Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-30
WIN, LOSE OR
HNAV By FRANCIS STANN
The Price Was Riqht
JACK KEARNS, when he moves" fighter, doesn't
cheap. II take my piece" Doc says Sometimes

JACK KEARNs, when he moves" fighter, doesn't
cheap. II take my piece" Doc says. Sometimes
earn it."
Kenny Lane was cut up the other night at Capitol
Arena when he 10-round split decision Virgil
Atkins But Kenny wasn't cut up too much by KearnS The
old gafer won the fight.
Lane is not of Kearns' very good fighters He is
nice kid and, being southpaw it is difficult to move"
him. Kearns puts it. But Kenny ranked just behind
Lightweight Champion Joe Brown and now, as welter-
weight he's off and running.
Thanks to Kearns 1t should have been third-round
technical knockout for Atkins the exchampion Instead
Lane that good win Atkins in his record And that
Kearns doing because he outtaked the referee Ray
Bowen, and the ringSide physician, Dave Gordon.
WHEN AKINS OPENED that cut Lanes eye in
the third round, Bowen unless the rules have been
changed ended the fight He called time and beckoned
TO Dr. Gordon who climbed into the ring to examine the
fighter
Atkins in the meantime had donned his robe and
was preparing to leave the ring Bernie Glickman. his
manager and chief handler, supervising his retire.
,ment
Bernie is nice guy and like to do business with
him." Promoter Golde Ahearn was saying today "but
If that had been Kearns in Atkins do you think the
guy would have been standing there ready to fight?
"Kearns would've cut off those aces and taken of
those gloves so fast
KEARNS HELD UP the fight for full As seconds
maybe most of the third round-with his eloquent
pleas Bowen and Dr. Gordon 1t most convincing
show and all the time Lane, his bloodied warrior was
being attended.
Actually the fight was over when Bowen stopped 1t
in the middle of the third round An oldtme fighter
talking about it today.
"They must have changed the regulations" he said
"When the referee stops fight and turns fighter to his
it's all A guy gets eye cut usually they
wait until the end of the round Then the doc him
over and decides.
But in this thing, it's stopped while the round is
going and the Doc is standing in the ring Bowen is
in Lanes corner and there lot of other guys in the
ring too
j 1.-THE way I remember Kearns and some of his
handlers in the ring And in Atkins there
Glckman and couple of other guys Well, when people
who amt fighting get into the ring during regular
round, it's all over"
7 KEARNS IS GONE NOW, moving with the wind, and
the chances are that you'll be reading where Doc
has pulled off another coup. Billy Stevens who was
Strengthening up the at the Mayfower talking:
II work with KearnS in a fighters for years,
Billy said, land he always me. The guy he's
handling has a third fist so help me-
Everybody knows the story of how in Louisville our
guy Mickey Walker turns up in not good a
shape to fight Paul Swidersk So Walker gets bumped
few times, and he's on the floor. Who do you suppose
sounds the bell?
II am not saying" Billy said, chat it was Kearns
There was an empty bottle handy we left lot of
empties that week but our Walker is the
floor and the round ends little ahead of time shall we
say Somebody hit the bell with bottle"
What Doc pulled off the other night giving Lane all
that time and outtalkng the referee and ring doc both
was something! 1 said to him:
"Doc, you're II years DID, but my God you've got nine
lives"
"Im 49, Doc said, and don't you forget it."