Show Bench Talk I By KOH TATAI I A man is likely to profit I through his or putting it his He is likely not to forget his hard experiences and will cherish his victories We would like to take Rex i Lewiston's gift to the boxing world as an He as all well to Rocky Marciano in the sixth round by I a clear-cut we were not overjoyed at hear- ing our home pride put to the canvas so we also feel less remorseful about that punch dealt by I the Massachusetts Be- f cause that might be just what Layne needed a stiff f v shock of reality that victory is not so easily gained without the hard knocks of Layne has come through with v a brilliant ring record of 34 wins in 38 bouts a majority of them via the His style of boxing has the boxing fans but he has done little to make it flexible for each Layne has plenty of blood and and is the type of fellow who would like to slug it toe-to-toe with his Naturally c- he'll some crucifying punches in the but he k has conquered his foes till Mar- s iJ ciano came The fans love this type of boxing plenty of and plenty of But no two fighters box Not all boxers are of the Layne They have a style of their and fight In other fields of no two things are alike even A newspaperman never runs into the same type of story A doctor can only count with his fingers for two similar cases he V may run In Layne's experience j may be the father to his ulti- vj mate Other great men have come up the hard way to v reach the of their Abe Lincoln didn't have the road to success paved for him i from the He had an even harder time that road when f after failure stuck to him ivy-like till the learned that victory can only be gained by different situations and by adapting himself to Lou Gehrig didn't exactly become the greatest first-baseman in one There were times when he would have given up baseball altogether had it not been for the fact that he had profited through He had to alter his batting style f. to better hit each new pitcher none of which threw the same type of And Babe as a always threw a tain ball by telegraphing his He had to alter his style because no two batters are So can reach the by adapting himself to the fighting modes of his different have their Layne has a fighting and a rugged tion to All he needs now is i the hard knocks of experience to give him a better knowledge of his Victory perches on the banner of the man who is not |