Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-29
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAW By FRANCIS sTANN
Most Folks Couldn't Care Less

NEW YORK. July 29-Floyd Patterson, youngest
to win the world heavyweight championship,
his first defense tonight at the Polo Grounds and
coast-tocoaSt TV And uncommonly large
proportion of the peepul couldn't care less.
This is largely because the consensus is that his
opponent Hurricane Jackson, can't fight lick. How
ever there doubling ThomaSes who have been
wondering if such person Floyd Patterson really
exists Patterson hattened old Archie Moore last No.
vember 80 and then virtually dropped out of sight
For of his own Gus DAmato seemed to go out
of his way to keep his tigers name out of the public
prints Patterson didn't fight except for exhibition
here and there and he may most of the
publicity he getting to baldng amateur boxer named
Pete Rademacher who with Manager Jack Hurley's fine
Irish hand OPPORTUNITY placed on his shoulder waiting
in the wings for unique title fight in Seattle August %
On Broadway the old familiar sporting bloods
keeping their hands in their pockets with the result
that less money probably will be bet tonights fight
than heavyweight title affair in history On June
1885, Patterson and Jackson met over 2round route
Gs is rounds this evening" and the ardent followers
certain of a repeat victory, maybe even quicker.
IF YOU REMEMBER, Patterson in that Sc fight
broke his right fist JacksonS skull in early round
and yet won easily that knowledgeable ring Bluffs
castgated Referee Harry Kesse who somehow voted for
the Hurricane in defiance of the two judges
Mr.. Kessler happens to be a wealthy whose
hobby is making like fight referee courtesy of Albany
Fortunately for nearly everybody concerned Judges Bert
Grant and Harold Barnes ouvoed Kessler thus enabling
Patterson to kayo Moore later and succeed the retired
ROCKY Marcano as the nominal head OF all active pugiS
Some other factors contribute to the strong
leaning toward Patterson tonight Unorthodox has been
Floyds penchant for eaping off his feet to throw right
hand lead But even so the champion is book fighter
compared with Jackson, who is called 1.-The Animal" by
friends and others Tie has known enemies)
He is called 1.-THE Animal" in grudgng admiration for
his ability to absorb punishment and keep pressing the
attack Jackson has punch Imagine double uppercutD
and defensive sks In the very first June 1885,
Patterson had the Hurricane groggy and as the affair
on he continued to belabor Jackson To this day
Patterson doesn't know what kept Tommy his feet.
THIS TOO, is A factor. When Patterson first
whacked Jackson he wasn't much past 81 years of age
and he weighed only 17S pounds Jacksons 1882 Five
months later Floyd growing boy whose first fame came
as 1852 Olympic mddeweight champ, weighed 1924 when
he flattened Moore for the Tonight he'll be giving
away only ga pounds
OF course, stopping Jackson has not come easily to
anybody The odds are to that Patterson will turn
the trick But in the 25yearod Hurricanes IS pro fights
only Nino Valdes Of Cuba did it, Incidentally Valdes
should have quit when he was that far ahead.
This is the first non-monopoistc heavyweight fight
of any Importance ) years With Jim Norris and his
international Boxing Club dsenfranched for violating
the antitrust laws, dressmaker named Emil Lence
promoting the hoe-down His is $175O0O guar
antee by General Motors for Tv rights may all
OF It, Patterson reputedly is guaranteed $17500O
Actually, there will be more at stake for Patterson
paywse, than tonights guarantee The near-ncredble
terms for this meeting with Rademacher in Seattle
next month are said to call for $250y000 guaran-
tee This matter of establishment to Broadway sages
First Patterson has been relatively coorless Secondly
they want to know what business 2s-year-od amateur
Rademacher) has in the ring with the world champion
t: in his nrst pro fight. 1t has been done.
ODDLY, NOT ALL CYNICS in this town are unsym-
pathetic toward the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS match They
recognize that Jack Hurley who hasn't managed good
fighter since Billy Petrole super-salesman and they
give him credit They realize that Patterson might take
home the biggest pay for less work of any pro champ
: in the archives. Some put 1t this way:
l-Hurricane is clay pigeon.
2-Why knock Patterson VS.. Rademacher when the
champ himself is only few Sl fights removed from
the amateur ranks and Jackson his immediate challenger
: is pro only by courtesy of extensive ServiceP"
Show did Jack Hurley and Gus DAmato ever
convince "a group Of wealthy Georgia peanut to
put up Paerson $25ooOO guarantee for fight against an
amateur in Seattle?