—————— a A | PA i nn = "Be td if + : British pig farmer was game Bert Whyte's Bugle blew taps for Don BARRY) tani bl in ninth against Rocky (nnn nr cee ie fot gered from the ring bloody cents; students, 10 tickets ats British challenger Don Cockell landed the first punch, a short left hook to the!put unbowed after his ninth $2.50; adults, 50 cents. A at head, but from then until referee Frankie Brown stopped the fight in the ninth, world) round TKO at the Dane oe oe pe mony Lame an champion Rocky Marciano was in complete command as he bashed, butted and roughed a eae Se aie: age nat an at SS moot up his opponent in a successful defense of his title at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco Mon-| ment. during July and August i day night this week. eran aan Sorat ke this is the service Ww 4 Sent head first through th we DU rl On Oo everything : : rae by Se ced cape as the bell Rocky threw his way, and fought i y a are ge iso. eimah sound Gockel back courageously as long as he Hungary’s footballers in He a ewe TOS: i could stand. erally considered the bes was floored for a seven count as jans the fatal ninth opened, and then Rocky was rough, but Cockell world, but the Hunger feat refused to charge that he had selves say: “We can ‘ mbels went down again, at which point been fouled, although ‘his man- . from the Englis' aH ite os — oe es ager, John Simpson, upheld the One Hungarian sports we stop! the unequa rile. tradition of his post by yelling analysing the last tour gait Marciano’s workmanlike job “We wuz robbed!” Hungarian selected team 4 this earned him a moderate round Hats off to Don Cockell, a game England and Scotland, 8° of applause from the 15,000 fighter. to say: ‘see fans, but Cockell’s game stand * * * “Wolverhampton wander od brought a roar of admiration “When Nashua came up on us_ as far as condition is © et from everyone present as he I knew we were going to win,” were far superior to of | staggered on rubber legs from said jockey Willie Shoemaker garian team. The mem” oy | the ring, beaten but not dis- after his California-bred mount, the team fought with graced. Swaps,-:won the Kentucky Derby. thusiasm. es “You were magnificent, Don,” “Swaps was pricking up his ears. “The defense players wer a said Marciano’s manager, Al Weill, He wanted to loaf, so I hit him cellent, and often swept in the challenger’s dressing room. and he flattened his ears.” the Hungarian forwat gh “You deserve to fight him again.” He flattened a lot of pocket- utilizing their physical st ie! Weill was probably thinking of books, too. “Sure thing” Nash- Was must coach ain state Vat another big gate. Few boxing ex- ua ran his race, overhauling 4 oy players can keeP i jn perts would concede that the Brit- ish challenger, on his showing, de- serves another crack at the heavy- Swaps at the head of the stretch, d h round, OY | put he just wasn’t good enough eee nists srmospher®! | that day to win. like the English could. ol weight belt. Gameness by itself This selector (no Cayton, as té at we j isn't enough : we reminded you) picked the We always say ty ght: : ot, 2 : 3 football. The Englis js? | Don fought a standup battle for first three horses, but not in the ihenewane aithes Giana thet? says the first two rounds, then began gigiiferder. All "Sais Taseowne need for this struggle: sete! : ‘ eats and Hastings Park. a4 = bey aaaees as. Re sist an as us S 3 Z element must not be ee the Englishman came out of an Remember that pool we tax- areata a Se infighting flurry with a bleeding payers built at UBC for the Brit- papa . 7a inet nose and a cut high on the fore- poe Bena re eee Wee Weed Wel wees ip s utes two ayers © head. Between rounds his hand- lt was an easy victory for Rocky A in a more. central ghee like. OF two Je our ES slish, } sai lers managed to stop the flow of Riley Park, so more kids and cae my nee ee accu ; F i ? 1CK, 4 blood. se hook. Then the English pig _ bell sounded the champ shot a a one pe Ua ae But i Ie a ele of yo _ Unmarked, Marciano kept bull-| ¢armer threw his best punch of | solid right to the jaw. UBC caer Sal Bas cee Ganafian, aoceeD ion ant Fy ing in, hooking and uppercutting,| the evening, a savage left hook They butted heads as the sev- aie fol the SubliG: Eiiiaciy, plnvece should ‘iat and sometimes planting punches] that stopped the champ in his jenth stanza got underway, and ee on the beltline. Cockell was kept] tracks for a moment. Shaking |stayed in close most of the round. | on the run most‘of the fifth, and] his head, the Brockton Block- | Cockell’s punches did not appear ; was severely shaken up with an| buster lunged forward again, |to bother Marciano at any time. ie : Gaia P p ; overhand left. ripping lefts, and rights to the | The eighth was a bad round for], , Ais ak Sine. GH ao aun on ane ee ‘ Se cs In the sixth Rocky landed a | face and body. Cockell came |Cockell. The champ landed a} weekdays demons p.m. on da Saviehoano infrodiaane by gi jolting left hook, and a moment | out of a clinch with his face /right to the head and the chal-|sundays from opening day to my Hogan, it gives 2 oy later shook Don with another | smeared with blood, and as the |lenger showed he was hurt. Rocky| june 26. After that Vania the ture of rhs Hungaria He bored in, clubbing the tubby Briton} hours will be 2-5 and 69 pm. play and young Canad ge B | C ke with both hands to the head and| weekdays, and 1-6 p.m. Sundays. ballers could learn a urns on 4 aqnuc - | body. Cockell fought back game-| «Admission rates will be as from it. ly, but the steam was. gone from Well, this week Empire Pool Learn to Play the Be fe opened, to coincide with Water Way (available here a tot?) Safety Week, and get this: ple’s Cooperative Books ioe gh ; | s his punches. Marciano forced him to hold heavy title across the ring, throwing punches i from all angles. A series of solid Hee blows t he j h ‘ - | The only Canadian to ever hold] finally met Johnson December 26, lene as oa onde ee i ; the heavyweight championship of| 1908, in Sydney, Australia. The}}oj] sent him through the ropes the world, Tommy Burns, diedj|giant Negro, one of the greatest) near his own corner. He looked suddenly in Vancouver Jast week| fighter the ring has ever known,| 4’ beaten fighter. at the age of 74. gave Burns a bad beating and : ; Don came slowly from _ his Born Noah Brusso of Italian} Won the title by a TKO in the 14th), dorner in the ninth, and: pawed Canadian parents in Hanover, On-| Pound. feebly at the champ. Rocky tario, June 17, 1881, he took the} In 1935 Burns, who had been! threw an overhand right and name of Tommy Burns when he| operating a speakeasy in New| Cockell hit the deck for a seven began fighting as a career. York, turned to religion and be-| count. He rose slowly, tried to Standing only 5 feet 7 inches,|came an evangelist. He lived in| throw a punch but Marciano and weighing 175 pounds, Burns California but paid annual visits! sent him down again. Referee was the smallest heavyweight|to Vancouver during the last few} Frankie Brown stopped the fight champ in modern ring history. years. and awarded Marciano a TKO When Jim Jeffries retired in SIONS, aT) PeCona® 1904 he named Marvin Hart as his Starting the battle: as a rank successor. Hart knocked out Jack underdog, scheduled to be flatten- Root the following year, and was ed in a couple of rounds, Cockell generally considered to be ‘the won the hearts of the fans by his champ. Challengers included game exhibition and obvious wil- Burns, Philadelphia Jack O’Brien lingness to make a fight of it. and Jack Johnson: “He’s the gamest man I ever Burns — in he rounds from fought,” said Rocky. Hart at Los Angeles, February 23, Cockell’s courage was the kind 1906, and drew against O’Brien no British ae ht has dis- in November of that year. On played in the ring since Tommy May 8, 1907, he met Philadelphia Farf, another underdog, stayed Jack again, this time whipped him 15 rounds with champion Joe decisively in 20 rounds. Louis and almost won the nod. Purses were small in those days But Cockell, even had he lasted and Burns went on a world tour, the route, couldn’t have made knocking out a number of Euro- it close against Rocky. He was an fighters. Everywhere he a beaten fighter fro’ pea Seen Soaps a beaten fighter from the frst | SWS all the way wth footsteps, hurling repeated chal- A return match is possible, but Upsetting the favored Nashua in the Kentucky et 2 lenges at the Canadian. unlikely. ‘Not while there are fornia-bred Swaps took the lead at the clubhouse turn is ow Burns, unlike many fighters of worthy challengers like old Archie never headed. Nashua, with Eddie Arcaro UP, made une the period, drew no color line and TOMMY BURNS Moore and Nino Valdez around. turning into the stretch, but couldn’t catch the fro 40 oe PACIFIC TRIBUNE — MAY 20, 1955 — pA