At millions of U. S. radios, one night last week, fight fans fidgeted. Scheduled for 9:45 was the Manhattan set-to between Welterweight Champion Henry Armstrong, Negro buzz saw, and Light weight Champion Lew Jenkins, self-styled "kind of crazy-punching guy." A nontitle fight, it had nevertheless been ballyhooed as the most exciting little-men's match since the days of Lew Tendler and Benny Leonard.
Instead of this battle, the Democratic Convention was being broadcast from the Chicago Stadium. At 10 o'clock, at 10:15, at 10:30, Senator Wagner was still reading the Democratic platform. Irate fans...
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