| Show a 1 1 Saturday evening livening conversation n at West Jordan Please PleaM tell the man on th the e mike to announce that I can whip anybody In the house under pounds Gosh Mac 1 Im I'm sure lure glad I cant can't make the weight tonight hi laughed g h e d the middleweight middleweight- champion of the world Gene Oene Fullmer Is A 1 wonderful son p I had seen him tIght fight twice watched him on a dozen Halts never met him before He lie HeIs Is Js highly Intelligent sharp as a atack atack tack common as an old shoe completely lacking in the vices which have come to be expected ox of most fighters My Lady Fair and I word were house guests of t Jay and Vivian God Godfrey trey Midvale publishers Jay is also Relations man for tor Mary tan Marv Jenson and his boys bays and wo we were g gUests ts of ot the house at the Saturday Saturday Satur o day night fights The pe people at West Jord Jordan n nare are the warmest friendliest most moat hospitable folks you could meet med anywhere A dozen strang strung era en came around to shake hands and aDd send greetings to friends In Morgan lorgan and Summit County after fi r ra a public l Introduction of notables no abl 8 in our n midst I I After Ad r the lights Jay took Look me on ona ona ona a tour of ot the clubhouse This Is le j I typical of ot the vast difference between between be- be tw tween en Marv Jenson and other fight managers Where the others treat their charges like dumb ant ant- j male mals Marv has private rooms for tor his l lade Idda ds a big living room with taevee- taevee the best of food truly food truly a tome bome away way away from The seats andring and ring In the arena can be raised to the ceiling leav lean leaving ing lug the floor for tor dances parties tot for the kids belong be- be long along to Marv's Marys club Any one i can be a member J member member-if it he hEl doesn't drink or smoke The fights were fine tine Sitting Silting on on- on the front row elbows on t the e ering ring apron apro discussing each round with one one ne' ne neof of the Judges Judge waa was Ii a areal rea real I treat As a broth of I. lad lad I won five drew two lost the last one and quit In time thank Heaven Mt ML F. F and Viv were acra across the ring tram from Jay and me me Louise watched avidly as the light light- lightweights weights danced about flicking tuckIng jabs And then came ame the heavy r- r I weights A colored boy at and a nice- nice looking local boy at were headhunting head on Pier Six This was different This was out back backi i t I- of the saloon stuff This Thin was a gut-bucket gut brawl I glanced across j the ring at I I 1 Her Ier head bent far down My ly Lady Fair was studiously scrutinizing scrutinizing i h the back of her right I hand She was completely hypnotized hypnotized hypnotized hyp hyp- by a II faint scar there chuckled that she thought J t to J i d' d J r ry 1 J Louise wit wu saying he her R Rosary ur This is how ehe she explained her hert t reactions later J i Ill Td never seen a 6 fight tight before And Its It's so very different from The w te so ao close that if f one ono had come cOllie through the ropey ropes hed he'd have been in to my mr lap It 1 ju just t scared the dickens dicken out of me the me the expressions expression on their faces those thole mahogany piano legs on the colored boy the sound of the blows blow landing the agonized breathing the sweat flying It scared me me Fortunately for her no blood was shed She would have had hall to toI move The colored lad lall went down I three times In n the fourth and they estopped topped stopped It fl That was wan a hell of ot a good fight tight And saw only the first Bret round I asked Gene Fullmer If he really Intended to fight Archie Moore l for the ille weight light title He Ie smilingly countered with the remark that hat he hadn't seen enough money yet You hope he doesn't lie He prObably would win But Dul he doesn't need the money land and he might get got badly hurt And And nJ she's hes he's such suot a D wonderful guy guy Mac |
