Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-12
WIN, LOSE OR
'DKAW By FRANCIS sTANN
So DeIuded, So Naive


BRIAN LONDON WAS PLEASANT enough chap
during his brief visit this country and certainly the
most excessively courteous bloke in ring in years
But the beefy Brisher feeble and yet ongasting
against Floyd Patterson in indianapolis must be very
naive soul, too.
In signed newspaper story London dscloses that he
had been promised second crack at PattersonS title
within 10 months Furthermore of the conditions of
getting return match would be signing contract that
would give Gus DAmato share of managing him if he
should win the championship.
"Mr DAmato made two conditions" London wrote.
"One that should keep it 1.-THE offer) secret until
returned to Britain The other? Before you fight Patter-
son again. Mr. DAmato said you must to this coun
try six months in advance of the gh-not to meet another
opponent but to sharpen up"
The poor, deluded young man,.
D'AMATo PROBABLY told London all the fighter has
revealed all right. 1t sounds like the strange ambitious
who manages Patterson bosses the National Boxing
Association and under the guse of pous reform working
both sides of the street in manner which the court
dsbanded International Boxing Club dreamed Of
trying.
But where would a second Patterson-London fight be
perpetrated pray tell? The Brtsher couldn't win one of
the 10 rounds the shameful ravesy lasted or which
Patterson permitted to last. And when London finally
swooned after 81 seconds Of the 18th round
blow not on the inviting Britishers chin but high
the head
DAmato found himself a couple of pigeons in Indian
apos and sold bill of goods Not Gus resourcefu
he u.s. is apt to find another community gube AS for
DAmatos stipulation that he must have hand in man
aging London if he dehrones his man, Gus is safe
ground here London would have trouble surviving in the
Golden Gloves, much less beating Patterson.
Even So DAmato's colossal ego in mentioning such
prepoerous arrangement managing London f he won)
and presumably keeping Patterson who'd naturally be the
No. challenger is pointed up The rules of boxing may
apply to all others but not to DAmao who makes his own
laws In promoting PattersonS socaled title defenSeS,
hiding only slightly behind promoters of record DAato
has been breaking cardinal rule all along, to w.t.
promoter shall not manage fighter.
MANAGERS HAVE CONTROLLED more than one
fighter in the division of but two top
heavyweights Leo Flynn to mind. Flynn managed
many fighters that he kept track of them by
telephone from central clearing house There record
of any two of his tigers meeting for title while he pulled
both strings DAmato could another first here
London could fight.
Pete Reilly as engaging character as ever managed
once had two of his fighters matched and they may have
been Battling Battano and Freddy Miller each of whom
held the featherweight One night the inntable
Reilly started working in the corner of gladiator and
the other gained the upper hand switched and finished
in the opposite For that matter Jack Kearns
Archie Moore shot at his man Joey Maxis light-heavy
crown and wound up managing winner Moore
For purposes Of knowedgeable reaction to London's
revelations, Godie Ahearn sounded out THAT
supposed to to America to learn to fight yet? Gode
sputtered II thought the English discovered boxing invent
ing it ahead of the Russians This bum from
where the Marquis of Queenbery wrote the rules and he
should come here to learn?"
GoLDE is UNDERSTANDABLE leary of British heavy
weights after matching Johnny Williams with Hurricane
Jackson few years ago. "oi what bum that VIII
ams! He knew how, but he doesn't here fight
When I make this match send for my good friend AL
Thoma from Jersey, World War buddy and a very
good corner man.
Gal" say to him. keep this bum in the ring as long
you cam Al does his best He gives Williams the old
British treatment. say, old boy avoid Jackson's
blows
We'll Williams boxes the of Jackson in the first
round but at the of the second round he's had it,
can't avoid the blows, Albert he tells my buddy can
see Hurricanes first second punches but can't see
three, four, five and six Sorry
But like say, Williams knew how to fight London
he didn't. him Tv and got to remembering one
night at the old Gayey when boxed Joe Dundee In those
days they'd have a fight after the burlesque show.
Anyway, Dundee and boxed and, when it was over
couple of the chorus girls got into scrap backstage