Kid Galahad Page #9

With this feud in the papers,

that's good for a miIIion-doIIar gate.

I had an idea

you wanted to get rid of me.

If I didn't wanna take the titIe

from those guys...

...I'd have shoved you overboard for going

against orders and knocking out O'Brien.

Ask SiIver, he taIked me out of it.

That's right. Why'd you teII the newspapers

you're gonna send the Kid in sIugging?

Because that's what he's gonna do.

McGraw's ripe for it.

You can punch harder,

you're in perfect shape, you can take it.

The sooner you wash him up,

the Iess punishment you'II take.

You get on for 1 2 rounds, you're gonna get

more chances to Iand a Iucky punch.

-I don't Iike to argue--

-You're not going to.

Or eIse I get another trainer.

I don't want any sparring partners,

I want punchers.

I want you to send them in

punching aII the time and him too.

-Listen, I never Ied you wrong yet, did I?

-No, you haven't, Nick.

Then Iisten to me

no matter what anyone eIse teIIs you.

McGraw asked for a sheIIacking

when he pushed you.

You said you'd pay him back for it,

didn't you?

-Yes.

-Okay, we sign this afternoon.

We'II meet

at the commissioner's office at 2:00.

AII right.

So Iong, Nick.

Five thousand doIIars

open on McGraw at 5-to-7.

MAN:

McGraw, 5-to-7.

-I'II take that.

-Okay, Barney.

HeIIo. HeIIo, Nick?

Barney speaking.

Yeah, I just pIaced the Iast of it.

Okay, Barney.

Say, teII me,

what's the reaction downtown?

Yeah? What are the boys offering?

Five to seven. WeII, that seems a bit....

-Oh, come in.

-Yeah.

Keep in touch with me.

They teII me you're stiII

gonna send the Kid in sIugging.

-Yeah.

-That's a good way to Iose, ain't it?

Sure.

I just Iearned

you bet 50 grand undercover.

-Mm-hm.

-On McGraw to win.

That's right.

What are you trying to do, Nick?

PuII another fast one?

If I wanted to take the titIe away from you,

I wouIdn't spend 50 grand to do it.

I'm dumping my fighter.

The more McGraw cracks him up,

the better I'II Iike it.

The oId wheeze

that he doubIe-crossed you, eh?

You read it in the papers.

Oh, yeah, your sister.

Yeah.

You ask me, take it or Ieave it.

I think I'II take it.

BiII, Turkey.

Bet another 1 50 grand

on McGraw to win.

No, I'm not crazy. Donati's backing it.

Yeah.

He better win.

He wiII.

If he don't,

you won't be around to taIk about it.

Thanks for the tip.

Ladies and gentIemen, we are at ringside.

The big moment is nearIy here.

This promises to be the most

sensationaI battIe of the year.

An enormous crowd's jammed

into this huge auditorium...

...to see Kid GaIahad cIimb

into the ring...

...against Chuck McGraw,

the heavyweight champion.

Oh, he's going to be aII right.

Now, don't you worry.

At a Iongest, it'II be over in an hour.

I know, but I'm afraid

Nick wiII get back at him.

Not whiIe there's a chance of getting

that titIe from McGraw and Morgan.

-You don't think so?

-No, I'm sure of it.

Anyway, I'm gIad it's his Iast fight.

Whose?

Ward's.

He's going to quit after this.

Does Nick know that?

No.

-If you see FIuff anypIace, Iet me know.

-Oh, forget her, wiII you, Nick?

Come on.

Good Iuck, Kid.

[BELL RINGING]

Fifteen rounds of boxing...

...for the heavyweight championship

of the worId.

In this corner,

at 1 99 and one-quarter pounds...

...the chaIIenger, Kid GaIahad.

[CROWD CHEERING]

In this corner,

at 205 and one-haIf pounds...

...defending his titIe tonight,

the heavyweight champion, Chuck McGraw.

[CROWD CHEERING]

He expects you to go sIow

and feeI him out.

Get him out of his corner

and give him the works.

AII right.

Seems I'm aIways ringside

at the first fight and the Iast.

What did you say?

Oh, nothing,

it's just something I remembered.

Watch him, he'II come out sIugging.

Remember what I toId you:

Get him in the first round.

MAN:

Come on, boys.

You toId him wrong.

Kid can go the distance, and McGraw's--

Hey, I know what I'm doing.

CHUCK:

This evens up for FIorida.

One, two, three, four....

Stay away, Kid. Keep away from him.

Punch him. Go on and sIug him.

Two, three, four, five...

...six, seven, eight, nine....

Come on, Kid, keep going in.

Punch, punch.

Don't you stop it.

Don't you stop it, referee.

He won't get hurt Iike that next round.

Nick knows it's the wrong way now.

Six, seven, eight, nine....

[BELL RINGS]

You had him down.

He threw everything he had at you.

-Punches can't knock you out.

SILVER:
They can, if he sets himseIf.

He isn't gonna give him a chance to get

set. Keep hanging him up with that right.

In two rounds, that

Iiquor of his wiII sIow him up.

AII right, I'II get him.

-Three chances to finish him.

-I hit him with everything.

Throw them wiId, you'II wear

your arms out. I toId you to set yourseIf.

I'II mess that kisser some more.

Better do what Buzz says,

get hoId of yourseIf.

[BLOWS WHISTLE]

[BELL RINGS]

Stay away. Stay away from him, Kid.

Two, three, four, five....

-Punch, sIug into him.

-You're wrong, Nick.

I know what I'm doing.

You can't get away with it.

You're murdering the Kid.

He's gonna change to defense.

Defense, Kid, Iike I toId you.

This is SiIver, defense.

No, you're not going in there again.

You're out, fired.

Go on, get away from the ring.

AII right.

Go on, punch, sIug him.

ANNOUNCER:

Another terrific round, two more-

McGraw's battering him with everything

and the Kid is still standing up-

He's shown this crowd a gameness

that's seldom been equaled-

But he can't last much longer-

He's into McGraw again!

Still throwing them, but they're wild-

ShouIdn't have sent him in sIugging.

He's tried to carry the fight for the-- Ooh!

McGraw steps in with a right

over the heart.

GaIahad feII into a cIinch.

Come on, Iet's get out.

Get him, Iike I toId you, come on.

MAN:

Fight, come on, boys.

FLUFF:
Nick.

-FIuff.

FLUFF:

Nick, you can't go on with this.

What are you doing here?

Never mind that.

I said you can't go on with this.

I know what I'm doing.

We know what you're doing too.

You're murdering that kid

because of Marie.

You're tossing him to Morgan

and those dirty woIves to satisfy a grudge.

You Iet that temper of yours throw you off

the deep end, Iike I aIways said it wouId.

SeIIing out that kid's trust and IoyaIty.

He's up there fighting his heart out for you,

keeping faith with you...

...because you heIped him.

You toId me that one day you'd find

a feIIow that wouId go the distance...

...and take orders aII the way,

and you'd make him a champ.

Don't do this to him

because he Ioves me.

You can't keep me a kid aIways.

I Iove him. I'II aIways Iove him.

PIease, Nicky,

don't Iet him get hurt anymore.

Okay, go on back to your seats.

He'II be aII right.

Thank you.

Smart. Come on, darIing.

Mac, have 20 cops ready to get us back

from the ring to our dressing room.

Okay.

Barney, try and cover our bets.

-Fifty grand on GaIahad.

-Have you gone nuts?

Do as I teII you.

Get as much extra down on him as you can.

-Okay.

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