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Show $6 He Wins, Doesn’t He?_ Fullmer could be the world middleweight champion ‘for the next 10 years and there roe be — who would begrudge him his success. ; Yet, Gene isn’t the first unorthodox: Tighten to oe ‘the ) beiphts, _ There have been a lot: of. rugged. give ane take fighters, in the class of Fullmer, Rocky Mar- . ciano, Rocky Graziano, Tony Zale, Harry Greb, Henry Armstrong, Ter rible Terry McGovern, Patting. Nel son and Billy Papke. Actually, the rugged, dee. bane fighters in recent years have out~ numbered the classic Style of hoes ers. ey: "Maybe television is. “to bide: the fans and sponsors want ‘their fighters to slug away, with little _ of the finesse and boxing skill that made the great boxers of. cnpaiese $e popular. Yo he gh to p nal many years, yet professional ee ABs nee a middle- -aged men wealthy. _ College’ boxing stresses skill. and: Oba oGnniine with defense. Yet, the collegiate sport has been dying vine each year, and its days may be numbered, | _ In the years to come, the: lot ne alo on. | the fe cord. books. Of Bontini: wilt |’ show Gene. Fullmer as the champion, And, it is ‘better to be} a 7 fighting your. ae fn not to be | a Chee sah, 2 at ‘2 - Both Deserving «af, Hkeraii for their ‘Maybe neither is “smart”, according to the Present: ¥ i “day thinking. A “smart” Spetaier would Have oi ed for aete pelt between Fullmer and Webb in Salt Lake next. summer Jenson}~P and eee have come this age By playing, the. cards as they dealt. . Wes yanaSues a little poem he. eican day oong were aa iat ities fi the thinking of Fullmer and Jenson. This isn’t “smart 1 mtinl ‘ls ng’ by the general concept of today, but it’s enttned vers le - ‘THE MAN IN, THE GLASS _ “When you. get: what you ‘want. in your ‘struggle for self the world makes you: king- for aday, | And Just go to the mirror and look at yourself And see what ‘the man’ has to say. For it isn't your father or mother of wife. _ Whese judgment upon you must pass. The fellow whose verdict counts: in your life ia __ Is the one staring back from. the glass. You may be like Jack Horner and chisel a 1. plum _ And think you're @ wonderful guy.— But - the ‘man in the a TB glass’ says. you’re only And you can't look him straight in the. eye.He’s the fellow to please never mind all the, oe a For he’s with you clear to ee ei a the end. And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test if the ‘man in the glass’ is your friend. You may fool the world down the pathway of years And get pats on the back as you pass. — _ But your only reward will be heartaches and tears é : of “the man | you've cheated in the glass’. we ey 52 : Mikniiahe World Needs Fillmore: J icaeone: San recent - years, we have come through political “10, perrs,” deep: freezes, rigged TV quizzes, and now we are learning of “payola” maneuvers in’ the advertising game. ‘The Golden ‘Rie has been ler, despite iii replaced by: ‘the ase of stianaioappea” tial nager, battled“his way to the championshi world twice, without being “cut up” by the “fixers re a There not only. ‘room th sports for _ Jensons—but also, there is a necessit 7 our aaah! day life, x - ‘The youth of today ne F ininee ¢ane a ees. who |, ‘made his mark the hard |way, instead of one > who path greased with fixers. se found his: 1 And, there is room in business thinking for “ihie’ type of honesty of a Jenson, a man who had deep- ‘seated principles -and stuck by them in spite of criticism. _ It is nice that New Yorkers appreciated this: honediy ane integrity and ee efforts. — fwe of Utah's mors G@ielrvaiiel ‘all finest citizens | for their Ward T's a good thing the Yankees and A: hieties haven't televised their ce ‘might mecuse ve of being 3 See “rigged.”* ; |