Show Ray Has JB JOb By GRANTLAND R in Beating RICE RICE- ng Turpin I 71 ROUND ten years ago possibly ago possibly AROUND more than ten ten ten-I I was introduced introduced intro intro- I to a slender young fellow at ata ata a fight camp in the hills I had never seen him before nor heard his ils name Ray name Ray Robinson Now the same Ray Robinson Is facing the crucial test of a famous championship career This means the test of survival or or being washed under by bythe bythe bythe the surf of time Robinson middleweight ex-middleweight champion champion cham- cham pion rion is meeting the man who beat him lim so decisively in England a few weeks ago Turpin the Randy W English fighter was f. f 0 iI t practically unknown W W in this country before before be be- 5 S. S fore t the h e Robinson t 1 fight He was just r j another B British r i h m. m punk facing the best k living fighter pound for pound This was Sugar Ray Robinson's Robinsons Robinsons Robinson's Robinsons Robinson's Robin Robin- sons son's rating the best in the business Grantland Rice But Turpin the unknown whipped him decisively But who whipped Robinson Was Wast it t Turpin Was it the six weeks in fn Paris and nd Germany Was it the holiday jaunt Or was it the inroad inroad inroad in in- road of ten years so terrifically important in competitive sport Important in ill the matter of reflexes reflexes reflexes re re- re- re flexes speed timing and even power Also stamina There are many many things that make up competitive qualities needed to win At a fight gathering a night or two back there was a big division of opinion as to whether Robinson was below par or Turpin was the better fighter Ray Arcel one of the best conditioners conditioners con con- in the trade had another slant Ray figures that Robinson was below his best and also that Turpin was a much better fighter than he had been rated When a fighter is a little off oft Ray says and then meets a much better man than he was expecting to meet the result Is pretty sure to be a shock Robinson will win be a better better bet bet- ter fighter when he meets Turpin Tar Tar- pin the second time But that doesn't mean that Robinson is sure to win as the pictures show that the Englishman can ean both box and punch Also that he can take a punch S S S The Age Margin Ray Robinson is no old worn-out worn fighter But after all he has been around some ten years He won the welterweight championship in 1946 and picked up the middleweight middleweight middleweight middle middle- weight title Feb 14 1951 In his training he doesn't show I you that he has slipped but it could be different against a first-class first opponent Turpin is only 23 You may not have too much experience at 23 but you should be equipped with speed reflexes and stamina When you watch Turpin at work you get the immediate idea that he could be an extremely rough young man on any occasion The average fight fan doesn't quite understand how much wear and tear a popular fighter suffers In the course of years Joe Louis took good care of himself but he be was vas suddenly old He Be could see an opening as quickly as he used to see seo one but the split second punch was gone Robinson at least has the advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage this time of knowing the size of the job he faces He wasn't expecting too much in England Today Today Today To To- day he knows it will take one of his best performances to win There can be no alibi abbl of any sort in a second defeat Not that Robinson Robinson Robinson Rob Rob- inson has offered one for Turpin's victory But he knows this time it must be an out all effort S S S Wide-Open Wide Tennis Scramble When you take the ranking tennis players from ten na nations Hons you are bound to have something of an omelet In addition to the powerful Australian Australian Australian Aus Aus- unit featuring Frank man Kenneth McGregor and Mervin Mervin Mer- Mer vin yin Rose the US U.S. has more high- high grade challengers than the country country country coun coun- try has known in a long time The U. U S. S list Includes Arthur Larsen defending champion Herb Flam Dick Tony Budge Patty Hamilton Richardson Victor Seixas and Gardnar Mulloy to mention only a few And for a change the bulk of power doesn't belong entirely to California S S S Hogans Hogan's Place in Golf There is a rolling chorus of queries you hear wherever golfers meet It Is along these lines What is Ben Hogans Hogan's place or ranking in connection with such golfers as Bobby Jones Harry Vardon Walter Hagen and Gene There are others of course but these four are arc enough In the first place the major record record record rec rec- ord performances belong to Jones and Hogan Jones scored 13 national nation nation- al and international victories To Hogan for his miraculous comeback in 1950 when he carried carried car car- ried ned his wrecked body to the US U.S. Open and to his amazing triumphs in the US U.S. Open the Masters and the Tam Tarn OShanter world championships championships champ champ- this campaign |