Evening star., 1955-11-17
WIN, LOSE OR
1NAV By FRANCIS sTANN
OF RoundboH Slightly

THIS IS THE WEEK the Harlem Gobetrotters come to
town this is because Tom Walsh already has
and gone Tom is the advance man for the fabulous
basketball team but the wy old Hishman is the first to
that "a the Globetrotters need publicity and %
his real love is boxing.
"Those Globetrotters like Barbara Hutton needs
dime" Walsh saying. 80 leave talk about boxing
with fellow who ought to know about fights
This is Leo Leavitt."
Leo Leavitt guy who looks like retired
mddeweight and who will handle the Globetrotters in
Hawaii and Tokyo. I'm with Tom Walsh he said. Then
Globerotters don't need publicity Now you take this
fight month Chicago-Bobo Olson Ray Robin
You know who like? Robinson, that's who"
EVEN TOM WALSH seemed taken aback Tom, who
owns piece Of joey Maxim the former ightheaVyweght
champion said
LEO, didn't hear you got piece of olson2"
"Ten per cent" Leavitt replied but don't call him
great fighter Robinsons got anything left in his legs he
could beat Bobo."
carl (Bobo olson" mused listener rolling the
his tongue "Not many days ago the Washington ball
club got outeder from Boston in trade Instead OF
'c' his name starts with K'-Karl Olson"
Here's for you" Leavitt said Bobo's name
isn't Carl any than mine is. The champs name Is
.Adolph"
aAdoiph2" Even Walsh seemed surprised.
"Adolph," said Leayitt. This is how 1t happened"
HE GEAvTTT WAS promoting fights in Honolulu just
today and his attention drawn to l6year
old kid who loved to bash other peoples noses and didn't
object strenuousy to having his own Dashed.
His dad brought him to me-" Leo said. His dad is
real good guy-narcotics dick in asked the kid
who was Bobo to tell me his age.
"Im sixteen, he said.
"'You can't fight pro unless you're eighteen,
told him.
my brother Carl eighteen the kid said so instead Of
being Adolph Olson I'll be Carl Olson until get Older
"If the kid wasn't outstanding I'd never have gone
along with the SWITCH Leavtt said But he liked to mix
it up and in the the other used to watch him and
pretty soon he got fights
Leo shook his head, perplexedy.
a
COME ON MAN tell it," Walsh urged "You became
his manager2"
mo-" Leavitt said "I didn't All did was promote.
didn't think he was much puncher real good boxer
but this I'll say Bobo He sold out joint every time
practically First charged So tops Then it went to s.
and later to ST. This In 1943 Everybody had money
Man, you didn't sign Olson2" demanded Walsh
NO." Leo said, because didn't think he Was so hot
What happened that one day at scoeld Barracks
dogface put up sign reading Boxers Wanted Apply Sid
FIaherty, Sergeant
mot the Sid F1aherty!" exclaimed who listen
ing Il thought he fairly wealthy guy who picked up
fighters out Of the goodness of his heart"
He dogface, although sergeant" Leavtt stub
borny insisted when Olson answered what you might call
Flahertys ad They got together and hit it real good
Moneywise II mean"
POPULAR LEGEND is that Sid Flaherty and Bobo
Olson form the most compatible marriage
Of the times Leo Leavitt says this isn't necessarily
"Bobo away from Flaherty four five times" he
was saying.
4whne Olson was running" Walsh interposed with
pracCcal air. WLAb became OI your ~ PEI Ceut9
my 10 per cent came from having promoted Olson in
the beginning" Leo obquey answered ANY fight by Bobo
get my cut"
'Tf he's really your fighter, in way why do you like
Sugar Rays chances?"
"When and If Robinson is right" Leavtt said, "hes
better fighter than guy Dogenes put his hand on Leos
shoulder at this point but Leavtt hastily brushed aside
Leave us forget the Globetrotters will be in town
sunday" he said Nov had 10 per cent of those guys
@s s"If So what?"
wouldn't be visiting newspaper offices with Tom Walsh
"a fa1k ahonta
Of the world"