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0:00Broadway is my beat with Anthony Ross' detective, Danny Clover. Broadway is my beat from Times Square to Columbus Circle, the glorious, the most violent, the loneliest mile in the world, where your safest bet is on the time of day, and even that they'll fix if they can figure an angle. It's not a street, it's a merry go round, where you can't tell whether that pretty girl sitting over there in the convertible park by the curb should be called dimples or double cross. Well, that's the street I'm walking, and I got a little time to kill before I check

1:00in at the precinct station. How so? I decide to look in at Stilman's gymnasium where box fighters work out and watch the kids spar a few rounds. How's it, Lieutenant? Usually a bunch of two big gamblers and matchmakers standing around on the sidewalk outside, and upstairs, a mob of guys watching the two practicemen. I see a fight manager, I know Carl Jackson, he sees me too. Hey, Lieutenant, you're up early today. Jack Boy, you're looking good. Hard for, Danny. A habit of eating. I hear a lot of people speak very highly of that habit in my time. Who eat not these days? You stand away to talk, Danny. You mean what future champions destinies am I guiding at the moment? Have it your way, Jack. You got a good prospect. You mean you don't know? They're leading well to wait contender, the best count of punches and jawgands, the pride of hell's kitchen. You don't know when the day comes that you don't have the latest sense. Only this time for real, Danny. Look, look, ring one. The boy in the green

2:03joys in sweatpants. He's a well-to-white. He'll make the way. Hey, you know, I think I know that boy. Terrible, very rogan. I teach him everything. Sure. Sure, he's got a fight coming up at the garden this week, hasn't it? And the winner to get a crack at the title. Harry Roganity. You know, I remember him when his name was Rogansky or some such, and he's fighting and the police are letting him in. Yeah, that's the boy. Yeah, he's good. I like the quick weather. Well, that's all. He's gone three rounds. He's true. Yeah, you want to say hello to him? I'd like that, Jack. So come with me. How are you feeling, kid? Okay. Some sparring fighters you get for me. Oh, what's the matter with him? Keeps giving me the heel of his club in the laces. All the time in the clutches, I get strung in my mouth. So, what do you think Perennial be giving you for any noise? Hi, Terry. Oh, this is Lieutenant Danny Clover, Teresh, I can't. Hey, I remember you. Lieutenant Clover, sure. Oh, the P.A.L fights three, four years ago. Oh, sure, sure. I remember you tell me how you were fighting yourself years ago.

3:06Yeah, but you know, Danny, this I never know. You can look it up right after the first war. I win five fights in a row, and then yeah, then I lose five fights in a row. Look it up. Hey, you better get your robe on, kid. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I want to come back in the locker rooms with Lieutenant to the fat. Yeah. So you're going at the garden Friday night. Yeah, that's right. Tell Lieutenant, remember that night in P.A.L finals? I was just kidding, Jack, fighting feather. Lieutenant here was in my car. What about Friday? You're going to take this Perennial. Oh, you know, then we're quoting God yesterday, Danny. Teresh, too, to want to take him. You should have seen that P.A.L final, Jack. It was before I knew how to use my right. I win that final with just my left hand, right, Lieutenant? Oh, now I'm more interested in talking about Friday night, kid. Jack tells me you win. You get a crack at the title. Yeah, that's right. That's great, kid. I know you'll win. I'll be betting on you. Are you better grab yourself a shower?

4:09Oh, yeah, yeah. Lieutenant, yeah. You never can tell about fighting, Lieutenant. What's the matter? Well, it's just that I wouldn't want you to lose any money, but... Hey, hey, shut up, shut up. What kind of talk is that? You'll be to the shower. Tell I have to give you a rub down before your legs tighten up. I'll cut it out, cut it out, do like I say. Well, it makes you feel any better, kid. I never bet big on the fights. Okay, Lieutenant. Come on, Danny. Yeah. Your boy is not exactly looking forward to Friday. You'll be, Jack, for a two-to-one favor. Ah, let's get out of here. I'll walk you down eight to Avenue. Ah, sunlight. The gym gives me the Williams. I can't figure it. You're a boy trying to tout me off a bet not him. Grief, Danny. Do me a favor, forget it, huh?

5:10He's like this all the time before a fight. Why, you should believe it two months ago. We was fighting at the arena. Oh, what's the matter? Get that over there and that convertible across the street. Oh, yeah, huh. Do you know that? Well, I had a spring day like this. I could wish I were 20 years younger. They wouldn't that break your heart. Yeah, she probably would too. What's the matter, Jack? What's wrong with it? Come on, I got also... Hey, she's so beautiful. She's untrue. Come on, come on. But you know who she is. Trouble. Trouble for my boy. Louise is her first name, Lindsay is her last name, but her middle name is Trouble. Oh, five weeks ago she turns up and he's been running around with her ever since. Yeah, it's quite a car, she's guy. She in the money. Not that. The car is the kids. He buys a day after he drops kid leviton in the third. Oh, forget it, Jack. A young fighter and a beautiful like that go together like five and two. The

6:11don't help my ulcers. Take it easy, leviton. Where you going? Back to the gym. I get thinking, when I get thinking, I get worried, and when I get worried, I got to get back and have a look at my boy. I'll see you around. All right, Danny. What do you know for sure? Not much now. Are you benched? Don't want to? Yeah. Yeah, watching young Terry Rogan. He goes to the garden fighting night. Oh, yeah, yeah, Rogan. What about him? Keep your money in your pocket, Danny. What? Big six shrimmers in town, you know. I'll see you around, Danny. Hello. Hello. I want to speak to Tony Florida. This is Florida. It's Danny Clover, Tony. Are you awake? What time is it? It's a little afternoon. Danny, Danny, you know, I don't close my club till four in the morning. Listen, Tony, Tony, wake up. Are you?

7:14You ever hear of a guy called big six shrimmer? Hello? Hello. I'm still here, Danny. Oh, I take it. You heard of him, huh? I heard of him. Very rapid citizen. Am I out of line asking you about, I'm Tony. You don't have out of line, Danny. Well, what can you tell me about this shrimmer? Big six is a businessman, Danny. A very big businessman. Yeah. He's a careful businessman. I like to make sure of his profits, you know. Yeah. Yeah, where's he from? His home? I don't know, but he's got an address in Hot Springs, Arkansas. What's he doing in town, Tony? You know. Big six is in the syndicate, Danny. I, uh, thank you. Better ask your other questions on somebody else. But listen, Tony. A syndicate. So the syndicate is on this. That's all I need. We pause to say there'll be laughter on the old Erie Canal and then a modern high school classroom

8:30tonight as Helen Haye stars in the famous comedy The Farmer Takes Away from CBS's Electric Theater. And as Eve Arden stars as America's favorite teacher, our Miss Brooks. In The Farmer Takes Away, Miss Hayes will be heard as a canal boat cook who has to choose between farm life and the rip-roaring colorful life she is known on the canal. As our Miss Brooks, Eve Arden will be the object of a rating party by a viable high school faculty. The bait for her service is being a handsome male teacher. On a night known for its comedy on CBS, you'll delight in the expert comedy of these two great feminine stars as the Electric Theater and our Miss Brooks come your way tonight over most of these same CBS network stations. And I'll back to Broadway and Detective Danny Clover who likes to pick up his cigars and gossip at the same place. The Cleveland Hotel cigars stand. Hello, this is Arden.

9:32Lieutenant Clover, just who I've been waiting for. What are you doing Friday night? Are you on duty? Friday night. A visiting fireman was by his this morning and bought a dozen tickets for the fight Friday night and then turned around and bought two more. The last two for me ringside. What do you know? I did not either. All I did was smile at him and to say I wish I could get to see a fight sometime. You want to come with me? I'll let you know later, Sally. Now give me a handful of cigars. Give me a handful of money. And what I hear, it's going to be a fight worth seeing. This carry Rogan, you know? Fightin' Patsy Perini. The odds are two to one, this character was telling us. Well, and from what he was saying, he couldn't understand why Perini was such a favorite. Perini's not the favorite. Well, this character said he was. He said the odds had changed overnight. You think maybe the fix is in Danny? Did you ever hear of big cig Sherman, Sally? I heard of him. Big cigs, they call him. They should call him

10:32Sure Shot Sherman, the way he hates to take chances. Is he in town? Give me my change, sweetheart. Hey, what's your hurry? I offer him a free for nothing past ringside. I'll have to let you know about it later, Sally. I'm late to check in at the precinct. What is all this? Assign you to the garden fight? Now look, Logan. I'm sure it's not going to be a square rattle, Captain. Unless I could just get the time. I need every man on the squad to work in this narcotics hall, Clover. Look, sir. Yesterday, Terry Hogan was a two to one favorite. Overnight, the odds switch. Now the other boy is favorite. Same odds. They'll get even longer. That's not evidence. Not evidence. Captain Forstey, you hear what I said? The boy was a two to one favorite. Yesterday, he's now a two to one short ender. Odds don't change like that unless something's up. You can see what happened. Whoever put this fight in the tank got big money down here, Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans, all over the country. And then somebody talked.

11:37The word has gotten around. By fight time, Friday night, the odds will be 10 to one in favor of Polini. Who doesn't figure even to go to the limit with Logan? Unless it's a tank job. If you really think there's something wrong, pulling some gamblers and asking questions, you know enough gamblers. And what about your friend, Tony Florida? I've asked enough questions already, sir, to make me feel this fight is in the tank. Now I can keep it square if you'll just assign me to it, Friday night. Well, it's a waste of time. Well, it's just two days, sir. Tom Donnelly and I. Now is busy on the narcotics hall and that's that. And you should be too. And you will if you don't get out of my office in a hurry. Thank you, Captain. Oh, hi, I tell you. Can I come in? Yes, sure. Sure, no. What's up? I'm not supposed to be in bed by now, you know. Yeah, I know. Jack Seagull said he didn't mind if I stopped by, but just a minute or two. Oh, yeah? Yeah.

12:40You wouldn't know where I came by, would you, Terry? I know. No, I got no idea Lieutenant. Maybe they'd tell me to remember my right tomorrow night. Yeah. In a way, that's good. That was certainly some fight that night, Lieutenant. I'm glad you were in my corner. I don't like since then. Yeah, sure that that Jack Seagull is one smart managing. He's not too smart for his own good, is he, Terry? What do you mean? Something funny is going on with the odds in this fight, Terry. First, it's two to one onion. Well, if you'll wreck it, I figure it's an overlay at that. Then all of a sudden, since overnight, the odds get twisted around the way you are the long shot. How about that? Oh, that's just gambler talk, isn't it? Who knows why these things happen? Yeah. Who knows? Hey, Lieutenant, you don't think I'd do anything for crooked, do you? You tell me, Terry. Honestly, Lieutenant, you got me all wrong. Who's this Louise Lindsay, Terry? How long have you known it? I look, Lieutenant. Just forget it. See, keep her out of this. What's

13:43there to keep her out of, Terry? Right. What we're talking about? I'm in case Louise will kind of, that's absolutely straight. Where's she from? None of your business. She's my fiancé, that's all. Oh, just your fiancé. That's right. We're getting hitched right after this fight, if you want to know. Sure, sure. Congratulations, kiddin'. Get a good night's sleep. I'm sorry if I sounded awful little. Yeah, that, that's okay. Night. Don't forget to keep your right hand up tomorrow night. Yeah. Yeah. You do that. Evening, Danny. I saved the table for you. Well, it'll be quiet over in the corner. Thanks, Tony. So, because I'll show up yet? Yes, he's here. You're doing very well for yourself these days. Something, isn't he? Black, black hair. I prefer, I like that. It's not on the level.

14:46But a blonde, who knows? Oh, the hair, yes. You could be sure about the hair, and thanks, Tony. Louise Lindsay. I try. I'm sorry to be late. I'm Danny Clovin. Sit down, Lieutenant. Thanks. What's so important you've got to meet me in a nightclub at 11 at night? I understand you're indeed so that fighter, Terry Rogan. Yeah, I called Terry to tell him you wanted to see me, and he got all upset. It's no good for him the night before he fights. Tell me, you think there's something phony about the fight? I was getting that idea. And you think maybe I'm responsible, that is? You've heard of the syndicate. Syndicate? No, what's that? You have a hear of a guy called Sherman. Sherman? Sherman? I've heard of a lot of Sherman's, but I don't know, and he wants his business. Well, right now I've got an idea. His business is bothering your boyfriend. Look, suppose you stop talking in riddles and tell me what this is all about. You know, you've got Terry all upset. Hey, that's a big rock you're wearing on

15:49your third finger. Mr. Clover, let me set you straight. I don't know what you're thinking. But Terry and I are in love. We're engaged to get married and the day's been set. This diamond is no problem. Oh, I can see that. I don't know anything about any fixed fight. The only thing I have to do with size fighting is trying to see that Terry gets out of it. He wins, he gets a crack at the title. Why should you want him to get out of it? Because I don't want our kids to have a father with a tin ear and a buzzing in his head and a pair of broken hands. He's still young and healthy. They won't stay young, but I want him to stay healthy. You'll really like him, don't you? You're catching up. I'm beginning to think I had you taped all wrong, Ms. Menzie. But if your boyfriend is mixed up on a fixed fight, you'll help me then, won't you? I doubt it. How's that? That's his business, don't mind. They boiled you about 10 minutes, didn't they, Mrs. M. You think I'm hard boiled? I'll tell you something about me, Mr. Clover. I was born in a hard cold field to Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. My father was killed in a

16:50mine disaster down there. I was 19 years ago and I was only two. My mother had to bring up me and three others all by herself. If I sound hard boiled, that's why. Now all I'm interested in is getting married to Terry. We're going to file a little business. Oh yeah. What kind of a business is that? A dry cleaning business, maybe, maybe you'll send us your trade. I'll do that. I almost couldn't find out where you two were. You're not Mr. Siegel, Ms. Menzie. Wait, Matt. Hey, sit down, Jack. What are you drinking? Milk, what'd you do to my boy? You got him all upstairs? Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry about that. He calls me, nothing will do, but I've got to come over here and tell you not to bother Lindsay here. It makes me promise you. Oh, I wouldn't say I was bothering Ms. Lindsay. I was Oh, uh, you want me for something, Tony? I'm sorry to bother you, Danny. Oh, not at all. Excuse me, Ms. Lindsay. What is it, Tony? The man you were asking me about? Oh, yeah, you're just getting in with a party. I told Victor to see them at this table next to yours. He's a big man coming now. Right, Tony. Thanks. I couldn't be sweetie. Right, this way. Oh, hey, pardon me. You're Mr.

17:55Sherwin. All right. My name's Colbert. I've been hearing a lot about you. You come to town to the fight tomorrow night. You could get a reputation for being a pretty curious guy. Oh, no hard feeling. I heard you're in town to see Terry Rogan's fight. I thought maybe I'd like to shake hands with his mind. Here, right here. Jack Siegel is Mr. Sherwin. All right. Yeah, Mr. Sherwin. Rogan's feeling I say Ms. Lindsay. Mr. Sherwin. How you doing? This the man you were asking me about? That's right. Mr. Sherwin, I understand you've been bothering Terry about something. I won't say crooked because I don't know about that, but just don't get him upset. You Siegel, if you're Rogan's manager, why don't you see Tony don't get mixed up with pancakes like this one? Well, now that's okay. Let's all keep on talking. And tell big say to move his load along. You got some polite friends, Mr. Sherwin. That's true. So please accept my apologies, Mr. Sherwin. I'll see you around. There's always that chance. Whoever that was, Danny, he got my ulcers going again. I don't know why you should do that to you, Jack. How about it, Ms. Lindsay?

19:00You want me to give you a lift home? Yeah, I got pretty sick of this drum in the last couple of minutes. Or by the way, you're going to the fight tomorrow, aren't you? No. I don't like to watch them. Uh-huh. And maybe you and I could listen to it over the radio together. That wouldn't that be fun? Good, I take it. Rogan, yeah? Put this on the teletype to Washington when you're sure Danny right away. Hey, Dad, you're of mines. What's your business with him? I found a gold mine last night. Go on. Will you get on it? All right, talk to that guy in hot springs, Lieutenant. Yeah, so? So here's all the dope you had on Sigmund Sherman. Yeah, give. See, picked up three times for vagrancy once on the Sullivan hike ones for quite a guy. Never an indictment, much less a conviction. Yeah, that's seen. Operated race track, 1942, swap machine, business 1945, married,

20:07Havana, 1948. Did all you need, Danny? Yeah. Thanks, Raj. Just make sure we keep a tail on them until I say different. Can you make it to the fight tonight with me, Danny? I'm sorry, baby. I got a date. A date? Lieutenant, it's your age. At my age? Oh, I say it's business, Sally. No kidding. But you could do me a favor. Tell me why should I? Well, listen, listen, you know these unlawful citizens who take bets on various sporting events. Yeah. Well, of course, it's strictly out of line for me to know any of those characters myself. Are you kidding? I would appreciate it if you could hunt one of them up. Place a sawbuck with them at the prevailing eyes. Okay, a sawbuck goes on Perini. I like Terry Rogan. Well, I don't know him personally, Danny, but didn't you hear? This is a sure thing for Perini. It's all over town. Nevertheless, Sally, do me the favor of placing my sawbuck where it'll

21:08do the most good on Terry Rogan. Oh, no, no, no, please, Danny. The boy goes on in the now and he's nervous enough now. Not as nervous as you'll be later if I don't get to talk to him now, which is his dressing. Have one over there. You've got a search warrant? Yo, Danny, my insights are all churning around like a tornado, and now you come along. Right here. Thanks, Jack. Look me up after the fight. Please, deny it, Terry. They sit down. Shit, I got news for you. Would you mind, Jack? Look, give me a... Oh, why wasn't I an insurance salesman, Marlowe Bricklayer? Just a minute. Come in. Oh, it's you. We had a day, remember?

22:12Oh, no. Don't tell me you haven't got a radio. I'm just going out, Lieutenant. I'm meeting some friends until I... Oh, no, no, no. You can't do this. You can't stand me up. We made a date, remember? Yeah, but I... Oh, no, goodness gracious. Look, it's after ten already. The fight, when I'm starting. Ah, there's the radio. Hey, don't tell me you weren't going to listen. I turned the radio off. I don't like fights. I don't like to listen. This is going to be a good fight, Miss Lindsay. You may be surprised. And there's a left to the body from Rodin. The Perini takes another to the head and another in the heart to the body. Like a whirlwind and Alperini's trying to tie him up across the ring and Terry Rogan gets in the left hook as they bring. Ah, this Rogan's really got killer in him tonight. They didn't tell me this was a grudge fight. Oh, there's a right to the head and another and a left to the mission of Perini. What's the matter, Miss Lindsay? He's in the rope and now he's down. Perini's down. Great. Or I... He's surprised, Miss Lindsay.

23:15Seven, eight, nine, ten. Terry Rogan wins by a whirlwind knockout in 117 of the first round and what a contender for the one-of-way title this boy, Terry Rogan is. I only saw over and here it's filled. I don't think you figured it that way. Did you, Miss Lindsay? I'm very glad for Terry and I'm glad it's over something. You know something? He probably never told you this but I'm the guy that taught him how to use his right in more ways than one. Mr. Clover, I've got to go to meet him. I promise to meet him after the five. I know you did, Miss Lindsay, but you see by now he knows that you're not going to meet him and never really meant to meet him. What do you mean? You know we're engaged? Oh, I handed to you, Miss Lindsay. You're a good performer. The trouble is your imagination is a little too rich for your blood. You've got going on that hard luck story about the hard coal mine, but there's no hard coal near Pittsburgh, Miss Lindsay.

24:16The hard coal is up around scratch and about your old man dying in a mine cave in there were no fatalities for mine disasters near Pittsburgh 19 years ago, like you said. Oh no, I know a lot about you. Well, I lied about my age. I figured that possibility, Miss Lindsay, because you were such a good performer, I wanted to give you all the best of it. Then when Sherman showed up, you remember Sherman, Miss Lindsay, the guy you said you never heard of. Oh, you had to go call him by his nickname. Big Sieg, and you never heard me call him that. You're just bluffing. You've got nothing to go. Now, last night, if you'd said that, you couldn't have been smarter. But since then, Miss El, I had a chance to ask some questions around. Old police routine. Well, I say, but let's not let all this talk upset our evening. Well, we've got a date, remember? A date? Yeah. You think we can be nice about this? Yeah. You and I are going to step out to you.

25:18We're going to a place that stays open all night. A place on West 47th Street called the 16th Precinct Station House. Big Sieg is waiting for you there, and you wouldn't want to keep your husband waiting. Would you, Mrs. Sherman? Oh, good work, Danny. You sure you got a case? Yeah, nothing on the kid that'll convict them, but the other two. Yeah, the fire we got from Hot Springs ties the two of them up. They were married a year ago in Havana. Yeah, I must have been rough and young, Rogan. No rough than it was on me. I had to be the one to tell him. First, he was just sitting there, galling like a baby, you know? I've seen the girl. I know how he must have felt. Yeah, yeah, but that kid's a fighter. A good tell. The tear is still wet on his face. He gets down off at the table and I look at him. And then I begin to feel sorry for Purini.

26:20The boy's going to fight. Well, I hope the commission won't have to lift his license. Say, how about the manager, Jackson? Oh, he's in the clear. Nothing to worry about it. Hey, where are you going, Danny? I don't know. I'll walk around somewhere. You know, it's a funny thing. Yeah, what's that? She told them after they were married, they'd open a dry cleaning business. The only thing she wanted to take to the cleaners was him. This midnight on my treat now, a street's in full swing. If you want to get to the top quick, Broadway is a place to do it. But there are plenty of guys around, angle guys, wise in the hymen, picking holes to help you fall back to the bottom. I can only hope I find them. Those guys figure an angle on the Gordian,

27:24the most violent, the loneliest mile in the world. Broadway might be. Columbia has just brought you Broadway's My Beasts, with Anthony Ross' detective, Danny Clover. Jean Carson was Sally, Julie Stevens was Louise, Bill Quinn was Terry, Gilbert Mack was Terry's manager, and James Goss, Peter Capel, Paul Luther, and Ted Jewett were also members of today's cast. Today's broadcast was written by Peter Lyon, and produced and directed by John D. The musical score was composed and conducted by Robert Stringer. This is Byrne Bennett speaking.