It was early morning and Jim was standing outside the familiar
locked gate at Newark docks. As the sun appeared in the east, the
foreman, Jake, walked up. Jim put his broken hand behind him.
The doctor had said it would be useless for months.
"One, two, three . . ." As usual, Jake walked along the group,
pointing to the workers he wanted. " . . . five, six, seven . . ."Jim
stood tall.". . . eight. . ."Jake's eyes fell on Jim, then the foreman
pointed at him: "Nine."
A win! Jim stepped forward, knowing that he was one of the
lucky few who had work that day.
Minutes later, Jim was meeting his new partner. The young,
handsome man introduced himself as Mike Wilson.
"What happened to you?" he asked Jim, staring at the black and
blue marks on his face.
"I got into a fight," Jim told the man.
Together the two men had to move a mountain of sacks from
one area to another. It took two strong men to lift each sack, using
big hooks to pick the sacks up.
Jim found the work very difficult. He had never really used his
left hand for anything. It was really hard using the hook with it,
while trying to hide the cast on his right hand.
"There was a fighter called Jim Braddock," said Mike. "I
listened to his fights on the radio. There's another fighter using the
name now, but this guy's no good."
Jim saw the smile on Mike's face. He almost laughed himself,
but then the sack fell from the hook in his hand.
Mike saw Jim's cast. "This isn't going to work," he said. "You
can't do this job with a bad hand, and you can't slow me down.
I need this job."
Jim gave his partner a quick look. "Listen, I can do this."
It was early morning and Jim was standing outside the familiarlocked gate at Newark docks. As the sun appeared in the east, theforeman, Jake, walked up. Jim put his broken hand behind him.The doctor had said it would be useless for months."One, two, three . . ." As usual, Jake walked along the group,pointing to the workers he wanted. " . . . five, six, seven . . ."Jimstood tall.". . . eight. . ."Jake's eyes fell on Jim, then the foremanpointed at him: "Nine."A win! Jim stepped forward, knowing that he was one of thelucky few who had work that day.Minutes later, Jim was meeting his new partner. The young,handsome man introduced himself as Mike Wilson."What happened to you?" he asked Jim, staring at the black andblue marks on his face."I got into a fight," Jim told the man.Together the two men had to move a mountain of sacks fromone area to another. It took two strong men to lift each sack, usingbig hooks to pick the sacks up.Jim found the work very difficult. He had never really used hisleft hand for anything. It was really hard using the hook with it,while trying to hide the cast on his right hand."There was a fighter called Jim Braddock," said Mike. "Ilistened to his fights on the radio. There's another fighter using thename now, but this guy's no good."Jim saw the smile on Mike's face. He almost laughed himself,but then the sack fell from the hook in his hand.Mike saw Jim's cast. "This isn't going to work," he said. "Youcan't do this job with a bad hand, and you can't slow me down.I need this job."Jim gave his partner a quick look. "Listen, I can do this."
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