Evening star., 1943-01-16
Underdogs Mar
Jacobs Boxing
Promotions
La Motto. Wright Beot
Wilson, PeroIto in
Big Ring Upsets
BY SID FEEDER,


NEW YORK. Jan. 16.-Proving
that fight oddsmakers are the
"craziest people," joey Peralta is
Just about eliminated from the
laughable lightweight tournament
today and California Jackie Wilson
is just about ditto from Ray Rob-
inson.
For little or no reason the char
liable betting wise guys instalio-
Wilson 1-to-4 favorite in his Madi-
son Square Garden debut against
Jake La Motta last night. And Cali
fornia Jackie, generally regarded as
one of the worlds three ranking
welterweights. obliged by dropping
a 10-round decision to Bronx Jake,
who made good use of a 16-pound
weight edge.
Then, just to make 1t unanimous.
the betting big shots followed up by
making Peralta 5-to-12 choice over
Ex-featherweight Champ Chalky
Wright. And the ancient Chalk
whacked Mexican Joey all around
the premises to take another 10
IOuI1Q OuKe.
Jacobs Plans Messed.
Aside from maintaining a gaudv
record that shows more than so per
cent Of the price makers betting
underdogs have come home winging
IN Garden clambakes the last two
years, last nights proceedings, which
were put on for the entertainment of
slim turnout of 1884 customers,
also served to make quite mess of
hash out of part of Promoter Mike
Jacobs winter and spring program.
For Uncle Mike, who can spot a
gate attraction almost as far of as
a cab driver can spot a pedestrian,
had been looking forward to match
Ing (a) Wilson with Ray Robinson
IN a profitable welterweight waltz
and (b) Peralta with Bob Mont
gomery in the final elimination of
the New York State Commission's
lightweight elimination tournament.
Wilson, a sergeant at Mitchell
Field out on Long Island, had been
touted as the one welterweight In the
world with more than an outside
chance of ending Robinsons two
year-long winning streak. To prove
his ability, he was tossed in last
night with a rugged walloper to
whom he had to give 16 pounds in
weight, although New York State
Commission rules clearly state that
in any fight in which both battlers
are to scale 160 pounds or less, there
cannot be difference of more than
Is pounds between them.
La Motta's Weight Tells.
Jake used his weight edge last
night as If he'd learned 1t from a
script. He leaned all over the 145-
pound Los Angeles Negro, mauled
him from rope to rope and tossed
roundhouse swings that started all
the way over In Brooklyn. And
enough Of them landed to give Bronx
Jake the edge, although his style of
fighting was about as sensational as
slightly used weather report. The
result was that Jake spoiled"
Jakie's style handsomely and Just
about ruined his hopes Of taking on
Robinson.
As for Wright, when he lost his
featherweight crown to Willie Pep
couple of months back, the boys
began writing his f1stic "obit." Well,
sir, the ageless Chalk bounced back
last night against the Mexican from
Arizona by way Of Tamaqua, Pa,
and wrapped UP a fair sized surprise
package, with pretty pink ribbons
and all.
And since Peralta had been one
Of the two lightweignts still In the
New York Commissions 135-pound
elimination tournament, it would
appear Chalky did quite favor for
the other one-Philadelphia Bob
Montgomery. For, with Peralta
demonstrating conclusively that he
can't whip supposedly washed-up
featherweight. the Empire States
august f1stic fathers can hardly ask
Philadelphia Bob to give Joey an
opportunity to prove that he's hotter
than the better lightweights. al
though the New York commissioner,
can thing up some good ones once
they put their minds to 1t.