Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-12
SEGH AT LARGE
BrinkIey's Fight
Causes Another
BY MORRIS SIEGEL

THE FIGHT TO SAVE fight for Washington al
ready is much better fight than the fight probably
won't get to see after all. Maybe. .-..
Confusing? It's intended to be. This is the mudded
status of the story if it has status 1t is Snafued that
Goldie Ahearn left poweress to make 1t
picated. This is indispuabe evidence of high
for general chaos even by Ahearn's standards.
To compound the Rookie plot, Ahearn admits it's
screwy I'VE got cooperation from either side because
nobody knows which side nobody is on Ahearn sighed
After hearing him out this by far the best picture
of the whole goofy sequence.
Golde part of it, naturally for once refused to
discuss 1t at length "You better talk to my wife, he
begged Off She's been doing talking than have"
For Ahearn to renquh the right of speech is nothing
short Of unconditional surrender
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VAGUELY, THIS is ALMOST what the whole thing
is all about would be easy start from the beginning
but there is beginning This gsaw apparently began
somewhere left right of center and Skiuly worked
its way nowhere, which is where it abandoned early
this morning,
: 1t seems MICS David Brinkley the wry man who
says Good night Chet" Monday through Friday the
early TV news, got idea He wishes he hadn't.
He wanted to dc boxing documentary to be aired next
March on his Brinkley Journal
Producer Stuart Schulberg rounded up Bobby Foster
to be the star The idea to depict every phase
Fosters life boxer from the time he got up in the
morning until he went to bed-the works
Cameras caught the Washington Hghtheavy doing
roadwork, training in musty GYM working handy
at auto leadership everything except fighting.
THIS is WHERE the intrigue began Ahearn, who,
when last heard FROM trying to save boxng-from
whom he made clea-waS sought to pro-
moter. He surprised nobody by agreeing.
NBC would pick up part of the tab for the main
eveners Ahearn unearthed and the word is used ad-
vsedly scuffed-up lightheavy named Cisco Rodriguez
Enter now the D. c. Boxing Commission which has
had nothing to supervise other than Ahearns abortve
boxing revival The fight game has dormant here
the three commissioners had to introduce themselves to
another.
There Police Captain Joe osterman, the one
who wore badge and carried gun; Norven Lee, the
former Olympic heavyweight and Kenneth Calvin Ken
nedy the newest member His qualifications vague
He lived in Chicago where boxing thrved and
this presumably, got him his appointment
RODRIGUEZ VS.. FOSTER was presented to the COM
mission 1t quickly and unoffcialy vetoed but not
because the commission failed to approve of the match
That didn't come until later. Capt. Osterman didn't
approve of Capitol Arena
1t was he put it automatically somewhat rundown
Good enough for wreStlers-what isn't?-but not fol
boxing.
So quick repair work was done. at looks like
palace Ahearn insisted They put flags in the lobby
and they painted the floor And what business it is o.
the boxing commission in the first place to knock oint
Finally, the commission withheld sanction OF thu
match pending receipt Rodriguez most recent record
Ahearn who has imported turkeys to washington
than most poultry Dealers wouldn't stand for this.
Postponement followed postponement What was orig
inay billed for october became October 15 then Octo
Der % and next October 90 Meanwhile, Chairman Nor
veil Lee finally gotten the word Rodriguez. Tw
fights this year, two last year.
81 don't think he's going anywhere fighter" LIE
commented Ahearn is not ready to surrender not
asis as the promoter He next will advise NBC to TAX
ne fight to Baltimore.
They deserve it. Meanwhile, Ahearn reports Brinkle
IS tuning. Anybody heard how Huntley feels?