Runyon 4x-xx-xx ep33 Bred for Battle

The Damon Runyon Theater. Once again, the Damon Runyon Theater brings you another story by the master storyteller Damon Runyon and this one, Red for Battle. And to tell it to you, here is Broadway. Thanks. One night I am standing outside Madison Square Garden when I am approached by Milk Ear Willy. Now I know that Milk Ear is very flat indeed and since I catch a caterpillar that they

I had Belmont for a few pounds, I know what he wants. I try to get away, but Milke has very long arms and big hands, and I find myself inside them as he says, What is your hurry, Broadway?

I am just going inside the garden to witness the impending battle. Forget it, I do not wish to, I wish to see the fight. Yeah? Listen, I need a pound note, who does not? Long me a pound.

Why? I wish to go to Newark, New Jersey. Now I have an even better reason for asking why. I got something real important and I am gonna let you in on it. I thank you, but I will stay outside.

Listen, you wish to make yourself a sizeable chunk of scratch. If it is a listenable proposition, then go to Newark with me and I will cut you in on one of the greatest things that ever hits town.

Well, the upshot is that I let milkier Willie talk me and they're going to Newark with him. And he has got to go in a cab, which I pay for. Now, this does not sound very exciting to me at the time, Time. But what happens with a kid by the name of Thunderbolt Mulroney?