Evening star., 1945-04-10
Weird Handling Aids
Williams Downfall
Before Bee Bee
By BOB MCLEAN.

Ever wonder what the second says
to a boxer in that minute between
rounds when the handlers hover
over resting fighter applying am
monia, water and advice?
We listened in last night in
George Williams corner during the
10 rounds when Williams was TAX
ing whipping from Bee Bee Wash
ington in the Turner Arena fea-
tured bout. 1t was educational
Williams won the first two rounds
by a shade and before he went out
for the third his gabby little han
dler said: Now you got him, baby.
Just 60 right out there and slam
him with right uppercut to the
belly and follow it up with a hard
left and we can go home"
George did. He almost went
home on a stretcher. Bee Bee, who
is learning how to counter, was all
over the exposed Williams to take
the third and fourth. In the fifth,
Two Bees sank left up to the ell
bow in Williams midsection. crossed
over his right and George almost
went down.
Please" said his second when
Williams came to his corner for
restoratives Take it easy. You're
getting excited Calm down" The
glassy-eyed Williams nodded and
took a whiff of the ammonia.
Does Well on His Own.
In the seventh, Williams found
some energy. and disregarding his
pilots body-punching plan, went
after Bee Bee with a series of hard
rights to the noggin that spun
Washington around the ring and
forced him to back pedal.
But when Williams, clear-cut
winner of the round, came back to
his corner, his handler was in a
rage. Listen, you" he .stormed,
don't do that again. You're way
ahead on points and there you go
trying to knock out the guy. Play
it safe, you hear me?"
George took the advice and bare
ly escaped being f1attened in the
eighth and tenth. The decision was
unanimous Bee Bee won on points
in this book, 95 to 81, six rounds to
four.
Williams second put robe
around his fighters shoulders. Nice
fight, old kid he said. That's the
way to do it, boy. We got robbed,
that's all"
Williams. a Baltimorean, weighed
154. Bee Bee, local product,
tipped the beam at l6l.
Sweeney Has Close Call.
Arena Matchmaker Gabe Menen-
dez got a bad scare last night when
Nick Manfredo, 1863. Baltimore. who
was advertised as a real test for
Frank Sweeney. 161. local, turned
out to be that and more.
Young Frank won a unanimous
eight-round decision. but to get 1t
he had to take knockdowns in the
fifth and seventh and a serious
facial beating that left the young
ster's features swollen out OF recog-
milton.
Both trips Frankie took to the
canvas were momentary. He re-
fused to take a count, and in blls-
tering seventh. slapped Manfredo
with a right cross that put Nick on
the deck for a nine-count. Man
fredo came up groggy and dazed
and the bell rang a moment later.
Sweeney finished strong and had
Manfredo on the verge Of KO as
the last bell changed, but not before
the Baltimore Italian had put In
plenty of licks of his own.
In prelims between local boys.
Don Ellis, 1857, won a four-round
decision over Flattop Cummings,
l48: Jimmy Bell, 1867. KO'd Clau-
dio Villar, 2O3, at 2:52 Of the second,
and Bill Terry, 1872, decisioned
Nor,el Gaddis, l44, in six.
A total of 1856 customers paid a
gross of s3.8O8.2o. Net was s2863 II.