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”KID CHISSEL” STILL PUNCHING W hen Noble “Kid” Chissel first picked up a set of gloves in his home town of Cleveland, Ohio, he didn’t realize it would lead to a career as an actor with a few stops along the way for things like the 1928 Dance Marathon Champ, a career as a Navy boxer. Another Cleveland kid who took up the sport but later dropped it was Bob Hope. The comedian boxed under the name “Packey East” and frequently spared with Kid at the old Charley Marotta’s Gym. When Hope gave up the profession for a stage career, Chissel continued and won the Middle-Weight Championship of the Navy followed by the title of Atlantic Fleet Champion in 1932. When a falling cargo hook dropped on his head from a height of 40-feet, Kid was 4A released from the Navy and he came to Hollywood where he began as a double for many famous actors. He once spared with Jack Dempsey and can still remember the boxers famous punch — from first hand experience. Anxious for some cash to help him through the depression Kid entered Jack Kearn’s Walk-A-Thon Endurance Contest at the Hollywood Polar Palace with a partner named Betty Jones. When the girl collapsed, Kid teamed with Marion Mulligan, but she finally quit too. He established the World’s Solo Record of 468 until he teamed with Esther Buckle. They hung on grimly until the law closed the show with only six couples left still standing. At that time Chissel had racked up 1,300 hours of walking and heel and toe derbies. Two other contestants in the show, Johnny Russo and Ed Koch were as disappointed as Kid, but there was no way to get paid unless the dance ended with only two contestants left standing. After the show, Eddie Golstein (now a property master at Columbia) and Kid went on a barnstorming tour of Australia and South Pacific ports. In Sidney Kid beat Alf Budd is a match sponsored by former World Lightweight Champion, Tod Morgan. Back in the states, work had picked up at the studios and he soon found himself busy again. When “They Shoot Horses Don’t They” was filming, Kid was given a featured role in it and was on hand to give authentic instruction to the actors on how to behave in the film version of a marathon dance contest. This kept the