Odds Unchanged In 'Boner'
Postponement Of Title Bout
By JACK CUDDY
Uniid Pratt Sportt Writer
New York CU.PJ The "boner"
postponement that sends Rocky
Marciano and Archie Moore into
the ring tonight for their heavy
weight championship fight left
the odds unchanged at 4-1 but
may boost the gate toward $900,
000. With the weather lid lifted by
a forecast of "cool and fair,"
officials of the International Box
ing Club figured today's rush
Nr York (U.P.) Here'f the
tale-of-the-tape for tonight's heavy
ei(bt title fight between Rocky
Marciano and Archie Moore:
MARCIANO
31 ltan
s ft. ll'j in.
m. Ibl.
S In.
401 in.
)7'4 in.
35 In.
15 'i in.
IT, la.
23 in.
11 in.
12', In.
X in.
11 in.
Age
Height
Weight
Reach
Chert
Neck
Waist
Bleep
Forearm
Thigh
Ankie
Flit
Wrist
Calf
MOORE
3 yr.
J ft. 11 in.
1 lbs.
75', in.
40 in.
17 in.
32 in.
1 in.
12 4 in.
21 in.
11 in.
12 in.
- 7'i in.
It In.
of ticket buyers might swell the
crowd at Yankee Stadium to 70,
000. Fresh sales were in the
ratio of nearly 5-1 to refunds.
Despite challenger Moore's
nervousness during Tuesday's
physical examination and the
general belief that the 24 hour
delay would bother 'him more
than the "ice-cold champion,"
the betting price remained stat
ic. Unbeaten Marciano and the 38-year-old
light heavyweight
champion were slated for an
other physical exam today, but
they need not undergo the or
deal of another weigh-in.
Their respective trainers point
ed out that the weights Tuesday
Rocky 188V4 and Archie 188
were about what was expected.
Fight Deferred 24 Hours
Many boxing men figured pro
moter Jim Norris had "pulled a
prize boner" Tuesday when he
deferred the fight 24 hours be
cause of a bad-weather ' threat
that never materialized. He an
nounced the washout at 10 a.m.,
but less than an hour later the
kies were clearing and Hurri
cane lone veered out to sea. It
was the first time an important
title bout had been postponed
before the weigh-in.
Norris denied any boner. He
explained: "I would do it again.
We had no choice. Forecasts
ifom all weather bureaus gov
ernment, Navy and flying fields
-were hopelessly gloomy. And
" were being bombarded by
railroads and air companies for
instructions whether to start
their special fight trains and
planes for New York."
Before the box-offices' reopen
ed this morning, Norris said the
ticket sale was slightly, more
than $700,000. He expected a
rush today and until fight-time
tonight at the stadium for me-
4iium-priced $20 and $30 tick'
its. In addition, 8,000 general
'admission $5 seats will go on
ale at the stadium at 7 p.m.
Starting Time Set Back ..
Tonight s starting time was
set back 15 minutes to 10:45
p.m. to avoid conflict with the
regularly scheduled "Wednesday
night home TV scrap between
rniddleweights Bobby Dykes and
Georgia Johnson at Miami
Beach.
There will be no home telecast
of the Marcianc-Moore bout, but
it will be broadcast nationally
over ABC networks and to sev
eral foreign countries.
Should Moore's long, solid left
Jabs and stunning "sneaker"
rights achieve an upset victory
tonight, a private contract pro
vides that he must make his first
defense against Rocky in a re
turn bout next June. It would
bring hit 19-year record to 121-19-5.
He already has 82 knock
outs, but has been stopped four
tames.
Marciano. seeking his 49th con
secutive professional victory and
43rd knockout, is an aggressive,
explosive, short-armed slugger
wno is unusually rugged. He has
been floored but once. However.
he has been cut several times
and is known as a "quick bleeder."
Each is a slow starter and each
has promised to warm up length
uy in the dressing room and
come out "hot."
Fight Results
Detroit BUiy Hunter. 117;, De
troit, outpointed Calvin Butler 179
Cleveland (6): Joe Gray. 160. Dear
born, Mich, outpointed Jerry Fowler,
153, Chicago (6).
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Dykes Favored Over Johnson
Miami Beach, Fla. (U.PJ
Lanky Bobby Dykes, the sixth
ranking middleweight contender,
is a 2-1 favorite over George
Johnson in tonight's 10-round
bout that national home televis
ion fans will view instead of
the Rocky Marciano-Archie
Moore bout.
At stake for the skinny
Dykes, of Miami, was a possible
non-title bout with middleweight
champion Carl (Bobo) Olson.
Olson was originally sched
uled to fight Dykes tonight but
had to withdraw because of an
eye infection. Promoter Chris
Dundee, however, said he will
try to arrange another bout with
the champ for the winner of to
night's battle.
Johnson, of Trenton, N.J.,
said he would probably "go for a
knockout. I just want him to get
in there and mix it up with me."
But Dykes, undefeated this
year, planned on outpointing the
Trenton slugger with his tricky
long-range attack. Dykes plan
ned to go into the ring weighing
around 162, five pounds heavier
than Johnson.
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pacity crowd of about 13,000 is
expected to be on hand tonight
when the Rochester Red Wings,
International League playoff
champions, meet the Minneap
olis Millers, American Associa
tion champions, in the opening
game of the best-of-seven Little
World Series.
Duke Markell (13-13), who
won three starts in leading the
Red Wings to their surprise tri
umph in the International
League playoffs, has been named
to start for Rochester, while
Manager Bill Rigney is expected
(19-10) or Alex Konikowski ((11
8) to hurl for the Millers.
The Red Wings, a St. Louis
Cardinals' affiliate, finished
fourth in the regular season play
behind Montreal, Toronto and
Havana, but come to life in the
playoffs, sweeping seven of
eight games.
The Millers, a New York
Giants farm club, won the regu
lar American Association pen
nant and then won all eight
starts in the playoffs.
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