Hartford chronicle., 1946-05-18
The SPORTLICHT

1 @ A&~ A%@ " d 1 A. AA4 &8G A 4 By Jimmie Wright Ray Robinson Still Waits
 For His Chance
 HARTFORD, May 16 - The
 uncrowned welterweight champ
 Sugar" Ray Robinson is still the
 uncrowned welterweight to date
 Recently the State Athletic Com
 mission handed down a decision in regards to the May 24 deadline date which had been given to Mar
 ty Servo, the champion. The Com
 mission declared the welterweight championship vacant; that Servo
 had been suspended and the $2,000 posted with the Commission had been forfeited. Then before you can bat your eyes the Commission
 has decdied to ~nullify the execu- tion of these penalties.
 Must Fight September 6
 The Commission then proceeded
 to tie up Servo's activities in such
 manner that the champion will
 be forced to fight Ray on or by
 September 6. They do this by say
 ing; CD if he engages in an over weight bout prior to meeting
 Sugar Ray, his title and money will be forfeited for the next four months; CD Servo is to have his nose treated and each week the Commissions physicians are to get a report on his condition; (3) Al Weill is also held under the same suspension.
 Now the smart boys in the be- ginning predicted that Ray Rob- inson would never meet Servo on May 24 are laughing out loud and praising Al Weill for the cagy ha ndling of his "meal ticket" af- fairs.
 Robinson Given The Run-Around
 Thus we find Sugar Ray still being side-traeked by Mike Jacobs and his mates. Red Cochrane joined the Navy to keep out of way when he had the title. Then on getting his discharge he asked Commissioner Egan to agree to let him defend his title against Servo, weak foe in con- parison to Sugar Ray. Cochrane himself being washed up" was knocked out.
 After fighting Rocky Graziano who all but knocked his head off, Servo comes up with nose trouble, To be more technical, he was suf- fering from a deviated septum. His representatives admitted that ne has had this trouble during he past. It began to annoy him Tery much when he was ordered o fight Ray Robinson May 24.
 Mike Jacobs, who knew all long that the fight would not :ome off didn't even bother to print the ducats for the contest. Vow it develops that Robinson will have to look around as he lways has done for some work. 'o let us keep our fingers crossed n the September 6 probable meet . ng. itch At Louis Camp
 During the past winter, yours ruly had the pleasure of meeting ] Ieorge Fitch, the Connecticut boxer at the Dixwell | venue c o m munit y Center trough the medium of a basket \ all game. Fitch at this time was Hing the role of referee. It was
 game between the Hartford Tro- ms and the New Haven Vets. he usual rivalry between Hart ,rd and New Haven existed the game and often eorgie had to let the players now that it was his game and lat he was going to referee it.
 Well, this writer was greatly ,pressed with MT. Fitch because
 his sincere personality. He led e to believe that boxing is pure
 a matter of business with him
 the present time. Fitch in- rmed me that he would definite
 be a member of champion Joe 'uis' staff as sparring partner hen Joe began training at Pomp- n Lakes. It is reported that tch will received 30 dollars per " for trading punches with the champ.