The Washington times., 1938-01-27
Pastor RepdYs Old Debt
With Buck Everett Fiqht
Defeat W ouId
Jeopdrdize
Program
BY FRANK BUCK" o'NEILL

you may believe this story or
doubt it, but there is some graft
tude in boxing. If there weren't,
you would have no Bob Pastor com.
ing in here to box Buck Everett at
Turner's Arena Monday night. To
be sure. Pastor thinks he will win
easily and pick up few bobs for
a nights exercise. But that is only
part Of the story.
Two years ago Pastor was a
young squirt trying to get started
in the sour business of busting
beaks. He signed to box AL De
laney who showed more than aver.
age promise, and was quite pleased
with himself. But scarcely had the
ink dried on the contracts when
Pastor was offered a match with
a bird named Sykes, who was belt
ing all opponents in lusty style out
in Chicago.
WANTS CONTRACT CANCELLED
That Sykes match meant money
and advancement if Pastor could
win, so Jimmy Johnston, the bad
bandit of Broadway, telephoned
UnSer Goldie Ahearn and asked
him to cancel the contract here.
Goldie agreed, Pastor stopped
Sykes in five rounds, and definite.
ly started on the upgrade.
"1'll do you a favor one Of these
days." Jimmy Johnston told
Ahearn.
Fresh from knockout victories
over Havelick and Tracy, Pastor is
repaying that favor. More than
{ IS per cent of the reserved seats
are already sold for Monday night.
and the indications are that there
? will be a capacity crowd on hand
when the gong clangs its summons
to action.
FACES ETTORE FEB.
. Far more depends upon the out
come Of this match than the few
bobS that Pastor will acquire for
Slugging and being slugged for 10
rounds or less. He is matched to
box AL Ettore at the Arena in
Philadelphia on February Z. AL
defeat at the hands of Everett
would do Pastor very little good.
A most ambitious program has
been outlined Or Pastor. He will
tour the county, fighting all COM
ers. Pastor leaped into promt
nence by going the limit with Joe
Louis before the Brown Bomber
knocked out Jim Braddock to win
. the heavyweight championship Of
the world. That fight made Pas
tor. He has gone along famously
since an embarrassing experience
with Nathan Mann, currently
matched to fight Joe Louis.
TOUR WILL BOOST STOCK
by taking Pastor on a tour of
the country" Jimmy Johnston
informs the writer, "he will have
q chance to fight himself into
a position as leading contender
for the heavyweight champion.
ship. He will fight them all,
and since he already has fought
Louis, be is not in a position
where he wants to draw the
color line. This Everett match
should be just a breeze for
Pastor
Pastor. incidentally. will arrive
In Washington Saturday afternoon
and will complete his training
here. This will be a condition i'm.
posed upon all main bout fighters
in important contests. A good
fighter will not object to the
regulation, and the public de-
serves all possible protection from
the usual stream of mug boxers
who infeSt the rings Of the nation.
Goldie Ahearn said today that
he was endeavoring to make a
match between AL Reid, the
smashing youngster who out
pointed Tony Dupre the other
night, and Harry Jeffra. bantam.
weight champion of the world.
Jeffra will have a bit of a time to
handle Sixto Escobar in their
fight in Puerto Rico, but If the
champion retains his title in that
scramble AheaHn will try to bring
him in against Reid.
DUDAS MOVES CLOSER
Steve Dudas, managed by the
"Old Doctor" Billy Mccartney,
moved a notch closer to a match
with Max Schmeling when he
grabbed the duke from Bob Olin
in Philadelphia the other night.
There has been much talk in re.
cent days Of staging the Dudas.
Schmeling bout in Berlin, but Los
Angeles remains in the running,
and it's more than likely that the
scrap will be fought there, pro
viding the match is made,
There seems to be no such thing
as stopping Solly Krieger. He flat
tened AL Diamond in one round
in Brooklyn the other night.
Krieger halted the meteoric career
Of Harry Balsamo, who had made
a practice of betting out his op.
ponents. Krieger's most notable
recent triumph was Billie Conn,
the Pittsburgh middleweight. Conn
cherished championship aSpira-
tions until Krieger took care of
him.