The Washington times., 1938-11-04
LOVE AND LOUEY LIGHT

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0UEY LIGHT may be fly
~ weight champ some day.
Of course, he may not. The
chances are as great against
him as they are against any
boy that isn't champ. But
they aren't as great against
him now as they were two
years ago when he stepped out
of the amateurs for his first
professional fight.
He's up there in the First Di-
vision now. He was getting good
matches when he and Sam Am
berg, his manager, split UP.
Sam says you never can tell
about nobody, especially when
they're as young as Louey is, but
II the kid sets his mind on being
flyweight champ, then he'll be
flyweight champ. Sam has a great
respect for Louey since that split
UP they had over Rose Mariana.
A PROMISING KID
Ever see L,ouey? He's 20 now
and he only weighs 108. That
gives him lots Of chance to stay
under the 112.pound limit and
in the flyweight class for five
years.
He's pretty to look at in the
ring. A flyweight, you know
moves about 10 times as fast as q
heavy. He's In and out, delivering
his wallop and stepping away be-
fore you can say Jack Robinson.
In with the head behind the left
shoulder, the left streaking out,
the right curled. Bang! And
away. Or into a clinch and ham
mering at the body. Then some
body goes down anu the referee
starts counting because Louey has
O wallop.
The first time Sam Amberg saw
Louey was in Clicks Gym on
Broadway up near Fiftieth.
He was standing there when he
heard a kid say:
Gould you tell me If Mr.. Sam
Amberg is here?"
Sam turned to see the guy he
had asked pointing him out to the
kid. The kid walked over to him
and said:
mfr. Amberg?"
"Yeh," Sam grunted. What Of
it,"
A FIRST MEETING
Eddie Masters told me to look
you up" the kid said. II got his
letter foE you"
It told him that this would In
troduce Louey Light, pretty good
little fighter. Maybe Sam had seen
him. He had won the amateur fly.
weight title in the Golden Gloves
tournament last year. Anything he
could do for him would be appre-
ctated by Eddie,
Sam looked up and went over
L0uey with his eyes Just like a
horse trader would look at horse
he didn't think so much Of.
Fighting amateur and fighting
professional is two differen t
things" he said. I'D like to do
something for Eddie, but I don't
see what I can do for YOU"
We'll, maybe you'll be doing
something for yourself" Louey told
him. "I've had eight professional
fights. I've won seven, three of
them with knockouts, and I drew
with Tommy Waite up in Schenec-
tady."
Sam was q little interested. This
Tommy Waite was o very good
boy. In a year or so he'd be point
ing at the champ.
BE heEe this afternoon and I'll
look you over" he ordered,
He watched him work out and
he liked him. He got him a couple
OF fights and when Louey won
them pretty easily, he signed him
up for five years. It was good
investment. Ordinarily, there isn't
much money handling q fly
weight. They don't draw the
gates like the heavies.
Rose was as little and as. well
put together as Louey was. She
had black hair and eyes and an
olive skin and q pretty mouth.
She was 18 and she was lust fin
ishing up in a secretarial school.
Louey met her when Sam brought
him out to Mike Marana's house.
The thing happened as soon as
they looked at each other. Louey
thought, there's the other half of
me. How did I get along this
long without her? And Rose
thought. look at those shoulders!
Where has this boy been all my
life? a
Louey and Rose were Italian and
when an Italian falls in love and
somebody tries to stop him. there
is generally hell to pay.
And there was plenty Of oppo-
Sition to Louey and Rose getting
together. nike hadn't thought
much about it but when he did he
it was his vague idea that Rose
would marry an older guy who
had q little dough. Sam didn't
like women in any shape or form.
Neither Mike nor Sam said any
thing for a long time for the
simple reason that they didn't
know Louey and Rose were seeing
e lot Of each other. The kids
were smart. They knew how the
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