Hes

WE DEPEND ON

YOU.

N° one in his right mind would take’ poison. But plenty of people have poison fed to
them every day, in the pages of the daily press, without a skull and crossbones warn-

one on the masthead,

; The Pacific Tribune is an antidote to the militarism and war talk of the dailies: it
'$@ weapon of truth which must be put in the hands of more and more people.

. . We depend on our readers to do this job. Lacking huge budgets for sales promo-

_ Hon, We turn to our readers ‘and ask them to volunteer as sub salesmen.
Be,

Our readers have never failed us yet. But if we are to top our target of 1,000 new
new subs and renewals by the middle of October, the tempo of the circulation drive must

be Stepped up.

The slogan advanced in last week’s issue — “Make Monday Night BL Canvassing
Night” — ig already producing results... Tuesday’s mail this week was the heaviest we have
Feceived so far in the course of the drive. We hope that from here on in the stream of subs

Tenewals will continue to increase in volume.

all Will YOU set aside next Monday night for PT canvassing? Only with the help of
I our Present readers can we win the new readers which the times demand. :

PROVINCIAL VANCOUVER

Subs: 372 Subs: 221 |

Target Obtained Press Club _ Target Obtained

25. Advance

17

1 Building Trades
36 Civic Workers

Fairview

Forest Products

Georgia

Grandview (5.6 oAee
Hastings East. ......-.------------

fay ce
Owe why
| lprwuete | Gl Sreonunny

| +& |
Wn

_
bot
a

me NUN Ee

—

Waterfront

w
o

Capitol Hill
South Burnaby
Vancouver Heights

eigen.

Miscellaneous ......--------+-----=

redits included. * Paper sale credits included.

he really had the goods.

| PREMIUM OFFER

One-Year Subscription to Pacific Tribune

(Regular rate $3.00) .
AND

THE GAME OF DEATH

(Effects of the Cold War on our Children)
By Albert E. Kahn

(Paper-covered edition of regular $3.00 book)

BOTH FOR $3.50

-TRigy CLIP AND MAIL wy
PLE Age UBLISHING COMPANY LTD., ROOM 6 - 426 MAIN ST., VANC sp
ND SENAY TER MY SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PACIFIC TRIBUNE FOR ON
YOUR PREMIUM OFFER. | ENCLOSE $3.50.

Rocky Marciano rocks Roland LaStarza

ae

Reese Jack Dempsey was fed
a bunch of setups before his
title fight with Jess Willard back
‘in 1919, it took the Manassa

“Mauler a couple of years as

champ to convince ring fans that
But by
the time Tunney lifted the crown
from Dempsey by a decision in
the rain at Philadelphia seven
years later, no one doubted that
Dempsey ranked among the fistic
greats of all time.

Rocky Marciano suffered in the
eyes of the fight mob because he
was piloted to the title by shifty
Al Weill. Some of Rocky’s vic-
tories (he has never been defeat-
ed) looked too good to be true.
Awkward as they come, the Rock
would be plodding along after
some stumblebum who was out-
pointing him, then suddenly score
a kayo. ‘Weill won that one in
advance,” whispered the wise

guys.

“Such gossip has now come to
an abrupt end. No one who saw
Marciano stalk and sink Roland
LaStarza, who had been clamor-

ing for another crack at’ Rocky

since he lost a split decision to

him on March 24, 1950, can doubt

that the Brockton Belter is a

‘ worthy holder of the world’s

heavyweight championship. _

Take a look at the fight pic-
tures (as I did Monday this week)
and it is obvious that Rocky was
a winner from the first bell.

Not that he piled up many
points in those early rounds. (The
film, unfortunately, jumps from
the first to the sixth frame). But
even when Roland, boxing on his
toes and counter-punching beauti-
fully, was scoring points, you had
the feeling that Rocky was un-
beatable. LaStarza felt it, too,
and as the rounds slipped by and

-SPORTLIGHT

By BERT WHYTE———

more of Rocky’s punches began to
connect, you began to sense that
Roland was throwing leather in
desperation, knowing that he was
doomed. ; i

As Bill Corum commented at
one point: “‘When Rocky misses
one, he just throws another.” He
threw them from every angle,
and by the tenth round LaStarza’s
goose was cooked. In the eleventh
referee Ruby Goldstein merciful-
ly stopped the slaughter after
Roland hit the deck once and
came up glassy-eyed. .

This fellow Marciano is one of
the hardest hitters to step inside
the squared circle since
sey’s time. He’s a real fighting
champ, one of the best.

* * *

Lon Chaney Jr., in town for
Of Mice and Men, confides that

he’s had offers to join the pro-

fessional wrestling circuit. Well,
why not? It is probably an easier
way to make a living than legiti-
mate acting. :

*

* oF

Even Annis Stukus was momen-
tarily without an answer when
his Cubs (the Lions-of-’54) were
whipped 11-1 by UBC Thuder-
birds last Saturday. He finally
found the word he was looking ~
for: “‘Overconfident.”

* * *

It’s an old ruke—b€t on the
champ ftill-he loses. Gamblers are
applying it to the Yanks, making
them slight favorites to cop the
World Series. But | think this is
the Dodgers’ year. a

* * *

Last week I called Tom Fool
to beat the wonder horse, Native
Dancer, but now the Dancer has
been retired for the remainder of
the season because of bruises.
Too bad, for it would have been
quite a race. ce

"PACIFIC TRIBUNE — OCTOBER 2, 1953 — PAGE 11