Evening star., 1955-09-12
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ), FRANCE, ,11un
Laughs Is What They Had

THE PHONE RANG and it was Golde Ahearn part-time
boxing promoter and fultme lingust Il am just from
talking long distance al WE'LL Jenny Grossinger
Godie saying "and got ft fighter hands.
Tonight they can hold the fight and we're ready"
For all practical purposes Golde Ahearn owns about
much Of Rocky Marcano as you do, but Goldie is
buddy of Weirs Alphonse in turn, most of the
heavyweight champion.
am not wanting to get in diculty with Mister Well"
Goldie went but help fighter is ready and
he need training that he knock OF right
and still take of Mister Archie Moore on Sep
tember 20.
please do not pubicze all I'm saying account of Mister
WE'LL may be thinking I'm trying TO train his fighter but
the side I'm selling tickets and 2S 80 orders get each
day for ringsde seats at $40 do not get 30 many calls
when promote pretty good tight on my own in Wash
ngton I'm working for Mister Jim Norris and the IBC
and amt that notes"
THE OLD PRO in Goldie eventually comes out. Per
sonaly he says Il think Mister Marciano will take out
Mister Moore Real quick think although the other
hand, it six rounds. Anyways, somebody's gonna
get dumped
Like said although probably didn't get around
to it Rocky is trained real fine They amt even letting
the guy box Oh, couple of rounds maybe but
that's all You know how it in the old days,
before fighters got fine and drawn they today?
Back in the old days fighters got all tensed
like they do Jack Dempsey and the oldtime fighters
screwbals. Dempsey's camp gee, you'd light
matches under guys feet until maybe o'clock in the
morning. That meant Dempseys feet, too
"Marciano understand I'm his side
isn't really pro the tradition I'm talking about
OF huor he amt got although don't want this to get
back to Mr.. WE'LL
DEMPSEY AND THOSE other old fighters liked to have
clowns hanging around their camps Laughs what they
had going for them They get trained ne they laugh
Il sending up, but not officially Yancey Henry, who
was pretty good heavyweight few years ago. Yancey
sings pretty good and the other day he tells
"Golde, I've made up two songs, for Marcano and
one for Moore I'm going to their camps and sing them
They're good luck songs
"'Yancey' tell him, If you gotta do what you say
go to Marcianos camp first and sing to Rocky But
tell AL WE'LL that you got gooduck song Archie too"
GoLD1E is THINKING that Moore belongs to the old
guard He's screwba" Ahearn says flying them planes
and driving 100 miles hour automobile If Tam
not Marciano man, I'd like ArchieS chances 4 . Is
Moore can hit don't make mistake about 1t. He
might floor Rocky, but don't think he can keep him down
never saw Hght-heavyweight yet who took down the
big guy
you go back history Godie suggests "and YOU
don't ghtheavies winning the big title Philadelphia
Jack Bren, he good but Tommy took him twice
Billy Conn Tommy Loughran Carpenter they
don't make it. .'ieAf
Loughran was better fighter than Moore, but when
he against Jack Sharkey it's contest Sharkey
hit him early with good right hand Loughran game
as he was, turned to the referee and said:
"I wanna stool. got to sit down. Get STOOL
All the time he fall down but he don't fight
is stopped" f
AHEARN ONCE LAID claim to two tites-the AEF
featherweght and what he vaguely describes
Southern lightweight championship"
when am in France during the First World War
this Georges Carpenter He's terrific, they say,
I notice that he fights American We had some
pretty good big overseas that time Gene Tunney
Bob Martin, Mike ODowd oh, there quite few.
But Carpenter, he don't fight of them. He just
referees and when he finally to America to
Dempsey know he amt much fighter Dempsey could have
taken him out faster than he did only Tex Rckard tells him
not to hurry But that amt what Mister WE'LL is going to
tell Rocky"
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