Before he left the dressing room with Joe Gould, Jim finished the
bowl of food.
"Imagine what I could do if I had steak," he joked.
On their way out, they paused to watch the end of the evening's
main event. The heavyweight champion of the world, Primo
Carnera, was defending his title against a strong, young boxer
called Max Baer. Baer's punch was so powerful that he had once
killed a man in the ring. This was the fight the crowd had really
come to see.
In the last round of the fight, Max Baer's powerful punches
were falling on Camera without end. Carnera fell to the floor.