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Show The bull Lake Tribune, Sunday, June II D 17. IttTJ Marv Jensons Still Around Fight Inventions 'i By John Mooney Tribune Sports Editor , N V'I i ' 3'. - - iu, w n i WEST JORD AN We used to say when Marv Jenson couldnt sleep he got bags under his eyes. And Marv, as manager of Gene Fullmer, then world middleweight champion, had quite a collection of unique punching bags to develop Genes punches, and to show for Marvs insomnia , . i 1 Yv K A Circular Ring v s! Now Marv, who admits he never was out of boxing, really, hasn't been able to sleep too well, and hes been going around in circles. Marv never could understand why a boxing ring was square, so he came up with a circular nng, which is being handled by a patent attorney, end Marv is hoping to display his nng this summer in a fight at the Salt Palace. I have always been concerned for the safety of the Marv admitted Satboxers, urday. Remember, I was the one who came up with the idea of a ring instead of the customary tnree ropes. I had the idea before the tragedy happened, but when I saw Parit Benny (Kid) trapped between the second and third rope and take such a beating he died, I knew we had to make a change. Adopted Ring Idea . f, Gene Fnllmer, Marv Jensen, Cookie Valencia and Bill Lyons, left to n right, inspect model of circular ring Jenson has been perfecting. - i A. , ' 4 s v Vt i?-.?- ! J. 'si .IQ w ' Siil y4 f . back me everyone he con- in boxing, but I never really stepped out. I still kept the basement and outdoor nngs in shape, for any fighters work out. who wanted to Considers Cookie "Now Cookie Valencia, the Golden Gloves and AU featherweight, wants me to manage him as a professional and I'm giving it a thought. I think Cookie is as fme a as Danny (Little prospect Bed) Lopez, the unbeaten While the nng looks larger. Jenson figured it all out and you'd be surprised at his re- Ink Prep Pitcher K.C. Royals sults. In an 18 by 18 foot ring, you have 3.4 square teet, m diamethis nng with a ter, you actually have 314 square feet of space It just presents an optical illusion of more space in the circle, he laughed. Jenson continued, A lot of folks will be surpnsed to see CITY, MO. (UPI) The Kansas City Royals Saturday announced the signing of the clubs No. 1 draft an Lew choice, Olsen, KANSAS Alamo, Cabf. featherweight, ;.ow fighing in Los Angeles. I'd like to have Cookie make his pro debut in my round nng, he added. Fullmer, ar. interested bystander, added, "You would have to tram in this ring. I would hate to fight in it without trying it out, because all your strategy w'mld be changed As for Jenson's punching bags, one shaped like a to make Gene punch straight er, and another with a protruding arm to prefect lus hooks. Gene smiled, "There is only one that backfired. In training for the second fight with Sugar Ray Robinson in Chicago, Marv made a stage production out of unveiling his newest punching bag. He had armed guards around the shrouded bag. At the prop do-n- Robinson knocked me out with that left hook. What a way for me to get the Hall of Fame, as the target of the Most Pertect Left Hook ev er throw n," Gene in laughed. I never saw that bag again, and Marv never mentions it." However, the cucular ring may become as famed as Robinsons left hook, Jenson believes. Golf with Johnny Miller this summer. TO95 TRUE WILDERNESS RAFT TRIP er time, it was unveiled for the press and cameras. Then pitcher from WESTERN ADVENTURE SAFARIS Desolation Canyon on the Green River Enroll now in the Challenge Golf Academy hosted and presented by Johnny Miller. Also enjoy the golf complex in the mountains at Park City, Utah. For details, call or write Challenge 0 Only a few vacancies remain for . . . June 23, 24, 25, 26, June 30, July 1, 2, 3, July 14, 15, 16, 17 newly-develop- August Trips Start Each Saturday G-3- Phone or Write for Reservations Eastern promoters at first figured the four ring ropes would block too much of the view of the nng, but after the - 4- -' . - tragedy, The round nng is another safety idea. No longer can a fighter be pinned and punished in a corner, and this w ill make for lore action, too, in the fights But the main safety feature is the give in the ropes and I have shock absoibers to cushion the shock where the normal nng posts would be situated. four-stran- d ' , i -- v V M4 Paret changed to my idea. tinued. Phone (303) Box 11658, SLC. Utah 84111. 242-503- 1 P.O. Box 1732, Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 J or stop in at ony Wolfe's Store iCv Tv 4 'i Boxing commissioners Gail Brown, left, and George Patterson, right, round ring the Inventor. e inspect the with Marv Jenson, full-siz- I After NCAA Test Racial Charges Fly at LSU BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) Louisiana Stale University went all out as host of this years NCAA track and field championships, throwing its entire athletic department into the preparations and recruiting outside expertise and volunteers to fill in the gaps. All I heard was compliments about the way the meet was going on, LSU Assistant Track Coach Charles Walker recalled. comBut when the five-da- y petition ended on June 9 and the coaches and athletes returned home, the denouncing began. San Jose States athletic director, John Caine, said hed file a written protest with the NCAA about the way one of his black coaches was treated. And University of Washington Coach Ken Shannon said he wouldnt be surprised if black i athletes boycott next years 1 national meet at Austin. Tex , j unless they get assurances of .better treatment. Denouncing Begins LSU officials were stunned sand bewildered. j I They didnt deny reports of jblack coaches being insulted and chased away from local Lars in ihe greater Laton Rouge area, but they ejected all claims of of black athletes and coaches at the meet itself. Of course I cant vouch for pov our visitors were treated iff the campus, Athletic Di-- ; factor Carl Maddox said Particularly, I cant vouch r how they were treated Across the river, in West 1 sprinter, Vince Breddell was refused a rubdown by LSU trainers in a training tent. I saw just about every one of the black athletes on the campus. Every one of the ones I talked to liked the campus, seemed to think they were being treated pretty well and really seemed to be having a pretty good time, except for the fact that there weren't enough girls. What, then, about the black athlete being refused a in the training tent? black coach from Arizona University, Willie Williams, was refused service at a hospitality room on the LSU campus. Maddox said he a, id other flabberLSU officials were two the last by charggasted es, the ones involving LSU. A But most of the loval people agreed there is nothing unusual about the allegations of racism at some of tne dives and gin joints across the river. The U.S. attorney, Douglas rub-dow- n Hard to Believe difficult for me to believe that the report is not distorted. I can find no evidence of it, Maddox said. LSU officials insisted that numerous black athletes were taken care of by LSU trainers in the tent, as well as by trainers from Arizona State, the Pacific Coast schools and oth- Its just Gonzales, said his office gets and m frequent complaints, the past weve had several suits involving the same issue. 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Leo Hamilton, a member of the LSU university court and past president of Harambe, the black student organization, said he's been ejected by deputy sheriffs stationed at bars across the nver, and is sometimes refused service in bars near the campus, too. But he said he saw no sign of racial hostility on the campus itself during the track meet. I feel it was Hamilton all off the campus, said. Three coaches, two white and one black, from San Jose fate were turned away from bar on the Mississippi River aterfront by a puty sheriff who told them. j'Ae dont allow niggers in Vre -- Several other area night ) ts alto refused them t ince u3raci.il grounds San Jose State's black ill pistol-packin- g Let Master Lease help you get there. Our $209.99 Alemlacni Coal LOW, LOW, LOW MONTHLY UASE PAYMENT AND MINIMUM DEPOSIT CHCVTOtET- Vnre O'o Cbw' InipalJ, Chevy FORO LTD, II. 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