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Show SPEAKING OF j SPORTS ; By ROBERT McSHANE : Rlad by W.il.rn Nwipapr Uiuoo j ', A FEW weeks ago Jimmie Johnston, Johns-ton, manager of Heavyweight Bob Pastor, announced that his boy was the most underrated fighter In the ring. This shy remark, uttered by uuch a modest individual, was greeted with even more derision than is usually accorded Mr. Johnston's statements. True, Pastor went a total of 21 rounds with Joe Louis before the champion finally stopped him. But In doing so he earned the nickname "Bicycle Bob." Today Johnston can find quite a number of fans who will agree with him. They don't consider Pastor a great heavyweight, but they do feel that he is underrated. His recent victory over Booker Beck with proved that his fighting ability isn't limited to fancy defensive footwork. He didn't run away from the rangy Negro boxer. Instead, he elected to fight it out with Beckwith. A unanimous unani-mous decision indicated the soundness sound-ness of his judgment. The smart money was on Beckwith. Beck-with. Within the brief space of 16 months he catapulted from a pre- timtntirv flfrhln. t " 4U et nnn i He had won 17 straight battles, 10 of them by knockouts. Although he was giving away almost 15 pounds to Pastor, he was figured to win. Pastor, 27, was thought to be on the down grade. A slow starter, it was feared that one of Beckwith's murderous punches would find its mark before the New Yorker could get under way. It wasn't long ago that Turkey Thompson floored Pastor Pas-tor six times in the first round. Yet Pastor came on to win. But Pastor Pas-tor wasn't fighting another Thompson. Thomp-son. He was matched against a man whose punch, according to Pastor himself, "will knock your brains out." The fight didn't go according to the dopesters' books at least after the first round. Beckwith opened strong and Pastor, as usual, dropped the initial round. This and the third were the only rounds Booker won. The others went to Pastor. Pastor, a former New York university uni-versity football player, looked good against Beckwith. He surprised a few hundred thousand people by snapping his opponent's winning streak. lie didn't surprise anyone by announcing his desire to meet Joe Louis again. Every heavyweight heavy-weight who wins two consecutive fights believes be has earned a chance at the title. Pastor is no exception. Two defeats suffered at the hands of the champion have taught him very little. The element of surprise is contained con-tained in Pastor's generous state- ment that he is willing to schedule a few more bouts before he tackles the champ for the third time, e Bowling the Right Way By LOW ELL JACKSOM (This is one ol a series ot lessons in bowling by Lowell Jackson, one ot the country's outstanding bowlers. Mr. Jackson Jack-son has eighteen 300 games to bis credit and has a 12 yen league average of 210.) rz 1 Follow through naturally. SPEED AND FOLLOW-THROUGH FOLLOW-THROUGH One of the fundamentals fundamen-tals of good bowling and particularly particular-ly of the delivery of a good hook ball is regulation of speed. Tremendous Tremen-dous speed is a distinct disadvantage disadvan-tage and will tend to make you lose control, timing, rhythm and balance. bal-ance. A slow rolling ball will knock down more pins than a speed ball. When you deliver the ball, keep your body poised, facing the pins and well balanced as your right hand swings up after delivering the ball. If you stop your right hand short after releasing the ball and fail to follow through, you are likely to get what bowlers call a "dead ball" When you follow-through naturally, natural-ly, you develop a smooth, easy bowling bowl-ing delivery, free from jerks and strain. However, do not overexag-gerate overexag-gerate the follow-through. SPORT SHORTS CJock Sutherland, coach of the Brooklyn professional football team, calls the Philadelphia Eagles "the best young cjub in the league." CTony Lazzeri, utility man with the San Francisco Seals last season, sea-son, has been released at his own request. He wants a manager's job. Tony played in 102 games last year and batted .244. C. Neil Berry, shortstop of the Western West-ern Michigan college freshman team last spring, has been signed j by the Detroit Tigers. |
