Evening star., 1952-07-29
Seattle Fighter Got
"A Little Careless
Joe WaIcott Says
BY the Associaied Press

Matthews.
"Marciano and Walcott will d.
all you can put in the TILL" jim
Norris. international Boxing Clul
president, declared after las
nights Yankee Stadium elimina
tion bout. "A million is a con
servative guess. not counting tele
vision or theater TV."
I'm ready for Walcott." sal,
the unbeaten slugger from Brock
ton. Mass. II can lick anybody
step in the ring with. I don't sa!
how I'll come out with Joe.
never make predictions. But In
ready for him."
Matthews Careless, Joe Says.
Walcott. who watched Marci.
amos crunching left hooks to tn,
jaw sprawl Matthews on his bacl
lin 2:04 of the second round. sale
he was looking forward to meet.
ing Marciano.
II hope we can get together
the 38-year-old champion said
Asked for a critical opinion on the
fight, he said. "He's a pretty good
puncher, a hard puncher. But
thought the other fellow (Mat-
thewS) was a little careless"
Back under the stands in Mat
thew's dressing room. Manager
Jack Hurley, who does all the
talking for his Seattle fighter
offered no alibis. AS usual Mat
thews had little to say.
A Marciano-W -Walcott bout
September % at Yankee Stadium
is Norris goal. He will talk today
with Marty WE'LL. Marciano's
manager, and his stepfather, al
WE'LL, the IBC matchmaker. Felix
Bocchicchio, Walcott's manager,
also may sit in on the conference
Talk Business Today.
"We're going to sit down and
talk business" Marty WE'LL said.
"And we're not going to go for any
of Felix's talk about As per cent
for the champ.
This boy is the greatest slugger
of his day and he's going to get
paid good next time. We took Joe
Louis for a small percentage and
split this one 30-30 with Matthews
Next time we want to get paid
big too"
The payoff on the Marciano-
Matthews bout was not up to early
estimates. but a last-minute gate
sale saved it from being q flop
A crowd of 3l,188 paid $215, 5,707
to see the show, which barely
beat the rain. In fact, the semi
final bout was cut from six to
five rounds and the main event
was showed on without the usual
long introductions when it started
to sprinkle. With no radio, tele-
vision or theater TV the fight
could have gone on at any time
There may be little difficulty
getting Bocchiocchio and Well to.
gether on money matters. An
other difficulty is the site. New
York, where Marciano stopped
Rex Layne, Joe Louis and Mat
thews, would be the logical spot,
but Bocchicchio is not licensed in
this State. What is more, there
is no assurance that he will be be-
cause of the way Bob Christen-
berry. chairman of the State
Athletic Commission, feels about
him.
Wants Fight in New York.
If they can't get things ironed
out, Philadelphia or Chicago
would be probable sites. Norris
however, is hopeful he can stage
the fight at Yankee Stadium.
Matthews won last nights first
round on the cards of Referee
Ray Miller and Judges Harold
Barnes and Joe Agnello. but that
was all. Two crunching hooks tc
the jaw, about 80 seconds after q
long looping right started Mat
thewS on his way, brought victory
to swarthy Rocky. an 11-to-5 IA
vorite. Marciano had an 8h-
pound advantage at 1917 to
Matthews ITO.
When the 29-year-old Mat.
thews went down on his back
clawed at the ropes in an attempt
to get up and then collapsed over
the bottom strand, he lost his first
fight since 1943. His last loss also
was a knockout by Eddie Booker
in 1943. In his long 1O5-bou1
career, he has lost only four ano
was unbeaten In his last 70 until
Marciano came along.
Marciano, q, is being hailed ir
some quarters as the greatest
pupcher since Jack Dempsey. They
seem to overlook fellow named
Joe Louis, who wasn't bad before
the years caught up with him.
Marciano put spectacular enc
to the fabulous Matthews story
no question about that. Scorins
his 37th knockout in 42 all-win-
ming fights. Rocky proved agar
his stunning power and strength
In the first round. the clever