Imperial Valley press., 1944-03-27

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BY WILLIAM BEST
United Press Staff Correspondent
O'DlUI HANDS EN- OUT

SAN FRANCISCO, March 81.
UPl-Lefty ODoul handed out free
ducats last week TO the disgruntled
patrons who watched the disap-
pointing l5-2 show between his San
Francisco Seals and the outclassed
Fort Mason army post office nine,
which shows he not only has box
office consciousness but knows
something of the dark. and some
times violent, history of disgruntled
spectators.
The spectator has always got to
be pleased or he makes noise. Usual
ly he is content with verbal repre-
sentations, which albeit are usually
not of the finest diplomatic variety.
When he is real mad he makes more
than noise.
OFFICIALS GETTING IDEA
The 10-franc bettorS at the Long
champs track in pre-war Paris, who
are traditionally nervous anyway,
fequently disagreed with the Off
cials about the pay-off on the fav-
orites If the officials were Stub
born about the matter, they found
that their bleacher sections were
torn up and bonfires made Of them,
which gave the officials a distorted
view of mankind, but better ap-
probation of crowd psychology.
THANKS BUDDY
In February, ringSide fan in
San Francisco civic auditorium who
with others did not think the referee
was making the boys fight hard
enough, threw a half-full bottle of
Whiskey at him.. The referee hap
pened to turn around just as the
bottle was thrown, caught 1t and
did not give it back.
CROWD CAN DEMONSTRATE
The reason that Philippine fight
erS are always punchers, whether or
not they are boxers, is because the
Philippine spectator hates to see
two men in the ring who are not
making each other bleed. The first
half-round of a slow fight in Ma
Mia will produce noisy suggestions
as to the best way to kill the other
guy. If the suggestions are not
quickly acted upon, the crowd, from
the ringside to the parking lot,
moves over the ropes and person.
ally demonstrates on each fighter
how it should have been done.
AN INDIAN WAR DANCE
The preliminaries Of fight card
in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, last
Fourth of July (Which, incident
ly, featured the former coast gloves
champ, Eddie Marcus, in the finals)
provoked a small riot. During the
last OF three dismal matches in
which the boys, recruited from the
Northwest Service command and
the American contractors who head
quarters at Whitehorse, might just
as well have stayed in their corners
and waved to each other, the crowd
of truck drivers, crane operators,
and servicemen dumped the tenn
porary ring on its side, Spilling the
fighters, referee, ct al, to the base
ball field. They then set fire to the
ring and circled around the blaze
in an Indian war-dance.
YEH, HOW ABOUT THAT?
Mickey Casper, Salinas, match
maker who is handling the Catholic
Youth organization in the Pacific
association A.A.U. fights, doesn't
know what to do about 118-pound
Champion Phil Alvarado. The little
Castilian, who has had $50 fights
and holds the Pacific association
and Golden Gloves championships
besides having a room-full of tro-
phies and medals, won't turn pro.
Phil says: Il don't want to go pro
until I am sure of myself" which
is the right idea Mickey says, but
how many championships does a
guy have to win before he gets
confidence?"