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Show 'Sawbones'Give Galento Okeh for Louis Battle By LAWTON CARVER NEW YORK, March 22 (INS) Prodded, explored, timed, tested and befuddled by it all, Two-Ton Tarzan Galento hag been approved by five examining physicians for his world heavyweight title challenge against Champion Joe Louis and the blood-letting will be staged as scheduled on June 28. j Mike Jacobs, promoter, said Ga-I Ga-I lento already has been certified In written reports filed with the New York boxing com- ' mission, which will withhold formal for-mal announcement announce-ment until tomor-j row or later. j "Galento was found to be in good eonditionj and he also is' what Commissioner Commission-er Bill Brewn calls 'organically sound,' and you can say the fight is definitely on so far as this exami- -nation ia con-1 cerned," according Galent to the information which comes supposedly straight from the torture tor-ture chamber where Galento want under the microscope yesterday. He squirmed there, visibly dls- turned as hs distrustfully eyed instruments in-struments that fas was told were a sphygnamonometer, an ophthal-moecope ophthal-moecope and an electro-cardiograph, and he was left virtually speechless for tha first Urn in nearly 10 years, but his suet-padded torso showed no flaws that might have lingered aa an aftermath to the sleg of pneumonia that floored him and cam cloee to keeping him down for the count last summer. Announcement that Galento has been approved will be followed by an automatic granting of a license to him and designation by the commission com-mission of a guard to stay at his training camp and see to it that he gets In shape for a fight, just in case there should be a fight after the first round. Anyhow, that's how the script reads now. It seems to be pretty plain by this time that little or no nonsense will be tolerated from Galento. The exhaustive ex-haustive physical examination to which he was subjected is virtually unprecedented, and they are going to Institute any other Innovation deemed necessary to get him into shape. In fact, preparing for Louis is going to be almost aa tough for Galento as fighting hint. After all, a guy can stand so much conditioning, condi-tioning, then it become monotonous. |