Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-27
WIN, LOSE OR
HNAV BY FRANCIS sTANN
Hurley and q Simon-Pure

BACK IN 1852 JACK HURLEY spellbinder of the old
school, out OF the West with 2syearod fighter named
Harry kid Matthews and the strength Of skein of
consecutive bouts without defeat wangd fight with Rocky
Marciano who not yet world heavyweight champion
but easily the best drawing card in the business
Matthews retreaded light-heavy and most Of his
victims had been nobodes but Hurley persuasive
that he convinced lot of people who should known
better that his tiger could lick Marcano THE Athlete
he called Matthews bringing attention to a long record
OF quick knockouts Matthews almost decaptated in
the second round and the Spokane-Seatte
Portland area where suddenly he began losing often
he was winning
But the buildup that Hurley gave Matthews was as
nothing compared to the old hucksters pan which
is to throw baldng 2Syear-old amateur named Pete
Rademacher in the ring with Heavyweight Champion Floyd
Patterson on August 10 in Seattle This has the boxing
racket in an uproar so palpably is it mismatch.
Rademacher has had professional fight and al
though ne won the Olympic heavyweight title in 1885, there
connossers of amateur boxing contend that he
really isn't top-noch even in that competition
RADEMACHER WHO IS so popular in Seattle that
Hurley was able to arouse the fans to put up $25OOOO
guarantee to Patterson boxed Len Kantha heavy
weight winner of the Washington Golden Gloves Rade-
macher had all he could do to win close decision
If and when Patterson Rademacher title fight is per-
Matted, all the amateur would have going for him is size
dubious asset at best naSmuch Patterson weighs 1sS
Marcano always insisted that if his manager AL WE'LL had
allowed him to fight at $780, instead fattenng up he would
have been effective.
Patterson, o. years younger than Rademacher
He has been since 1852, starting mddleweight
and graduating to the ghtheavy and finally the heavy
weight divisions An Olympic champon-Foyd the mid
deweight in 952-Paterson lost only one time
and that highly disputed decision to Joey Maxim
more than three years ago.
IN NEW YORK, THE CHAIRMAN Of the Athletic Com
mison julius Hefand has put the blast on proposed
fight, first time an amateur would challenge for world
championship Nat Fleischer a weighty name in boxing
has Joined Helfand
STILL there is no law against mismatch- only foolish
optimism and health risk solid point in the argument
against the fight is the of Ed Sanders.
Remember Ed Sanders? He was the SO Olympic heavy
weight champion Rademachers predecessor He scaled PIT
pounds stood 6fee and he boxed too hard for all
the amateurs When he back from the Olympcs he
was indicted into the Navy and stationed at the
Navy Yard.
THE BOXING COACH-TRAINER was one Moose Deity,
who felt that Sanders eventually would heavyweight
champion of the world BY the token Deity afraid
of what he termed that Boston outfit they could ruin
your chances He referring interests which elevated
Sanders from the amateur ranks going the chief
of the Bureau Of Naval Personnel for permission for the
25-year-old giant to accept pro bouts
Hes cinch to be the next champion" was the gist
of the plea made here, land the Navy can take credit"
The Navy granted permission and Sanders fought six times
as pro- losing and drawing was matched
with an experienced journeyman named Willie James.
Sanders, who had boxed more than eight maybe
10 rounds sumped to the in the 18th against James
and was carried out stretcher
neuro-surgeon operated for four hours in a Boston
hospital Then he pulled up the sheet