1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:23,520 Suspense! 2 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:30,200 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Transcribed Mr. Dick Powell in Slow Burn, 3 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:38,600 a suspense play produced and edited by William Spear. 4 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:39,600 Filler up sir? 5 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,800 Please do my personable peddler of petroleum. 6 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:43,360 How about your battery? 7 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,720 Why lad, I've got an Auto Light stay full battery, the battery that needs water only 8 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,080 three times a year in normal car use. 9 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:51,920 An Auto Light stay full battery? 10 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:52,920 Say! 11 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:57,080 Say no more my good fellow, for when you've said Auto Light stay full battery, you've 12 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:58,080 said the ultimate. 13 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:03,600 This demon deliverer of starting stamina has over three times as much liquid reserve above 14 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,360 the plates as batteries without stay full features. 15 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,840 You sound like Harlow Wilcox. 16 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:13,140 I sound like every motorist in modern memory who has been moved to murderous fury by one 17 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:17,800 of the major causes of battery failure, namely a thirsty battery, but who has discovered 18 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,280 the delight of the Auto Light stay full battery. 19 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,200 A battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 20 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,160 Sure, but you still sound like Harlow Wilcox to me. 21 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:31,200 Well, by a curious coincidence, that couldn't happen again in a thousand years. 22 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:32,680 I am Harlow Wilcox. 23 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,680 Well, why didn't you say so? 24 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:39,400 Because right now I'm too busy saying you're always right with Auto Light. 25 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:45,280 And now with Slow Burn and with the performance of Dick Powell, Auto Light hopes once again 26 00:01:45,280 --> 00:02:01,160 to keep you in suspense. 27 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,680 I'm standing here staring at a clock on a dresser in a crummy hotel room. 28 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,280 I've been watching the man at hand drag itself up the face of the clock and I'm not going 29 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,080 to pull my eyes away from that man at hand until it touches 12. 30 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:17,160 Because at 12, the Slow Burn that started in my insides way back three months ago, the 31 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,640 Slow Burn that built till my whole body was on fire is going to be soothed. 32 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:26,200 Yeah, in another few seconds it's going to be 12 midnight and I'll be able to breathe 33 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,200 again. 34 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,000 Then they can come get me. 35 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,000 I won't care. 36 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 There it is. 37 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,000 I can make that call now. 38 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:46,480 Morning, Harold. 39 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,480 Let me speak to Todd Sloan. 40 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,920 Warts Department, Todd Sloan speaking. 41 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:55,440 This is Johnny Wilson. 42 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:56,440 Johnny, where are you? 43 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:57,440 Don't interrupt. 44 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,720 This call is a sense to be traced. 45 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:00,720 I got a lot to say. 46 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,440 The cops have a tight circle around this town and I know I got no exit. 47 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,680 But before they get me, I want to clear a few things up. 48 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:07,920 Now listen to me. 49 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:09,080 I did it. 50 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,800 I'm not denying it. 51 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:14,240 I'm telling you why I did it and you're going to print it because you're a right guy. 52 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:15,240 Johnny, I- 53 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:16,240 Shut up. 54 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:17,240 I don't have much time. 55 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:21,040 It all started the day I fought in Duval, Pennsylvania. 56 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:26,280 Daniel, my wife, didn't want me to fight, but to me it was the fastest way to make a buck. 57 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:30,720 I was just beginning then right after the war and the cold town was the best I could 58 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,280 do. 59 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,640 I was fighting Tony Tadro, a good boxer and a puncher. 60 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:40,280 In the second round, we just squared off and the crowd pulled to his feet roaring the guy's 61 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:41,280 name. 62 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,280 Not mine, not Tony. 63 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,400 Me, it didn't throw, but Tony it did. 64 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:52,400 He dropped his guard just long enough. 65 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,640 Tony was flat on his back out cold. 66 00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:01,400 I let the referee raise my mitt, then I walked to lefty Wilkins, my manager. 67 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:02,400 Nice work, Johnny. 68 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:03,400 Thanks, thanks lefty. 69 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:04,640 What was he shouting about? 70 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:05,640 Ain't you heard? 71 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:09,440 The hometown kid who won that medal of honor blew into town today. 72 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,640 Not only that, he blew into the arena just before you tagged Tony. 73 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,840 Well, how did glad hand the kid myself then? 74 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:15,840 He made it easy for me. 75 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:16,840 You don't have time. 76 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:20,080 We're to meet Courtney Barr at the club tree in 30 minutes. 77 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:21,080 Okay, okay. 78 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,400 And just this once, let your tongue lay flat inside your face. 79 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:25,400 I'll do the talking. 80 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:26,400 Okay, I said, okay. 81 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:40,080 I got him the second round, Johnny Wilson victorious over Tony. 82 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,720 You saw Johnny fight tonight, Mr. Barr, he's good. 83 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,360 It takes more than good these days. 84 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,520 We know that Mr. Barr, that's why I asked you when. 85 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,080 All we need for him is the right buildup and the connection. 86 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,240 Now look, when I engine a show at a nightclub with a fighter, I want a reasonable chance 87 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:54,240 to get my money back. 88 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,680 Lefty, you never brought a fighter to the top yet. 89 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,280 But this time it's different. 90 00:04:58,280 --> 00:04:59,760 Johnny Wilson is the next champ. 91 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:01,240 Oh, don't beg him, Lefty. 92 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,520 If he's too blind to recognize a good thing when it's shoved in front of him, let him 93 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:05,520 get a seeing eye dog. 94 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,960 Oh, I'd take a chance on Johnny if he had an exploitation angle. 95 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,080 The way it is now, there's too many good boys bouncing around. 96 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,080 Don't need the buildup. 97 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,080 We'll have to go into him. 98 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:14,080 No. 99 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,080 I'm returning to New York tonight. 100 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,080 Goodbye, gentlemen. 101 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,080 Ah, he's got nothing. 102 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,080 Nothing but money. 103 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:26,400 Someday I'm going to walk into a bank and look at the stuff. 104 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,040 You know, they keep the trap behind little cages. 105 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:39,440 Oh, there's that kid again. 106 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:40,440 The metal boy. 107 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,440 His name's Chuck Masters. 108 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:42,440 They say he got 30 jabs. 109 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:43,440 30 jabs? 110 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:44,440 Ah, they like to meet the hero. 111 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:45,440 Well, that looks like maybe your willy's coming. 112 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,400 Pardon me, but aren't you Johnny Wilson? 113 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:50,400 Yeah, that's right. 114 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:55,400 I got to the stadium just in time for the knockout. 115 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:57,400 Sure like to congratulate you. 116 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,400 Oh, thanks. 117 00:05:58,400 --> 00:05:59,400 Thanks. 118 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:00,400 30 jabs, huh? 119 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:01,400 You've been pretty busy. 120 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:02,840 Me, I was in the medical corps, Walter Reed Hospital. 121 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:03,840 Have a drink, Chuck? 122 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:04,840 Oh, no. 123 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:05,840 Thanks. 124 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:06,840 I can't stop. 125 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:07,840 My family's waiting. 126 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:10,120 I really have a favor to ask, Mr. Wilson. 127 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,640 I'm chairman of the Juvenile Delinquency Committee. 128 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,840 Oh, let me offer my congratulations. 129 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:15,840 Thanks. 130 00:06:15,840 --> 00:06:20,320 Now, if you'll offer just one more thing, your services in an exhibition. 131 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:21,800 You mean a benefit? 132 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:22,800 Yeah. 133 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,680 Look, Sonny, you're a nice, clean-cut American boy, and I like your style, but the only benefits 134 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,360 I find are for the Johnny Wilson fight. 135 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,120 Now, wait a minute, Johnny. 136 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:31,120 Wait a minute. 137 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,120 After all, we don't want to see no kids go wrong, do we? 138 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,080 Who are you figuring on Johnny fighting? 139 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,080 Well, nobody yet. 140 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,840 I just got the idea. 141 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:41,840 Do you box, Chuck? 142 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:42,840 Me? 143 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:46,000 I did a little boxing in the 39th Infantry, strictly amateur. 144 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,480 Then it's a natural. 145 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:48,480 You box, Johnny. 146 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:49,480 Oh, now, wait a minute. 147 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:50,480 I couldn't go. 148 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:51,480 Sure, sure you could. 149 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,240 And you look like a welter, too. 150 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,240 If you get into the ring with Johnny, it's a deal. 151 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,240 Good idea. 152 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:57,240 Good publicity. 153 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:58,240 You don't understand. 154 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,320 You can't ask a guy to fight unless you're willing yourself. 155 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:02,760 Especially for nothing. 156 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:04,120 You do, we do. 157 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:05,560 You don't, we don't. 158 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:06,560 Wow. 159 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,000 Okay, it's a deal. 160 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Thursday night at the stadium. 161 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,480 Yeah, yeah. 162 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,800 All right, Leslie, what's the setup? 163 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,920 In the ring Thursday, I want you to make him look good. 164 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,480 I want the kid to think he's a wonder boy. 165 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:20,480 I want to sign him. 166 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:21,480 And then? 167 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,360 Then I take him to bar as my new fighter. 168 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:25,960 Medal of honor and all. 169 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:27,880 Oh, bar like that. 170 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,360 Endorsed by Congress. 171 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:30,600 Keep talking. 172 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,880 We've got some of the exploitation angle he's talking about. 173 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:50,680 And with the dough we make on Chucky Boy, we'll finance you to the title. 174 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:51,680 Give a load of the crowd. 175 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,200 Any more people come in, they'll ration the oxygen. 176 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,200 That's what bar means by exploitation. 177 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,200 That medal of honor drags them in. 178 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:00,200 There it is. 179 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,200 Remember, Johnny, don't win. 180 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,200 You don't have to lose, but don't win. 181 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:14,080 I thought it was a fair enough fight. 182 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,520 Like Lefty wanted, I didn't lose it, I didn't win it. 183 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:20,680 The kid was a cinch to sign, a Lefty-wired buyer to find out if he was interested. 184 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:21,680 He was. 185 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,240 And now we're in New York in the Copa Club signing the contracts. 186 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,880 There's one thing, Lefty. 187 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,280 Now that Chuck has signed, where does Johnny here fit in? 188 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,400 Oh, Johnny's going to stop boxing for a while. 189 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,400 He's going to groom Chuck. 190 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,160 Me, I wasn't having any conversations just then. 191 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:38,200 I was watching Chuck watch a long-haired, slinky dame come towards our table. 192 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,640 She had on a gown that had no straps and didn't need any. 193 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,800 There was sweet rhythm in her walk and she wore a hands-off look that beat blood into 194 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:46,800 a guy's head. 195 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:50,360 She stopped at our table and Chuck's mouth flopped open. 196 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,640 I said, well, gentlemen, this is my wife. 197 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:54,640 Hello. 198 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,200 Daniel, this is Chuck Vastas. 199 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,200 Sit down, baby. 200 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,200 So you're the new fighter? 201 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:01,200 Yeah. 202 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:02,200 I hate fighters. 203 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,880 Oh, you frightened the boy. 204 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,960 And I hate the parasites that live off me. 205 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:06,960 Oh, have a drink, baby. 206 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:07,960 Why do you take that, Johnny? 207 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:08,960 Shut up. 208 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:13,760 Hey, new fighter, why don't you duck out before they knock that gentle look out of your 209 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:14,760 eyes? 210 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,560 I don't want to fight, Mrs. Wilson, but I need money. 211 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:19,320 Johnny looked like you when he first started. 212 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:22,240 And after only 4,000 push-ups a day, look at me now. 213 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,560 Childhood sweethearts, sweetness and light. 214 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:29,320 Now he's not happy unless I wear gowns like this. 215 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:30,320 There's nothing wrong with that dress. 216 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,320 Hey, baby, have you heard? 217 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,640 I'm going to stay out of the ring for a bit. 218 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,120 I want to teach Chuck here a thing or two. 219 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:38,400 Who can tell? 220 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,920 With me behind him, he may get to be our next champ. 221 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:41,920 You've given it up, Johnny. 222 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:42,920 What happened? 223 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,920 He's just taking a rest, Daniel. 224 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:45,920 That make you sore? 225 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:46,920 Not me. 226 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,160 It just sounds like Johnny's using his head. 227 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,640 And that sounds so strange, it makes me suspicious. 228 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,400 Oh, great little kidder, ain't you, Chuck? 229 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:56,400 Hey, Mr. Barr. 230 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:57,400 Come on, baby, let's dance. 231 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:06,760 Now the publicity buildup started. 232 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,320 Chuck was a hero. 233 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,920 The story of the signing hit the papers coast to coast, border to border. 234 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,360 The fighting Marine, they traced his medals to every beachhead. 235 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:20,280 I even came in for some publicity as Chuck's best friend, the guy who was sidetracking 236 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:22,240 his own career to train him. 237 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,560 And on the day Chuck signed for his first fight with Whitey Collins in the Bronx Coliseum, 238 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:27,560 it was. 239 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:32,280 Who should come in to give him his medical, but my old CO from the Med Corps, Doc Peterson. 240 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,840 Hey, corporal Johnny Wilson. 241 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,640 Don't make me say what are you doing here. 242 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:38,640 Tell me. 243 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:39,640 I'm a fighter, Captain. 244 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:40,640 Well, well. 245 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,680 That's a far cry from Walter Reed Hospital, huh, Johnny? 246 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:45,680 How you doing? 247 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:48,160 So far the Army paid off better. 248 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:50,480 Oh, Doc, this is Chuck Masters. 249 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,520 Oh, hiya, Chuck. 250 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:57,520 Say, according to all the publicity I hear, you're going to be the next welder champ. 251 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:58,520 Yeah. 252 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:08,720 With bars of money, we opened a training camp in the Berkshires. 253 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,680 I taught Chuck to box and he learned fast. 254 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:14,360 His left wasn't too good, but his right was OK and he was shifty. 255 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:22,000 Three days before his fight with Collins, Chuck and me were in the ring sparring. 256 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Hold it, Johnny. 257 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 There's Daniel. 258 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Hello, Daniel. 259 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Hiya, Chum. 260 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Well, baby, I didn't expect to see you. 261 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,000 All right, all right. 262 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,000 What are we waiting for? 263 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Oh, it's you, huh? 264 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000 Hello, Lefty. 265 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,000 Training camp's is no place for dames, you know that. 266 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,000 Yeah, yeah, that's right. 267 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,000 You never watched me train before. 268 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,000 What's the magnet? 269 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:42,680 I got the day off and I wanted to watch the process whereby they turn a guy like him into 270 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:43,960 a guy like you. 271 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,200 I looked at her lips while she was talking and the thought that she might be hoping for 272 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:51,360 somebody else's lips on hers, Chuck's maybe tore at my inside. 273 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,320 The gong sounded and I went for it. 274 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:54,320 Take it easy. 275 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:55,320 Take it easy. 276 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:56,320 Turn it out, Johnny. 277 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,320 Turn it out. 278 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:58,320 What's the matter with you? 279 00:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,320 You're nuts. 280 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:00,320 Why are you thugging like that? 281 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,320 Well, I figured Chuck is about ready for anything. 282 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:02,320 Come on, Chuckie boy, put him up. 283 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:03,320 Let's see if you can take it. 284 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:04,320 Johnny, take it easy. 285 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:05,320 I really cut loose then. 286 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:06,320 I've been storing it for a long time. 287 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:07,320 I belted him good. 288 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:08,320 He went down and stayed there. 289 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:09,320 Oh, now you've got it. 290 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:10,320 When they carried him out, he opened his eyes, but it didn't look like he was going to be 291 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:11,320 able to get out. 292 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,320 I'm sorry, Johnny. 293 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:13,320 I'm sorry. 294 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:14,320 I'm sorry. 295 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:15,320 I'm sorry. 296 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:16,320 I'm sorry. 297 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:21,320 I'm sorry, Johnny. 298 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:26,320 You're nuts. 299 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:44,180 I should have killed them both then. 300 00:12:44,180 --> 00:12:47,880 The light is bringing you Dick Powell in Slow Burn. 301 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:53,920 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 302 00:12:53,920 --> 00:13:03,160 Well, your gas tank is full now, Mr. Wilcox. 303 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:04,160 Let's see. 304 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:05,160 Six tenths of a gallon. 305 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:06,160 That'll be 14 cents. 306 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,720 Ah, now there's a car for economy like that auto light stay full battery. 307 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,840 It really gives you a long run for your money. 308 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:16,720 Why did you know that in tests conducted according to SAE life cycle standards, auto light stay 309 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:21,800 full batteries gave 70% longer average life than batteries without stay full features? 310 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:22,800 Sure did. 311 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:23,800 Oh. 312 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,040 Well, did you know that auto light stay full batteries have fiberglass retaining mats at 313 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,520 every positive plate to hold the power producing material in place? 314 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,040 Oh, I sure did, Mr. Wilcox. 315 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:38,040 Well, did you know that this powerful pusher offer of pulsating pistons has more than three 316 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:42,160 times as much liquid reserve above the plate as batteries without stay full features? 317 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:43,160 Sure. 318 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,760 That's why it needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 319 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:47,760 That does it. 320 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:48,760 Give me that gas pump. 321 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,680 From now on, you can sell auto light stay full batteries and I'll sell gas. 322 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:53,920 Oh, but Mr. Wilcox, don't you see? 323 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,640 I couldn't give you a wrong answer. 324 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:56,640 Why not? 325 00:13:56,640 --> 00:14:00,680 Because you're always right with auto light. 326 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:06,520 And now auto light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage our star, Dick Powell in Slow 327 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:17,480 Burn, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 328 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:18,480 Still on the phone, Todd? 329 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:19,480 Yeah. 330 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:20,480 Now hold it a second. 331 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:27,520 I want to gander out the window. 332 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,440 The cops in large numbers, Todd, but they won't find me for a while and I only need 333 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,240 a little more time to finish. 334 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:38,360 Well, Chuck won his first fight naturally, he was getting the slow, careful build up. 335 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:39,960 He won a second fight over in Jersey. 336 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,560 So then left, he began to book him. 337 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:45,600 He said, Courtney Barr, I want to Chuck to go out and make a tour, get a list of knockouts 338 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:46,600 so it'd have a record. 339 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,880 So I sat on my mitts. 340 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:55,160 The day Chuck got back from his tour, he called and Daniel invited him to dinner. 341 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,720 How was the tour, Chuck? 342 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:57,900 Oh, fine. 343 00:14:57,900 --> 00:15:00,260 I had a couple of fights that were terrific. 344 00:15:00,260 --> 00:15:02,200 In Denver, I fought Willie Myers. 345 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,920 What a boxer, but I found his weakness. 346 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:09,120 See, when he was getting set to throw his right, he always flipped his elbow just a 347 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:10,120 bit. 348 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,200 From then on, he was my meat. 349 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,160 You're beginning to enjoy fighting, Chuck. 350 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:15,600 Why shouldn't he enjoy it? 351 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:16,600 There's money in it. 352 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:17,600 Sure. 353 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,760 50% of the person a bonus. 354 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:20,760 Don't forget the bonus. 355 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:25,320 Scrambled brains, cauliflower ears, and the nose smattered all over your face. 356 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,840 A good fighter keeps his nose straight. 357 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:32,080 Johnny was just like Chuck when he first started. 358 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,280 Nothing kills a man better than... 359 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,680 I'll get the dessert. 360 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:39,680 I'll help you. 361 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:44,640 So I got no instincts. 362 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:45,640 I'm just a bum, huh? 363 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:46,640 Have some pie, Johnny. 364 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:47,640 Oh, give me the knife. 365 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,520 I'm not worth anything, huh? 366 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,440 I stay with you because I'm trying to salvage what I think is still there. 367 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,920 And that crack that I used to be like Chuck is now. 368 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,440 Johnny, we can still save it. 369 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,080 I want it to be the way it was. 370 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,080 You stay away from him. 371 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:04,000 What for? 372 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,280 Come in and finish your dinner. 373 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:06,280 You heard me. 374 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:14,920 Stay away from Chuck or I'll finish him. 375 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,360 Every sports writer was wondering who was going to fight Mike Gruen. 376 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,280 Nobody got a crack at the chapel as he fought Gruen first. 377 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,160 I knew who it was going to be, me. 378 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,040 And with the money left, he got out of Chuck's fights. 379 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,400 That was the deal we'd made. 380 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,360 Well, I was getting itchy about it. 381 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,200 All this time, I wasn't getting any particular buildup. 382 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,360 We were on the lake cruising around relaxing after two weeks of hard training. 383 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:43,120 Barr and Chuck were watching a kid horsing around doing handstands in a canoe. 384 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,360 I took Lefty to the other end of the launch. 385 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:46,360 Yeah? 386 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:47,360 Yeah, look, Lefty. 387 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:48,360 I know, Johnny, I know. 388 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,320 Now, don't worry about the Gruen fight. 389 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,680 Maybe it would be smarter, Lefty, if you gave up my contract on the surface. 390 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,840 Then you could hold off Chuck while my new manager signed me for that match. 391 00:16:57,840 --> 00:16:58,840 I... 392 00:16:58,840 --> 00:16:59,840 I can't, Johnny. 393 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:00,840 No, why not? 394 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:01,840 Now, now, don't get mad. 395 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:06,120 But I had to give Barr 50% of your contract or he wouldn't back Chuck originally. 396 00:17:06,120 --> 00:17:07,120 But I got it fixed... 397 00:17:07,120 --> 00:17:08,120 Well, you dumb stupid... 398 00:17:08,120 --> 00:17:12,240 I spun around and saw a canoe floating bottoms up. 399 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,320 Chuck was ripping off his clothes, but I got out of mine fast, too. 400 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:20,440 Me and Chuck hit the water together. 401 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:21,440 You see him, Johnny? 402 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:22,440 No. 403 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,400 I saw the kid, but I wasn't telling Chuck. 404 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:30,040 He'd come up about 20 yards away and he went down in the same spot. 405 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,560 This was going to be publicity for me. 406 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,480 I dove to the kid, grabbed his hair and pulled him up. 407 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,080 When the boat came up alongside, Lefty hauled him in. 408 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:39,080 That's it, come on now. 409 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,680 When they pulled me into the boat, I saw Lefty point to the landing. 410 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,160 Oh, look at that carload of reporters that just drove up, Chuck. 411 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:46,440 You and Johnny get on with those wet clothes. 412 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:47,440 I'll take care of the reporters. 413 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,440 Reporters? 414 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:49,440 Well, send them along, boys. 415 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,440 Photographers, bring on. 416 00:17:50,440 --> 00:18:04,480 That evening, I was sparring with Chuck, sharpening his footwork when Dania came up with the New 417 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:05,480 York papers. 418 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,480 Don't you two ever get out of that ring? 419 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,480 Oh, and by the way, congratulations. 420 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,440 Oh, you hear all about the hero stuff on the lake? 421 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:14,440 Yeah, congratulations. 422 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:15,440 But she wasn't looking at me. 423 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:16,440 She was looking at Chuck. 424 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:20,720 I hopped out of the ring, grabbed the newspapers out of her hand. 425 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,800 The story was there all right in big block headlines. 426 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,880 Chuck Masters saves boy from drowning. 427 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,440 Medal of Honor winner does it again. 428 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:30,440 Me? 429 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,080 I wasn't even in the comic section. 430 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:34,720 This is all wrong, Dania. 431 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:35,720 Johnny saved that kid. 432 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:37,400 Yeah, Johnny saved that kid. 433 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:38,880 Now, Johnny's going to save himself. 434 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,320 Where's that Lefty Wilkins? 435 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:41,920 Oh, that's a dirty trick, Johnny. 436 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,160 Chuck, you're trying to tell me you knew nothing of this. 437 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,160 Your picture and life history on the front page. 438 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:47,160 I swear I... 439 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:48,160 Now your eyes open, Johnny. 440 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,160 Look what they've done to Chuck. 441 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,000 How they made him lie just for the sake of publicity. 442 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 I didn't lie. 443 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,000 And what publicity? 444 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,920 Your fight with Mike Gruen on the sports page. 445 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,960 The whole double cross opened up like a filthy sunflower. 446 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:03,120 I was the patsy, the fall guy, the jerk, the dummy. 447 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:04,600 I was going to be the next champ. 448 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,400 Yeah, the next champ under the dunce cap. 449 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,320 I wanted to pound someone, something, anything. 450 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:11,680 My eyes focused on Dania. 451 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:12,920 I'm glad this has happened. 452 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:13,920 Maybe Johnny now you'll give up. 453 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,960 We'll have a chance to live decent, normal lives. 454 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:16,960 I'm glad this has happened. 455 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,000 I spark plugged this whole thing so I could get that Gruen about. 456 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000 I fixed it. 457 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,000 You're stupid, stupid, stupid. 458 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Shut up! 459 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,000 You will hit me. 460 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000 You miserable scum. 461 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Come back here. 462 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,000 Let her alone. 463 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Oh, I've been waiting for this, Chuckie boy. 464 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Johnny, take it easy. 465 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,000 Wait a minute. 466 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Oh, Chuck. 467 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Johnny! 468 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Take it easy. 469 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Come on, take it easy. 470 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,000 All right, now. 471 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,000 Throw Wilson off the grounds. 472 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,000 Yeah, yeah, throw the bum out. 473 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Throw the bum out. 474 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Throw the bum out. 475 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Throw the bum out. 476 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,000 Throw the bum out. 477 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,000 Throw the bum out. 478 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,000 Throw the bum out. 479 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,000 Throw the bum out. 480 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Throw the bum out. 481 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Throw the bum out. 482 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Throw the bum out. 483 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,000 Get out of here. 484 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:58,360 They threw me out all right, and while they were doing it, I was thinking I was gonna 485 00:19:58,360 --> 00:19:59,360 kill Lefty Wilkins. 486 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:00,360 That was definite. 487 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:04,400 And I remembered that all Daniel worried about was Chuck. 488 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:05,400 Chuck's character. 489 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:06,400 Chuck's gentle look. 490 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,760 Yeah, I was gonna kill Lefty. 491 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:14,360 And for Chuckie boy, I was gonna think of something special. 492 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:22,480 Very special. 493 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,280 Day after day, I'd wake up with a new idea, but none good enough. 494 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,520 Then one night I walked into a bar and saw someone. 495 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:31,560 Someone who was gonna give me the answer. 496 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,560 It was my old CO, Doc Peterson. 497 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,560 Warped role, Johnny Wilson. 498 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:36,560 Come on over. 499 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,560 Bring a drink with you. 500 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:39,560 Thanks, Captain. 501 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,080 Still medicking for the boxing commission? 502 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,840 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 503 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:44,840 Still fighting? 504 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:45,840 Yeah, off and on, off and on. 505 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:46,840 Glad to see you, Johnny. 506 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:51,680 Hey, you're the second guy I've seen from our old outfit recently. 507 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:52,680 Yeah. 508 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,960 You remember that lieutenant in the chemical corps who nearly lost his eyes? 509 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:57,480 I saw him. 510 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,800 I met his new wife. 511 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,920 A real mess. 512 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,400 I guess we didn't do such a good job on his eyes. 513 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:04,400 Eyes? 514 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,400 What do you mean, Captain? 515 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,600 You remember, the fool got bicarbide of mercury in him. 516 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:10,600 Severe corneal lacerations. 517 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:15,040 The lucky thing we caught him when we did it, he'd have gone permanently blind. 518 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:19,520 Oh, it's a terrible thing when a man loses his eyesight. 519 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:20,520 Yep. 520 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:24,600 Of course it was a man in your profession, huh, Johnny? 521 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,600 Huh? 522 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:26,600 Yeah, yeah. 523 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,600 A good thing a guy can tell when that stuff gets in his eyes. 524 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,080 And a guy can always tell. 525 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,440 Burns like mad. 526 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,880 Yeah, yeah, I guess it would. 527 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,600 Well, I gotta be on my way, Johnny. 528 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:39,600 Captain. 529 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,880 How long would that stuff have to be in a guy's eyes to blind him permanently? 530 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,960 Oh, 26 hours, about, if he's in top condition. 531 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:52,400 The captain left, and me, I walked the streets all night, most of the next morning until 532 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,720 the 42nd Street Library opened. 533 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,480 I went through five medical books before I found what I wanted. 534 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:09,320 Eye anesthesia, pontiki, causes loss of sensation in the eye without affecting the eyesight. 535 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:10,320 I went up to the training camp. 536 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,920 The groin bout was in three days. 537 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,720 I had to get back in favor, and I piled it on good. 538 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,760 I played it with hearts and flowers, everything. 539 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:20,760 Poor Johnny boy. 540 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:25,600 Oh, I'm sincerely sorry. 541 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,160 That's the way it is, Chuck. 542 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,680 I'm sorry for the hassle I caused. 543 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,960 I'd sure like to be with you for the night of the fight. 544 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,440 Well, okay, Johnny. 545 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,040 It'd be funny fighting a local match without you in my corner. 546 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:39,760 Don's fishy to me. 547 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:40,760 You ain't the kind to forgive. 548 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:41,760 Well, it ain't fishy, Lefty. 549 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,760 Since Daniel left, things have been lousy with me. 550 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,320 I'm out of dough, I gotta eat, I need the job. 551 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,600 He gets the job, Lefty, he writes it. 552 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,360 He taught me everything I know. 553 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:59,400 I want him in my corner. 554 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,120 When we walked down the aisle in the garden for the ring, I had three things in my bag. 555 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:08,120 A long, sharp knife for Lefty Wilkins and the ponticane and bichloride of mercury for 556 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:09,120 Chuckie Boy. 557 00:23:09,120 --> 00:23:24,320 At the end of the fourth round, Chuck was way out in front of the left. 558 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,320 He was beaming all over. 559 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:33,440 Well, nice going, Chuck. 560 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:34,440 Hey, the cinch. 561 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,960 Then I reached for the vaseline that every fighter has smeared over his eyebrows to keep 562 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,440 his eyes from getting cut. 563 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,560 I had the vaseline loaded with ponticane. 564 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,280 I smeared it all around those eyes of his. 565 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:49,280 Now all I had to do was wait until the ponticane took effect. 566 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:54,280 The next three rounds were a nightmare. 567 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,640 Chuck seemed as good as ever and Groan was weakening fast. 568 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:04,640 Suppose he got knocked out before I got the bichloride in Chuck's eyes. 569 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,880 Well, everything still okay, Chuck? 570 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,880 He sure must be pooped, Johnny. 571 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,880 He hit me in the eye three times that round. 572 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:11,880 I didn't even feel it. 573 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:12,880 Yeah, that's all. 574 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:13,880 Oh, come on, dummy. 575 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:14,880 Swat my face. 576 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:15,880 We'll all call water, boy. 577 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:16,880 Next round I'll kill him. 578 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:17,880 He leaned back. 579 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:18,880 I picked up a sobbing sponge from the outer bucket, the one with the bichloride, and I 580 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:19,880 swat it. 581 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:20,880 I swat it. 582 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,520 I picked up a sobbing sponge from the outer bucket, the one with the bichloride, and I 583 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,000 swabbed his face and kept swatting it while the liquid ran over his forehead and down 584 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,000 in his eyes. 585 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,000 That is the best. 586 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:35,000 He didn't even wince as the poison drained under his lids, into his eyes, and over his 587 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,000 eyeballs. 588 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,000 He started the eighth round strong and cocky. 589 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,000 He pushed Groan all over that ring. 590 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000 And then all of a sudden it happened. 591 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,000 He stopped and put his gloves to his eyes, trying to rub away the creeping blindness. 592 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Groan played it cagey. 593 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,000 He thought it was a trick, but his gloves were off. 594 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,800 He was just trying to get the 595 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:51,800 gloves to his eyes, trying to rub away the creeping blindness. 596 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:52,800 Groan played it cagey. 597 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:53,800 He thought it was a trick, but as Chuck desperately hunted for him, Groan caught wise and he piled 598 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:54,800 into Chuck. 599 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:55,800 Groan tore his head off. 600 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:56,800 He hit Chuck with everything but the ring post. 601 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:57,800 Chuck kept going down and coming up for more. 602 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:58,800 Oh, it was beautiful. 603 00:24:58,800 --> 00:24:59,800 I picked up my bag and left the corner. 604 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:00,800 On the way out, I stopped for a moment where Lefty Wilkins bent forward agonizing in his 605 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:01,800 seat as he watched the championship go out the window. 606 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:02,800 He didn't even move. 607 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:03,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 608 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:04,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 609 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:05,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 610 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:06,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 611 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:15,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 612 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:40,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 613 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:59,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 614 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:24,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 615 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:51,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 616 00:26:51,800 --> 00:27:16,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 617 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:35,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 618 00:27:35,800 --> 00:28:00,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 619 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:27,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 620 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:52,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 621 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:22,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 622 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:35,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes. 623 00:29:52,800 --> 00:30:06,800 He was just trying to get the gloves to his eyes.