Evening star., 1940-01-02
Frequentine Soda Fountains
At Nioht Took Its Toll

very thing.
Frequentine Soda Fountains
At Night Took Its Toll
Frederick never was what you
would call a bad man, truly bad
bellhop, at heart, but there was a
time not long ago when he took TO
staying up a little too late at night.
This was shortly after he lost two
decisions to Willie Conn, the Pitts
burgh cherub. Those fights were
both close, and thought-and SO
did Mr.. Apostoli-that the verdict
in the second bout night have been
rendered the other way.
Mr.. Apostoli decided to do a little
brooding about this. When you
brood in the evening you like to
have people brooding around you,
so Frederick went visiting now and
then at the better class of soda
fountains. The late hours may have
had something to do with what
happened to him when he met Cefe-
rino Garcia few months later.
He just forgot to duck" yells
Larry White, Apostoli's manager, in
describing the Garcia fight, but Sc
rious critics thought otherwise. They
thought they saw the handwriting
on the wall "a terrible sight, even
when it's good handWriting). Apos-
toll was puffy and out of shape, he
took a savage licking, and it seemed
very possible that he had reached
the end of a short, though high
class, career.
When Garcia found the target
(and it has to be pretty stationary
target, or Garcia won't find it,, he
cut up Fred like stalk of sugar
cane. That used to be the Filipino's
life work, and he knows how to go
about it. He remarked later that
Apostoli reminded him of certain
stalk on which he established the
Manila County sugar cane record
for speed and accuracy some years
ago.
ApostoIi Mends His Woys
After Loss to Gorcio
They had to lug Fearless Frederick
to his corner when the referee
pulled Garcia away. Fred was a
sorry sight, and the feeling around
the ringside was-"Too bad; good
guy when he had it,
Now, all of sudden, Mr.. Apos-
toll has bobbed back into circula-
ton, looking as fresh as a daisy.
He has repented of his sins, and
he aims to carve himself a new
place in the world-in the light
heavyweight division, to be specific.
There are too many mournful men,
ories in the middleweight class.
I've learned how to take care of
myself" says the one-time bellhop
from San Francisco, his eyes shin
ing with a holy zeal. Il was not
very we'll before that Garcia fight.
and God knows was not very well
after it. But, listen, I'm young.
I've got the stuff, and fighting is
my business. I'm going to tear
some of these light-heavyWeights
apart. Pretty soon I'm going to
get me a return match with the
head man, the fellow who tried to
wreck my life-that Conn. He owes
me decision
Minus Mental Hangover
Fred Con Beat BETTING
Apostoli fights the former title
holder, Meio Bettina, on Friday
evening. Remembering how he
looked the night he caught Gar
cia's pitching, and knowing the
Southpaw Bettina to be an awkward
customer, most of the experts are
nodding in Melio's direction. They
think he will cuff Fred around,
avoid his best punches and exc out
an unsensational decision.
Myself, I think Apostoli can beat
this boy, if his condition is really
as good as he says, and if he is not
suffering from mental hangover.
Mental hazards can damage Apos-
toll. None too quick-Witted in the
ring, he is sensitive about previous
defeats and apt to sulk and lose his
grip on the matter in hand. There
is no doubt that the Apostoli who
butchered Freddie Steele and Young
Corbett in return matches could
handle the likes of Bettina, who is
just rough and unorthodox and not
much else. The question is, is this
the old Apostoi, or the recent Apos-
toll, or brand-new Apostoli? He's
got new suit, but I don't think
that means anything.
At any rate, he used to give us