Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-05 | Page 14 | Backseat Driving

I II I I j 1 I PRANK FRANK l K BAKER BAKER- J Fans will turn out in n droves to see a fighter the they hey can count on to throw a lot Jot of punches so it is no wonet won- won der et that ha the e small clubs bs in greater New York C City y an are playing to turn-away turn crowds with the spectacular rise oJ of Pedro Montan z aggressive lightweight from the sugar plantations of Porto Rico who wh beat Al Roth ix iA 10 rounds this week to establish himself as a front rank title contender has built up a it tremendous follo following ing in nine appearances in the sm small ll clubs According to the United Press a crowd of paid aid about to see whip Roth and another were unable to get in The young Porto Rican has been wading through his American American Amer Amer- ican L' L foes like lik his hi native hurricanes His decision over Roth was his ninth straight triumph Before coming to the United States won 21 in Europe beating the Italian Orlandi who at that tithe time was recognized recognized rec rec- as European lightweight champion so badly that he was it in the hospital several weeks and later retired from t the e ring Madison ladison Square Garden officials who have virtually boycotted 1 from the Garden must have winced as asi i they hey watched t the e fans milling around outside St. St Nicks Nick's the other nig night t waiting to get the results of the battle that was was going on inside Because if you please there were m re folks outside than the Garden had on the inside at its last fight which incidentally w went v nt in tho the red r. r T 4 Garden officials probably are beginning to realize 4 fow ow what every promoter has to learn eventually that eventually that you u have to give the fans a good show to keep them doming And Arid good shows usually are built bulk around ti tics the the he men like Joe Louis Jack Dempsey or James i orbett A fighter excites th the fans for one of two reas reason rea- rea s son because h-because 1 because he is liked or hated h ted There is no middle j ii S 'S When Leo Papiano was picking quarrels with the front row customers t at McCulloughs McCullough's wrestling arena rena here a short while ao o he had a tremendous appeal with the tussling clie clientele tele simp sim- sim p Tr because he be was so unpopular The folks p put t their shekels the CI-the line for a seat just to see what sort of a trick he would pull next And undoubtedly so some e of th them m went there with the thes h pinch Leo when Leo when his head secret s ret hope they might pun punch or was vs s turned the theother other way Prince the big bad Indian who likes to wrap baling boling wire around his opponents opponents' tonsils and stick tick thumb tacks i in their ba backs ks also was a go good d attraction because the excited f fi Jn could always work up a burning hatred during his bout 1 A vill villain is just as essential to o wrestling cst i g. g as it is to any old fashioned drama in In which the heroine is plucked from the fingers of disaster as the final curtain comes turn tura- down f. f i T The The- spirit that used to fo move a playhouse audience to i I. I h ss th the ih villain n the moment his handlebar mustache was wasn the wrestling ent enthusiasts en- en now moves n behind hi dt e footlights t to t mob the r ring g M viewpoint last weeks week's card at Mc- Mc From From the promoters promoter's gh's arena arena was a h huge ge success ss It left people talking They didn't t agree of course because some thought ought the battle royals royal and others thought it a tremendous farce laugh was s a gigantic vehement in their beliefs and that's how R. R Verne Sut iut ut they were McCullough wants the public to feel I f Talk about his show and hes he's happy because that kind of interest leac leads s pe people to buy those little pasteboards his boys take up at the door f