Evening star., 1937-03-16
LOU MUST DEFEND
FAVORED SON ROLE
Ray Gains by Comparison.
D. C. Rival Is Held Not
Keen to Meet Him.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

toward Ray Ingram-Lou
Gevinson bout, but Rays
a marked improvement i. recent
months indicates many lormy SeS-
sions before that strictly local feather
weight argument reaches port, with a
possibility it may never dock.
Rays rapid ring rise has not gone
unnoticed In fact, Gevinson's one
man board of strategy, ,Fatt Twomey,
has cast a microscopic gaze on the
elusive Ingram and now is confining
his spare moments in conceiving
plausible excuses for forgetting that
particular match. The BOZ at any
rate, is not beyond the embryonic
etage, with negotiations thus far net
ting negative results.
Washington's faithful ring colony,
which shriveled to 788 Naying patrons
last night as Ingram easily outpointed
Johnny De Foe of New York at
Turner's Arena, now is focusing its
tickle favoritism on Ray in the firm
conviction he has replaced GevinSon
as the outstanding featherWeight in
this sector.
Ingram's hackers have something
more than sentimentalism on their
side, however, since the record book
reveals De Foe thrice has trounced
Johnny Pena, who in turn whipped
Gevinson. Rays supporters also
proudly point to the fact that De Foe
scored a technical knockout over Cow
how Cnnt+ hara % oS+
Ingram Wants Showdown.
A RMED with these nuggets, Jack La
Gotta, Ingram's manager, will file
challenge to Gevinson with he Dis
trict Boxing Commission in an effort
to force the issue. Ingram recently was
recognized by that body as GevinSon's
No. l challenger, but since then the
aspect has been altered by Rays tri-
umphs over Christobal Jaramillo and
De Foe, coupled with Lous loss to
Pena.
In the meantime the District Boxing
Commission is seeking to curb the ring
activities of Danny London, who orig
inally was slated to face Ingram. The
National Boxing Association has been
requested tc impose an indefinite sus-
pension on London until he fulfills his
contract here
London, who ran out on the fight
here, is believed to have headed for
the Pacific Coast, and the District
Commission has forwarded a synopsis
of the case to New York, Oregon,
Washington and California commits
sions, none of which are affiliated with
the N. B. A, but all of which usually
cooperate in such instances.
Londons runout, coupled with the
weather, accounted for the compara-
lively small $639 gate. In keeping with
the meager audience, the prelimi-
naries were small-townish and only
the feature bout saved the card from
the dubious distinction of being the
worst of the season.
De Foe Dropped in First.
RAY gave the spectators an inkling
of what to expect in the first
round when he pumped a hard right
to De Foes midSection, came back
with another left to the stomach and
followed with right to the chin
which deposited Johnny halfway
through the ropes for count of nine.
Maintaining that tempo, Ray cap
tured the next three rounds and then
faded slightly in the fifth as Johnny
launched counter-attack to the
body. Ingram retalated, however,
by winning the sixth session and then
won hectic tenth canto after three
even rounds.
1t is Rays polished body attack
which will swing many fans in his
favor should the Gevinson match
materialize. LOUIS lack of defense
for that style of fighting was respon-
sible for his loss to Pena.
The preliminaries were uniformly
poor and nobody cared as Bobby
Dechter defeated Joe Temes in a local
lightweight scrap; Jimmy Jones. Bal
timore middleweight, captured a split
decision from Bob Turner of Rich
mond and Joe De Carlo fumbled to
6 draw with Doug SWetnan