Other notable journalists with whom I frequently worked on assignments include Jersey Jones, now of _The Ring_ staff, who covered boxing for the New York _Globe_; Dan Parker, Sports Editor of the New York _Daily Mirror_; James P. Dawson of _The Times_; Frank Graham and Bill Corum of the New York _Journal American_; Red Smith and Jesse Abramson of the New York _Herald Tribune_; Daniel M. Daniel, Joe Williams, and Lester Bromberg of the New York _World-Telegram_; Barney Nagler of the _Morning Telegraph_; Jim Jennings of the New York _Daily Mirror_; Arthur Daley and Joe Nichols of the New York _Times_; Bob Considine, star columnist of the Hearst organizations; Ted Smits, Jack Hand, and Murray Rose of the Associated Press; Jack Cuddy and Oscar Fraley of the _United Press_; Harry Grayson of the NEA service, and Al Buck and Jimmy Cannon of the New York _Post_. Also Harry Markson of the _Bronx Home News_ and Murray Goodman of the New York _American_, both now members of the International Boxing Club staff; Hugh Bradley and Murray Robinson of the _Journal-American_, Murray Lewin of the _Daily Mirror_ and Gene Ward and Jimmy Powers of the New York _Daily News_. They all contributed to journalistic history as sports writers. Others were Warren Brown, Johnny Carmichael, Gene Kessler, Charley Dunkley, and Arch Ward in Chicago; Ed Wray, Bill McGoogan, Roy Stockton, and Sid Keener in St. Louis; Harry Salsinger, Bob Murphy, Lyall Smith, and Leo McDonell in Detroit; and Bill Cunningham, Dave Egan, and Harry Hirschfield in Boston. Friendly hands stretched across the continent through the years: Jack Laing of Buffalo; Bill Lee of the Hartford _Courant_; Whitey Lewis of the Cleveland _Press_; Ed Bang of the Cleveland _News_; Max Kase of the New York _Journal-American_; George Barton, veteran writer of the Minneapolis _Tribune_; Elmer Ferguson of the Montreal _Herald_; Harry Keck of the Pittsburgh _Sun-Telegraph_; Bill Keefe of the New Orleans _Item_; and Roger Pippin of the Baltimore _Sun_. Also, Al Abrams of the Pittsburgh _Post-Gazette_; Royal Brougham of the Seattle _Post-Intelligencer_; Jack Kofoed of the Miami _Herald_, whom I started on the big-time circuit in New York; Dink Carroll of the Montreal _Gazette_; George Davis of the San Francisco _Express_; Jack Fried of the Philadelphia _Bulletin_; and Sec Taylor of the Des Moines _Register_. Others who shared countless ringside thrills with me were Hy Goldberg and Ed Friel of the Newark _News_; Tony Merenghi of the Newark _Star Ledger_; L. H. Gregory of the Portland _Oregonian_; Curley Grieve of the San Francisco _Examiner_; Ray Grody of the Milwaukee _Sentinel_; Eddie Muller of the San Francisco _Examiner_; Shirley Povich of the Washington _Post_; Willie Ratner of the Newark _Evening News_; Wilfred Smith of the Chicago _Tribune_; Frank Mastro of the Chicago _Tribune_; and Pat Robinson of the _International News Service_.