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. Baylor is guarded by Sl
hugo Green (17) and Woody
Sauldsberry, left, but sunk the
basket in spite of being fouled.
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Oregon Skier Wins Cup
In Government Camp Race
Carla Lawson and Mary Kay
Norman finished first and sec- :
ond respectively in a giant sla
lom in Saturday ski races at
Government Camp.
Miss Lawson’s fastest time of
the day in all women’s events en
titles her to the Skiyente Cup. a
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skier in women's competition.
Miss Norman had to settle for
a tie for second place, 5.1 sec
onds behind her teammate, but
this was an exceptional feat due
to the fact that she fell in the
middle of the 29 gate course.
Mary Patterson was the third
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