Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
ARCHIE GETS BIG CHANCE TUESDAY
Morciono-Moore FIGHT
Likely to Draw SO, 900

| IiNSIy " !
NEW YORK, Sept. II R.-
For the flrst time since the days
| Of Joe Louis. there is . big
fight" tang IN the fall air as
Rocky Marciano prepares to de-
lfend his heavyweight champion
ship against Archie Moore Tues
day night In Yankee Stadium.
Although Marciano. unbeaten
lin 20 nights, remains . strong
l3-to-i favorite to whip the long
frustrated challenger. oil signs
point 10 q crowd Of $4,000 and
10 gate OF more than $3.50. 900 for
the l5.round match.
with all due respects TO Ro-
land LAStarza, EzEard Charles
and Don Cockell, the public
never gave any Of Rocky's pre-
vious challensers Q chance to
win. Ever since the September
night In 1852 when he got on
the floor to knock out Jersey Joe
Walcott and win the title. Rocky
has been head and shoulders
above the division.
Moore IN Martyr Role
The carefully planned pub.
licity campaign for Moore, fol-
lowed by his victory over Nino
Valdes and his knockout Of
Bobo Olson in three rounds. has
cast the 38-year-old ring gypsy
in the role Of q martyr. En-
couraged by the delaying tactics
of AL Well, the champions man.
ager. people began to believe
that Marciano was ducking
Moore. A Marciano-Moore match
became q must"
Advance Sale Hits $5oo,o00
Not since Louis fought his
second bout with Billy Conn has
there been such tremendous In
terest In Q heavyweight match.
The international Boxing Club
reports an advance sale Of $780,
900. Even q man with o good
connection could buy nothing
better than q seat In the 26th
row last week ut the $40 tops.
In addition to the natural ap-
peal Of q match between the 81
year-old champion from Brock
ton, Mass, and the older. more
experienced light heavyweight
titleholder, the sale has been
boosted by the fact there viii
be no home television.
12S Theaters Carrying ~
Theater television really comes
|of age for this bout. with l28
theaters in % cities piping the
picture to their audiences over
ed-circuit Tv. As the ay-
erage fee IL about $3.50 and
$50, 900 are expected. theater
|teievision network officials indi-
cate they will gross 81 million.
Roughly speaking, the promoters
and fighters get q total OF about
81 per head Of this, 20 per cent
goes to Marciano. 20 per cent
to Moore and 40 per cent to the
promoters.
On the basis Of the 1870 per-
centage split, which also holds
good for the regular gate re-
ceipts, Marciano should drag
down about 100000 and Moore
about 100000 for the nights
work.
The all-time record was the
81, 65S. $50 for the Gene Tunney-
Jack Dempsey rematch In Chi
cago on September "a. 1877. The
best since then was the $685.
564 for the second Louis-C Conn
bout in 1916 at 500 tops.
Bout Goes on At 1o:3o
To clear the wires for the
theater Tv. the bout will 60 on
80 minutes later than usual, at
1880 pm. In case Of rain, the
show would be held over until
10:45 pm. Wednesday.
The fight will be heard on
radio over the American Broad
casting Co., the Armed Forces
Radio Network and the Voice Of
America. There also will be q
special closed-circuit showing in
three veterans hospitals in the
New York area. Most Of New
England win be blacked out on
theater Tv, in addition to Q So
mile area around New York.
lin Washington, the fight
will be broadcast on Station
WMAL and win be seen on
television ut Loew's Capitol,
RKO Keith's and Lincoln
theaters.)
Marciano has trained at Gros-
singer, N. Y. As usual. with his
customary devotion to condition.
He hasn't boxed as many rounds
a. he has for some fights. about
40 In all. There has been fear
that he might 60 stale from over