Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW By FRANCIS s7Ann
For Ez, Time to Retire

when the Cincinnati dude expert there was
nobody who could beat him. Charles reluctant tiger
Thus is high irony that who can't beat anybody now
sticks to the trade at time when his skis are gone and
his friends call to him to quit
In New York the other night Charles was rated an
Sto5 favorite Wayne Bethea This was chiefly
because of Betheas inexperence He'd only had is fights
against Ill for Charles but the one-me heavyweight
champion who can't any longer. Crude as he
the Bethea found Charles easy target
Els refusal to retire battles his comanager Tom
Tanna who thinking years ago that Charles had
seen sufficient action I'm not pushing him to fight"
mas said but the is nsiStent Ez he isn't
physicaly-and I'm inclined to agree with him that
score-and he makes pretty good money.
But" Tannas added, sadly, "t hurts to see the
fellow lose to fighters who couldn't his hair few
years ago-yeS, when he wasn't eager to fight"
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BECAUSE OF THE THREE-HoUR spread there was
feeling that time had stopped the other night Ray
Robinson and Bobo Olson met for the fourth time Los
Angeles 1t recalled photographs of oldtme fights when
they were held by day. and there additional
nostalgia touch when Jimmy McLarnin introduced in
the ring
McLarnin of the greatest of the little fighters
qualified news too because he and his family
had just been left 100000 by the late Pop Foster his
old manager. There may be parallel fight manager
leaving big money to of his fighters
Years Pop Foster held up the start of the second
Barney Ross McLarnn fight at Long Island Bowl for IS
minutes while he argued with Promoter Mike and
Gen. John j. Phelan, chairman of the York State
Athletic Commission about the capabilities of of the
the fight anyway, but the delay seemed endless and
probably couldn't happen in these days of tight eeision
schedules.
The first time Ross and McLarnin met for the weer-
weight title Foster didn't protest when old ORourke
named of the judges an ia vote
for McLarnin other two judges disagreed They
had it ia Also but in favor of Ross
WHEN GEORGE McCABE DIED not so long ago it
duly recorded that he had standout back at
Georgetown University and later assistant
Little both at the Hilltop and at Columbia Now comes word
from Bob Harron of Columbia that McCabe, who passed
away in Maorca, went to Spain to finish his last days
George and Mrs McCabe went to Majorca early last
winter home in San Francisco Harron writes
When they passed through New York it that
his illness was one from which he probably would re-
don't know the of the illness 1t was some
sort OF progressive paralysis something like that which
took Lou Gehrig."
Not many realize it, but McCabe was an unsung hero
Lttles aide in 1888 1t McCabe essentially back
field coach, who helped to prepare Columbia for that
memorable upset the Rose Bowl of January
l, 1884.
Burial" wrote Mrs McCabe to Little was in little
cemetery Paguera Maorca high in the mountains
among the olive and fruit trees where the fields abaze
with scarlet poppes and lovely marguertesa setting
only God could paint"
ONE OF THE TOP baseball prospects in this area this
is Craig Anderson, big right handed pitcher for
AnacoSa High Good enough it Develops to have drawn
the attention of scout for the Chicago other day.
Anacosa playing st. Johns the first time up
tinued to turn in good the pitcher but
nothing except high praise for Haley of the many
of Pete Haley.
Only trouble is that Pete scout for the Detroit
Tigers Obviously the Cubs will have themselves
to Anderson who in addition to pitching Anacostia the
1855 ntehigh championship throwing the Bunker
Hill team which went to the national final of the American
Legion last year.
is POKER A SPORT? A one-time colleague at ring
sides Jerry Lewis mot the clown says is probably be-
cause he's just written book called Dealers Choice"
Poker he belongs the sports page nasmuch
as Webster defines sports any diversion and if poker
isn't diversion neither is Marilyn Monroe"
The contributors to Dealers Choice" from
Achmed Abdulah to Bob Ruark, but excluded
from the list of 33 experts.
Il have nothing against women" Mr.. Lewis explains
but pSychiatrst put 1t this way: The average
woman is too curious to play poker we'll In evenings
play shell have dozen hands where calling the bet dis
plays suicide complex Yet she resist throw
ing in the chips than she help looking at the label
in a friends coat"