Evening star., 1938-08-14
MAMAK0S SET-UP,
INSISTS ABRAMS
Says He'll Beat Old Rival
Tomorrow as Easily as
He Did Before.
By BURTON HAWKINS.

Youngsters with parallel ring
careers, both employing local amateur
ranks as fistic incubators and grad
uating to professional circles about
the same time. will cross paths for
the third time tomorrow night at
Griffith Stadium when Steve MamakOs,
snatching a small measure of fame
as something OF a human bumper,
collldes with George Abrams, the
Districts middleweight hope, In 4
l0-rOund bout.
Muf1in-eared Mamakos, q 20-year-
old Greek who recently vaulted into
local prominence by allowing a quar-
tet OF favored foes to exhaust them
selves bouncing blows of his concrete
chin, twice has swallowed the bitter
dregs OF defeat by Abrams. Once in
The amateurs and once in professional
ranks Abrams has spanked Steve
and George confidently expects to
trim him again.
Il like Steve and all that" said
Abrams yesterday, but I can't see
honestly where he has improved since
the last time beat him. The reason
he beat Nedomatsky Is because Ivan
fought Steve's fight That was foolish.
III fight him the same way 1 did last
time"
Abrams Has Easy Time.
With a bow to Steve's progress,
it wasn't much OF a fight last time.
Abrams handled Mamakos easily
and although unable to floor his cour-
ageous rival. butchered him badly
in the process Of gaining a decision
Unless his recent triumphs have
been mirage. however, Steve has
improved. Nedomatsky. the former
University Of Maryland 3-time South
ern Conference champion. served as
the stepping stone to the rematch
with Abrams. 1t was a brutal bat
tering Steve dealt Ivan, who thrice
was spraWled on the canvas and
finished the argument a staggering,
puffed and pitiful specimen.
A middleweight. Abrams must trim
down to 154 pounds for Mamakos, who
probably will enter the ring around
$50 pounds. Matchmaker Goldie
Ahearn is entertaining notions OF i'm
porting Ken Overlin in the event
Abrams wins and Glen Lee if Mama
kos triumphs.
Abrams has compiled an enviable
record. winning 81 of % engagements
and whipping the only guy to trounce
him, Jimmy Jones. in a return bout.
Mamakos has won 13 OF IS battles,
being outpointed by Toots Bernstein
in addition to Abrams.
Lights Given Further Test.
George has been nurSed along more
carefully. perhaps. meeting fighters
uniformly lacking in authoritative
punches. Only l9 years old, Abrams
doubtless will be handled in that pro-
tective fashion until next summer.
The affable Jewish lad is a promising
prospect for the heights and Mana
ger Sgd Fishel doesn't intend to mar
those possibilities.
Continuing in an experimental stage
for the third successive show, the light
system again will be tested on the en-
tire card tomorrow night. The mazda
idea probably will be adopted per-
manently by the District Boxing Com
mission should 1t continue to click a
little longer.
Swinging in the six-round semi
firal will be joey Green. local light
weight. and joey Sale of Baltimore,
while another bout OF the same dis
tance will f1nd Pancho Huerta. Mexi-
can stablemate Of Abrams, mixing with
Billy Bullock, District veteran.
Four-rounders. the first Of which
will get under way at $50 o'clock, list
Vince Carino Of Richmond facing
Jerry Hall. New York featherweight.
and Brooks Bowen, Richmond feather
weight. meeting Toby Scroggins of
Florida.