Evening star., 1954-09-18

was the key stanza Everything i-cmactic.
THERE WAS BRIEF period of excitement in the fifth
round when Marciano came out of furry with torn
and in the next when Rocky left cut Even Charles
seemed to take heart momentarily. .*l-I
And then in the champions Well and Charley
Goldman his handlers, said:
go out and get him."
Rocky decked the Cincinnati Negro for four-cont
open the eighth When Charles up the sort-armed
tlehoder staked him, fists driving like pStons etright
left barrage put Charles on the floor again.
Ez did not badly hurt He got to his knees at
and remained there, looking like trying to decide
whether it was worth it. When he finally Referee
Bers 40" had just beaten him. With face
he shook hands with Marciano and payfuy tapped him
the stomach.
"I thought he could have gotten up" co-Manager Tom
Tannas said later, "but, then, Ez hit, not me-"
IN NMARC1ANos DRESSING ROOM after the fight, Gold
talking.
fight Rocky coming back after long layo and he
five rounds feeling out the fellow"
You knew all along going early Knockout"
It fggered Goldman replied, Especially when heard
that Charles was putting weight, trying to build his
punch
"You Charles June when he weighed 1854" he
went on HE twice the fighter he this time 1924
He moved good and took punches good
This time" Struggling he dismissed the champions
In straght WIN Cnares was Drought up snort the hst
time ne got hit Weight don't mean nothing if man is
natural 180-pounder bigger. Charles made mistake
trying to change his weight and STYLE"
AFTER HIS HANDLER HAD cleaned them up in the
Yankees dressing Marcianos
be superficial In the and under the bright lights with
the blood flowing they had looked serious, especially
distance. s~@ ~ sF
"An elbow tore the Rocky said "A butt cut the
eye, but it's hardly cut A scratch, maybe"
Were you worried when the opened?" inter
viewer asked We who Rockys ranking manager 1t
the same that cut only much then last June
WELL what the of asking for trouble?" WE'LL
answered 81 told Rocky when his eye bleeding
to take him out in a hurry and he done it."
Did you think it was going to be such bad er,
onesded fght?" reporter shouted above the din
WE'LL didn't hear. Or if he did, AL didn't answer It
Goldman who replied "Al them guys he said referring
good fights but that don't nothing especially the second
time"
1T WAS AN INCREDIBLY inept battle considering that
between the worlds highly heavyweights
1t hard to believe that Charles has been the
tribute Macano although his crudy always
1t seem like he is fighting for the first time In Rockys case
perhaps, crudity is virtue.
retrospect payday" affair for Charles and not
much ese He didn't retire hagranty did Walcot
in his meeting with Rocky but discouraged quickly
after he discovered CD he couldn't hurt his (2
that Marcanos right under the heart did
make him (Charles feel any better
The finish less like Walcotts abject
render in Chicago than it Max Baers captuaton
Louis Like Charles Max it pitch then, when
dumped heavily, he remained much
as said, "The hell with it, I like living"
Charles had been properly acclaimed courageous gad
ator after his 15round beating the inner
Ez wound with grotesquey swollen, lumpy head
return match Today he has neither but should have
complaints At least he the only champion
got three chances at winning back the crown.
At the risk of sounding ungrateful to Marcano and
Charles for the entertainment that you are likely
to stumble upon better fight in subway