〈ti:the champ (part i)〉
〈al:a flames〉
〈00:04.30〉…
〈00:10.73〉…
〈00:11.71〉“eh!”
〈00:12.36〉“put your chin in yer left shoulder mike;
〈00:14.13〉get your shoulders higher
〈00:16.38〉get your left out.”
〈00:17.51〉“ouch.”
〈00:18.12〉“farther, that’s it. keep away from that left
〈00:20.95〉keep jabbing mike!
〈00:22.84〉keep that left hand in his kisser!
〈00:24.75〉get him off balance with it!
〈00:25.97〉another right!
〈00:27.09〉oh ok mike, that’s enough for today.”
〈00:30.43〉“come over here, i wanna talk to ya
〈00:32.44〉let me have that glove, i’ll take it off for ya.”
〈00:33.86〉“ah, eh.”
〈00:34.60〉“that’s it, there we are!”
〈00:36.85〉“feeuew! it feels good to get that mouth piece out of my jaw and these gloves off sam
〈00:41.75〉how did i look in there today?”
〈00:43.82〉“oh you’ll do, throw these gloves on your shoulders eh, don’t want to catch a cold right now;
〈00:48.05〉there you are. i can tell like hell that your working”
〈00:50.85〉“there you are.”
〈00:51.69〉“put it away with the rest of the stuff.”
〈00:53.14〉“got enough sam, well what goes on now?”
〈00:56.50〉“nothin’; you take a shower, and you go home, take it easy
〈00:59.57〉no more workouts until the big fight tomorrow
〈01:01.87〉then nobody will be calling you mike anymore!
〈01:03.86〉they’ll be calling you champ!”
〈01:05.84〉“think so?”
〈01:06.73〉“huh ha, sure! what’s the matter… don’t you like the idea?”
〈01:10.12〉“are you kiddin’?”
〈01:10.78〉“huh ha ha; mike degard , heavyweight champion of the world!
〈01:13.98〉you’ve come along way kid; and i’m the guy that brought ya up there.”
〈01:17.53〉“yeah i know sam, thanks a lot!”
〈01:20.20〉“ah forget it.”
〈01:20.76〉“oh look uh, i got to stop and see my girl; on the way home, that’s ok isn’t it?”
〈01:25.47〉“well uh, it ain’t ok mike;
〈01:27.86〉i got nothing against billy stanely, she’s a good kid. she’s for you all the way
〈01:32.68〉well eh; fighters and females don’t mix so good
〈01:36.01〉at least not before a big fight. look; call her up.”
〈01:39.61〉“well, what you say goes sam
〈01:43.02〉so look; you really think i got a chance against the champ? this is, this isn’t any pep talk.”
〈01:48.06〉“awe your a sinch mike;
〈01:49.69〉the only thing that can stop you tomorrow is the referee counting ten over that cheese champ;
〈01:53.72〉his a push over mike, a push over!”
〈01:55.74〉“you really think that, don’t you sam?”
〈01:57.72〉“think it, i know it; by tomorrow night you’ll be champion of the world
〈02:00.67〉think of that kid, just think of it.”
〈02:02.26〉“i’ve been thinking of it sam;
〈02:04.20〉right now it’s the one thing in the world i’m afraid of.”
〈02:08.57〉…
〈02:09.51〉〈knock on the door〉 “yeah, who is it?”
〈02:11.84〉〈door opening〉 “me silk; sam billings.”
〈02:14.88〉“uh huh, come in, sit down, sam i want to talk to ya.”
〈02:17.56〉“ok!”
〈02:18.94〉“huh huh. i sent for ya, so i came make a press for some easy cabbage
〈02:21.88〉huh huh; sit down kid, sit down.”
〈02:24.99〉“uh, i came over because it was near the gym, i just got watching mike degard workout.”
〈02:29.93〉“uh huh.”
〈02:30.55〉“not because you sent for me so.”
〈02:32.42〉“well you won’t be sorry
〈02:33.97〉sam i’ve been managing the champ for eight years now.”
〈02:36.59〉“yeah, i know.”
〈02:37.18〉“we got a couple of more of easy go ahead of us, if;
〈02:40.05〉if your boy don’t count the duke tomorrow night.”
〈02:42.66〉“i ain’t doubting that silk; only my boy is a breeze to win!
〈02:46.98〉i know it, he knows it, and you know it or you wouldn’t be sending for me!”
〈02:51.34〉“maybe, maybe, i uh but i; sam look we uh; we ain’t in this business for love are we huh?”
〈02:57.42〉“no.”
〈02:57.79〉“no, so; now uh suppose i fix it so you and your boy make more dough by losing? huh huh huh, you interested?”
〈03:08.78〉“you want mike to lay down?”
〈03:10.25〉“that’s right huh, on a golden pillow with an awful lot of cash for a blanket
〈03:14.67〉huh huh huh, aye where you goin’?”
〈03:16.94〉“out, no dice on your deal silk; mike fights clean, fights honest. that’s it.”
〈03:22.24〉“not yet it ain’t, you stand between me and fortune sam!”
〈03:25.35〉“fight ain’t movin’ another way.”
〈03:27.46〉“uh, ok; ha ha, wanna play rough uh. well toss you out of here out on your ears
〈03:35.14〉〈”aye back off me”〉
〈03:36.71〉jack. this is just a sample of what you’ll get” 〈muffled…〉
〈03:39.17〉“chum. uh; see i wouldn’t say anything about our conversation if i were you sam huh.”
〈03:49.42〉“if i didn’t throw the fight, i’d be thrown out of your office?”
〈03:51.38〉“that’s right, only that ain’t all i’m going to do! your boy is gonna lay down tomorrow night sam
〈03:56.54〉huh ha. one way or an other.”
〈04:04.09〉“look billy i shouldn’t even be here!
〈04:06.58〉sam told me to call you up, maybe promise i could ride home so i could be i shape to fight tomorrow night.”
〈04:11.59〉“well i’m sorry mike; i don’t mean to quarrel only i can’t help it. why can’t you see things my way? ”
〈04:16.70〉“i can’t baby, and maybe you aren’t wrong billy; but give me a break!
〈04:21.54〉look what i put into this fighting business!
〈04:24.42〉years of boxing in small clubs for peanuts, weeks of training. only getting a shot at the title!”
〈04:28.93〉“well look what you’ll take out of fighting mike; cauliflower ears, your nose all twisted
〈04:33.43〉maybe your brain too, if you take one punch to many
〈04:35.70〉it’s all about to happen if you win tomorrow night.”
〈04:38.60〉“now look, nobody’s been talkin’ to ya; and been tryin’ to get me to quit tomorrow have they?”
〈04:45.25〉“oh mike.”
〈04:46.76〉“nah, no, no baby i’m sorry i didn’t mean that. just that i’m all tight inside
〈04:52.49〉i know how you feel. i know you hadn’t had any pick nick
〈04:56.31〉when i was scrappin’ those penny anty clubs
〈04:58.37〉but don’t pack and leave now; not when i’m gonna grab the brass ring!”
〈05:02.67〉“you take the brass ring mike, its the only ring that will ever be for you and me!”
〈05:06.60〉“but i need the dough the title’s gonna give me
〈05:08.25〉i need it so we can get married billy. baby
〈05:11.61〉so that’s what i’ve been plannin’ on.”
〈05:13.75〉“well it’s no go mike. i don’t want that, any part of it. i’ll go on making my own living.”
〈05:19.85〉“sure, sure taking pictures of suckers in a night club; some job for my girl.”
〈05:24.81〉“i’m gonna keep that job, especially now that it looks like i’m gonna lose you.”
〈05:28.32〉“i’m not goin’ anywhere baby!”
〈05:29.43〉” yes you are; right out of my life!
〈05:31.30〉i won’t have the guy that i love walking around on his heels.”
〈05:34.50〉“there’s gotta be some way out of this billy, there’s gotta be!”
〈05:37.20〉“alright, there is a way out.”
〈05:40.05〉“hmm?”
〈05:40.49〉“you gotta fight tomorrow night, but you don’t have to win!
〈05:42.42〉you did promise me you’d quit if you didn’t win the title; didn’t you mike?”
〈05:46.37〉“yeah, yeah i promised.”
〈05:47.47〉“then don’t win! it’s so simple;
〈05:49.82〉will have enough money from your end of the purse to get married and start off with;
〈05:53.95〉it will last until you get a job. what about it?”
〈05:57.28〉“i don’t know billy, maybe i’d do it; if it wasn’t for sam
〈06:02.91〉but, well he’s had just as tough a time as we had. i owe him a clean fight.”
〈06:07.43〉“i don’t like to hurt sam either. this is for us mike. for you and me.”
〈06:12.98〉“huh, ok. ok billy baby you win. i’ll take one tomorrow night.”
〈06:19.90〉〈door opens〉 “mike, i’m glad your here.” 〈door closes〉
〈06:22.44〉“i tried to getcha at your place, but you wren’t there.”
〈06:24.50〉“sam we got something to tell you.”
〈06:25.97〉“first i got something to tell mike, now listen kid;
〈06:27.71〉i just came silk morgan’s office, threw me out, this leg of mine still hurts from where i landed on it.”
〈06:33.20〉“he threw you out? why i.”
〈06:34.55〉“uh uh uh, don’t do nothing to silk; he just got swore cause i told ’em you wouldn’t lay down for the champ tomorrow night
〈06:40.17〉they got it all fixed for him to win, there betting there shirts on it
〈06:43.41〉when i wouldn’t go along; silk tossed me out the door.”
〈06:45.77〉“well he did didn’t he; i’ll get him!”
〈06:47.32〉“not him mike; get the champ. that will fix the whole crowd. leave him to me mike, leave him to me.”
〈06:53.95〉“tomorrow night i knock the champ right into silk morgan’s lap.”
〈06:58.52〉“mike.”
〈06:59.65〉…
〈07:02.22〉“excuse me a moment sergeant heath.”
〈07:03.65〉” 〈phone ringing〉 “oh sure” 〈ringing〉 “district attorney markum speaking.”
〈07:07.51〉“oh mister markum never mind who this is, you gotta listen to me.”
〈07:10.17〉“alright if i must what is it?”
〈07:11.76〉“there’s a big fight on tonight, mike degard against k.o. colliny the champ.”
〈07:15.79〉“yes, i know.”
〈07:16.31〉“well, mister markum, i’ve been up all night trying to figure out what to do. i just decided the best thing was to call your office.”
〈07:22.65〉“well having decided that, having done that, suppose you tell me what’s this all about?”
〈07:27.64〉“there’s a mob in back of the champ, a tough mob; and there trying to see that mike degard doesn’t win the title tonight
〈07:33.81〉they’ll do anything to see that colliny keeps it, you have to protect mike. you got to, promise me you will.”
〈07:39.33〉“well, i promise you i’ll try.”
〈07:41.53〉“oh thanks mister markum, i’ll never forget this. goodbye!”
〈07:46.09〉“goodbye.” 〈he hangs up the phone〉
〈07:47.53〉“well heath, uh.”
〈07:48.55〉“i could hear that d.a. huh huh, your not gonna let that call bother ya, are ya?
〈07:53.64〉business have been knocking off the challenger bit in a hundred movies and a thousand stories
〈07:58.33〉this just doesn’t happen, not in real life it doesn’t.”
〈08:01.10〉“doesn’t yet you mean, i promised this young lady this mike degard would have police protection heath, see that he gets it.”
〈08:06.33〉“sure d.a. the club will be loaded with cops tonight anyhow
〈08:09.35〉we always have them on hand in a fight. don’t worry about anything, will handle anything that happens to ’em.”
〈08:15.27〉” 〈dialing the phone〉 “who you callin’?”
〈08:17.49〉“philo vance.”
〈08:18.58〉“why? cause some crackpot dame thinks the challenger is gonna get knocked off tonight?”
〈08:23.37〉“hardly, i nearly want to invite him to the fight that’s all.”
〈08:25.98〉“oh.”
〈08:26.41〉“hello, office of philo vance private investigator, miss woods speaking.”
〈08:29.62〉“miss woods, this is district attorney markum, is miss jerrings still away?”
〈08:32.65〉“yes she is, her mother is still sick. so mister vance keeps me on as his contemporary secretary.”
〈08:37.23〉“you probably mean temporary, but we won’t bother about that now;
〈08:41.16〉is vance there?”
〈08:41.84〉“is he here? he’s practically on pins and needles waiting to talk to you, just a minute;
〈08:46.23〉it’s for you mister vance, here.”
〈08:48.00〉“thank you, hello markum, i was hoping you’d call.”
〈08:50.83〉“well thank you vance, that very complimentary. uh, if you wanted to speak to me why didn’t you call me?”
〈08:56.29〉“well i might have except i have no murder to invite you to.”
〈08:59.75〉“this time vance, i don’t have any either. i just called to see if you’d like to be my guest at the big fight tonight? it so happens i have two extra tickets and it promises to be a great match.”
〈09:09.79〉“well, thank you very much markum;
〈09:11.29〉i like very much to go, you still have an extra ticket
〈09:14.65〉but will think of somebody. thanks again and i’ll call you back anf arrange a meeting place.”
〈09:19.28〉“oh i incidentally vance, i’m not promising anything but there just might be a little unscheduled excitement at the fight.”
〈09:24.70〉“rreally markum, that sounds wonderful, i’ll see you later, goodbye.”
〈09:28.89〉” “bye.” 〈vance hangs up the phone〉
〈09:30.54〉“mister vance, i don’t want to sound like i’m forward or anything like that but i understand mister markum had an extra ticket?”
〈09:36.25〉“why yes he has miss woods.”
〈09:37.72〉” “well gee if wouldn’t put anybody out, i sure would like to see that fight mister vance.”
〈09:42.41〉“you like fights miss woods?”
〈09:43.69〉“in the neighborhood where i live, you say you don’t like fights, right away your in one!”
〈09:47.33〉“huh huh ha, really; i would never have guessed? you like boxing matches miss woods?”
〈09:52.16〉“i never boxed any.”
〈09:53.87〉“huh huh ha.”
〈09:55.36〉“but mister vance should we continue on the history of the last thing we were working on, the present murder case?”
〈10:00.54〉“i think we better miss woods. what disturbs me was that was last week. we haven’t had a single killing this week to work on.”
〈10:08.02〉“oh there’s gonna be one tonight mister vance! i can tell you that without the slightest thought that i was a pre fabricator.”
〈10:13.37〉“i don’t question your telling the truth; even though i think you mean prevaricator, miss woods. but your sure there will be a killing tonight?”
〈10:20.79〉“match at the fight, when mike degard gets the champ in the ring tonight; he’ll murder the bum.”
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