Evening star., 1938-06-06
YAROSz WILL TRY
ABRAMS METTLE
Abandoning Pushovers, DC.
Hopeful Is Underdog in
Battle Tonight.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Divorcing himself from the COM
pany of collapsible opponents. George
Abrams tonight at Griffith Stadium
will attempt to wedge his way into the
realm Of feared fighters, facing Teddy
Yarosz, former world middleweight
champion, In a 10-round bout.
A local lad who is familiar with
virtually every middleweight mummy
in the ruins of Kingdom, Abrams meets
in Yarosz a fighter who is in the
twilight Of his career, but still clever
enough to warrant eighth ranking
position in fistiana's toughest division.
And despite Abrams impressive record
OF 19 victories in 20 engagements,
compiled at the expense of mediocre
mittmen, Yarosz will reign 81
favorite.
Yarosz, 28-year-old Polish-Amer-
ican, employs crisp left hand as his
chief weapon, a southpaw sock which
has commanded respect from the
middleweight elite, and unless Abrams
reveals less receptive tendencies than
he displayed in his last encounter
that blow will be the medium through
which Teddy carves out another
triumph. On that occasion, against
Jimmy O'Boyne, Abrams absorbed too
many left hooks in winning.
Can Afford to Wait.
Abrams hardly is standing at the
crossroads OF his career, since he is
not scheduled to collide with anes-
thetic punchers until next year even
if he survives the Yarosz test. He
still will be matched against good
boxers If he wins, but Manager sgd
Fishel doesn't expect to expose
Georges features to a knockout spe-
cialist until he has another season OF
campaigning behind him. At the
tender age of 10 he can afford to
wait.
A shufhing. cagey fighter, Yarosz
favors damaged right knee which
twice has been carved but hardly
cured. Teddy consequently is no
bouncing. stay-on- top fem fighter,
but deadly dose when his opponent
elects to carry the fight. Unless
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and indications are that he will, the
scrap conceivably can be very tame.
George possibly is being placed over
his head, but ringworms have refused
to plank coin on the line any longer
TO view him in action with fistianas
derelicts and bout with a foe of
recognized caliber is the only tonic
which can preserve his popularity.
Jimmy Jones, who kayoed George,
only to be outpointed two weeks later,
distinctly is third rater. but, sig
niflcantly, the best opponent Abrams
has met.
Studies Yarosz Film.
Abrams lengthy conditioning grind
has been predicted on fashioning an
offense to capitalize on Teddy's fat
footed punching style and necessitated
slowness. He has studied moving
pictures of Yarosz in action against
Babe Risko and prepped by Lew Ten
dler, lightweight great in the era of
Benny Leonard. Tender will be in
Georges corner while Ray Arcel, rec
ognized as ringdom's foremost trainer,
will close Teddy's cuts, if any.
Should George lose it will complete
the route of once promising local
fighters. His flaws have been revealed
previously, but he still retains his status
as this sectors most likely prospect
and may succeed where Marty GAL
lagher Bob Tow, Natti Brown, Lou
Gevinson. Phil Full. etc. failed.
Steve Mamakos and Wisky Harkins,
welterweights, will swing in the g.
round semi-final, while another g.
rounder lists Abe Denner humping into
Tony Dupre in a featherweight en-
counter. Joe Temes and Billy Bull
lock are slated for six rounds, with
4 rounder opening the card at $50
o'clock.