The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 142, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 18, 1961 Page: 15 of 43
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With Scythe of the Grim Reaper
Archie ttoo^e, boxing's "Father Time," has practically
reached the end af a colorful career. Hé is now playing
jump rope with the scythe of the Grim Reaper, who
stands ready to collect, the extra time Ancient Arch has
borrowed.
It is only a matter of one or two more fights for the
seemingly ageless Jack Ben-
ny of the fight game.
Boxing fans who cram-
med Madison Square Gar-
den, or watched the Merry
Methuselah on television decision
Giulio Rinaliji last weekend, re-
alize the hounds have finally
caught the old, for at bay.
Hit reflexes, timing and co-ordi-
nation have rutted like hinges on
L squeaking gate.
No longer can he move into an
opponent with the akiltfuilneM of
a matadorplunging his sword into
tha-hull. From his legs is gone ^ '
>**fh* spring which once peddled him 7 \
around the ring with the grace and
poise -of a ballet dancer.
Absent is the darting, jab that
once opened cuts on a challenger's
face like a razorblade. Departed
i« the harmony between eye ar-d
f Ipve which found the opening and
then decked the enemy in a split
second.
AH that remains of the Archie
of yesteryear is pride. He is a
conqueror who knows not how to
cope with tha pointing finger,
defeat. ' ,
His pride took Its yWít" batter-
ing at (he end of Lfee^fcrap against lenger from tcrott the teas who
Rinaldi. A ro*j-rtfboo5 burned him'had beaten him in a non-title tus-
in effigv,when referee Ruby Gold
ICHIE MOORE
H* Ought To Quit
He had faced
Italian chai-
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his hand in victory,
waa the first time the old
glldiStor realized that fans are a
fickles lot. They were vicious and
thirsty (or the blood of a knockout
the lights
opponents
bouts.
y wanted him to put out
for Rinaldi
in hit last
at he had
teven title
sle in Rome last- Oct. 29. It had
taken him the full IS rounds to
champion on a hard fought. 15-
round unamtnous decision and they
booed him.
He was the Christian and they
were the protesting Romans, dis-
pleased because.he had failed to
put up a good fight against the
iioni. _
He had it all ttá^me," Mid
manager Howard Albert
the offices of hit
in New York's garment
'He wasn't using it right.
Griffith, a perpetually
native of the Virgin It Ia n
grinned amiable agreement
time he had a legitimate i
for bubbling over With good J«u*
or.
Although he had only seven
knockouts in his first 24 fights in
his last two he had foppled Benny
<Kid) Paret and Gaspar Ortega,
who were suppoeed to be anchored
in hard rock.
Knocking out Ortega in hit first
title defense brought Griffith SSd,-
000 and offers of more money than
any 22-year-old haa a right to ex-
pect.
"The trick it not to punch as
hard as you can, but to punch oor
rectly," added Gil Clancy, a tchool
teacher who ie the other half of
Griffith's managerial team. "And
the fighter must be relaxed
Emite, > who it still i
ined confidence wbeWTie too
title from Puerta April. He't
relaxed -«'rid ah aya in posi
toJWrcorrectly."
hard hitters are to
said Griffith. "And it
kes them not take a punch to
Florentino Fer-
He's abtot.the hardest hit-
ter a round, but heightens up
when he punches, which make#
him eaay to' hurt. I thiuM^ had
him in .trouble four 6r five ti
Griffith took a fairly eaty flfc
round decision from Fernandez.
We've had some fabulous of-
fers since Emile knocked "out Or-
tega." said Albert, who
Ortega fight in U
de an offer of $!
neet the winner at
the Florentino Fernandez -Gene
Fullmer bout in Osden
J. There's been a lot of talk about
Ray Robinson, but I don't think
Ray would take Griffith."
Griffith astounded Califoraiins.
ho had a taste of Robinson's
temperament when he made all
aorta of impossible demands be-
hia last losiag tout With
Fullmer in Loe Angeles. When the
boxing com mission asked Ernie
what kind of gloves he wanted, he
told them. "Any «M kind." When
asked whether he preferred black
Or white trunks, he said, "Let Or-
tega take his pick." X v
Griffith worked out before S.M0
people (more than see moat fights
today) six days before the fight
and two days before he entered
the ring he did two television and
two radio shows within two-hours
Griffith; wlwi wsi^grnpioved in
a millinery factoSs^hen it
was discovered three year%s¿go
that he could fitht. supports
mother and 1^ other dependents.
He turned professional, ho savs,
to earn money enough to house
mama and the brood.
"Closing the deal tor the home!
this week," chuckled Emile Grif-
fith. "It's in St. Albans on Long
Island.
"It took a long time to find one
bedrooms for every-
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club face is always open,
impression that the ball
to the right: To compensate
the arc of- the string should
more outside in than
out.
The ^ptayer should almost feel
the sensation of cuting across the
ball from\the outside to the ia-
sid;.
SOME'
(Spl) - Aft!
spring. fishing N
Coast near Po
turned hot as
thermometer hit
*7 here early
this week and the
fishing reached a
enk for the sea-
Mi.
White martin,
saiifish and king'
fish came roacf
ing into the off-
shore waters late
last week. The
Season's f i f s t
martin, a tfhite
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martin taken by a Corpus Christ
d>. was caught Saturday.
Each year a local hotel gives a
Saturday
■PURIHII
the first martin. The
/smaller version of the
martin family of which the fam*t
blue is the kingpin, waa seven feet
trophy
white.
i long and weighed near 4o pounds
t ^we¿nlvedjust about the time
bit of tarpon fishing off
Caldwell Pier was ending
tarpont or ailver kings are
éd almost exctusivelv from
pier, and there -last any
large for tourists withing to use
ie ftc "- '
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This tarpon run popped out
Thursday and 20 were taken
late Saturday.
AH told, the off shore anglers,
and. the bay fishermen, experi-
enced their finest fishing in many
a catt.
The majettic sailfith made" it;
annual app?arance a little earl ?r
of treatment.
"catch" is just
away."
Twenty sails
the weekend. That
the excitement of this
even more.
Even the year-long
the strictly resort city were chat-
tcric<* about the nuirlin. tarpn*:
sails and thj rugged, fighting "—
fiSh.
The kings, noted all nlos« Ike
c<?ast as the toughest fy
pouod-for-pound, cf any fish
ranges in these waters, showed np
for the first time.
One boat brought back SI k
two ling and a medium sized
shark, we «err on the dock when
this party landed. The folks suad-
around had open loots Ot snvy
on their faces. \ f .
Soon after this party had de-
parted to discuss therr trip off-
shore. another pulled into the
dock. There were two sails c«
hoard and everybody was snhtt
Wé arose one day at 3:3 **
and after three cups of caff*.
cups
headed for "our channel." a ?t««. — usjag pott of tl
which we had discovered a «a*.*, fishing, atoa• for
a«o. We fifhed t^s chasnel and pUnstdlg our
off the Intracoaatal Canal, dtree off shore waters.
(••met and brought back 1*1 specs The tarpon fishinc
last sumer. lerdjv wheti r
It was exactly S:9> a m whe*j:**d using ligfc
byj I made the first cat;. There were'of the others a*
clouds binked in the east. 6«t fhe'aged to stilt to*e Aw Bsfc
radio weatherman promised |tfr| *ODurse, I had ip|be a tfc
weather. The sun «as trying fight lasted mm 9t mmmam,
f>t« rncc<1 thf,,r finest fishing in many mak> it through and th; roriu on penty of ndvico 'atonta*
' ~ "■** -he trout rigs were just *4««le hard néer-side fishermen. Wkt-
to if m the early nMknuig t'^hi Mr. Tazpaa left far ector tanta
I had put a live witiTp oato miad 1 was km da' «i~t ts- a* ate
race than usual this summer. The s Vilsjhook and hoped thif I would half*.
vented J have frequented Port Aransas off-1 the first toe -H our three-man The <*y mm read ifasL -ftt'to to
shore waters for three or (our party to ta«e/jt f a dlirtar hoat. tntoferktoaff
¡n years new But th chall-nte rfj There it/S '^ood feetsa*" atowt -ail.^ish. Perhaps "it -at to a dMF
catching th;t beautiful fith has oft- takiat the ffrst -spee. This "tonor fijreat story.
fíé^Should Lay Down His Gloves
"Well, what did vou expect of ¡« heart-breaking tn see
an old man? I think I did all right hanging on to a career
for s fellow who is 40—and up," waving goodby.
Archie
that Is
aaid a ferocious Archie after the
match. "I'm satisfied."
The proud Negro failed to re-
alize that the reaction of the
crowd was crude but truthful. It
as their way of telling him it is
time to quit.
Fans and sports writers, who
bear great respect for the Old
Mongoose, would like to kee him
lay down hit gloves. To many, it
The
19 th
Hole
HANDIE KAPP
One 'of the most pathetic ex-
emples of a boxer staying in the
sport too long is Willie Pep. He
held the feathrr weight title from
1942-48, losing it to Sandy Saddler.
' He .regained the crown the next
year in a rematch, then lost it
for good to Saddler in a return
bout. Pep refused to admit he was
through and stayed in the ring for
several more years until hit brains
were almost Scrambled.
Another leather-thrower refusing
to give up was Jos Lou it. -The
Brown Bomber retired with the
world heavyweight title in '1949. He
the honor of in
quit with the honor of folding the
crown longer than any other 1
weight champion—1J yeart.
Ezzard Charles moved, intó the
vacant tpot left by the Bomber and
lost to Jersey Joe Walcott a year
Dick Mong is ttill the envy of later to tet up á last shot by- Louit
every golfer at the Sunset Grove (or the crown he had once held.
Country Club after stroking a re-
cent 165-yard hole-in-one off the
No. > tee.
Mong wat using a No. 5 ¡ron
when he recorded the ace.
He becomes the second linkster
to register a hole-in-one this year
on the club's 18-hole layout. Art
Olschefski lashed one more than
four months ago for tht initial
honor.
A polat tournament based on
handicap will headline day's play
Tuesday for the women golfers.
Joanne York swung smoothly
from tee to cup last week in dsy's
piSy to earn lo* net plaudits over
the 18-hole route; 1
Lorraine Henderson proved her-
self champion of the day with a
smooth-working putter in the 18-
hole flight. Out of 17 ladiet-com-
peting, the authored the beat low
put tcore.
The nine-hole flight boasted .Bet-,
ty Hoffpauir among its top names
tor the second consecutive; vrek.
Mrt. Hoffpauir won the low net
title after tying for the tame
honor latt. Tuesdty.
Her tteady putting also earned
her. a tie with Maxine McClelland
for the best low putt count. The
deadlock will be played off at a
day. to be decided lates this week
by the golfing pair.
JNa Elam, club pro, Is seeking
prospective golfers smong the
younger set for classes this sum-
mer. He hopes enough younsters
will- enroll so he will be able to
split them up in either fourtomet
or fivesomes.
Any boy or jriri up to 18 years
old is eligible ? instructions.
Hare are the I. and 18 • hole
pairings for the women's point
tournament scheduled for Tuesday:
U-Hole Flight—Joane Grimer
and Lib Reeae, Kitty Griffin pnd
Dorrit Mong, Marie Channel'and
Martha Kowalik, Joanne York
and Lorraine Henderton. Virginia
Sampton and. Jean ''rithkorn,
Helen McCoole and Katie Mann,
Beraie Schroder and Kathryn Sch-
moyer, and Edna Harding and
Gladys White: Alto in the flight is
Beefy Stark
Míale Flight—Maxine McClel-
In his dressing room fqll&wing
the loss to the "Rock," the Brown
Bomber admitted age had been h.'s
downfall.
"My refiexes were shot," he con-
fessed. "I'd tee an opening and
before my brain could tell my
fist to get moving, .the Opening
was gone. It wasn't that way when
I was younger. My fist didn't even
seem to wait for orders from my
brain in those days."
However; Louit wesn't )ust teek-
ing the glory of regaining his title.
He needed the money tuch a fight
would draw. On his back was the
federal government demanding
back income taxes...
Out of 21 boxert holding the
heavyweight title between John L.
Sullivan, the first, champion, snd
Floyd Pitterton. the current king-
pin, only three have retired with
the title.
They are Gene Tunney, Louit
and Marciano.
After Marciano s retirement on
April 27, 1956, Archie Moore, who
was light heavyweight champion,
claimed the heavy crown. But the
National Boxing Commission start-
ed a teries of elimination figtys
to determine Marciano's succesiw.
They ended when Pattertón
knocked out Archie in the fifth
round on Nov. iO, 1956, in Chi-
cago. . /■■'■
Even before the lop* to P t
terson. the Old Mongoose had been
steadily going downhill. Experi-
ence has been what is holding
Moore's nose above the water.
Archie hasn't beaten a legitl
mate opponent Since he kavoed
Tony Anthtov in 1957. And those
who belieyé Anthony couldn't tske'
a solid punch on the chin believe
Anciept Arch hasn't faced a
worthy challenger - since Hsrold
Johnson in 1954.
A*o one really knows how long
his
ire, who claims he is 43, ^vhile
mother tsyt 47,, has been
fighting. Tunney put the question
tii Mickey Walker at the Moore-
Rinsldi scrap last weekend.
"Alt I know," aaid the one-time
middleweight champion to the for-
mer heavyweight, champion, "Is
that f had Archie Moore aa a
sparring partner when I was train
ing for a fight in California—in
As far as this corner |« eon
éerned, Archie started fighting
when he Wat 14 years old, That
was when a brakeman used his
lantern to club a homeiet# Negro
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 142, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 18, 1961, newspaper, June 18, 1961; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143064/m1/15/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.