Evening star., 1939-01-04
Ahearn Is Mystified
As Ring Fans Skip
Excellent Shows
Victorious ScuIzo Flop
At Cote, GoIdie Now
Becoming Desperate
By BURTON HAWKINS.

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Garrulous Goldie Ahearn, whose
unappreciated task Is to mold fights
for Turner's Arena. today hitched
his belt another notch toward his
rotund tummy, snorted and aimed q
verbal kick at the youthful 1895
diapers. Goldie's job entails pleas
ing the public, but lately that pub
lie has been evasive and tickle.
what am I going to do?" de-
mands Mr.. Ahearn. I'm giving
Washington better fights than New
York gets, so what? We don't draw
$1,000 gates. If had my way we'd
give 'em slam-bang fights. No class
no names. The crowd that comes
here every week wants action. They
don't want clasS-just knockouts
and gore. SO.
II don't know how long it can
Keep up. Managers are getting sore
at me, and fighters are getting sore
at their managers when they see
the kind of houses we're drawing.
1t can't be because they're tired Of
seeing featherweights. Those feath-
ers always have been the life of the
boxing game. Besides, who could I
get in the middleweight or light
heavyweight divisions worth seeing?
There just amt nobody.
Crowd Never Changes.
1--WE get this same crowd week in
and week out-and it amt enough
to pay the rent. Joe Turner and I
haven't had pay day in months.
1t isn't because there amt no local
talent. The Redskins don't need
local talent and neither does the
baseball club. It's just something,
but don't know what"
Goldie's mournful bleating was oc-
casioned by the rather sparse gath
ering of some 800 fans last night to
view Petey Scalzo, an outstanding
contender for the vacated feather-
weight crown, dispose of Lew Trans
parenti of Baltimore after minutes
seconds of the seventh round. The
lack of customers was nothing new.
1t was like that the week before and
many weeks before that.
"Ive got some good fights lined up
for the next few weeks" informed
Ahearn, "but 1 don't know how
they'll draw here. Next week we'll
have joey Fernando and Norment
Quarles and that will be followed by
some great ones, but I don't know
how long I can keep real fighters
coming here when we're not doing
anV bettar than thjcv
Referee Stops Fight.
The comparatively private argu-
ment strictly was Scalzo's, although
Transparent valiantly employed all
the weapons at his command in
frultless effort to disturb Petey.
Scalzo seemed content to jab his
way to decision, however, until
Lew made too many offensive ges-
lures. Then Petey suddenly devel-
oped enthusiasm for his chore,
whacked Lew to the floor for count
OF nine, and when he repeated the
dose Referee Charley Reynolds
ordered him to cease firing. Trans
parent was Informed of the out
come when revived in his corner.
Petey, who lately has been operat-
ing without Manager Pete Reilly,
who is i'll, simply was too clever for
the Baltimore boy, handling Trans
parent easily. Scalzo's incessant
Jabbing and occasional right crosses
mushed Lewis nose and ripped a
cash under his left eye before Petey
climaxed the scrap.
Bobby Wilson, local welterweight,
outpointed frankie Willis in a six
rounder, surviving a second-round
knockdown to drop Willis twice in
the fifth, while Sammy La Porte,
Baltimore featherweight, outman-
euvered Pete Powell of Richmond
In another six-rounder. Other pre-
llmlnaries saw Billy Banks spank
Billy Brown and Billy Selvage whip
Johnny Sullivan.