The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-24
Overlin, New Middle
Champ Likes To
Drink And Dance
BY HARRY FERGUSON
UInited Press Shorts ElltOrl

New York, May "a - CUP -
The new middleweight champion
did three rhumba steps In his
dressing room after the fight and
issued this statement to the press:
"From now on just look Tor me In
the Broadway night clubs cause I'm
going TO get O little drinkee and
make up for lost time"
II was Ken Overlin speaking -
speaking out OF q face smeared with
blood, speaking with an impatient
tone IN his voice, for he wanted TO
get the business over with and rush
to some place where the wood
winds were whining, the saxophones
were giving off hot ticks and the
plano player was going out OF this
world on the latest swing piece.
He had Just snatched the mid
dleweight title off the dark brow
Of Ceferino Garcia the hard hit
ting "bolo puncher" from the
Philippines after 10 rounds OF fight
ing that hauled 1887 customers out
of their chairs IN Madison Square
Garden. II was q great fight and II
brought into the limelight one Of
the strangest OF all the strange
characters who have walked the
narrow strip Of pavement called
"leatherfist lane"-the place where
the fight mob gathers to enthrone
and dethrone champions. You are
going TO be hearing o lot about
this Overlin from now on, so this
Is good time TO tell you how he
stands on issues Of the day.
Hates Fresh Air
He Is q spindly legged guy, pale
Of face, and narrow In the shoul-
ders. He Is violently opposed to-:
milk, fresh air, road work, shadow
boxing, physical culture In oil Its
manifestations and whoever the
man was who coined the epigram
about early to bed and early to
rise makes o man healthy, wealthy
an dwise. He Is ma earnest advocate
Of: staying up until dawn; looking
Oh the wine when II Is red, or for
that matter, yellow, brown or white;
rhumba dancing, fox trotting, two
stepping, waltzing and all varia-
lions Of the Conga.
He may be playboy, but this
Overlin Is crammed with what the
fight mob calls "Moxie"-the cour-
age to stay In there and take 1t
when the going gets tough. Along
about the fifth and sixth rounds
1t seemed that Overlin was going
to get knocked out. Garcia Is q
murderous puncher and In the
seventh round he landed one that
sent the blood squirting out Of
Overlin's right ear.
You could hear the crowd MUIR
muir There he goes" but Overlin
treated them to a couple Of rhum-
ba steps and then whammed his
left into Garcias belly. Then he
crossed fast right to the head
and was out OF trouble. Garcia, an
earnest, plodding gent who trains
faithfully, spends long hours In
shadow boxing and shuns night
clubs as though they had quar-
antine notices on the door. never
recovered.
Promoter Mike Jacobs has the
boys tied UP for return bout
which probably will take place this
summer. Meanwhile, AL Hostak oil
Seattle is recognized by the Ma.
tional Boxing Association as middle
weight champion, and he may meet
the winner of the next Overlin.
Garcia bout.
Bring 'em all on" was the mes
sage that Overlin gave to the world
in the early hours of today as he
CALAMITY escorted a pretty blonde
girl to tiny dance floor where a
band was whining wicked rhum.
ba.