Super crowds marked "Man of Steel" Tony Zale's 1941 lakefront bout

Published Aug. 15, 2012

Future Boxing Hall of Famer Tony Zale, known as the "Man of Steel" for his toughness in the ring, was a surefire crowd-pleaser for the Aug. 16, 1941 fight at the lakefront. But the record crowd that turned out wasn't lured by Zale's magnetism alone. They came because it didn't cost them a cent.