Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-08-27 | Page 11 | Ambitious Armstrong is Warned

Ambitious Armstrong Is Warned By Dy EDW EDWARD AnD W. W V. V International News Sports Writer SEATTLE Wash Aug 27 A 27 A red cheeked blond youngster of Slavic origin with keen sparkling blue eyes and anda a pleasant smile sat on the af of the fishing sloop Merllyn MerIlyn preparing his tackle for i isome some salmon I Yes Ill I'll fight Armstrong if they want me inc to he said slowly but it might be a mistake for him Im I'm too big and punch too hard J He is Al Hostak new middleweight middleweight middleweight middle middle- weight champion championS of the world by virtue of his recent knockout victory victory vic vie tory over Freddy Steele That was wasa a round one-round win He wasn't boast boast- ing His tone ton was one of pity for a ayoung ayoung ayoung young colored l lad d who weighs who has the ambition to become middleweight king along with the three other titles he now holds Worthy ambition perhaps but no fighter can expect to hold them all Henry is even talkIng talking talking talk talk- ing about the light heavyweight throne being his some day lies lie's been reading of the ring exploits of Joe Volcott Wolcott Joe Cans Gans and some others of another era and tossing quite a brace of imagination tion into it just to keep his vanIty vanity vanity van van- ity at high tide Hostak with that splendid left lefthand lefthand lefthand hand his with which he be can hit about as good as he can with his terrific right would catch the tan buzz saw coming In with it and with a right uppercut would roll Henry in the resin where he has not been up to now If he stays in his own division Henry may not do any resin rolling for quite a spell But those who saw the Lou Ambers fight have agreed that t even the former former former for for- mer St. St Louis bootblack who gave Barney Ross such a terrific lacing Isn't a super Just a er who can beat all the others in three divisions You haven't heard much about Hostak outside of the west That is because he is new a sensation who sprang into the picture like a hurricane a a. short time ago He was born In Minneapolis and came here when he was 2 Started boxing at 16 recording a knockout win in his first fight The champion is tutored and managed by Eddie Marino an old- old time featherweight who was a top challenger for that title in the days of Abe Attell Al AI is a quiet unassuming kid He lie does exactly as his manager dire directs ts in and out of the ring lIe He has bas no bad habits lie He spends hours in the gymnasium every week weck whether he lie is booked or not He lie cs lives with his mother Ills His only is In defending his newly acquired title Hostak has has scored 16 straight knockouts He has had 60 fights He is the hardest punching middleweight middleweight middle middle- weight of modern times He punches straight and you cant can't see em coming com corn ing He has a 0 perfect right cross Too bad he isn't big enough to fight Joe Louis He would give the heavyweight king some trouble Dead game they say of him here and tough He hasn't one scar of battle but has taken taleen punches and sheds them without difficulty d Is cool under fire and a poker face when in action He is the killer type like Dempsey when in itt the ring and andis is quick to sense a chance to finish his foe He is a finishing puncher and he knows how Dempsey who is a splendid judge of boxers refereed the Hostak Hostak- Steele fight and said Al is the greatest greatest greatest great great- est puncher for his weight he has ever seen The champion hasn't hit his peak yet