Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20

Like GoIdie Saws,
What's in q Name
BY MORRIS SIEGEL

AFTER THE LATEST meager attempt to get profess
Sonal boxing moving again. it perhaps Just as well
nobody bothered to ask Bobby Foster who was that
fighter saw you with last nightp"
Foster the main event fighter, would have been un-
able to answer He had met his opponent until short
y before bell time Once they had introduced and
beseeched to come out fighting the conformation lasted
only seconds, hardly sufficient time to become chummy
Now, some u hours after the air has been cleared
from Capitol Arena nobody is quite sure yet who 1t was
posing as the party Of the second part He billed and
announced as Manuel Lee When the bitz de-
veloped Manuel Lee was Richard Benjamin, maybe.
1t was easy to understand why anyone who lasted less
than minute would want to change his identity, but the
unresoved question is whether Lee really Penjamin
In the first place.
COLLIDE AHEARN, WHO arranged the stinker and
therefore must take the rap, explained all very simply
last night "As far know don't know" he said get
ting right to the heart Of the matter
Maybe they sent me the wrong heavyweight" the
local Machiavell Of mayhem mumbled in his native
mumbo-jumbo II ordered guy named Lee who turns out
to be bum named Benjamin In this business you got to
get used to a lot of surprises"
Ahearn preferred not to beabor the matter. He want
ed to talk about next weeks production This will be
other hel-raser he promised, but again thereI be
guarantee the warriors won't be relabeed to suit what
ever postfight exigencieS that might arise
Name, shame what's the differencep" Ahearn asked.
How many people know my real amt Goldie
Ahearn? But they still like me-" That's another story
OF THE 700-ODD who attended Goldies revival at
Capitol Arena Ahesrn to be Of the very few
who the punch Foster was supposed to have delivered
against his still unidentified opponent
"A hard hook to the celarplex that's what did it, :"
said Ahearn pointing to his stomach and cringng II he
himself about to be knocked out from the force Of
his own vocal blow. 1T could happen to anybody he's
hit in the celarplex" he added.
80 it's a first round knockout so that's impossbleP
seen happen dozen Of times not to personally but
to lots Of fighters bout ston Patterson didn't
the thing happen2 Only they charged 100 bucks to
watch 1t. With me they got to see it for $e7 less"
JoCKo MILLER THE boxing commission chairman
had open mind the mixup. Jocko also has an
calendar pro fights Mondays only the
ond in two years. it accomplished nothing 1t at least
served to rentroduce Jocko to his fellow commission
members and assorted part-tlme badge wearers.
THE best determine" said Jocko, who sounded
undetermined, lis Lee and Benjamin are the guys
Lee, he told u.s. is his fighting name Benjamin his real
name. took Golde's word that he could fight. That
turned out to be q mistake.
"In the future any time Golde tries to book fighter
in here he's going to have to show me his record in the
Ring Book" ''
This brought expected protest from Ahearn II did
not advertise championship fight only to develop young
youths" he explained. II can't book fighters from
book.
Right gotta guy down in Tennessee looking for
material for next weeks show. He's scouting in Knox
vile. Yeah, Knoxville. That's one word"