Evening star., 1955-05-17
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW By FRANCIS sTANN
A Fiqhf Crowd-V

1T WAS ABOUT 1045 pm when the old familiar fight
mob began to into Loew's Capitol conscious of the
experience sinners returning house Of worship
Few neckes and only reluctantly did the acionados
deposit their cigar butts in the sand potts. but they had the
scratch to with admissions to the Rocky Marcano-
Don Cocken fight. Loews wasn't letting them of lightly
either by including feature picture called violent
Saturday"
The real fight fans pretty good force They
obviously to jeer the hog farmer from England
and wound up cheering him. They WINGED Rocky cold
starter as usual finally warmed to his task and began to
beat the Brisher much like d whaler slcng up
the hlubber to which he has been assigned.
The picture the advertised exclusive giant
teecas had the fuzzy nostalgia look of Dempsey Willard
fight, but there contesting trend of the battle
although Commentator Bill Corum promised beforehand he
would talk little possible. = - -
"This is fight can for yourself" Bill is re-
memoered as saying, and SO it was.
1T WAS NOT PRECISELY pro-American, pro-Marciano
audience. In the early rounds-parculary the second
there shouts of encouragement for Ths-the
second-waS indeed good round the Britisher Both
awkward and the picture fuzzy writer
who has seen lot of Marciano moved to comment:
"Cocken looks like Rocky than Rocky himself
when he isn't warmed up"
Gradually Marcano generated some heat and began to
blast the Brtisher well that Corum remark
at point He's pretty well cut at the scalp but it's only
blood"
The theater hung twisted every
line by Corum. AS fighter Cocke developed into nothing
than advertised He showed up fat he virtually
punchess Marcano widely advertised not given
test according to theater elevon and onesded
did the contest become that Mr. Loews customers began
appauding the Engshmans gameness between rounds and
money changing
"Tn say this the fat boy" Bregman conceded
Cocke reeed his after the sixth round land that
is that he's already made for all them British heavyweghts
who have been laid end to end in this country"
THE FIGHT SUCH AS it was, appeared ntoerably long
futile Cockel wouldn't down and Marcano, cutie
lungng and missing Once in while out Of the dim
the Tv SCREEN Cocke appeared to have beted Rocky
pretty good but Commentator Corum properly
doubt-to say that Dons punches carried little steam
fearful Tv beating that Cockell absorbed and
the applause by characters from Loews in Wash
ington hardly reached nearly 5000 miles away But
upright and his courage surviving the SIXTH seventh and
eighth rounds
1t got so bad at one time that corum mused "This is
cruel thing The referee Then the commentators voice
traed off, although least two occasions Bill nvolun-
tary yelled Ouch when Marcano pumped lefs and rights
into Cockes quvering midsecton and followed by COM
binaton to the jowls.
WHEN THE WHOLE messy affair was ended, Cockell all
beat I'D and helpless audience hooed Coru now IN
the ring Marciano incidentally telling ROCKY
he whipped game guy.
81 whipped game guy" Rocky responded Believe me-
he tough guy"
moment LATER Corum made the valiant effort TOWARD
interviewing Cocke got instead John Simpson, VINO
manages the fat man. 80
"If we'd had a real referee ~. he began Inen MS
voice seemed to Corum quickly passed the mike 10
the battered Cockell.