Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-30
WIN, LOSE OR
UKAW By FRANCIS s1AAA
And Cynics Notwithstanding

AHQ NvWCS MISUNDERSTANDING
IN RACKET SUCH boxing which embraces the
hoodum the liar others similar social level there
will be cync to say that Rocky Marciano will fight again
prefer to think he won't. When Rocky re-
tirement he closed his remarks by saying:
IF Joe Louis couldn't come back, won't try it,"
This statement worthy of Marciano, an honest
simple humble The Rock wouldn't place above
Louis despite his being the only heavyweight champion
ever retired with perfect record49 wins in 40 fights
AS matter OF fact Marcano fully recovered from
the beating he gave Louis back of 1851 It was
Louis who took the physical beating in bout
fearful eght-round Knockout but he demolished the old
Brown Bomber that night in Madison Square Garden the
wheels in Rocky'S head began to revolve.
This fate not for him, although far known
Rocky never admitted much with regard any
single statement 1t just by pecing together bits of
versaon usually training camps follow that you ensed
the impact of his brutal kayo of Louis Rocky himself
THE MEMORIES MOST PLEASANT to recall during
MarcianoS reign the mornings and the evenings the
old wooden hill cottage which at Grossinger in
the CatSkls This the between period of his training
ritual and it seemed that Rocky enjoyed this time most
The Shoemakers rejected the plush hotels
and preferred the opsided cottage There single table
round and covered by cracked ocoth and only couple
steps away the kitchen where the chef boiled eggs broed
steaks and served food family style the heavyweight king
and old boyhood pals like Allie Colombo Nicky Sylvester
and Snap Tartarlia
One time Rocky said Il hands with Joe Louis once
in Philadelphia He boxing exhibition with Arturo
Godoy was on the card preim boy Al WE'LL said to
Louis in the dressing I want you to shake
my heavyweight
Louis looked like mountain He wore big beautiful
overcoat and mohair hat that must have $50 There
feather in it."
1t seemed Rocky was able to nearly kill
Louis who had nothing left in late ST. Marciano put him
down with left hook and when Joe he hit him again.
shudderng blow that convinced the referee that
necessary
THAT WAS ALL FOR LOUIS for the rest of his life He
might have been killed with for Marciano
He wasn't bred to be fighter. When he first started
Rocky crude that less understanding trainer than
Charley Goldman had handled him the guy might have
dropped the whole WE'LL? WE'LL he was the boss of both
Rocky and Goldman. There evidence point
Marciano fond of WE'LL when he retired but he
holden to him. WE'LL creased the way and to that
nobody who might lick Rocky in his early days allowed
to fight him.
Barbara Marciano tall woman who was the daughter
of Massachusetts, policeman the mother of robust
daughter suffered than Rocky when he fought his
bloody battles There occasion September 49,
to be at her side when Rocky knocked Jersey Joe Wacot
in the 18th round to win the title.
The lady weeping copouSy. Thank God he's all
right she SMILED He all right too. Aside from having
been knocked down the first round having part his
scalp sheared off, along with sundry other bruises Marcano
was unmarked.
FROM THE BEGINNING Rocky insisted that his ambition
had been to be baseball catcher The international Boxing
Club press agents oyed with the angle happened
be Marciano placed baseball above fighting but few
believed him Again you dealing with the cynics
One morning his Grossinger the champ said
beloTe was lne guy WE'LL aIter Louis, my mOtner
got letter saying that if came home to Brockon Mass
I'd be shot My folks got another letter before my first fight
with E2zard Charles. was to get killed
THE Brockon police found the first letter written
by l3year-old girl don't know who wrote the second
one, but they worry my mother
They crackpots mainly and don't pay attention
to them. But never imagined I'd put my family through
anything like that because realized how many peoples
lives are tied up in fight"
HE WAS THINKING, of course of his parents and his
intent he had left in beaten condition One day
toned that Brockon fan by the of Miles Dempsey
who followed him all through the amateurs asked him
buy up some good seats.
Il got the tickets Rocky said but poor Miles died of
heart attack during the sixth round my June fight with
Ezzard Charles
When you're heavyweight champ" he added "these
things add up Family friends people who think you're
important"
I'm glad the guys getting out If he truly Shuckne
the whole thing Marciano like breath of spring to
boxing He was a nice guy, stil is nice guy.
He would make the biggest mistake of his life If he tried
to fight again. even at time when he probably could belt
out Hurricane Jackson Archie Moore Floyd Patterson ct
whenever he felt like it, Eventually somebody would take
him and that wouldn't be nice to how good he
whoever battcd 900?