Evening star., 1937-07-11
MANY RING GREATS
BY RAY
New Yorker Here Training
Steele Capable in All
Conditioning Angles.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

~ AY ARCEL Is q Standout in
- that vast corps Of seldom ap-
N preciated individuals who
4 train and second fighters.
They seldom are appreciated for the
very good reason very few of them
warrant appreciation. Ray, however.
is a slim, slightly bald fellow close
to 40 years old, who has something
Conservatory speaking-and that's
the way Ray talks-Arcel has wit
messed, during his % years in the
fight game, approximately $4,000
nights. The combined power in the
punches he has seen over that stretch
probably would pack enough power
to blast . small city into oblivion, or
maybe disintegrate q tumble-down
shack anyway.
Rays headquarters are in New York
and while there he usually works on
hight cards six nights a week. His
average over % years, he says, would
be about four shows a week, which.
unless our arithmetic is a bit rusty,
equals 208 shows a year and 4.784
cards in % years. Figuring five fights
on each card-a conservative estimate
Ray has seen something like 23,920
bouts.
Remedies Those Bad Eyes.
r ECoGNIzED as a leading expo
nent OF conditioning fighters,
Arcel's value is manifold. He can
stop flow Of blood perhaps more
rapidly than any other in the business
and his treatment Of sliced eyes has
made him an invaluable aid to many
punch takers. He makes those
precious so seconds between rounds
the personiflcation of effortless. vet
highly productive. work. II there is
such a thing as beauty in that type
OF labor, Arcel unveils it in his every
move
A faithful student Of diet. muscle
manipulating and possessing more
than a smattering of medical knoWl-
edge, Arcel also is somewhat of a
psychologist. When you work with
hundreds Of fighters, babying some
and bullying others, you're apt to
know at least little about human
nature.
Currently conditioning Freddie
Steele. world middleweght champion.
for his l0-round non-titIe bout with
Charles Hobo Williams at Griffith
Stadium July TO- Ray is a congenial
soul who somehow has escaped hard
ening OF the arteries and head despite
his lengthy afiiliation with the ring.
Handles Great Fighters.
COME Of his feats in the matter OF
training positively have been
amazing As an example, he took
Charley CPhiD Rosenberg. weighing
l55 pounds, and stripped him down to
ll6 pounds without weakening him in
any manner. In fact, it was on that
occasion that Rosenberg Travelled Is
rounds to win the bantamweight title
from Eddie (CannonbalD Martin.
Arcel has handled more than 100
really outstanding fighters and always
seems to be in demand. After work.
ing with Jimmy Braddock against Joe
Louis, Arcel hoped to Pittsburgh to
train Teddy Yarosz and then switched
to washington and Steele.
Grabbing Abe Attell Goldstein as an
amateur Arcel stuck with him for 10
years until he won and lost the ban
tam crown He has been employed in
handling such fighters as Benny
Leonard, Joe Dundee, Jackie Fields,
Barney Ross. Jackie kid Berg, Bob
Olin, Lou Brouillard, Primo Carnera.
Georges Carpenter, Leo Lomski and
Max Baer.
Job With Steele Vacation"
PAY considers his present assign
ment akin to a vacation, since
Steele has made an exhaustive study
of his condition. is not inclined to
shirk hard toll and displays a mini
mum OF temperament It's sort of a
mutual admiration society, for Fred
die will tell you. when Ray isn't
around, that Arcel is tops in his pro-
fession
Contrary to public opinion. there is
money in this phase Of sports life. Ray
admits he has made plenty. but, like
nearly every one in the fight game,
also has done an expert job of kicking
it away. Nevertheless, Arcel has SAL
vaged a nice home on Long Island
and is happy with his wife and two
children. boy Of 81 and a girl of g.
You don't discover many fellows in
his branch Of the boxing game who
are anything more than butchers.
That's why fistiana in general and
fighters and managers in particular
are appreciative Of Arcels ability.