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Show Rocky Graziano, Boxing's Bad Boy; Tries Ring Comeback Tonight Sure, he loves his wife and hit kids love him. But he's a roughneck at heart and neither wind nor rain nor snow will May him from hi appointed round. Speaking of appointed rounds. he figures to belt Fusart out whenever when-ever he hlti him If at aU. Personally. Person-ally. I think Fusart will win, Fusart . has . something which Graziano has missed. You can call It a touch of class, as msn and as fighter. He undoubtedly Is a better boxer than Graziano. If he doesn't hit as hard a Graziano, be till hits hard enough, and he's game. Becky's Qaase I would be the last to suggest that Graziano Isn't game, but I think I saw him quit at least once. ' Graziano was raised up with the lower-east-side notion that you should always hsve an edge going for you. He cant help It when he finds himself in there all even with gloves on his hands the same as the other guy. To repeat, the boxing racket Inspired the phrase that might la right The customers don't want to know from nothln' about whether you're hoodlum or a choir singer. All they ask Is that you spatter the other guy's brslns about the premises. Craziano can do this. Hence when he wss proved to be one of the most undesirable, characters in the history of the manly art of self-defense, he hsd -more shills thsn If he had never committed a wrong. You can Just figure thst Wednesday Wednes-day night, whatever the gate receipts re-ceipts may be, he attracted three-fourths three-fourths of them and the worse he is, the better the customers like it As long as he can punch. By Lawtea Carver NEW YORK, Sept 14 (INS) In New York Wednesday night a sporting event will be held which could not happen anywhere except In boxing. Rocky Graziano, a three-time loser to reform school, once a loser to the United Ststes government govern-ment as a bad soldier, snd once a loser to the New York boxing commission com-mission as bad citizen, will hit the sawdust trail. Graziano always has been a bad boy, but the peculiarities of boxing ere such thst he will go in the ring Wedneadsy night against Charlie Fusart ss a sort of martyr. mar-tyr. He had the misfortune of being punished for his evildolng. Most boxers get away with it , . Lersble Guy . Graziano actually Is kind of a lovable guy, like a temporarily housebroken wolf with little un- iredictsbie Mlosyncracies like bit-ng bit-ng your, arm off whan you least expect It He don't mean no harm. Ho don't know na better, Fusart will win this fight If there Is any Justice In the world. He Is from a law-abiding, godfearing god-fearing Sicilian family which has done its best to be honorable and is looked upon with esteem In Its community. Justice being whst It Is, Fusart had setter make suse of ducking the left hook of the villain, or the seat of his pants will be liberally sprinkled with resin. Graziano Is really a ssd esse. The boy doesn't fit In anywhere. j T yv5 e Beeky Giaslaae, boxing's bad I bey, bnttlee Chuck Fttaarl today. |