Evening star., 1953-05-07

better at least better When the week opened
the IBC claimed $4,000 in the till, but the promoters
longer dreaming of oOplus gate They may be
lucky to do $45OOOO and televon not be the only
factor the fight fall far short of it's target
COULD BE THE C1T1zENRY senses bad fight. The
first beaut, with Old Man Walcott knocking his
undefeated challenger to the floor early and finally winding
the deck himself after bloody struggle. But that
last fall and although Wacott long ago stopped having
birthdays when he reached &c., he's got to be nearly
older Besides how many aging fighters really from
a punching such as Joe took?
was such that Walcott received that
Mr. Felix Bocchccho his manager and man with reputa
ton for immunity toward violence promptly retired his tiger
"es through for good Bocchccho said in his first post
fight statement "He coulda been killed"
Wacott caught vicious left hook and whising right
in the 18th round Either one would have enough
knock him stiff, but Marciano making 1t
tired old fuzzy in the head that Bocchccho led back
to the dressing where hour earlier he had
read the Twentyhird Psalm and spoke quietly but conf
IDENTIFY of stopping the young man from Brockton.
BUT THAT'S A TURNABoUT combination, walcott and
Bocchccho The retirement" lasted only about "a hours
There final pay day in the ofng-a rematch. They
signed it, agreed Chicago then, when the fight
was postponed Bocchccho said it all mistake "Ch-
cago the wrong place. he said This fight should to
New York or Miami. We won't fight in Chicago"
49, That's what the said Mr. IBC, whose handle
Jim Norris replied, The fight will be held in Chicago
not And course that's where it's going be held
If the apathy of the public to be surpris
Ing remember that all return fights good the
originals in point is the second Joe LouisBy Conn
battle The first was dandy Conn., light-heavy with
practically experience against the big boys in the
process making off with the Brown Bombers Round
outboxed the Big Guy AS they turned into
the stretch Billy almost gay His confidence and
rubbed off onto the crowd The customers loved
him.
Then he became too cocky. Boom Louis saved his
title with a 13th-round punch
THE NEXT TIME THEY FOUGHT many critics reasoned
that Conn couldn't los Like Louis he had served in the
Army and he had grown physically. Mike Jacobs the late
promoter upped the seats to 00 and the suckers bought
anticipating repay of the first fight. 1t didn't off,
Conn., the tough Pittsburgh kid who wasn't supposed to be
afraid of fists knives pistols into the ring white
sheet and content to play catandmouse with Louis
until planted punch to the head whereupon Billy went
down and stayed.
obvious conclusion, denied by Conn, that
he never forgot knockout forgot charge
grasp public may be reasoning that the
could happen to Walcot
The best the tub -thumpers have up with far
quotes by Wacott that Marciano is us dirty fighter
goats blood in him, Old Joe strongly hints butt
fighter, using his head for foul purposes
Strange stuff coming from Wacott. In Philadelphia last
looked Marciano might have been butted If any
body guy who looked If he'd just stepped out
from grinder what with his scalp open and his
bleeding suggested this could be Walcos last big
pay day. And the citizens aren't buying $50 seats we'll
might just read from the IBC script long enough to
drum up little interest.