The Washington times., 1938-08-04

get him a fight with George Alb
I'LL knock Abrams out"
Steve said simply. Just let me
get into that ring with George.
I'd fight him for nothing"
Matt was equally enthusiastic
about the prospect of booking a
fight with Abrams-albeit q bit
more conservative. One-third Of
nothing doesn't amount to very
much and Twomey doesn't allow
his zeal to run away with his
better judgment.
WEIGHT LIMIT
"WeN take Abrams" Matt
said, provided he makes 155
pounds"
Therein will lie the hitch, BE-
cause sgd Fishel, Georges pilot,
doesn't feel like risking his boys
newly acquired rating, Also, sgd
believes the 19-year-old Abrams
would be hurt by trying TO make
weight.
Mamakos won the applause Of
the crowd but it was the game
Nedomatsky who captured its
heart. His left eye puffed to the
size Of q golf ball. his right eye
half closed, Ivan got off the floor
three times in vain effort to
make q fight of it. Courage alone
provided the starch for VANS tot
tering legs and when they're pick
ing out game men in the ring Ivan
NedomatSky's name viii lead all
the rest.
COULDN'T GET SET
The story Of the fight was that
Steve wouldn't let Ivan get set
and kept marching in all the time.
In the sixth, the usually docile
MamakoS unleashed a furious bar
rage of right hand punches which
sent Nedo Keeling to the canvas.
Ivan took eight and walked right
into the line of fire again.
A left hook sent the weary Bal
timorean to the deck and again he
took eight. But that big heart of
his carried him through the round
when his legs crumpled like jelly
and his eyes had a film of stupor
Ivan surprised the historical
crowd by whipping over a hard
left and right at the beginning Of
the seventh round but Steve
quickly stopped the rally and
again floored Nedo for count of
eight. His legs dragging heavily,
Ivan did nothing but catch while
the usually blood thirsty crowd bel
lowed to Referee Eddie LaFond to
stop the one-sided slaughter.
LAFOND EXPLAINS
LaFond said after the bout that
he didn't stop it because he had
seen NedomatSky in action many
times and knew Ivan would have
been done an injustice had the
fight been stopped.
HE was really only tired"
Eddie explained. and knew he
was likely to pull one from the
floor and chill Steve. Ivan was
never in any serious danger or
would have stopped it."
It seems LaFond was right be-
cause Ivan himself said after the
bout it was exhaustion, and not
MamakoS' blows, that sent him to
the canvas. But anyone who
thinks MamakoS can't punch is
laboring under q delusion. Prob
ably Ivan couldn't feel the punish
ment after he had been battered
almost into insensibihty, but it
appeared Steve had plenty of
steam in his wallop.
We believe there's no sense in
running the cards on the main
bout since 1t was so sided. La
Fond voted MamakoS. 1916. Fe-
gan gave it to Steve, 79-40, while
Singer gave MamakoS a clean
sweep and had it 80-45.
It was a savage, brutal fight,
and the best that has ever been
put on. NedomatSky got a ire
mendous hand after the bout. and
he deserved it. Although the de-
ciSion was unanimous, Nedomat-
sky kept trying every minute and
was always dangerous. A salute
to Ivan.
UPSET FOR TONY
The eight-round semifinal was
something of an upset. The highly
touted Tommy Bland, Canadian
welterweight champion, couldn I
"get off" and lost the decision to
Tony Ciaccio. The latter was too
much Of a puzzle for the sharp
shooting Bland.
joey Green, local lightweight,
made an suspicious debut as a
member of Jimmy Whites stable
by chilling Lloyd Lasky in the
second round. In the other bouts,
Brooks Bowen outpOinted Frankie