The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-24
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BY HENRY McLEMORE limited Press Staff COrreSpOndent)


 Grossinger Lake, N. r., May "A. tales from the hills where Barney Ross trained for Henry Armstrong: If Ross quits in his corner" as Eddie Meade, Arm strong's manager says he will, the referee will be the one who stops it because years ago the Welter champ made his managers, Sam Plan and Art Winch, put it in writ ing that never, never, no matter what happened inside the ropes, would they throw in the towel . q pay Art and Sam to get me matches and get me in shape for them," Ross told me "Once that bell rings I'm in charge. I'm the one who takes the punches and there's no earthly way for my man. agers to know how I feel !. It's understood that any time they stop a fight of mine they don't get paid"
 If "Homicidal Henry" does stop Ross he will have stopped a man who takes a deal of stopping . Thursday nights fight will mark Barney's 80th professional fight, and in that some five or six hun dred rounds he has never been knocked out, and has been on the floor just once, and that for only a count of three Ceferino Garcia was the fellow who knocked him down . In their first fight out on the Pacific coast Ross says he never saw or felt the punch One second he was standing up boxing and the next he was sit- ting down, wondering if he had slipped One knockdoWn isn't a bad record for fighter whose foes include such punchers as Jimmy McLarnin, Billy Petrolle, Tony Can zoneri, and Bat Battalino Ross says he doesn't doubt Arm strong's hitting ability, but doubts if he hits with as much power as McLarnin.
 If you're at the fight Thursday night and see a little gray-haired lady standing up and yelling Hook little more, Barney; use that up- percut, Barney" it will be the champs mother. Mrs. Ross is 63. but when Barney gets in the ring she fights full Is rounds. all by herself .. .. Calls every punch Barney says she knows as much boxing as anyone he knows; and that many of her tips have been in- valuable .. She never arrives from Chicago until the day of the bout says she knows toe many people who want tickets.
 Ross is one fighter who wont even need benefit and you'll never see him walking around slap happy from punches "The first time I ever get bad beating when I know am in shape, that's the day quit" he says "Not even if doctors told me I coule fight more without hurting myself would listen '. I'll take that one licking, and no more."
 Heretofore Barney has been stick. ing most of his money into hi. jewelry business in Chicago, but now he is ready to branch out as g cloak-and-suiter Fifty thou. sand of the dollars he will get fol going in with Armstrong will bt invested in his new father laws clothing business.
 The champions new wife won't bt at the ringside She never has seen him fight, and says sht never will She once watched him work with a sparring partner and had a beautiful case of hys. teria, when her man got buffettet about a little with 16 ounce gloves
 The Ross camp is worried abou one thing in the fight with Arm strong Henry's tendency to hi low when he starts throwing thos fists from here. there, and every where.
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