Al Haft

The partners learned later how correct Toots was in his deductions.

Sandow allied himself with Al Haft of Columbus, and Everett Marshall continued baiting Dano.

Ed Strangler Lewis was shoved into the breach wherever a policeman was necessary, but even the redoubtable Lewis couldn't be with Dano every night to protect him.

When in the early part of 1936, Dano toured through the South, he narrowly averted two defeats, one by Toots Barshara in New Orleans in February and the other by Ed Civil, known as Daniel Boone Savage, the wild man in Houston.

Well, there you go.

Al Haft, you know, of course, that was his home base was Columbus.

Oh, yeah.

Drew millions of dollars in Columbus, Ohio.

Some of them were live.

He had a couple of shows a week.

And Al Haft owned the arena in Cincinnati.

Yes.