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Ellis Seeks to Rile Davey Manager ManagerHas Has Yejar Working With Southpaw Over WeekEnd After Saying He Wouldnt WouldntSteve Steve Ellis manager of Chico Vejar al ¬ most put one over on the Chuck Davey camp while his tiger was drilling at the CYO for Wednesday nights 10 rounder rounderEllis Ellis has been telling newsmen and fight people that My boy never boxed with a lefthander and Im not going to confuse him now Davey will be the first lefty he will fight and we wont work out with any at this late stage in the game gameHowever However one Baby Face Jones a top ranking southpaw was waiting at the CYO when Vejar arrived for drills over the week ¬ end Further check brought out the fact that Chico had been working with Bobby Lloyd another good lefthanded welter ¬ weight while he was training in New York YorkHowever However Davey seemed calm about it all I expected him to work with lefties How else would he learn my style Who does Steve think hes fooling telling anything different differentRattles Rattles Chuck on Weights WeightsEllis Ellis tried to rattle Davey at the commis ¬ sion Friday by saying his tiger couldnt make 150 pounds Actually Vejar has never weighed more than 149 for any fight But as Davey fidgeted in his seat during the hot argument between Ellis and Hec Knowles Chucks manager Ellis grin got bigger and bigger Vejar added to the needling by asking about rules in Illinois taping of hands and any other question that would prolong the discussion and keep Davey from making his 130 deadline for his workout workoutI I Newsmen at the Commission meeting be ¬ lieved the weight argument was a mere buildup for the fight Actually Ellis was kidding on the square but for a different reason My boy is growing and I dont want to have him watching his weight now he explained But the main purpose of the discussion was to see how nervous we could get Davey DaveyBoth Both men finished their heavy drills yesterday Davey works at the Midwest and Vejar at the CYO Vejar went to see the GiantsCubs game Sunday and had a long talk with his old pal Sal Maglie
