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AT THE RINGSIDE By Barney Nagler NEW YORK N Y April 30 There was a glossy print in the mail this morning from San Jacinto Calif A twopanel job showing Ray Robinson Jcnocking out Bobo Ol ¬ son in Chicago last De ¬ cember There was no need turning the card to read the scrawl It was from Harry Men ¬ del the International Boxing Clubs traveling salesman Robinson is in good shape Look for another fast knock ¬ out it said You can be sure that Mendel dispatched billetdoux by the thou ¬ sands He is an habitual needier by mail He did a job on Rocky Marciano in Archie Moores behalf He manufactured yarn by the yard up at North Adams Mass where Moore walked the Mohawk trail in Indian dress at Mendels behest behestMendels Mendels direct mail magic from North Adams showed Marcianos schnoz after the second bout with Ezzard Charles CharlesSurgeons Surgeons will recall that Rockys nose had been cast asunder on that occasion giving him three nostrils where only two had been before beforeMendel Mendel burdened the mail bags at Gros singers with this picture causing Marciano to say in a spirit of commercialism that Mendels doing a great job up there in inNorth North Adams A while later Mendel really got in stride wad this is a chore for him because he is a Tound little man five by five who regards walking as gauche He wouldnt be found dead walking around the corner if a cab were available availableAt At North Adams however he pulled all stops He put out a report that Moore was talking flying lessons Even before old Archie had put his clutches on the joy stick Mendel reported that Jim Norris had ordered Moore to cease and desist desistA A photographer for Life rushed up to North Adams to get pictures of Moore in the air airMe Me I never got up in a plane Moore let the cat out of the bag Thereafter Mendel switched stride He put out another story that Moore was speeding over the Massachusetts roads in his red Thunderbird Norris Mendel said was up in arms fearful that his party of the second part in the big September bout would be injured Truth to tell which wasnt being done at North Adams Moore never even raced his fast little car In the beginning Mendel found that the fight writers were reluctant to make the trip from New York to North Adams to see Moore in training trainingHe He scratched the nearest scratch sheet and came up with an idea He invited sporting gentry of the press to visit North Adams by way of Saratoga where the horses were running runningThe The take at Saratoga went up the next few days Journalists concerned with the improvement of the breed made the two ply junkets complete with venture capital and typewriters Mendels tote board showed that the newspaper space allotted allottedContinued Continued on Page fortyOne AT THE RINGSIDE RINGSIDEBy By BARNEY NAGLER Continued from Page Two Twoto to Moores activities went up a hundred fold foldThose Those nonventuring journalists who dis ¬ dained a visit to Saratoga were lured on another level Mendel found an old inn outside of North Adams sampled the food and wrote the boys This is the greatest food outside the 500 Club in Atlantic City CityHungry Hungry lean fight reporters filled the town of North Adams in the next weeks rushing up to check on Mendels reputation as a gourmet Some even got to look at Moore in training trainingReal Real good one said saidMoore Moore Mendel asked askedNo No the food of course courseNow Now Mendel is out in San Jacinto work ¬ ing up to Robinsons role in the defense against Olson in Los Angeles May 18 You can be sure that Harry has a few jibes to throw at Olson OlsonIn In light of Olsons problems as the father of assorted children as charged by his wife in a divorce action Mendel surely will nominate the former middleweight cham ¬ pion as the father of the year yearThis This or any other yeartp be sure i i iJ raA art i t
