Evening star., 1957-08-15
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAW BY FRANCIS sTANN
Wrath of the Aheorn

THERE is NOTHING at all that Mr.. Goldie Ahearn
likes about the socalled fight next Thursday between
World Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson and Pete
Rademacher the amateur except where it is being held
Seattle really amt far away enough Godie was saying
today but 5000 miles so is better than next door"
It is the studied opinion of Ahearn who also promotes
that Jack Hurley should be slapped in ai for promoting
Patterson versus Rademacher.
Years ago." Godie recalled, "they sentenced nice
guy named Frank Dane to couple of at Lorton Va
for trying to a good fight here in Washington D. c.
Just because it illegal the cops grabbed Dane But
they let this Hurley man one put an
amateur against the world champeen That amt egal?"
1t GodieS notion that Hurley is out to ruin boxing
He is trying to get even with the for something
i. maybe not paying attention him" Ahearn COM
planned. Who is Jack Hurley that the National Boxing
Association and the Governor Of Washington State lets him
put the biggest mismatch in American history? If
Patterson doesn't 60 out to win early and haten this
bum inside of three rounds he'll be dsgraeed and the
rest of US in boxing. too"
A BONE-DRY oPPORTUNIST. as against the others
in boxing whose bones amply with sue Hurley
to the unon Golde was saying. "and manager what
did he do? Everybody says managed Billy PetroIe
that's what But
"Petrolle made the manager. Hurley don't do nothing
but tell Petroe to take the Barney Rosses and Tony
Canzoneris Now AL WE'LL he makes his fighter Marciano
But Petrolle makes Hurley.
Poor Frank Dane" unused Goldie. Three years they
give him at Loron He only one but not so many
Orleans, he almost gets elected but of year
In the pen he loses his citizenship"
Goide chuckled as he reflected upon Danes prison
term. Really 1t amt bad works it so good am in
the hsberdashery business in those days but selling
boxing gloves too, and Dane comes to town with the
warden every now and then to buy stun account Frank
is running fight shows in prison"
GoLDIE DIsREAIEMBGNs the name Of the warden
but he remembers the physique Like say fat guy"
Ahearn went He wants Dane to trim him down with
exercises Frankie he says III train you buy good
rocking chair and put it porch I'll sit next to
you and when tell you to rock, you rock
4 Dane sits out most of his term porch and the
warden, he gains 80 pounds the first month";"
His own fighting days would have been profitable
Godie thinks If he had listened to Frank Dane who
warned Ahearn against accepting third match with
HOneyboy Fnnegan. Il lined to fight Johnny Dundee
real world champeen, but get buled into match with
Finnegan. don't need to tight him again but got no
manager which is the worst mistake ever make.
The day OF the fight got to have tooth yanked.
The doc says Golde you can't fight and says l gotta
because in those days you don't call of fights and there
amt no commission. So it's lousy fight and Finnegan
gets newspaper decision So he winds up with the Dundee
match and after Honeyboy wins he makes lot of money!
BUT 1T is PATTERSON versus Rademacher that is
Ahearns theme these days When he is reminded that
fighting the champion originally Rademachers own
idea, Golde froths at the mention of Hurley.
Who is Rademacher? Norvel Lee beats him. but Lees
got too much to turn pro- Len Kanhal gives
macher hard time too and he amt challenging Patter-
son. Listen, this guy Rademacher is costing me more
wasted cups of coffee . .
II am running my nice restaurant see Nothing but
pce peope-doctors lawyers guys like that to eat
They still but there are also guys who read
bout Rademacher and suddenly they think they can lick
Patterson too guy in the other day. for instance
bnd he says Godie let's have some coffee at a table on
account want to talk.
$50 it turns out he is IS years old and a salesman
but he wants to fight the world champion because Rade-
macher is going TO- So say why don't you louise up the
eales racket and leave boxing alone?
Who is Rademacher, I'd like to know what gets q
crack at the world championship his first pro fight? He
wasn't nothing but second lieutenant when gets this
branstorm and when in the Army nobody paid no
attention TO second looeys They the least important
guys in the Army"