The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-02
By GAYLE TALBOT

caught looking out the window. .
The Brockton better already is
in training up in the CatskiIls, do
ing roadwork and limbering exer-
ciseS, and by next Tuesday or
Wednesday he plans to begin box
ing steadily under the eye of his
trainer, little Charlie Goldman, in
a high school gymnasium at Liber-
ty, N. Y.
This looks like a remarkably
start in view of the fact that there
is no possibility Hockey win de-
fend his title before April 10. He
is passing up many thousands of
dollars in exhibitions and personal
appearances in starting the long
grind now.
Jersey Joe Walcott, who presum-
ably will be Marciano's opponent
on April 10 at Chicago, said the
other day he wouldn't move
wheel until his manager, Felix b.
cchicchio, RECEIVERS from the heart
attack which sent him to local
hospital a week ago. Presumably
he meant he wouldn't even begin
training until Felix is on his feet,
which might be another five or
six weeks.
Add to this the fact that the
Walcott camp has not yet agreed
to Chicago as the site of the scrap,
and it becomes even more appar-
ent that AL Well, Rocky's mana
ger, has something on his mind
in making his young gladiator
buckle down to work here in the
dead of winter. AL admitted the
charge.
'How do / know what hiatt bunch
is going to do?" he demanded sus-
"How do / know when
they'll make their move? All l
know for sure is that whatever
happens and when it happens my
fighter is going to be in shape.
We're not going to sit around and
wait for them to make up their
minds"
1t was pointed out to WE'LL that
Bocchicchio, his opposite number,
was, after all, still in the hospital,
a very sick man, and that Wal
colt had shown no signs of train
ing, being occupied presently in
telling off Bob Christenberry,
chairman of the New York COM
mission. AIS reply to that was
an extended silence.
''We'll be in shape" he finally
said. We've signed a contract to
fight Walcott on April 10 and well
be ready. Personally, / think
they'll agree to fight in. Chicago
any day now"
To start the champions train
ing at this early date, WE'LL said
he had turned down offers for a
series of exhibitions in Manila,
Tokyo and Guam which would
have netted between $4,000 and
$50 900. He indicated this was
proof enought that he considered
the move urgent.
We said we assumed that with
such a long siege ahead of him
in the mountains the champion had
been permitted to take his pretty
wife and newborn son along.
Certainly not" AL said indig-
nantly. "You know l don't stand
for anything like that"
NEW YORK R-Allie Reynolds,
the Yankees great highlander,
was cooling out after a little dis
cussion of salary with his employ
ers. And the conversation turned
10 a number of oil wells in which
the Chief has an active interest
in his native Oklahoma.
Look, Allie" a fellow said, "if
you should suddenly make a mil
lion dollars out of those wells would
you tell the Yankees goodby or
would you 60 right on pitching
/ mean. do you love the
game so much that you couldn't
give il up?"
That's not too hard to answer"
said the World Series hero. THE
ruth is that / never have liked
baseball. It's just the best way
know of TO make money. | al.
ways liked football a whole LOT
better, Maybe it was because of
he body contact.
There was a minute or two of
silence while the boys di-
gested this bit of information.
Maybe it's because I've been
pitcher that I missed football" he
Ventured. Il loved to tackle as
much as | did to carry the ball
and | didn't like TO sit on the
bench. In baseball | find myself
sitting on the bench three or four
days at a lime Maybe I would
b - tk~1 il better il Id been
an outfielder."
oaid he perhaps be pleased if
Casey Stengel used him exclusively
as a reliefer? That would at least
keep him better occupied and stop
some of his hroodipg over a lost
career.
Well, at this point it's neccs-
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