The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-30
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CAID Tony Galento, after the


Il fought the uroHg icdy"
He did. Should hare stood
on his head, then Joe ncUer
could hare knocked him of
With chm punches Without
fouling :.
INCIDENTALLY, the more one
sees of the fight racket, as IL
il conducted these days. the more
one can see the filth into which
II has degcnerated. Especially in
the last five years :.
PUT the public seems to be get
ting smarter, at that. The
disgusting heavyweight thing last
night drew s2S0,000, gross. Which
is only 25 per cent Of what Pro-
moter Mike Jacobs predicted .
Still, S2s0000 is quite a tub of
suckers, at that even in New
York, T of S. Town of Suckers)
THE NY commission set up a no
foul rule. No fighter could
abruptly lose n fight via a foul,
only the round in which he fouIed.
Yet, when Ii was rumorcd Gaicnto
would 20 the dirt" route against
Louis, the commissioners drew In
their order and announced Tony
would lose pronto, II he fouled.
They didn't do that In the Steel
vs.. ApostoIi fights, and many
others. They do take ca-e of
Jacobs pets ;.
WHICH brings up the old sub
Ject Of boxing commissions,
once more. Since commissions
became the rule the game has gone
into a terrific decline. Politics
plays its hand. In California this
week the commissioners removed
AL Ettore's license after his I'M
satisfactory showing against
Make Rosenbloom. They also held
up Ettore's purse. Responsibility
for permitting Ettore to fight
rested with the commissioners, not
the promoter, not the fighters.
Ettore. glass-jawed a human
punching bag and knocked out
many times, entered that bout
only because the silly commits
sioners sanctioned him
IN Denver the ring authorities
are permitting Babe Risko,
former middleweight champion, to
fight Apostoli. That will be
butchery. Risko Is a pitiful figure.
He has been knocked out more
times than any modern fighter Of
his division. He Is through,
wreck. Yet, they'll throw him
In there with Apostolic -.
COMMISSIONERS will permit
man to sweat his energy and
life out in steam box. a torture
Solly krieger endured to get down
to 160 pounds for the cruel hitting
Hostak. In the name of deceny
that was inhumane. The commits
sioncrs could have overlooked a
pound or so. Made sort of a
white official gesture. It would
have been okay by Hostak who
might have won anyway. So,
Solly entered the ring weak, void
of any semblance of what we have
seen of him before. And he was
butchered =. slaughtered, his chin
hanging out like Casey's red shirt
on the wash line
DUT let's turn to pleasant
II things. such as the thrill
Morry Abbott procided the
other night acith has terrific
home rms at Athletic park. l
missed those. Was iCdtchiHg
Hostak home-rum off kreiger's
broad joics and ribs. But
on the morn that follored 1
heard more general talk about
Abbott's thrill-proridin9 hom-
ers than | did Of Hostak's ric-
tory. although both repre-
sented poUer =.
ONE fan said:
"Never have I had such q
thrill In baseball. Can't describe
II. When the ball started out
/ into the night far beyond left
eenterfield my heart pressure rode
with IL. And when IL disappeared
1 was In the throes Of the most
sensational feeling l ever felt In
the sport. That ball WIS HIT the
way l often have thought ! would
like TO hit one for my dear old
Alma Mater"
A LSO. that same night .
Tuesday . was family night
when a dad was permitted e
bring the wife and family on one
ticket. Better than 5000 FAM
were on hand. When the psri
announcer asked those who has
not seen a WI league game befor'
to stand between 700 and so'
came to their feet. There was NJ
hesitancy. They came up fast
each wearing big grin whicl
seemed to say; And I'll com
again. This is sport rea
sport"
Nm SAY housd you like &