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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1961)
By PETE DOWNS Emerald Sports Editor " One of boxing's best known theatrical companies, Patter son-Johansson Inc., takes its show on the road for a third performance which will be held at Miami Beach March 13. The first two showings were held in New York in 1959 and 1960 and received mostly favorable reviews. We’ve been assured that the script has been revised en tirel\ and theater patrons can expect to see a new production. The show will have to be pretty good if patrons are going to get their money's worth since ringside seats sell for $100 for the performance. BOXING FANS are expecting to see a “new’’ Ingetnar Johansson and perhaps they will. The big Swede has ap parently discarded his former training habits and seems to be serious for a change in his preparations ft>r the fight. He even hits his sparring partners now, according to reliable sources. Johansson is working on his left hand for this fight. His left was very ineffective in the last fight in which Ingo took a long nap shortly after the beginning of the fifth act. But it’s difficult for a fighter to learn new tricks and Ingemar's success will probably still depend on the accuracy (or lack of it) of his self-styled "Hammer of Thor"—the big right hand punch. INGO IS PRETTY WELL OFF. A rarity among fight ers. lie knows where hi.- next meal is coming from. He owns a construction company in his native Sweden and has his fingers in a few other pies over there as well. As a fighter. Johansson is a good businessman. During his one-year reign as heavyweight king. Ingo endorsed more products than Sweden has people. W hen he lost the title, Ingo’s commercial value fell to zero. He hasn’t been seen on television since. Critics say that Ingo's loss was TV's gain and we’d have to go along with that judgment. PATTERSON, quiet, shy. reserved, is everything that Jo hansson is not. Colorless and drab in contrast to his flamboy ant Swedish rival, Patterson is more dedicated to his profes sion than is Ingo. While Ingo’s training camp is bright and comfortable. Patterson, who trains in almost monastic soli tude, has simple quarters. The champion does not meet the public well. He has never attempted to create a favorable public-relations image tor himself and has managed to stay as inconspicuous as a heavy weight champion can. Incidentally, Floyd doesn't possess the financial know-how of Johansson—who now lives in Switz land in order to get a better tax break. Patterson punches well with either hand. He used a ser ies of left hooks to dispose of Ingo last June but the champ ion’s right must be respected as well. Beiore that fight, Pat terson abandoned his highly-publicized and overrated “peek a-boo” style in favor of a more orthodox and more effective style. DEFENSIVELY, Patterson should be given the edge. A bobbing, moving fighter, he is very difficult to hit—as Jo hansson learned last June. Ingo has been working on his de fense, too. He left himself open too many times in the last fight. The third Patterson-Johansson fight should be the best of the three. In the first fight, Floyd Patterson was overconfi dent and careless. In the second, Ingemar Johansson was per haps over-impressed with his own prowess. Each has felt the power of the other’s fists. Each knows what the other can do. Neither will be careless the third time around. Johansson has a new plan and it may pay off for him. But he had better not forget to duck this time. Ohio St. Wins 26th Straight A tough Indiana Hoosier bas ketball team, seeking revenge for a 100-65 drubbing they received from Ohio State Feb. 6, was frus trated by another strong Buck eye showing though a Hoosier comeback brought the final score to a narrow 73-69. This was the second night this week that the number one team in the nation has had its 25-game win streak threatened. Saturday night Iowa’s Big Ten quint held a 10-point lead on the Buckeyes when a late game burst pulled Jerry Lucas and Company to a 62-61 victory. The Hoosiers had been a nem esis for the Buckeyes in the past so the big score Ohio State roll ed up against them on the Ohio court was enough to begrudge them. They came from a 41-29 deficit in the second half on out standing team play. A year ago. before the Bucks went on to the national champ ionship, they lost at Indiana 99-83 after having rallied for a 96-95 triumph in Columbus earl ier in the season. That loss, back on Feb. 29, 1960. was the last for the Bucks, who have won 26 games since, including 20 straight this season. GUARDED—Elgin Baylor of the Low Angeles Lakers appears to be having trouble getting his shot away in NBA game with the St. Louis Hawks at St. Louis. 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