Evening star., 1937-06-01
Sare 7Uo in Police Ring So,v Are
OTHER Jobs HELD
BY GEV|NSON, TOW
They, Like Rest, Though, Are
Determined to Score in
Fine Benefit Card.


BY JOHN b. KELLER.
~ OXERS as we'll as policemen
* work for living, after all. 1t
seems. At least, that's the
dope that comes in from Dave
Herman, the publicity agent of the
1stic fete to be put on tomorrow night
for the benefit OF the policemens re-
lief OUTFIT.
And, by the way, it'll be a good show
to take in, too, that at Griffith Sta
dium. Not only will the ring fan
get pretty good kick out of the card,
but he also will be doing a good turn
for the guardians of the peace of the
National Capital.
After Promoters Joe Turner and
Goldie Ahearn pay off the flock fling
ing punches the police are due to get
healthy cut of the gate to help the
survivors of those who get kicked off
while attending to the business of
making Washington safer for regular
folks
With the exception of Bob
y,
Lou Gevinson, the recent grad
uate from amateur feather
ranks, every fighter on the card
really has to push his punch
for a livelihood, says Comrade
Herman.
Tow. it seems, is pretty well fixed
By the May folks Of Alexandria,
hackers of busses. Gevinson has
lob In the Government. Fighting is
! sideline with him at present.
But Tow will be plenty serious
about the fighting game when he
meets the heavyweight, Sandy NC
Donald, tomorrow night, and Gevinson
won't be holding back in his return
match with Johnny Pena, the boy
who licked him not long ago.
Fighters Must Eat
CONSIDER some of the other boys
on the card, advises Herman. For
Instance, Norment Quarles, Cowboy
Howard Scott, Ray Ingram, Joey
Archibald, Ossie Stewart, Tom Ches-
ter and Mcdonald. The old do-re-mi
is In the ring for them and they must
produce, or else.
Quarles. seventh ranking light
weight, who meets Scott, lives with his
family in Hendersonville, N. c., and Is
the proud papa of an 11-week- old
baby. He fights he says, for the little
wife and the little girl
Norment has his diploma from the
fIrjvercifv Nf Nortl 10 l.,,+ 49,.
sticking to boxing until he lands a
business that pays more.
Scott is another papa. And
1t Is his fatherhood that keeps
him sticking to the ring. There's
more money in the fist-flinging
game than in any other Scott
has tackled thus far.
Mcdonald rushed to New York last
year after fortune teller told him
to leave Texas and travel East under
new name. He's maintaining a family
IN the Lone Star State on his boxing
Earnings.
Johnny Pena, Of Spanish descent, is
an orphan. He fought his way up the
ladder and in 1882 lost in the N. B. A.
world featherWeight championship
meet. This is Herman's dope, re-
member
Johnny saves his nickels and dimes
10 help support the folks back home.
Ingram Has to Put Out.
INGRAM, who still wants that crack
at Gevinson that was denied him
by the District Boxing Commission
and why?-is thrifty lad He puts
by the shekels. under the guardianship
OF his manager and sponsor. Jack
Loukota, to make life easier for the
mother back in Orlando, Fla. and
kid brother who happens to be in
Washington now
Archibald, like Quarles. is a college
product. Fighting is strictly a pro-
fession with him and he'll be looking
for all he can get in his tussle with
Ingram
Stewart, former Columbia, S. c.,
boy. went TO- Pittsburgh to make
progress in pro boxing. He did. Now
from his ring earnings he supports a
mother and sister.
Chester is business boxer,
too. but none Of the boys on the
card has as keen = business
interest to look after as the
sponsors of the show.
The police need that dough for their
pals in desperate way. So, If you can,
put out for the fights tomorrow night
and put out, too, for the boys in blue
who make your living pretty safe in
this good-sized town, where lots Of
folks are trying to make trouble for
you.