The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-28
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Pert Porosrophs
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

MoSt boxing promoters are well acclimated to the "day before the fight" headache that comes with a telephone or telegram message that KID GLOVES has "hurt his hand' or "got cut eye in training" and therefore will be unable to perform on the date named in his contract. Many times, the fact is that the Kids manager had his tonsils oiled up well enough to snare an offer somewhere else for more money, which explains the hurt hand and cut eye business at the proverbial eleventh hour.
 However, 1t remained for the
 manager of Jimmy Bivins,
 Cleveland negro light-heavy-
 weight, to come up with some-
 thing really original, in wiring
 Tex Sullivan, manager of Lee
 e. Murray cancellation notice
 of Q November 10 bout signed
 for by Sullivan, a one-time
 SOCIAL secretary to Jim Brad
 dock and Joe Gould. The wire
 read: "Bivins' DRAFT BOARD
 ordered him to remain in es-
 sential work at this time and
 WILL NOT PERMIT HIM TO
 BOX but WILL CONSENT TO
 A LATER DATE"
 If that isn't one for the Boxing Book, yoR can call me a Nazi. How any draft board can stop an Am- erican boy from boxing, if he is also in essential war work is some- thing to ponder over, the Bivins pilot also taking the trouble to make up the draft boards mind as to what 1t will do later.
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 Perhaps 1t is just coincidental but Iris Speaker RESIGNED as chair man of the Cleveland Boxing com- mission just two days after New York's Mirror Dan Parker wanted to know if Iris was looking the other way when Lee savold stopped Eddie Blunt by Q one round knockout the other night, thus making every thing okeydoke once for more Sa- vold's N. Y. Garden date with Tami Mauriello, November 5th?" .. Naugatuck's Major James Patterson, USMC was around town last night with "Togey" Lawley on a quick trip home and meeting with friends, many of whom he has not seen in years. Jim was Q Naugatuck High athlete of considerable renown and seems to have had a good start toward his present rank, that of a Major in the Marine Corps, @ splen- did achievement at his age the famous BOYS TOWN football squad and it's sponsor, Rev. Edward Flan- agan is in Boston for Q game with Chelsea High, expected to attract 10000 fans SUNDAY afternoon. To. morrow night, the boys, Father Flanagan and Mayor Bernie Sullivan of Chelsea will be guests of Eddie Mack and Jack OBrien at the box ing bouts in which Hartfords George lRed) Doty and "Tippy" Larkin are the headliners. Willie Pep, featherweight champion of the world from Hartford has not boxed professionally since entering the Sampson, N. r. training station, and will report to the Navy Physical Instructors school at Bainbridge, Md, early next month Sam my Angott, the Pennsylvania punch- CT who makes all the classy boxing talent look bad, won back the NBA version of the lightweight title last night in easy fashion, outpointing Luther (Slugger) White, Maryland world champ" of the l35 pounders, Angott doing most of the slugging Sammy is remembered locally as the gent who spoiled Willie Pops win streak of @ in a row.
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 How would you like to wind up e round of golf by scoring Q 245 yard "ace" on the last green, and have such notable as Don Ameche, the movie man, open-mouthed with amazement as you accomplished the b0,000 to l shot from tee to cup? Frank Dyche, @ l3 handicap golfer, did 1t in Los Angeles on the last hole at Lakeside on the final hole, one of the LONGEST par TEIREES in the nation.