Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-24 | Page 14 | Dusky Ace to Battle Bolo King

S Dusky AceTo Ace To Battle Bolo Bob King By ROBERT MYERS LOS ANGELES Feb 24 UP UP p- p Lady Luck turned her back on Boxer Jackie Wilson once but this ebony sharpshooters may cash in tonight when he battles Ceferino Garcia former kingpin of the world middleweight division Wilson year old Cleveland Cleveland- born negro with a record of 29 knockouts in in 42 matches waited waited four long years for a golden opportunity op op- a a chance to fight in iii in New Yorks York's Madison Square Squa e Gar Gar- den Misses Chance In mid-January mid it came came came-a a telegram telegram tele tele- gram from Garden officials offerIng offering offer offer- ing him a shot at Fritzie February 6 But the message went to Ma Manager ager Walter Melrose's law aw office e and he was at his Palm PaIns Springs home The Garden waited two days for an answer It didn't come Two days later Melrose got the message It was too late The Gardens Garden's open date was canceled Wilson would have knocked ou out and inside a month would have met one of the top ranking eastern boys boys Bob Bob Montgomery Ray Robinson or possibly the champion Red Cochrane what I call caU tough luck sighed Melrose Wilson is California lightweight and welterweight champion If he defeats Garcia he should get another offer from Mr Michael Jacobs of New York Whips Em AH All Wilson has whipped every man he ever fought He has been beaten beat beat- en three times in four years but reversed these setbacks in re- re re-j re matches His last notable win was a three-round three kayo over a aj good easterner Mike Kaplan at Cleveland several weeks ago The tall stringy boy with thelong thelong thelong the long arms is anything but a cinch j to beat the punching bolo Filipino who has been fighting in this country nearly 12 years Garcia will weigh around Wilson Both hit like the kick R of a mule Both are experienced boxers Garcia despite his age estimated between 32 and 38 is a marvelous physical specimen The two reasons why this match r was made between an overstuffed lightweight and a legitimate middleweight middleweight mid mid- mid mid-j wore were Its It's a money fight j for both and Wilson has run out out of opponents Its It's the best natural match made in Los Angeles in years Howard Horses Hoof It Charles S. S Howard has 10 horses campaigning at the Fair Grounds track and if stable room is available available avail avail- able will ship them to Tropical Park for the March April 9 11 meeting lim