance of 120,000, according to the USA Today ranking and other sources, still stands as the largest ever for a football game in the U.S. <br /><br />That crowd still tops any college contest, as well as the largest attendance figure for any professional game ever held (112,000 at a Dallas vs. Houston contest in Mexico City in 1994). The story also included a panoramic view of the enormous throng, taken from the top of the stands. When I showed it to my father, he remarked: "Of course I remember that game. I was 17, and I was there."Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40653494858733039162017-09-24T11:32:59.642-05:002017-09-24T11:32:59.642-05:00That's interesting. I wonder when they change...That's interesting. I wonder when they changed that S.F. policy to reflect reality. I had thought R. J. Daley was the main promoter of Soldiers' Field, but if the Tribune did it for years, that seems like a bit of an excuse for him, to me.<br /><br />"Tho" the way the language and punctuation are abused these days, I suppose they deserve credit for putting the apostrophe in the right place, at least. I "definitly yern" for the days when "hocky" was spelled without an "e" by the "staf" and "burocracy" of the Kernel's Trib during that "bazar" project. ; ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73412827661705830852017-09-23T18:03:17.480-05:002017-09-23T18:03:17.480-05:00"More likely" is right. This was after a..."More likely" is right. This was after all in the days of Col. McCormick, a man who tried to single-handedly alter the English language.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13899586636161457692017-09-23T13:40:04.920-05:002017-09-23T13:40:04.920-05:00I noticed the Tribune referred to it consistently ...I noticed the Tribune referred to it consistently as "Soldiers' Field." They either didn't realize the difference or, more likely, felt their version was the correct one, its actual name be damned. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84142836730327600872017-09-22T15:52:06.742-05:002017-09-22T15:52:06.742-05:00Don't know if admiration of Dempsey vs. Tunney...Don't know if admiration of Dempsey vs. Tunney was entirely one sided. I remember asking my mother's uncle about the famous fight and he said Dempsey was a thug and deserved to lose.<br /><br />I think I ate in Dempsey's Manhattan restaurant before it closed. Kind of down at heel as I remember.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46977668445411748882017-09-22T13:24:56.379-05:002017-09-22T13:24:56.379-05:00Great history lesson, Neil.
My grandfather boxed...Great history lesson, Neil. <br /><br />My grandfather boxed in Chicago back in the 20's. At that time his handler wasn't interested in promoting a Sicilian, so my grandfather fought as Kenny Galati instead of Tony. Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36165760055310508892017-09-22T13:15:06.727-05:002017-09-22T13:15:06.727-05:00A fine column, indeed. This is the kind of thing ...A fine column, indeed. This is the kind of thing I can never keep straight, anyway, so I can read a piece like this almost as if I'd never heard of it. "The long count" - sure, I've heard of that. "Dempsey-Tunney" - check. "Fight with over a hundred thousand people at Soldier Field in the 20's" - yep. The fact that they all refer to the same event? - uh, sadly, no. The framing of how Tunney was hated for caring about developing his mind is telling, and resonates so much with regard to today's America that it makes me want to scream.<br /><br />Side note: The "Official Souvenir" program pictured in the S-T says the event is at "Soldiers' Field." I wonder if it was sponsored by The Jewels over by there, perhaps. ; ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89429095867047402812017-09-22T09:21:24.139-05:002017-09-22T09:21:24.139-05:00Exactly: the elite mocking elitism.
johnExactly: the elite mocking elitism.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59045270436852826442017-09-22T09:01:49.509-05:002017-09-22T09:01:49.509-05:00Not only was this a fine column, it taught me seve...Not only was this a fine column, it taught me several things about which I was absolutely clueless. I'd always heard that Dempsey was the boxer and Tunney the slugger--my understanding was that the saying "Always bet on the slugger" originated with this fight.<br /><br />More strikingly, I didn't have the least inkling that Tunney 1) had intellectual aspirations and 2) got slammed for that. What a pure illustration of American anti-intellectualism. Imagine getting hated and ridiculed for saying something as innocuous as "I am trying to develop my intellect the same as everyone else." Shame on Heywood Broun and the rest of them.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67838622249210120132017-09-22T08:00:35.094-05:002017-09-22T08:00:35.094-05:00A brutal sport that should be abolished but an int...A brutal sport that should be abolished but an interesting article nonetheless. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com