1 00:01:20,848 --> 00:01:23,184 When I was growing up during the Great Depression, 2 00:01:23,251 --> 00:01:25,286 I often marveled at the road 3 00:01:25,353 --> 00:01:27,488 which connected us with the rest of the world 4 00:01:27,555 --> 00:01:30,358 and which brought us friends and strangers. 5 00:01:30,424 --> 00:01:32,793 The road afforded us our isolation 6 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:35,129 and at the same time provided a link 7 00:01:35,196 --> 00:01:37,731 with the rapidly changing cities. 8 00:01:37,798 --> 00:01:41,569 Here on Walton's Mountain there was a "Y" in the road 9 00:01:41,635 --> 00:01:44,705 where a fateful decision was to be made by a new friend, 10 00:01:44,772 --> 00:01:47,708 a decision that was to involve the entire family. 11 00:01:47,775 --> 00:01:50,043 Wish we had more time for a chat, Verdie. 12 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:51,245 Me, too. 13 00:01:51,312 --> 00:01:53,247 How long is Harley gonna be away? 14 00:01:53,314 --> 00:01:55,183 He's not due back for a week or so. 15 00:01:55,249 --> 00:01:59,187 Okay, watch out, Jim-Bob. This is gonna be a real good one. 16 00:02:00,921 --> 00:02:02,656 Come on, Erin. Throw the ball. 17 00:02:08,562 --> 00:02:11,098 Thanks again for the jam. We're really gonna enjoy it. 18 00:02:11,165 --> 00:02:13,133 You're welcome. Time to go, Jody. 19 00:02:13,201 --> 00:02:16,270 Oh, Mom, we just got here! 20 00:02:16,337 --> 00:02:19,006 You heard me. 21 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:23,043 Mrs. Foster, when can Jody come back for a real game? 22 00:02:23,110 --> 00:02:26,347 When Jody does his chores. Come on. 23 00:02:26,414 --> 00:02:28,749 -Goodbye. -Bye-bye. Bye, Jody. 24 00:02:28,816 --> 00:02:30,751 Jim-Bob, you better go to your daddy. 25 00:02:30,818 --> 00:02:34,188 He's not in a good mood. He needs some help. Now. 26 00:02:34,255 --> 00:02:36,657 No time to play anymore. 27 00:02:36,724 --> 00:02:38,826 -I'll take that, Mr. Schubert. -Hm? 28 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:42,630 -Oh, they working? -Yes. 29 00:02:42,696 --> 00:02:44,198 Okay. 30 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:52,005 It's about time. More work out of Reckless here. 31 00:02:52,072 --> 00:02:55,376 Come on, I'll set you up in the mill, you can help Ben. 32 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:03,717 -Look at that old dog. -Yeah. 33 00:03:03,784 --> 00:03:05,686 She's dreaming she's out hunting again. 34 00:03:05,753 --> 00:03:08,689 Probably running a cottontail or treeing a raccoon. 35 00:03:08,756 --> 00:03:11,459 If your daddy wasn't keeping such an eye on me 36 00:03:11,525 --> 00:03:15,195 I'd lay right down alongside her and go off dreaming myself. 37 00:03:15,263 --> 00:03:17,631 Look at her. She's dreaming she's in heaven 38 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:20,568 and every cloud is a fleecy white rabbit. 39 00:03:20,634 --> 00:03:24,438 * Ol' Shepherd's gone where good doggies go * 40 00:03:24,505 --> 00:03:27,675 * And no more with ol' Shep will I roam * 41 00:03:27,741 --> 00:03:30,844 * But if there's a heaven I know where she'll go * 42 00:03:30,911 --> 00:03:34,848 * Ol' Shep has a wonderful home ** 43 00:03:34,915 --> 00:03:36,684 Can I get any work out of anybody today? 44 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:39,853 One little song lightens the heart and the workday. 45 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,456 You will get those in. 46 00:03:42,523 --> 00:03:44,458 What do you want done? 47 00:03:49,463 --> 00:03:51,732 Easy, girl, easy, easy. 48 00:03:53,601 --> 00:03:55,536 That's a good girl, yeah. 49 00:03:55,603 --> 00:03:58,872 Reckless is as harmless as an old hen without teeth. 50 00:03:58,939 --> 00:04:00,140 You just surprised her. 51 00:04:00,207 --> 00:04:01,809 You sure know how to gentle a dog. 52 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:05,379 Yeah, we got dogs in Richmond. Mean and lean and hungry ones. 53 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:10,418 Yeah. 54 00:04:10,484 --> 00:04:12,486 Ain't no places like this where I've been. 55 00:04:12,553 --> 00:04:15,222 Walton's Mountain? 56 00:04:15,289 --> 00:04:17,157 Sure putting on quite a show today. 57 00:04:17,224 --> 00:04:19,226 Yeah. 58 00:04:19,293 --> 00:04:20,894 -Mr. John Walton? -That's me. 59 00:04:20,961 --> 00:04:25,265 James Trevis Clark. I saw your notice in the general store. 60 00:04:25,333 --> 00:04:28,569 "Help wanted. Hard work." Mr. Godsey gave me directions. 61 00:04:28,636 --> 00:04:30,237 I'm looking for hard work, 62 00:04:30,304 --> 00:04:33,307 to blow the soot and factory fumes out of my system. 63 00:04:33,374 --> 00:04:35,509 Your pipes don't appear to be too clogged-up. 64 00:04:35,576 --> 00:04:38,412 Most anybody run from Ike Godsey to here would be puffing 65 00:04:38,479 --> 00:04:40,614 and heaving like a broken-winded mule. 66 00:04:40,681 --> 00:04:43,684 This is my father, Zeb Walton, my son, John-Boy Walton. 67 00:04:43,751 --> 00:04:45,419 James. 68 00:04:45,486 --> 00:04:47,421 You run all the way from Richmond? 69 00:04:47,488 --> 00:04:49,490 Right smart of it. 70 00:04:49,557 --> 00:04:51,792 You know, I was thinking of hiring a local. 71 00:04:51,859 --> 00:04:53,260 Drifters always coming from somewhere 72 00:04:53,327 --> 00:04:55,262 and going somewhere else. 73 00:04:55,329 --> 00:04:57,297 Yeah, this is where I wanna be. 74 00:04:57,365 --> 00:04:59,299 John, we could do with some help. 75 00:05:01,168 --> 00:05:04,338 It's hard work, hauling logs, chopping them to size. 76 00:05:04,405 --> 00:05:06,306 Give it to me. 77 00:05:07,408 --> 00:05:09,710 Let's try it for a day. I pay $2. 78 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,682 Clean these logs off here. 79 00:05:14,748 --> 00:05:18,519 -Ever swing an axe before? -Give me one and I'll show you. 80 00:05:18,586 --> 00:05:19,853 No, thank you. 81 00:05:23,957 --> 00:05:26,727 You sure are strong. What you do, lift weights? 82 00:05:26,794 --> 00:05:27,728 I have. 83 00:05:27,795 --> 00:05:30,498 Well, that's it for today. 84 00:05:30,564 --> 00:05:32,299 $2, well earned. 85 00:05:32,366 --> 00:05:34,267 The job's yours tomorrow if you want it. 86 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:38,439 I appreciate that, Mr. Walton, but instead of cash money, 87 00:05:38,506 --> 00:05:40,374 I would be obliged for room and keep. 88 00:05:40,441 --> 00:05:42,576 I looked over the barn. Do just fine. 89 00:05:44,244 --> 00:05:46,079 It's yours if you want it. 90 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:50,418 I prefer being alone and taking my meals alone, if nobody minds. 91 00:05:50,484 --> 00:05:52,052 A man has a right to his privacy. 92 00:05:52,119 --> 00:05:53,687 You enjoy your work, 93 00:05:53,754 --> 00:05:55,989 for someone who seems to have his mind elsewhere. 94 00:05:58,926 --> 00:06:02,362 Yeah, this is a place of many horizons, John-Boy. 95 00:06:09,169 --> 00:06:12,640 -What're you thinking? -Just wonder what he's after. 96 00:06:12,706 --> 00:06:15,609 -Said he was after privacy. -That's what he said. 97 00:06:34,628 --> 00:06:36,564 -Morning! -Good morning. 98 00:07:05,926 --> 00:07:08,295 -Good morning, ladies! -Morning. 99 00:07:08,361 --> 00:07:09,797 I wonder what he's doing 100 00:07:09,863 --> 00:07:12,099 running through the woods at the crack of dawn? 101 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:13,433 I don't know. 102 00:07:13,501 --> 00:07:15,235 Do you think he'll have the strength 103 00:07:15,302 --> 00:07:17,037 to put in a full day's work? 104 00:07:27,147 --> 00:07:30,017 -Hey, that's quite a beat. -Keeps you on your toes. 105 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:35,556 -What's he doing? -What does it look like? 106 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:04,618 -Can I try? -Sure. 107 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:13,661 Come on, Elizabeth. 108 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:20,601 Here, let me try. 109 00:08:20,668 --> 00:08:22,469 -No, come on! -Come on, let me try! 110 00:08:22,536 --> 00:08:24,037 -Let me... -Give it! 111 00:08:24,104 --> 00:08:26,840 Break, break! That's enough! Back to work. Got chores to do. 112 00:08:26,907 --> 00:08:29,376 -Come on, that's enough. -I wanted to try. 113 00:08:29,442 --> 00:08:31,679 Skipping rope is for little children. 114 00:08:31,745 --> 00:08:32,846 I'll see you there. 115 00:08:32,913 --> 00:08:34,848 -See you later. -Okay. 116 00:08:34,915 --> 00:08:37,284 Suppose after our chores you could show me those steps? 117 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:38,518 Sure thing. 118 00:08:38,586 --> 00:08:40,320 Me, too. I'll bring my own rope. 119 00:08:40,387 --> 00:08:42,923 Alright. 120 00:08:42,990 --> 00:08:46,059 Well, I best be moving my logs before I lose my job. 121 00:08:49,196 --> 00:08:52,432 Nice fancy pair of shoes you got there. 122 00:08:52,499 --> 00:08:54,968 Nice footwork, too. 123 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:58,906 But tell me if I was wrong. Is "break" the correct word to use? 124 00:08:58,972 --> 00:09:01,709 I mean, isn't that what they say when the bell rings? 125 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,829 John-Boy, just what is going on? 126 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:23,196 James is in training. 127 00:09:23,263 --> 00:09:24,598 -He's a fighter. -What? 128 00:09:24,665 --> 00:09:26,199 -A fist fighter? -Are you sure? 129 00:09:26,266 --> 00:09:28,669 Of course, look at it. It all figures, doesn't it? 130 00:09:28,736 --> 00:09:30,170 The cross-country running, fresh air, 131 00:09:30,237 --> 00:09:32,239 the fancy footwork, the shoes. He's in training. 132 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:35,776 Well, what do you know, a pugilist on Walton's Mountain. 133 00:09:35,843 --> 00:09:37,745 No wonder he didn't like my food. 134 00:09:37,811 --> 00:09:39,079 He's had his brains shook loose. 135 00:09:39,146 --> 00:09:41,248 It's got nothing to do with your food. 136 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:43,550 He's a prizefighter. He's got to watch his weight. 137 00:09:43,617 --> 00:09:46,519 Just think of it as you two running a training camp kitchen. 138 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:47,955 John-Boy, that is not amusing. 139 00:09:48,021 --> 00:09:49,990 He's setting a bad example for our children. 140 00:09:50,057 --> 00:09:51,792 It's bad enough being a fighter, 141 00:09:51,859 --> 00:09:53,827 but it's sinful to take money for it. 142 00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:56,129 Many is a bare-knuckle fight I've had 143 00:09:56,196 --> 00:09:58,899 out behind the bar dancing and mostly over you, Esther. 144 00:09:58,966 --> 00:10:01,969 I didn't like it then and I sure don't like it now. 145 00:10:02,035 --> 00:10:05,105 I think I'll go to the barn and give James a few pointers 146 00:10:05,172 --> 00:10:06,674 on the manly art of self-defense. 147 00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:08,341 Come on, Pa. 148 00:10:08,408 --> 00:10:09,843 John, you hired him. 149 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:12,145 How do you feel about harboring a fist fighter? 150 00:10:12,212 --> 00:10:14,748 John, it is upsetting. He didn't tell us his real mission. 151 00:10:14,815 --> 00:10:17,350 I feel like we're being used. 152 00:10:17,417 --> 00:10:21,354 John! Say something. 153 00:10:21,421 --> 00:10:25,025 Well, Liv, James is a good worker, doesn't cost us much, 154 00:10:25,092 --> 00:10:27,160 lightens the load for the rest of us. 155 00:10:30,030 --> 00:10:32,666 Hey, Mama, you know something? 156 00:10:32,733 --> 00:10:35,669 I'll bet there's a story here. A story for the newspaper. 157 00:10:35,736 --> 00:10:38,238 All I gotta do is find out a little bit 158 00:10:38,305 --> 00:10:40,040 about James' background, his drives, his ambitions. 159 00:10:40,107 --> 00:10:42,142 I'll bet they'd buy it for the sports page. 160 00:10:42,209 --> 00:10:44,812 I thought you'd set your sights higher than the sports page. 161 00:10:44,878 --> 00:10:46,179 What about Grantland Rice? 162 00:10:46,246 --> 00:10:48,315 He became famous writing about sport champions. 163 00:10:48,381 --> 00:10:52,119 Bill Tilden, Helen Wills, Bobby Jones and Jack Dempsey. 164 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:02,730 Come in. 165 00:11:05,098 --> 00:11:06,133 Hey. 166 00:11:10,738 --> 00:11:13,941 Hard on the fists. 167 00:11:14,007 --> 00:11:16,710 You sure make friends fast. 168 00:11:16,777 --> 00:11:21,048 Well, this is a friendly place. 169 00:11:21,114 --> 00:11:22,750 We don't know each other too well. 170 00:11:22,816 --> 00:11:24,684 Yeah. 171 00:11:27,587 --> 00:11:30,057 If I wanted to do a story on you as a fighter 172 00:11:30,123 --> 00:11:31,792 what would you say to that? 173 00:11:31,859 --> 00:11:34,227 For instance, what makes you a fighter? 174 00:11:34,294 --> 00:11:35,996 In this almighty world, 175 00:11:36,063 --> 00:11:39,466 if you've got burdens, you work them away, don't you? 176 00:11:39,532 --> 00:11:41,701 You let all that energy out. 177 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:44,404 Like working in the cotton fields 178 00:11:44,471 --> 00:11:46,473 or the docks at Newport News. 179 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:50,443 Knocking people's brains out. 180 00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:53,480 Look, I'm a stringer for the Jefferson County News 181 00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:55,148 so that's why I'm... 182 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:57,417 You know. But I'm interested. 183 00:11:57,484 --> 00:11:59,552 I'd like to know what makes a likeable 184 00:11:59,619 --> 00:12:02,055 and apparently peaceful fellow like you 185 00:12:02,122 --> 00:12:04,024 who's managed to endear himself to everybody 186 00:12:04,091 --> 00:12:06,526 from Grandpa all the way down to Reckless, here, 187 00:12:06,593 --> 00:12:09,462 except for Grandma, her nose is out of joint. 188 00:12:09,529 --> 00:12:11,999 Yeah. The fried potatoes. 189 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:15,068 I should have taken them and given them to the chicken. 190 00:12:17,170 --> 00:12:18,671 Anyway, I'm interested in you and... 191 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:20,140 Uh-huh. 192 00:12:20,207 --> 00:12:22,976 Well, could you at least tell me a little bit 193 00:12:23,043 --> 00:12:24,744 about where you come from? 194 00:12:24,812 --> 00:12:26,313 Richmond. 195 00:12:26,379 --> 00:12:30,317 City of 55,000 of my people in miserable tenements. 196 00:12:30,383 --> 00:12:32,853 You ever been there? 197 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:34,654 I have only driven through the slums. 198 00:12:34,721 --> 00:12:39,226 Hm. Most drive around, they don't wanna know it's there. 199 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:42,796 The street was our playground and social center. 200 00:12:42,863 --> 00:12:45,966 For the young, life was dangerous, meaningless. 201 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:48,836 Then out of street brawls 202 00:12:48,902 --> 00:12:51,004 I discovered the dynamite in my fists. 203 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:58,912 I saw what Jesse Owens was doing in track. The "Buckeye Bullet." 204 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:04,317 And I decided to lift myself out of the slums. 205 00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:06,920 Escape the quickest way possible, sports. 206 00:13:06,987 --> 00:13:09,756 Like Joe Louis, huh? 207 00:13:09,823 --> 00:13:11,224 Joe Louis. 208 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:13,026 Joe Louis made us feel like something 209 00:13:13,093 --> 00:13:15,095 when he knocked out Max Baer. 210 00:13:15,162 --> 00:13:16,796 A religious feeling. 211 00:13:16,864 --> 00:13:19,132 My people poured out into the streets, 212 00:13:19,199 --> 00:13:22,970 laughing and shouting and shaking hands with strangers. 213 00:13:24,872 --> 00:13:29,576 I've got dynamite in me. And it started with my fists. 214 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:32,212 You got a fight coming up? 215 00:13:32,279 --> 00:13:36,283 My return to Richmond, my hometown, a week from Friday. 216 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:39,152 Got to line up a manager, and a stool-and-bucket man. 217 00:13:39,219 --> 00:13:41,588 I thought you escaped out of there. 218 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:46,259 No, it's not back to the slums, John-Boy. This is my big fight. 219 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:49,396 A purse fight, winner take all! 220 00:13:49,462 --> 00:13:52,365 I've club-fought from Baltimore to Washington, D.C. 221 00:13:52,432 --> 00:13:56,036 In Baltimore you couldn't beat a home towner with a hammer. 222 00:13:56,103 --> 00:13:59,106 And I hope to get a fair fight in my own hometown. 223 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:04,144 -Might not be too easy. -What do you mean? 224 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:09,616 Speaking of fair, when you first came here 225 00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:12,419 you said all you wanted was fresh air and hard work. 226 00:14:12,485 --> 00:14:15,388 Mama thinks you're using this place as a training camp. 227 00:14:15,455 --> 00:14:17,257 Is that fair? 228 00:14:17,324 --> 00:14:22,062 It's fair, John-Boy. You get an honest day's work, 229 00:14:22,129 --> 00:14:26,366 and I get to train in some clean air. It's fair. 230 00:14:28,201 --> 00:14:31,038 You're honest about it. 231 00:14:31,104 --> 00:14:34,574 Any final word for the waiting world? 232 00:14:34,641 --> 00:14:37,344 Yeah, John-Boy. I'm gonna win. 233 00:14:40,981 --> 00:14:42,182 Write that. 234 00:14:44,051 --> 00:14:45,352 Here, James. 235 00:14:45,418 --> 00:14:47,220 -Ben, throw it to me. -Come on, Ben... 236 00:14:47,287 --> 00:14:49,789 -Jim-Bob, burn it right. -Here. 237 00:14:49,856 --> 00:14:52,926 Erin, stretch out and catch the ball with your hand. 238 00:14:52,993 --> 00:14:55,195 Here we go now. 239 00:14:55,262 --> 00:14:56,930 -Like that? -Perfect. Perfect. 240 00:14:56,997 --> 00:14:58,498 It's unladylike. 241 00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:03,103 Esther, woman wasn't made to ride sidesaddle all of her life. 242 00:15:03,170 --> 00:15:05,172 Now you're an authority on women? 243 00:15:05,238 --> 00:15:07,674 From afar and near. 244 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,609 I almost got you. 245 00:15:09,676 --> 00:15:12,579 Yeah, you catch on quick. You're a pretty good ballplayer. 246 00:15:12,645 --> 00:15:14,414 We're all pretty good ballplayers. 247 00:15:14,481 --> 00:15:16,049 Great, because girls' softball teams 248 00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:17,884 are becoming a big thing in the cities. 249 00:15:17,951 --> 00:15:19,219 Oh, yeah? 250 00:15:19,286 --> 00:15:21,588 Yeah. They're wearing snazzy uniforms, 251 00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:24,124 drawing big crowds and making big money. 252 00:15:24,191 --> 00:15:26,093 John, I just don't like what's happening. 253 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:28,728 Times change, Liv. 254 00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:32,265 Remember that picture of the NRA girls parading up New York City 255 00:15:32,332 --> 00:15:34,301 in shorts with eagles painted on their backs? 256 00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:38,105 I burnt that picture in 1933. 257 00:15:38,171 --> 00:15:41,508 I can close my eyes now and see those NRA girls 258 00:15:41,574 --> 00:15:43,843 prancing around with their long legs. 259 00:15:43,910 --> 00:15:45,678 Oh, you're a wicked old man. 260 00:15:45,745 --> 00:15:48,448 Why, thank you, Esther. 261 00:15:48,515 --> 00:15:52,419 James, what field do you want me to play? Left, center or right? 262 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:55,788 Play all three, Jody. You're an all-around athlete, aren't you? 263 00:15:55,855 --> 00:15:57,224 Whatever you say, coach. 264 00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:59,092 -Let's get that game going, huh? -Yeah. 265 00:15:59,159 --> 00:16:01,394 Jason, you catch and Elizabeth, you'll be up first. 266 00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:02,929 -Okay, come on. -Alright, let's go. 267 00:16:02,996 --> 00:16:04,464 -I'll be third. -Here we go. 268 00:16:04,531 --> 00:16:07,200 Hats on. Alright, here we go. Here we go. 269 00:16:07,267 --> 00:16:10,037 -Here we go, right here. -James, burn it in here, boy. 270 00:16:10,103 --> 00:16:13,140 -Come on. -Wait. Wait, wait, wait. 271 00:16:13,206 --> 00:16:14,607 Now, you just 272 00:16:14,674 --> 00:16:17,444 cock the bat back here, right? Stay right here. 273 00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:20,313 Raise your arm and swing flat so you can hit the ball. 274 00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:21,748 -Alright? -Okay. 275 00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:24,451 Come on, look alive. Look alive. Alright, here we go. 276 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:28,988 -Alright. -Come on, Elizabeth. 277 00:16:29,056 --> 00:16:31,691 Go! Run! 278 00:16:31,758 --> 00:16:33,493 -Safe! -Attagirl! 279 00:16:36,596 --> 00:16:37,830 Excuse me. 280 00:16:37,897 --> 00:16:41,234 John-Boy, is James' fight gonna be broadcast? 281 00:16:41,301 --> 00:16:43,270 I reckon. It's the main event. 282 00:16:43,336 --> 00:16:45,038 The Richmond station will broadcast it. 283 00:16:45,105 --> 00:16:47,140 We have our regular programs to listen to. 284 00:16:47,207 --> 00:16:49,709 Liv, we got to listen to how James makes out. 285 00:16:49,776 --> 00:16:51,711 John, we're not tuning in that fight. 286 00:16:51,778 --> 00:16:54,781 You and Ma and the girls can go upstairs and occupy yourselves 287 00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:57,650 like the time the boys came to listen to the Louis-Baer fight. 288 00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:59,886 Something happens to men when two other men 289 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:02,455 try to knock each other senseless for money. Even you. 290 00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:05,092 All we could hear upstairs was stomping and hollering 291 00:17:05,158 --> 00:17:07,427 like bloodthirsty Comanches. 292 00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:08,995 I'm convinced somebody brought a bottle. 293 00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:11,831 Not one of our friends, Esther. 294 00:17:11,898 --> 00:17:14,401 You were stomping and hollering worst of all. 295 00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:16,536 I swear you had a skinful. 296 00:17:16,603 --> 00:17:20,907 Oh, no. No, Esther, not a skinful. Just a snoot full. 297 00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:23,476 And the rest will be bottled when we make enough. 298 00:17:23,543 --> 00:17:26,779 Jason, that tune is getting on my nerves. 299 00:17:26,846 --> 00:17:30,417 My Tattoo Blues? Listen. 300 00:17:30,483 --> 00:17:34,887 Can't you just see James' footwork and shadow boxing. 301 00:17:34,954 --> 00:17:37,124 What happened to the composition you were working on 302 00:17:37,190 --> 00:17:38,725 for the Kleinberg Conservatory? 303 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:41,961 Mama, before I was imitating the old masters, but this is mine. 304 00:17:42,028 --> 00:17:45,265 Instead of some dull exercises, my fingers are springy. 305 00:17:45,332 --> 00:17:47,667 For heaven's sake. 306 00:17:59,512 --> 00:18:02,715 Daddy, suppose I could save up and buy some boxing gloves? 307 00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:06,119 Instead of an aviator, I'm going to become a fighter. 308 00:18:06,186 --> 00:18:08,588 You, a fighter? Jim-Bob, you're too puny. 309 00:18:08,655 --> 00:18:10,690 Size isn't everything. They have all kinds of weights. 310 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:12,925 Flyweight on up. It says so right here. 311 00:18:12,992 --> 00:18:16,095 -Charles Atlas! -Gimme that! 312 00:18:16,163 --> 00:18:17,530 "The 97-pound weakling who became 313 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:20,133 the world's most perfectly-developed man." 314 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:22,402 Mary Ellen, you give me that! 315 00:18:24,271 --> 00:18:27,240 -Easy, stop. -Jim, you forgot your biceps. 316 00:18:27,307 --> 00:18:28,808 Now stop it. 317 00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:30,843 John! 318 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:36,115 Okay, come on. Let's go. 319 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,455 I will not have this house turned upside 320 00:18:42,522 --> 00:18:44,424 down because of a prizefighter. 321 00:18:44,491 --> 00:18:46,493 "If a man gouges out another man's eye, 322 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:48,094 he must pay with his own eye." 323 00:18:48,161 --> 00:18:51,364 Wonder what he thinks about the Law of Moses. "If a tooth..." 324 00:18:51,431 --> 00:18:53,933 If you don't tell him to move on, I will! 325 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,203 Liv, he's a good worker. 326 00:18:56,269 --> 00:18:58,671 I have nothing against him, it's what he does! 327 00:18:58,738 --> 00:19:01,874 Alright, alright. It means that much to you, I'll talk to him. 328 00:19:01,941 --> 00:19:03,410 It does. 329 00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:06,213 Especially if you're going to quote the Bible on me. 330 00:19:17,324 --> 00:19:20,493 "And David girded his sword upon his armor, 331 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,830 "And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with thee 332 00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:25,365 "for I have not proved them. 333 00:19:25,432 --> 00:19:27,567 "And David put them off him. 334 00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:30,337 "And he took his staff in his hand, 335 00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:33,906 "and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, 336 00:19:33,973 --> 00:19:38,945 "and put them in his shepherd's bag..." 337 00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:42,515 "And he walked down the brooks of the Himalayan mountains. 338 00:19:42,582 --> 00:19:44,984 "And he moved on down the Nile. 339 00:19:45,051 --> 00:19:46,819 "And his sling was in his hand, 340 00:19:46,886 --> 00:19:49,789 "and he drew near to the giant Philistine. 341 00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:53,293 "But Goliath saw David, and he disdained him, 342 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,928 "for he was but a youth. 343 00:19:55,995 --> 00:19:59,866 "The Philistine cursed David by his gods and said, come to me, 344 00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:02,735 "and I will give thy flesh to the fowls of the airs, 345 00:20:02,802 --> 00:20:04,737 "and to the beasts of the fields. 346 00:20:04,804 --> 00:20:06,539 "Then said David, thou comest to me 347 00:20:06,606 --> 00:20:09,376 "with a sword and a spear and a shield. 348 00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:12,945 "But I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of Hosts, 349 00:20:13,012 --> 00:20:17,650 "the God of the Armies of Israel, Whom thou hast defied, 350 00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:20,052 "for the battle is the Lord God's. 351 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:24,357 "And this day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand, 352 00:20:24,424 --> 00:20:25,792 "and I will smite thee. 353 00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:27,960 "And all this assembly shall know 354 00:20:28,027 --> 00:20:31,764 "that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear. 355 00:20:31,831 --> 00:20:33,032 "And it came to pass..." 356 00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:34,534 I'd like to talk to him. 357 00:20:34,601 --> 00:20:37,704 "David put his hand in his bag 358 00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:41,308 "and then took out a stone, and slang it, 359 00:20:41,374 --> 00:20:44,811 "and smote the Philistine." 360 00:20:48,615 --> 00:20:50,683 Yeah. 361 00:20:53,953 --> 00:20:57,223 -What happened, Mama? -James and I talked. 362 00:20:57,290 --> 00:20:59,258 Seems he wants to use the prize money 363 00:20:59,326 --> 00:21:00,860 to build his own country church here. 364 00:21:00,927 --> 00:21:03,763 -He has the call to preach. -What? 365 00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:05,865 There goes the best worker I ever hired. 366 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:07,434 The call to preach? 367 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:11,804 That defies belief. A fist fighter with a call? 368 00:21:11,871 --> 00:21:14,641 He has it, Grandma. He wants to help his own people. 369 00:21:14,707 --> 00:21:17,444 I don't believe it. You need to have the journalism scholarship. 370 00:21:17,510 --> 00:21:19,812 You got more out of him than me. 371 00:21:19,879 --> 00:21:21,414 Then he can stay? 372 00:21:21,481 --> 00:21:23,783 I wish James would stay just the way he is. 373 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:25,718 -And what is that, Elizabeth? -Fun. 374 00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:28,020 Teaching you things when you don't even know it. 375 00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:30,823 Besides, I don't like church much anyways. 376 00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:33,726 Elizabeth Walton, well, that's blasphemy! 377 00:21:33,793 --> 00:21:34,994 To think that I would live to see 378 00:21:35,061 --> 00:21:38,297 a grandchild of mine say such things. 379 00:21:38,365 --> 00:21:40,600 Don't look at me, Ma. It's not my department. 380 00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:41,901 It is mine and you'd better 381 00:21:41,968 --> 00:21:43,536 change your attitude, young lady. 382 00:21:43,603 --> 00:21:45,738 Well, the kids always have to sit up front. 383 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:48,541 Well, that's to keep you out of trouble and awake. 384 00:21:48,608 --> 00:21:50,209 When you sit up front, 385 00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:52,712 the preacher just looks right over you and at the grown-ups. 386 00:21:52,779 --> 00:21:55,682 -And talks over your head, too. -Careful, young 'uns. 387 00:21:55,748 --> 00:21:58,785 The walls of Jericho'll come tumbling down on you. 388 00:21:58,851 --> 00:22:03,456 John, it seems that James needs an honest manager 389 00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:07,727 to help him have a fair fight. 390 00:22:07,794 --> 00:22:10,697 John-Boy, will you drive James into Richmond tomorrow? 391 00:22:10,763 --> 00:22:13,933 I got my work here cut out for me. 392 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,103 Sure, I'd like that. 393 00:22:25,612 --> 00:22:27,514 -Good morning, John-Boy. -Morning, Verdie. 394 00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:29,549 Have you seen Jody around? 395 00:22:29,616 --> 00:22:32,018 Find James and you'll find Jody. 396 00:22:32,084 --> 00:22:33,720 I know! 397 00:22:33,786 --> 00:22:36,389 Jody hasn't been able to talk about anybody else 398 00:22:36,456 --> 00:22:38,124 since James came to the Mountain. 399 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:39,926 He has made his presence felt. 400 00:22:39,992 --> 00:22:42,695 Teaching Jody how to field and run the bases. 401 00:22:42,762 --> 00:22:46,032 -I'd like to meet James. -Well, come on. 402 00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:52,204 Alright, Jody, now. Don't pull the punches! 403 00:22:52,271 --> 00:22:54,073 Come on, come on. That's it. 404 00:22:54,140 --> 00:22:58,711 Come on, hit me, hit me. 405 00:22:58,778 --> 00:23:00,379 -Jody! -Yes, Mama? 406 00:23:00,447 --> 00:23:01,748 Jody, you go home! 407 00:23:01,814 --> 00:23:05,718 James, this is Mrs. Foster, Jody's mama. 408 00:23:05,785 --> 00:23:09,021 -It's a pleasure. -Teaching my boy to fight! 409 00:23:11,824 --> 00:23:14,226 Verdie, James' fighting has a purpose. 410 00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:15,628 Jody, you heard me! Home! 411 00:23:15,695 --> 00:23:17,964 You don't have to be so hard on him. 412 00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:20,733 He just needs one big fight to help his people. 413 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,671 My people have come further than a bear and bull in a pit! 414 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:27,540 Why would they wanna pay to see you or anybody else fight? 415 00:23:27,607 --> 00:23:30,877 To see you beaten to a pulp! 416 00:23:30,943 --> 00:23:34,246 Verdie, this is crazy! Crazy! You're just blowing off steam. 417 00:23:34,313 --> 00:23:35,582 He thinks he's helping Jody. 418 00:23:35,648 --> 00:23:38,117 John-Boy, you taught me how to read. 419 00:23:38,184 --> 00:23:40,920 And you helped bring my husband and Jody and me together, 420 00:23:40,987 --> 00:23:44,824 but that kind of help we don't need. 421 00:23:44,891 --> 00:23:47,460 Verdie, I feel the same way about prizefighting you do. 422 00:23:47,527 --> 00:23:48,795 But after this one fight 423 00:23:48,861 --> 00:23:51,230 James is gonna be working for the Lord. 424 00:23:51,297 --> 00:23:52,699 He's gonna make a church 425 00:23:52,765 --> 00:23:55,034 for the people who've been meeting in your house. 426 00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:59,939 I will not accept blood money in the name of the Lord! 427 00:24:00,006 --> 00:24:03,776 I'm surprised at you, Olivia, taking the devil's side. 428 00:24:58,230 --> 00:25:01,133 What's your interest in this, Walton? 429 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,102 I'm a friend. 430 00:25:03,169 --> 00:25:06,472 I'd like to see that he gets a good manager and a fair fight. 431 00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:10,076 He's got the fight. I booked it. 432 00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:12,612 With the Comet Kid. 433 00:25:17,249 --> 00:25:20,152 Local favorite? 434 00:25:20,219 --> 00:25:22,622 Hometowner? 435 00:25:22,689 --> 00:25:25,191 What are you, a wise guy? 436 00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:26,926 I told you, I'm a friend. 437 00:25:26,993 --> 00:25:29,629 He needs a manager, he needs a corner man. 438 00:25:29,696 --> 00:25:33,332 Leave all that to me. I'll sign him, Benny. 439 00:25:33,399 --> 00:25:35,167 Hi. Sam Mumford. 440 00:25:35,234 --> 00:25:37,737 -John Walton. -Nice to know you. 441 00:25:37,804 --> 00:25:40,272 Bring him into my office. 442 00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:45,011 Hi, kid, I'm your new manager. 443 00:25:45,077 --> 00:25:47,847 Now, you let me do the talking and the thinking. 444 00:25:47,914 --> 00:25:50,449 You do the fighting, and we come up winners. 445 00:25:50,516 --> 00:25:54,954 Come on, let's go. 446 00:25:55,021 --> 00:25:57,590 Now, I don't want no misunderstandings. 447 00:25:57,657 --> 00:25:59,525 Winner take all. 448 00:25:59,592 --> 00:26:01,828 That always gets a big play in the press. 449 00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:05,397 Well, winner take all, but the loser gets expenses. 450 00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:07,634 Manager, corner man, meals. 451 00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:10,236 When you lose, you get expenses. 452 00:26:10,302 --> 00:26:11,738 What is this? 453 00:26:11,804 --> 00:26:14,874 Hey, look, Walton, you're from the woods. 454 00:26:14,941 --> 00:26:17,944 There's going to be a lot of heavy betting on this fight, 455 00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:21,580 and I wouldn't want nobody to make any mistakes in judgment. 456 00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:28,988 Mr. Rafferty, I ain't never been set up. 457 00:26:29,055 --> 00:26:32,792 Hey, look. You better have a private talk with your manager. 458 00:26:32,859 --> 00:26:36,963 Sam, this fight is booked. 459 00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:42,068 I gave my word. No mistakes. 460 00:26:42,134 --> 00:26:43,670 Please? 461 00:26:51,177 --> 00:26:56,015 You're good, kid. Sweet-looking good. 462 00:26:56,082 --> 00:26:59,451 But the last time I heard that speech from Benny Rafferty, 463 00:26:59,518 --> 00:27:05,224 the fighter who wasn't supposed to win and did.. 464 00:27:05,291 --> 00:27:07,727 Well, him and his manager got jumped, beaten up 465 00:27:07,794 --> 00:27:12,598 and dumped in an outbound boxcar. 466 00:27:12,665 --> 00:27:15,367 You know, kid. You've been there. 467 00:27:15,434 --> 00:27:20,172 No! I ain't never been there. And I ain't going there. 468 00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:24,043 You said you'd sign him. 469 00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:27,646 You can't sign a fighter with a broken arm! 470 00:27:31,117 --> 00:27:34,320 We went to find a manager for James and.. 471 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:37,957 Mama, it's gonna take a little explaining. 472 00:27:38,024 --> 00:27:42,661 In fact, I don't really know if I can explain it right. 473 00:27:42,729 --> 00:27:47,867 But we went to find a manager and I.. 474 00:27:47,934 --> 00:27:52,271 Your son, me, the writer, is the manager. 475 00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:54,073 Good Lord. 476 00:27:54,140 --> 00:27:58,610 John-Boy, I don't think I like the sound of that. 477 00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,913 John-Boy. 478 00:28:07,887 --> 00:28:10,089 John-Boy, I've been fighting on my own before. 479 00:28:10,156 --> 00:28:12,759 Sort of a loner, as you can see. 480 00:28:12,825 --> 00:28:14,360 And I'm better off without a manager. 481 00:28:14,426 --> 00:28:16,863 You really don't need to go to the fight. 482 00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:18,898 I know I don't know much about fighting. 483 00:28:18,965 --> 00:28:21,000 But, I was thinking about going to the library tomorrow 484 00:28:21,067 --> 00:28:22,401 and taking a book on it. Maybe I can... 485 00:28:22,468 --> 00:28:24,904 A book has not been written that tells how 486 00:28:24,971 --> 00:28:28,007 to be a manager or a fighter. So, forget it. 487 00:28:28,074 --> 00:28:31,911 Hey, your manager says it's time for bed. 488 00:28:36,248 --> 00:28:40,586 Alright, John-Boy, you're on your own. 489 00:28:40,652 --> 00:28:42,755 What's going on, John? 490 00:28:48,761 --> 00:28:50,196 Look, Daddy. 491 00:28:50,262 --> 00:28:53,232 I didn't want to make Mama nervous or anything, 492 00:28:53,299 --> 00:28:55,768 but the truth is that the manager ran out 493 00:28:55,835 --> 00:28:57,937 because there was a threat 494 00:28:58,004 --> 00:29:00,272 to hurt James if he wins the fight. 495 00:29:00,339 --> 00:29:03,976 Is there a threat to hurt the manager, too? 496 00:29:04,043 --> 00:29:06,278 Well, I didn't want to worry you, either. 497 00:29:06,345 --> 00:29:09,615 Pa, it looks like you and me ought to go to this fight. 498 00:29:09,681 --> 00:29:11,350 -Pick up Ike, too. -Zack, too. 499 00:29:11,417 --> 00:29:13,920 He'd be terribly upset if he knew something's going on 500 00:29:13,986 --> 00:29:16,789 and we didn't include him in. 501 00:29:16,856 --> 00:29:19,091 What I don't know about being a fight manager... 502 00:29:19,158 --> 00:29:20,692 Alright, son, we'll be in your corner. 503 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:24,263 Haven't picked up a bucket or a stool since I was in the Army. 504 00:29:24,330 --> 00:29:29,836 I surely wish those city softies would take us on! 505 00:29:29,902 --> 00:29:31,337 You alright, Pa? 506 00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:33,806 My galloping gout's caught up in the rheumatism. 507 00:29:33,873 --> 00:29:37,810 But I'll be alright the day of the fight. 508 00:29:37,877 --> 00:29:39,111 Alright. 509 00:29:53,325 --> 00:29:56,128 Hi. 510 00:29:56,195 --> 00:29:58,297 Thought you might need an extra blanket. 511 00:29:58,364 --> 00:30:02,434 Well, thanks, Jim-Bob. It does feel like a two-dog night. 512 00:30:02,501 --> 00:30:04,236 How do you think they'll announce you 513 00:30:04,303 --> 00:30:05,504 in the ring tomorrow night? 514 00:30:05,571 --> 00:30:07,073 Why? 515 00:30:07,139 --> 00:30:10,442 Joe Louis is "The Brown Bomber." So I came up with one for you. 516 00:30:10,509 --> 00:30:13,512 You like to get your fights over with your one-two punch. 517 00:30:13,579 --> 00:30:16,815 How about "Boom Boom"? 518 00:30:16,883 --> 00:30:18,350 James Trevis Clark. 519 00:30:18,417 --> 00:30:21,653 -Your fight name? -My name. 520 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,257 I see what you mean. You like to be called James Trevis. 521 00:30:25,324 --> 00:30:28,160 I like to be called James Robert every now and then. 522 00:30:28,227 --> 00:30:29,896 Night. 523 00:30:29,962 --> 00:30:33,265 Thanks for the blanket, James Robert. 524 00:30:40,039 --> 00:30:44,043 -You about ready to turn in? -Shortly. 525 00:30:44,110 --> 00:30:46,979 What have you got there? Where did you get that? 526 00:30:47,046 --> 00:30:49,148 Oh, well, Elizabeth gave it to me. 527 00:30:49,215 --> 00:30:51,117 She said it was some stories you wrote. 528 00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:53,785 It's sort of a thing I was trying to write something up for 529 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,522 Elizabeth's Sunday school class. 530 00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:59,125 You know, sort of simplified Bible stories. 531 00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:00,927 I'd take the verses and re-write them 532 00:31:00,993 --> 00:31:03,896 to make them easy to understand. 533 00:31:03,963 --> 00:31:06,565 "Christ and the Children. 534 00:31:06,632 --> 00:31:10,169 "Whoever receives one little child in My name, receiveth Me. 535 00:31:10,236 --> 00:31:11,938 "But, whoever offends one of these 536 00:31:12,004 --> 00:31:15,074 "little ones who believe in Me 537 00:31:15,141 --> 00:31:16,909 "far better for him that a millstone 538 00:31:16,976 --> 00:31:19,411 "be hanged around his neck, 539 00:31:19,478 --> 00:31:22,881 "and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea." 540 00:31:26,018 --> 00:31:28,320 See, I asked her to draw a picture of what 541 00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:30,122 she thought a millstone would look like 542 00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:31,823 around a fellow's neck. 543 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:34,393 Look at that sinner going down into the sea. 544 00:31:34,460 --> 00:31:37,596 That's been a long time ago. I forgot all about it. 545 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,801 -Goodnight. -Goodnight. 546 00:31:42,868 --> 00:31:44,971 -So now you're a manager. -Yeah. 547 00:31:45,037 --> 00:31:46,738 -What is it like? -No complaints. 548 00:31:46,805 --> 00:31:49,375 Working with a winner. 549 00:31:49,441 --> 00:31:51,077 Get some sleep. 550 00:32:10,696 --> 00:32:11,797 Morning. 551 00:32:11,863 --> 00:32:14,967 -Morning. -Breakfast. 552 00:32:15,034 --> 00:32:19,605 I'm rereading them. 553 00:32:19,671 --> 00:32:22,708 How much sleep did you get last night? 554 00:32:22,774 --> 00:32:26,012 -Huh? -Some. 555 00:32:26,078 --> 00:32:27,146 I can't believe it. 556 00:32:27,213 --> 00:32:28,714 You train like crazy and then 557 00:32:28,780 --> 00:32:31,017 you stay up the whole night before the fight 558 00:32:31,083 --> 00:32:33,919 just reading Bible stories for children. 559 00:32:33,986 --> 00:32:36,288 I thought I had power in my fists. 560 00:32:36,355 --> 00:32:39,691 This is power. Words. Your words. 561 00:32:39,758 --> 00:32:43,395 Words to give young people great lessons from the Bible. 562 00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:45,031 Yeah? 563 00:32:45,097 --> 00:32:48,300 Well, words ain't your weapons tonight, James. 564 00:32:50,669 --> 00:32:52,238 Good evening, sports fans. 565 00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:54,740 Direct from the Richmond Arena, this is Billy Walker 566 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:56,742 bringing you the main event. 567 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:58,644 Ten rounds of boxing. 568 00:32:58,710 --> 00:32:59,978 Tonight, The Comet Kid, 569 00:33:00,046 --> 00:33:01,847 a popular favorite here in Richmond, 570 00:33:01,913 --> 00:33:05,451 is being challenged by the up and coming James Trevis Clark, 571 00:33:05,517 --> 00:33:07,153 The Ebony Flash. 572 00:33:07,219 --> 00:33:09,455 Clark is coming into the ring now. 573 00:33:13,625 --> 00:33:15,161 Give him a chance. 574 00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:20,199 -What do I do now? -Take off my robe. 575 00:33:20,266 --> 00:33:23,302 -How you feeling? -I'm just fine. Just fine. 576 00:33:35,981 --> 00:33:38,016 -Put the robe on. -Okay. 577 00:33:38,084 --> 00:33:40,786 -What do I do now? -Nothing. 578 00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:43,122 Here comes The Comet Kid down the aisle. 579 00:33:43,189 --> 00:33:47,426 No. This isn't The Kid. There must be a last minute change. 580 00:33:47,493 --> 00:33:49,728 Stand by for your ring announcer, 581 00:33:49,795 --> 00:33:51,397 Howling Harvey Slocum. 582 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,536 That's not The Comet Kid we saw! 583 00:33:57,603 --> 00:33:59,105 Daddy, that's not the same fighter we saw. 584 00:33:59,171 --> 00:34:01,207 This guy is much bigger! Must run to 170! 585 00:34:01,273 --> 00:34:02,374 They brought in a ringer. 586 00:34:02,441 --> 00:34:03,375 What you wanna do about it? 587 00:34:03,442 --> 00:34:06,678 Alright, fight fans, here we go. 588 00:34:06,745 --> 00:34:08,147 The main event... 589 00:34:08,214 --> 00:34:10,249 Now, you don't have to fight, we can protest. 590 00:34:10,316 --> 00:34:11,883 It's alright, I'll fight him. 591 00:34:11,950 --> 00:34:13,285 The Comet Kid has taken ill. 592 00:34:13,352 --> 00:34:17,556 So introducing his substitute at 165 pounds. 593 00:34:17,623 --> 00:34:21,760 But truly a boxing bonus brought to you by your promoter, 594 00:34:21,827 --> 00:34:24,130 Mr. Benny Rafferty. 595 00:34:26,532 --> 00:34:31,170 And now the highly-regarded Pennsylvania State Champion 596 00:34:31,237 --> 00:34:35,107 from Pittsburgh, Iron Mike McCoy! 597 00:34:38,744 --> 00:34:43,249 His opponent this evening, weighing in at 161 pounds, 598 00:34:43,315 --> 00:34:46,652 a crowd pleaser, who's electrified the circuit 599 00:34:46,718 --> 00:34:49,555 from Baltimore to Washington D.C. 600 00:34:49,621 --> 00:34:52,891 The ever-dangerous James Trevis Clark, 601 00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:55,127 The Ebony Flash! 602 00:34:58,730 --> 00:35:02,168 Alright, and your judges at ringside, ladies and gentlemen, 603 00:35:02,234 --> 00:35:05,003 Commander Howard Bradbury, 604 00:35:05,070 --> 00:35:07,539 Mr. Clifford Spencer. 605 00:35:07,606 --> 00:35:10,709 And your referee tonight, Honest John Kelly! 606 00:35:10,776 --> 00:35:14,045 The War Of The Week is about to begin as Mighty Mike McCoy 607 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:16,182 and The Ebony Flash meet in the center of the ring. 608 00:35:16,248 --> 00:35:17,349 Why call him The Ebony Flash? 609 00:35:17,416 --> 00:35:18,750 I'll bet he's mad. 610 00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:22,754 I'd have called him the "Tattoo Tornado." 611 00:35:22,821 --> 00:35:25,224 Hey, quiet! 612 00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:27,426 Clark! Clark! 613 00:35:27,493 --> 00:35:30,629 Clark! 614 00:35:30,696 --> 00:35:33,131 Clark comes out to the center of the ring. 615 00:35:33,199 --> 00:35:35,467 McCoy waits for him, confidently. 616 00:35:55,387 --> 00:35:57,456 -How's he doing, Daddy? -He's doing alright. 617 00:35:57,523 --> 00:35:58,990 -He's doing alright? -He's doing good. 618 00:35:59,057 --> 00:36:01,793 Come on, James, hit him! 619 00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:03,829 Clark shoots a left jab to the head 620 00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:06,598 but McCoy comes right back with a smashing body blow. 621 00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:08,934 ...two left, right, combos. Clark slips that punch. 622 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,837 Slips away, bobs, weaves. It's surprising. 623 00:36:11,903 --> 00:36:13,705 Clark is taking the fight to McCoy. 624 00:36:23,749 --> 00:36:26,151 Yeah. 625 00:36:26,218 --> 00:36:28,354 Come on, James! 626 00:36:36,628 --> 00:36:38,196 Clark continues to jab at McCoy's head 627 00:36:38,264 --> 00:36:39,398 straight, stinging blows. 628 00:36:39,465 --> 00:36:41,199 -Elizabeth. -Iron Mike moves in... 629 00:36:41,267 --> 00:36:42,901 I'm saving a place for you. 630 00:36:42,968 --> 00:36:45,371 Clark breaks out of McCoy's vicious infighting. 631 00:36:45,437 --> 00:36:47,172 Iron Mike moves steadily forward, 632 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:48,640 he's working on Clark's body. 633 00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:50,676 Clark, The Ebony Flash, is setting the pace, 634 00:36:50,742 --> 00:36:52,711 carrying the fight to Iron Mike from Pittsburgh. 635 00:36:52,778 --> 00:36:54,546 A good right hand from the Mighty Mick! 636 00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:56,315 Clark responds with a flurry! 637 00:36:56,382 --> 00:36:59,585 McCoy is hurt! A left and a right to the chin by Clark. 638 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:05,324 Come on, hit, hit, hit! 639 00:37:10,596 --> 00:37:12,063 Clark decks McCoy with a left 640 00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:14,333 hook to the chin right on the button! 641 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,268 McCoy is down! 642 00:37:20,539 --> 00:37:22,508 Get him again! Come on, get him again! 643 00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:24,142 Get him again, James! 644 00:37:24,209 --> 00:37:25,944 Come on, James, get him. 645 00:37:32,351 --> 00:37:33,985 A savage attack! 646 00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:35,987 Clark never should have knocked him down in the first round! 647 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:38,424 He really stirred up the animal! 648 00:37:47,232 --> 00:37:52,838 Beautiful, James! 649 00:37:52,904 --> 00:37:55,474 Just relax now, James. Don't talk. 650 00:37:55,541 --> 00:37:59,378 Okay, you're doing just fine. Just fine. 651 00:37:59,445 --> 00:38:01,347 So are you. 652 00:38:01,413 --> 00:38:04,249 After three rounds, The Ebony Flash could be ahead on points 653 00:38:04,316 --> 00:38:05,684 because of the knockdown. 654 00:38:05,751 --> 00:38:07,486 His headhunting has been effective. 655 00:38:07,553 --> 00:38:09,321 It remains to be seen if Iron Mike's 656 00:38:09,388 --> 00:38:11,056 body blows will wear him down. 657 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:13,258 He'd better put him away early! 658 00:38:13,325 --> 00:38:14,960 Yeah. That's his style. 659 00:38:15,026 --> 00:38:17,463 That's it! That's it! 660 00:38:29,408 --> 00:38:30,809 Clark comes out quickly, 661 00:38:30,876 --> 00:38:32,711 keeping that left jab in McCoy's face. 662 00:38:32,778 --> 00:38:34,413 He circles McCoy, a slick, smooth dancing master! 663 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:35,481 Close in here. 664 00:38:35,547 --> 00:38:37,015 McCoy has the savage power... 665 00:38:37,082 --> 00:38:40,085 -Come on and listen, Grandma. -To a prizefighter? 666 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:41,720 I'll dance for the devil first. 667 00:38:41,787 --> 00:38:44,089 McCoy is trying to turn it into a slugging match. 668 00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:45,524 Clark counter-punches. 669 00:38:45,591 --> 00:38:47,359 Straight, sharp punches from The Ebony Flash! 670 00:38:47,426 --> 00:38:48,827 Clark is fighting courageously, 671 00:38:48,894 --> 00:38:50,862 but McCoy is starting to cut him down. 672 00:38:50,929 --> 00:38:53,965 Ebony Flash is scoring. Jab! Jab! And a good right by Clark. 673 00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:17,623 A whirlwind attack by McCoy. 674 00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:19,290 He's punishing Clark's body. 675 00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:21,860 The Ebony Flash is losing some lightning from his punches. 676 00:39:21,927 --> 00:39:23,662 He's pawing, he's not punching. 677 00:39:23,729 --> 00:39:26,097 -He's tiring him, Daddy. -Dropping his guard. 678 00:39:26,164 --> 00:39:28,667 Come on, James. 679 00:39:28,734 --> 00:39:31,703 Clark is cut above the left eye. Two to the head by McCoy. 680 00:39:31,770 --> 00:39:33,204 Clark drops his guard. 681 00:39:33,271 --> 00:39:35,541 A hard combination to the head by McCoy. 682 00:39:35,607 --> 00:39:37,175 He's a bruised and a battered fighter. 683 00:39:37,242 --> 00:39:39,210 Clark returns two quick shots to the head 684 00:39:39,277 --> 00:39:41,780 but The Ebony Flash has no sting in his punches. 685 00:39:41,847 --> 00:39:43,782 Clark brushes blood away from the eye. 686 00:39:43,849 --> 00:39:46,351 Come on, Elizabeth, up to bed. That's enough of that. 687 00:39:46,418 --> 00:39:48,119 Come on, come on. 688 00:39:48,186 --> 00:39:50,689 ...but he's being out-slugged! 689 00:40:02,501 --> 00:40:06,071 One, two, three... 690 00:40:06,137 --> 00:40:10,075 Take nine! Take nine! 691 00:40:13,278 --> 00:40:15,981 Clark gets up too soon. He should have taken nine. 692 00:40:16,047 --> 00:40:17,516 McCoy is all over him. 693 00:40:17,583 --> 00:40:19,017 That poor boy. 694 00:40:19,084 --> 00:40:21,720 What's keeping Clark up? McCoy to the body. 695 00:40:21,787 --> 00:40:24,623 To the head, to the body. To the head again. 696 00:40:29,094 --> 00:40:31,597 He's hit. His ankle goes out from under him. 697 00:40:31,663 --> 00:40:33,765 Clark's ankle buckled under him. 698 00:40:38,837 --> 00:40:41,707 This man is fighting on courage and heart alone. 699 00:40:50,215 --> 00:40:53,752 ...two, three... 700 00:40:53,819 --> 00:40:57,923 ...five, six, seven... 701 00:40:57,989 --> 00:41:00,892 -Come on, James, get up! -Come on, James, get up! 702 00:41:10,502 --> 00:41:13,839 It's McCoy who helps Clark to his feet and to his corner! 703 00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:18,810 No animosity. Sportsmanship here tonight, fight fans. 704 00:41:18,877 --> 00:41:21,680 It's alright. He's alright. 705 00:41:26,184 --> 00:41:29,521 Can you hear me talking to you? Can you hear me talking to you? 706 00:41:29,588 --> 00:41:31,022 Can you hear me? 707 00:41:31,089 --> 00:41:33,324 Tell me something. Talk to me, what's your name? 708 00:41:33,391 --> 00:41:38,263 The Ebony Flash. 709 00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:42,734 About it. Nothing like my wild herb poultice. 710 00:41:42,801 --> 00:41:45,203 Just what James Trevis needs for his bruises. 711 00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:49,240 It's his hurt pride I'm worried about, Esther. 712 00:41:49,307 --> 00:41:50,842 Come in! 713 00:41:52,010 --> 00:41:53,812 Verdie? 714 00:41:53,879 --> 00:41:57,348 Mr. Walton, we heard it on the radio. 715 00:41:57,415 --> 00:41:59,718 Jody had to listen. Where is he? 716 00:41:59,785 --> 00:42:01,252 He's in the shed with Olivia. 717 00:42:01,319 --> 00:42:05,390 He's kind of in a coma. Comes in and out of it. 718 00:42:05,456 --> 00:42:07,192 I'm going out there now. 719 00:42:07,258 --> 00:42:09,761 -Give me a hand with the doors. -Alright. 720 00:42:16,668 --> 00:42:20,071 You still with us, son? 721 00:42:20,138 --> 00:42:22,741 Verdie was right. They wanted to see his blood. 722 00:42:22,808 --> 00:42:26,144 Yeah, but after they got it, they were for him. 723 00:42:26,211 --> 00:42:28,179 Kind of makes me wonder what it feels like, 724 00:42:28,246 --> 00:42:30,982 being on the other side of the fence. 725 00:42:34,319 --> 00:42:36,722 Excuse me. 726 00:42:48,199 --> 00:42:50,201 Poor boy. 727 00:42:54,472 --> 00:42:57,275 My heart hurts for him. 728 00:42:57,342 --> 00:42:59,344 Ours, too, Verdie. 729 00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:06,084 You go rest now. I'll tend to him. 730 00:43:16,094 --> 00:43:18,697 This will draw the pain out. 731 00:43:23,669 --> 00:43:25,036 I'll get another one. 732 00:43:31,176 --> 00:43:34,379 He showed a lot of courage tonight. 733 00:43:34,445 --> 00:43:35,714 I've been trying all night 734 00:43:35,781 --> 00:43:38,884 to think of that verse from Genesis... 735 00:43:38,950 --> 00:43:40,385 About the dreamer? 736 00:43:40,451 --> 00:43:41,820 Marketh the... 737 00:43:41,887 --> 00:43:47,425 "Here cometh the dreamer. Let us slay him. 738 00:43:47,492 --> 00:43:50,328 "Then shall we see what will become of his dream." 739 00:43:55,901 --> 00:43:59,070 We got some callers. 740 00:43:59,137 --> 00:44:04,509 Verdie. 741 00:44:04,575 --> 00:44:09,080 We got a start, Verdie. We want that church for him and for us. 742 00:44:09,147 --> 00:44:10,716 Mr. Walton. 743 00:44:10,782 --> 00:44:12,951 Whatever lumber this will buy, 744 00:44:13,018 --> 00:44:15,353 it will be the foundation for our church. 745 00:44:20,125 --> 00:44:23,729 Now, this'll buy a lot of lumber. 746 00:44:23,795 --> 00:44:25,263 Some labor, too. 747 00:44:25,330 --> 00:44:29,768 -You got all the help you need. -Let's go to work. 748 00:44:29,835 --> 00:44:32,904 -That's just... Yes. -That's just fine. 749 00:45:05,203 --> 00:45:06,504 Hey, Mr. Walton! 750 00:45:06,571 --> 00:45:09,540 There seems to be a lot of activity around the mill. 751 00:45:09,607 --> 00:45:11,910 Isn't this a beautiful Sunday? 752 00:45:11,977 --> 00:45:14,445 You sure do a lot of giggling, honey. 753 00:45:35,767 --> 00:45:38,269 Maybe I didn't lose. 754 00:45:38,336 --> 00:45:40,438 Maybe not. 755 00:46:27,552 --> 00:46:29,587 -Amen. -Amen. 756 00:46:29,654 --> 00:46:32,090 So good to have you in church. 757 00:46:32,157 --> 00:46:34,459 Hope the ceiling doesn't fall in. 758 00:46:37,395 --> 00:46:40,866 I've long been torn as to the subject of my first sermon. 759 00:46:50,541 --> 00:46:54,379 Somewhere I read a story about Christ and the children. 760 00:46:54,445 --> 00:46:58,016 Picture Jesus Christ surrounded by children. 761 00:46:58,083 --> 00:47:00,886 One on his knee and a little girl 762 00:47:00,952 --> 00:47:03,154 with her baby brother in her arms. 763 00:47:03,221 --> 00:47:06,791 Christ is talking to them. 764 00:47:06,858 --> 00:47:10,896 "Whoever receives one little child in My name receives Me." 765 00:47:10,962 --> 00:47:12,730 He's telling one of your Bible stories. 766 00:47:12,797 --> 00:47:14,065 "But whoever offends one of these 767 00:47:14,132 --> 00:47:18,203 "little ones who believes in Me. 768 00:47:18,269 --> 00:47:20,038 "It were far better that a millstone 769 00:47:20,105 --> 00:47:22,373 "be hanged around his neck, 770 00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:26,277 "and he be drowned in the depth of the sea." 771 00:47:26,344 --> 00:47:29,180 Who knows what a millstone is? 772 00:47:33,051 --> 00:47:35,386 -I don't. -I think I do. 773 00:47:35,453 --> 00:47:36,721 You do? 774 00:47:36,787 --> 00:47:41,126 Elizabeth, do you wanna tell us what a millstone is? 775 00:47:41,192 --> 00:47:44,129 Or you wanna think about it? 776 00:47:44,195 --> 00:47:46,297 I'll tell you what a millstone is. 777 00:47:46,364 --> 00:47:48,633 That Sunday and for several months to follow, 778 00:47:48,699 --> 00:47:52,470 this was the only church that James was to have. 779 00:47:52,537 --> 00:47:54,505 When a suitable replacement was found, 780 00:47:54,572 --> 00:47:57,442 James Trevis Clark insisted on moving on. 781 00:47:57,508 --> 00:48:00,245 For as much as he longed to be in the country, 782 00:48:00,311 --> 00:48:03,114 he returned to the streets from which he had fled. 783 00:48:03,181 --> 00:48:04,815 Working with youngsters, 784 00:48:04,882 --> 00:48:08,319 he was to live his religion on the playgrounds he established. 785 00:48:08,386 --> 00:48:11,222 Hundreds of boys and girls, both black and white, 786 00:48:11,289 --> 00:48:14,359 would turn to James Trevis Clark for leadership. 787 00:48:17,762 --> 00:48:20,065 -Mama? -Yes, Elizabeth? 788 00:48:20,131 --> 00:48:21,466 When people get the call, 789 00:48:21,532 --> 00:48:23,368 and they're baptized in the Rockfish River, 790 00:48:23,434 --> 00:48:25,570 are their sins really washed away? 791 00:48:25,636 --> 00:48:28,106 Yes, honey. They're really washed away. 792 00:48:28,173 --> 00:48:29,674 Where does all the water go? 793 00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:33,711 Rockfish River empties into the James River at Howardsville, 794 00:48:33,778 --> 00:48:37,448 flows through Fort Union, Short Pump, Richmond, 795 00:48:37,515 --> 00:48:41,052 and empties into Hampton Roads Harbor at Jamestown. 796 00:48:41,119 --> 00:48:43,354 And all those sins end up in the sea? 797 00:48:43,421 --> 00:48:44,822 That's right. 798 00:48:44,889 --> 00:48:47,425 Is that fair to the fish? 799 00:48:47,492 --> 00:48:51,462 -Goodnight, Elizabeth. -Goodnight, Mama. 800 00:48:51,512 --> 00:48:56,062 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0