St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-07-25
Al TIE NNOSIUE
BY LUX VIRGIL OVERBEA
A Lady Talks About Boxing

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A Lady Talks About Boxing
Whenever boxing fans talk
about the old time game and the
old time characters who made the
sport great, they always refer to
. a mans activity and to a mascu-
line world.
Amy boxing fan who attends
brawls at an arena or watch by
television know that a feminine
touch also has been added. Not
only are the usual flashy femmes
that boxers are known to admire
so much on the scene, but there
are housewives, society ladies, and
mere working girls.
Mans monopoly in this endea-
vor is dwindling just as 1t is in 80
many other fields. Recognizing
this fact about women and box
ing, this ringsider decided to de-
vote his column to the opinion Of
one of Chlcago's most avid lady
fans-Miss Dolores Mann, secre-
tary to Truman X. Gibson, Jr.,
well known secretary of the In
ternational Boxing Club.
Dolores has seen in person
nearly every big fight promoted
by the IBC and numerous others
not promoted by IBC. So, last
week, after the Chuck Davey-Car-
men Basilio mixer, we had a chat
about boxing. This ringsider be-
lieves that her observations are
worthy of every fans perusal.
Davey Her FavOrite Boxer
Chuck Davey, the welterweight
title aspirant who had so much
trouble with Carmen Basilio last
week, is Miss Mann's favorite
boxer. She said:
II like Davey because he is a
clean fresh fighter. l like his
style. 1t is unusual and It's eff
ficient. Ever since he whipped
Ike Williams, I've said I'll never
pick against him.
That Basilio certainly was
tough. but my boy came through.
1 think Davey will be ready for
the welterweight title in about a
year"
We both agreed that in his
Basilio brawl, Chuck demonstra-
ted his will to keep on fighting
even when things are against him.
This ringsider at this bout found
that being at the ringside was a
disadvantage as his clothes were
spattered with blood from Dav-
ey's eyes in the ninth round.
Another reason Miss Mann
likes Davey is that he represents
new type of boxer-not like the
crude ignorant type of the past,
but an intelligent person. He is
the type, she said, who adds pres
tige and a different type Of color
to the game.
Oddly enough, although Davey
has fought his battles in Chicago,
Dolores has not met him in per-
son yet. She does, however, have
n large autographed photo Of him
in answer to a special request.
Gavilan Rated Tops
The reason Dolores feels that
Chuck Is about a year away from
the lat pound title is the way
Kid Gavilan took care OF Gil
Turner. She reasons:
II thought that Gavilan was
slipping, but he did such a beauti-
full job on Turner that think he
is one of the few real fighters in
the ring today. Outside of Sugar
Ray Robinson, Gavilan is the
greatest"
Gavilan's ring wisdom, she said,
puts him ahead of Davey. Other
wise, she said, Davey will be NOV
ing up.
Believes Sugar Ray Can Whip
Maxim
Miss Mann was very much sur
prised, she said, with the ease in
which middleweight champion
Ray (Sugar) Robinson handled
light heavyweight champion Joey
Maxim in an Inflated bid to win
a third title. She believes that
under different weather condi-
tons, Robinson can easily out
point Maxim. Here Is how she put
II:
II couldn't believe it when 1