Show Pep Vie for 1 Ring I Interest By y JACK CUDDY NEW YORK June 17 UP UP- UP Shortly before featherweight champion champion champlon cham cham- pion plon Willie Pep returns to the ring Tuesday night in Sn his first bout since an airplane crash nearly cost him his life lICe a 11 year old boy wonder vonder who may some day wear the crown himself turned professIonal professional Ional out west It is coincidental that the youngster youngster young young- ster Keith Nuttall of Brigham City Utah should choose this day dayto dayto to start seeking his fortune in the ring He will be managed by that old three-crown three man Henry Armstrong Armstrong Armtrong Arm Arm- strong trong who started his unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented dented rise to ring fame as featherweIght featherweight featherweight feather feather- weight champion himself and who Is convinced that Nuttall some day will ill win that title Eyes Eye on Pep All eyes of the boxing world will willbe willbe be on Pep as he takes on VIe Vic Flores of Mexico City for tor no one not even Willie himself knows whether the injuries suffered in that crash will impair his future I as as A boxer H He suffered serious serious' Injuries t to his spine and left leg legI legh legin I h jj in the crash at Millville N. N J. J Jr last Jan 5 in lit which three other persons S were killed on a chartered air liner flyIng Hying from Miami to Newark And if he fails to make an impressive Im- Im showing vIng it is conceivable i that he will announce his retire retire- e ment from the ring i It also is conceivable that theU the U haired dark-haired G Golden o old 1 d en enU enI Glover that Armstrong signed up upI upa U I a few days before Pep goes into I the ring may make a steady rise a to pl prominence in which he will vill k wind up as a new Golden Boy among among the little fellows r- r I am convinced that Keith isa isa is is' isa a fire sure prospect Armstrong said in describing his background p I 1 hope to fight him in the west for lor at least another year or more morek V. V before I bring him im east He isn't 18 S yet so you can understand why x dont don't want to rush him i a Who is this fabulous youngster l 1 who vho has so captivated the fancy a of as astute a judge of ot ri ring g talent as three-crown three Henry 1 Armstrong who has decided to tomake toI tomake I make make a business of promoting box box- 1 lag ing and training young fighters has followed Nuttall's career clOsely closely close- close ly for more than four years years ever ever f since since he was a n grammar school youngster engaging in barn bouts The The youths youth's father Mo Morris ris Nuttall said that he contacted Armstrong four years ago and that Henry had been keenly interested since the first time he saw him fight Nuttall fighting In the i international terna- terna amateur championships at I a v Chicago re recently won the pound crown cro defeating the boxer who had him earlier in the year in the Golden Gloves I fc L finals also at Chicago The elder Nuttall pointed out p that Keith won won nine other fights I in 12 days b before f re the in international finals His last bout was as for a position on the United States amateur amateur amateur ama ama- team which will go to Honolulu Honolulu Honolulu Hono Hono- lulu later this summer He won the position all right but is passing r IMP up the trip to make his ional debut I l i Too Much ucb Fighting Ten fights in 12 days is too much his father s said id Act Actually II hes he's turning pro to get some rest from the tough amateur grind Hes He's at the top of ot the amateur ranks and every boy up there eve every y fight he has is with another top-ranking top amateur Meeting this class of fighters so often will burn him up were we're afraid W When en youre you're oure amateur you do just about whatever whatever whatever what what- ever the fight ight bigwigs tell you to tod todo todo d do and the Utah A AAU A U for tor some reas reason n always has resented Keith and given him ev every ry b bad d td break it could With Keith as a professional we can can pick out our spots for him and fight him when hes he's ready Armstrong will get a fourth in interest interest interest in- in terest in all of ot Nuttall's earnings in the professional ring Were mighty Henry wants to take Keith under his wing 4 and supervise his fight career his father said We feel th that t Armstrongs Armstrong's N high principles fine uin fineL L S character and knowledge and ability ability abil- abil it will be Keith ity worth more to than any sum sim of money any other th r i fight tight handler might offer For at least six months Nuttall will vill fight at Salt Lake City and if Ogden arenas I So it will be interesting to see what happens to game little Willie Williep 1 p fa in his bout tonight at Hartford It will be just jus as interesting to see what happens when Keith gets a chance to combine his natural abilIty abil- abil ity with the the lessons lessons that he will pick up from the wise ring Arm Arm- strong |