The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-05
NEGRO IS RATED
/. TOO TOUGH FOR
VETERAN PUG
Promoter Mike Jacobs Ex.
poets Another $65,OOO
House Of $4,000 Fans
BY JACK CUDDY

United PresS stan Correspondent)
New York, Feb. 5.--(UP)-In Mad.
ison Square Gardens penetrating
white ring glare, Lightweight Cham.
plon Beau Jack viii reveal toniglai
before at least $4,000 fans whether
he Is great" or ordinary" In the
top test Of his career In q 10.round
non.title bout with veteran Fritzie
zivic, former welterweight cham
pion.
Pug-nosed zivic, though O bit an
Client, Is the srnartest, toughest and,
most dangerous fighter Young Beau
Jack ever encountered.
Beau Jack, dynamic young negro
from Augusta, Ca, Is favored at H.
5 to beat Zivic largely because Of
the disparity in their ages. Jack is
but 81 and veteran F.ritze Is APP
preaching 80. The experts figure
that Pittsburgh Fritzie will be UNI
able to maintain the terriflc pace
set by Beau Jack, who has been de.
scrihed as an "uncivilized" Henry
Armstrong.
But the former Georgia bootblack,
who came up the hard way In bat
tie royals, Is spotting zivic an adj
vantage Of at least nine pounds and
years In experience. Fritzie, the
former welter king Is expected to
outweigh Jack about l46 pounds to
1873. And Zivic, last Of five fight-
Ing brothers, has had dozen years
of experience during which he
fought 1888 professional bouts.
Zivic also has great physical
strength-the torso of q middle
weight and the oaken arms Of a
Observation-Disclosures that proved the
undoing Of Henry Armstrong-stal-
wart arms that "bulled" away Arm.
strong'S crowding attack and kept
the little perpetual motion man"
at Just the right distance to be
Strengthened UP with uppercuts and
raked with head hooks as Zivtc
took away homicide Hanks weller
crown In october, 1910 and knocked
out game Henry in title defense
the following January.
Zivic, though Of ancient vintage,
lost but one bout In New York
rings. That was to Young Ray Rob-
inson, the sensational and unbeater
lad from Harlem who generally u
recognized as "uncrowned king" Of
the welterweights. Beau Jack Is Q
lightweight and apparently o great"
one as he makes his first ring APP
pearance since winning the New
York version Of the worlds 1856.
pound title with q third round
knockout over Tippy Larkin In the
Garden on Dec. 10.
Tonight the bull-shouldered negro
Is seeking his 14th straight victory.
He is trying to extend the winning
string that took him from virtual
obscurity to the top Of the light
weight heap. The experts say he
will do IL. They insist he can't
miss because Of his terrific pace,
his wild, bobbing and weaving at
tack and the explosiveness Of his
punch. They emphasize also that
this rugged young Georgia negro
knows nothing but "fight"-that he
Is not q Harlem playboy-that he
always Is In perfect condition be-
cause Of the hours he spends in
gymnasiums.
But the robust minority Of zivic
admirers laugh of these Beau Jack
claims and emphasize that button.
nosed Fritzie Is o master box and
dangerous puncher, equipped with q
bag Of ring tricks that may make
the Augusta negro look like novice.
They Insist that Fritzie's weight,
height, reach, ringcraft and "cutey
tricks" will enable him to command
the pace and march to victory.
Anyway Promoter Mike Jacobs
says that another $65, 900 gate Is viz
tually assured. Last Friday another
good little man, Featherweight
Champion Willie Pep, licked Light
weight Allie stolS and the gate was
$65,S89.