Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-01
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
Where Seldom Is Heard

NEW YORK, JAN Il Wileys Gym is located at 136th
street. just off Broadway and it handy to know Spanish
This is a section where English seldom is heard.
Wleys Gym, like that cater to professional pugs
in big cities walk-up joint stairway greasy white
marble leads up to it but there visitor finds himself
agreeaby surprised There single ring but it mmacu
late, as are the light and heavy punching bags.
This is where Ray Robinson, mddeweight champion of
the world trains for his fight with Gene Fulmer.
There scheduled O'Clock workout Robinson will
work. grubed Murray Goodman of the IBC but the other
guy Fullmer he don't trust nobody This close to
English as was spoken at WileyS
"Fullmer must have to work somepace," said.
HE don't say, though" Murray growled I'm supposed
to promote man and he don't want to be promoted"
BETWEEN NOON AND O'CLOCK group of maybe so
people, mostly coored had paid small fee and sitting
in undertaken chairs patiently waiting for Robinson to show
Sugar Ray who doesn't always appear for his formal
fights true to FORM hand at o'clock,
at 230 Except when Sugars in the ring you don't clock
him., Ernie Baca saying You just tear off the
calendar"
Baca is a medurn-szed guy who looks if he's been in
the ring too Ernie is of Sugar Rays and he
entertaining the small number of while Robin
taking his good time to Harry Weys placeHarry,
incidentally being another member of the encourage
Rays funny guy" Baca said Hes SO so and
yet he that he wants to fight every months
from This is guy who retired, don't forget!"
MAN ASKED: Ernie, does Sugar Ray have anything
left? Can he beat this Fullmer?"
We'll, I'm biased naturally" Baca said II think Robin
isor washe greatest fighter the world Fullmer
is tough. He's the favorite, isn't hep"
IF Fulmer good why is he so apparently busted
up?" question And man, John Mooney of the Salt
Lake City Tribune, ready with reply.
Gene didn't get bad in the ring" Mooney said
just kind of born that way You know fighters face
with all the Jumps right from the start"
When your tiger going to appear, if at alp"
asked Baca.
Hell be along soon," Ernie said. "You know, for the
first time in his life Sugar Ray eating good He
in the past He'll in the ring 1873 but this
will be struggle Remember when he fought Joey Maxim for
the ghtheavy title? When he wouldn't we had Doctor
Nardielo stick needle of vitaminS in him every day
I'VE finally got Ray to weighing 16l pounds But then
there was that postponemen and he went down
in that heal0 degrees ringside-he couldn't make the
last two rounds for fight he'd won"
1T WAS O'CLOCK when several patient walters lurched
to their feet and oged from the windows Wleys Gym
Here he comes!' man shouted
He was so right purple Cadillac eaSed up in front of
WeyS and few minutes later the Harlem Dude person.
appeared wearing darkblue beret The fans applauded
but were myst1ed when Sugar ducked into telephone
booth.
Hes got to make telephone interview with Dave
GarroWay Baca said This big thing he beats
Fullmer he'll insist on Floyd Patterson
The crowd such it was impassve as Sugar talked
for the Garroway show.