Ive heard Max Baer was a real practical joker. What kind of stunts did he pull ?
Reports are that Max had the “hot foot” down to a fine art. Giving a hot foot consisted of Max crawling on the floor up to an unsuspecting victim, tucking a book of matches under their shoe, lighting the matches and then waiting for the yelling to commence. Evidently, April Fool’s Day was never allowed to pass by without an elaborate joke played on the victim of his choice. An article by Cecil P. Dodge in his “Sports Shots” column appeared in the April 3, 1934 Massachusetts newspaper, The Lowell Sun with the following story: “Max Baer couldn’t allow April 1st to pass without his little joke. For that matter the first, the last and the in-between of any month are liable to find Max playing a practical prank on somebody. There is no closed season on frolicking with the curly headed westerner! Mike Cantwell is the Baer trainer. Mike has a ready sense of humor also, providing a joke on himself wasn’t too pronounced a point. Max went pranking on Mike Sunday! The heavyweight challenger rigge
