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NBA Is Asked to Insist On CharlesLa Starza Go GoPITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH Pa June 9 UP The Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission asked the National Boxing Association to ¬ day to insist on an Ezzard CharlesRol ¬ and La Starza elimination bout to select a challenger to meet heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano MarcianoState State athletic chairman George J Jones and commissioner John Holahan wired their recommendation for the bout to NBA president Oeorge Barton NBA national commissioner Abe Green and New York boxing commissioner Robert Cristenberry CristenberryJones Jones and Holahan said that they be ¬ lieved a La StarzaCharles bout was the way to determine the logical opponent for Marciano Their request they said fol ¬ lowed JNBA recommendations at the asso ¬ ciations Milwaukee meeting
