The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-20
(Reg. q. s. Pat. OM.) BY JACK CtJDDY

United Press Staff COFresp0 p0ndont)
 New York, october 20 = (Up) -- Little Nat Rogers is not only the busiest matchmaker in boxing his- tory, but he soon will be the dlzziest If enthusiasts keep flooding his phones with queries about Q Louis- Conn fight,
 whats the matter with people7' Rogers demands as he comes storm. ing out of his eublcle, with sparse dark hair Awry and spectaoles askew "All day long those phones keeE going: Lotlis-C -ConFl Louis- Conn L,ouis- -Connl And me up to my earl in work-makin' matches for MikC Jacobs - 72 shows in c year, Swiftly I'm goin' nuts"
 The diminutlve pairer of gladia. tors is ir Q flrst-degree dither. All Is confusion with him. The sltua- ton is completely screwy, he ex- plains. We are ct the peak of war Louis and Conn are In the Army No one knows when they'll get out He and Mike Jacobs don't know when or where they'll fight - or if they'll ever light. But every day, the stories in the papers -- they're goin' to fight over here; they're goin' to fight over there" .. Louis says this: Conn says that" sports writers call, checking [. mayors of cities coll to get tho fight in their town managers call, to get their boxers on the card ... and the fans swamp the phones.
 Boxing writers grin delightedly at Mats perturbation, although secret- ly they sympathize with him. They hope Rogers gets "hotter": because sometimes when he gets "red hot, he screams. Mike Jacobs screams when he gets "hot", Nat has been Mikes head matchmaker for nearly five years: SO now Nat screams too
 Big Job
 The writers sydnpathize with Rog- CTS because they appreciate the tre- mendous task confronting him now: arranging for "a shows at Madison Square Garden and st. Nick's arena in the year ending next October l This means making matches for 004 bouts, including prellminaries and emergency brawls. 1t means inatch- ing i.0o3 opponents, emitting sub- stituteS. No matchmaker In pugil- istlc history ever attempted Atiy- thing like this; and particularly not in wartime when presentable puRs are searcer than elephant wings. This unprecedented boxing schedule resulted from Jacobs radio contract with razor company for 52 Triday-flight shows in . year and the decision to stage 40 Monday night cards, as usual, ct St. Nicks'
 Has All
 Rogers, now bi, has been linked with the fight game for more than 90 years. Before being elevated to head matchmaker for Jacobs, no waG assistant to two of Mikes previous chiOf.pairers: Tom MeArdle and Al We'll. Rogers now has an as- slstant: Jack "zunk" serln, whose information on leatherstossers ii widely respected, but whose knowl- edge of running horses is just as widely doubted. .es,
 what are the chief difficulties in making matches now = Rogers wa asked. .N.t9N t
 He replied, when cooled out . bit "hecauise of the scarcity of good fighters, we often have to match men in different divisions - feath- CTS with lightweights, welters witf middles, and 60 on. Then the bie arguments start = about how much tho heavier fellows will pare off, tt make the weights as nearly even ai possibie. And when 1t comes tt money, it's almost knock-down drag-out affair to make any iiiatchi the managers are 90 independent Each manager demands 90 per cent of the purse, and then the fun be- gins" taNi fw