The Washington times., 1937-01-15

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With Fists
BY FRANK BUCK" o'NEILL

sky clutched a pencil in his heav-
lily bandaged right hand. Labori-
ously he traced his signature
across the reporters note book,
handed back the pencil and book
and prepared for the work before
him.
There's the correct spelling"
he said with broad smile. "a
lot Of the boys have trouble
spelling 1t correctly"
"MOre Of the boys have trou-
BILE beating the owner Of that
name," said Major Heinie Miller,
secretary Of the District Boxing
Commission and coach of the
University of Maryland boxing
team in his leisure hours.
Ivan the Terrible was born to
fight. His jaw is square and
strong. His face is broad. He has
a pug nose such as Dempsey had
when the Manassa Mauler ruled
the fiStic roost. Ivan's hands are
as big as a heavyweight's, with
square knuckles forming a straight
hitting line. He has thick wrists,
a strong forearm, and his shoulder
Is loose.
Il send him in with the heavy.
weights" Major Miller said. "He
hits too hard for the little fel-
lows. Watch his left hook. You
haven't seen anything like II in
long time"
What Major Miller might have
said is that you are not going to
see anything like the Ivan left
hook in the amateur ring for a
long time. 1t carries the power and
the short, deadly snap Of a profes-
sional. He hit his heavyweight
sparring partner with the hook,
and the big guys knees buckled.
1t was like Wolcott slamming
Choynski.
Likes to Box
When Ivan had gone his three
rounds, he stepped through the
ropes. His tousSeled hair stood
at 1000 angles. Perspiration
poured down his face. The grim
look was gone from his. face and
he smiled pleasantly.
II like to box" he said, "'but
when college days are over,
these gloves go up on the wall.
I'll never fight professionally.
I'm here to get an education. I
can learn to fight in a cellar"
Mike lombard is one Of the
prides of the University Of Mary
land boxing team who comes un.
der the general heading Of smart
fighters. You see, from the time
Mike was big enough and old
enough to step over a duck, he
frequented gymnasia in his native
Newark.
He has studied the styles of the
best boxers, and he copies these
styles in the ring. He slips punches
and ducks prettily. He counters
like streak, and only when he
throws a right-hand swing for the
body instead Of shooting it hard
and straight, does he show his lack
of professional experience. He isn't
a deadly hitter, this mild hammered
youngster Of the college arena, but
he Is nifty.
Natural Weaver
Benny Alperstein is all that this
writer wrote of him, taking the
word Of Major Miller. The kid is
a natural weaver with a hard wal
lop in his left hand. He forces,
walking relentlessly into an oppon-
ent and making the riva ] lead.
Then the natural style Of Dempsey
appears in AlperStein's fighting.
He slips punches and counters.
And when he counters he hurts.
Benny boxed with Bob Bradley,
a glove throwing youngster Of bet
ter than fair ability.
'Why don't you time that left
when he pulls it back and beat
him with q right. Throw the
right from wherever it is, but
throw it short and inside" Brad
ley was advised.
That's fine" replied Bob,
"but Benny's reflexeS are so
much faster than mine that it
does me little good to try"
Just the same, he tried, and
scored with a couple of short
rights until Alperstein timed the
counter and slipped it.
Alex Males and Lancelot Jacques
boxed three swift rounds, ana
fine, friendly spirit marked the
joust. Males landed a driving
right to Jacques chin, and at once
stepped back with a word OF
apology.
"Okay," said Jacques. 1--WE
got to learn to duck those leads"
It was an interesting day that
your agent spent with the ring
men of University of Maryland in
the boxing room at Ritchle
Coliseum.
Attired In the olive drah uni.
forms of the r. o. T. c., most Of
the boys hustled in for practice.
They donned their grey, fleece
lined gymnasium suits.
Hands were bandaged and the
lads went through the limbering
exercises under the supervision o.
a coach who knows all the
answers. Heinie Miller learned MS
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