Evening star., 1942-05-25
Delay Helps Lou
Gain Speed, His
Pilot Believes
Likely Weight Loss
May Handicap Lee
In Bout Tonight
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

After haunting hotel lobbies long
enough to qualify as house de-
tectives, Lou Nova and Lee Savold
finally were expected to get together
for a session of old-fashioned
knuckle singing tonight at Griffith
Stadium in the main 60 of an all
star Navy Relief Fund benefit show.
The first preliminary was sched-
uled for $50 with the feature bout
slated at 10.
The situation has changed but
little since last Thursday when the
two heavies first weighed and then
waited for the fight. Nova continues
to rule the favorite at odds ranging
from So to 81 and Savold still a
highly regarded dark horse. The
wise Willies who know their boying
figure the photogenic Des Mt mes
veteran can flatten the erst' hile
Yoga missionary If he raps him
quick and many are stringing along
with Savold with that thought in
mind.
Fight Seen Key to Title Go.
Promoter Mike Jacobs was due in
town this afternoon to take COM
mand Of the show. although with
Matchmaker Nat Rogers and Chan
cellor of the Exchecquer Rivington
Bisland on the scene little was left
for Mike to do aside from issuing
statements that he didn't know
what he would do. He would be
referring to the heavyweight match
making for the summer season, OF
course, and would be perfectly
honest.
Much more importance is at
tached to tonight's business than
when the fight was made, thanks
to Bob Pastors draw with Tami
Mauriello at New York last Fri
day. Pastor virtually was assured
of bout with Champion Joe Louis
his third-at New York, until
Mauriello, an overstuffed middle
weight, upset his fruit wagon. BIZ
cycle Bob still is expected to meet
Louis at Cleveland, but the New
York situation has resolved itself
into one of those every-man- for
himself episodes, with Nova and
Savold in the forefront of the pa
rade.
Nova, finishing his extended
training period with q brisk run and
a rundown yesterday, was expected
to scale around 200 pounds today
when the boys were re-checked at
the District Boxing Commission.
That would be 81 pounds under
his weight last week and Manager
Ray Carlen figured the drop would
increase his meal tickets speed
without diminishing his punching
power. Carlen has predicted Nova
will win by knockout, but the idea
is scoffed at in other quarters.
Savold Hopes to Hold Weight.
Savold's problem has been trying
to hold the 100 pounds he had last
week at the first official testing OF
tonnage. Lee is inclined to hit
around 1877 and Co-managers Bill
DAILY and Hymie Wiseman were de-
lighted when he came in only a
quarter of a pound under 100. Lee
isn't as fast as Nova and is an alum
nus of the old school Of fighting
which calls for catching as we'll as
pitching and for that reason needs
all the weight he can pack, critics
feel.
Steve Mamakos and George
Abrams, middleweights who will
manufacture the 10-round co-fea-
ture, were reported as taut as a
couple of A strings as they COM
pleted training. They weighed 1891
pounds each last week and were ex-
pected to be close to that figure
again today. Three days of grace
helped George, who will need a lot
of stamina to ward of the Golden
Greeks body punching. Hanging in
the balance Is first chance at Tony
Zale's middleweight title this sum-
mer, a plum both boys eagerly want.
Also reported ready was Jimmy
De Chard, District heavyweight, who
will try to atone for his recent loss
to Joe Baski in an 8-round duel
with Frank Poreda. This is re-
garded as De Chard's last opportu-
nifty to establish himself as top
flight performer in Washington and
a defeat will drop him back into the
maelstrom Of preliminary ranks or
force him to seek work in foreign
rings.
The card is completed with an
8-rounder between Billy Banks and
Jose Torres, a 6-rounder involving
Oscar Wright and Ruby Garcia and
a 4-rounder between Frankie Wills
and Sammy Magro.