} THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1954.
The gamest loser
F
in the world
by GEORGE WHITING
EW fighters retire
young, rich good-looking.
The amee
More
Potates
ENTHUSIASM
THE FIGHT
THAT FINISHED
THE
CHAMPION
PRESIDENT IKE'S PRODUCER
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New York. HEN President Eisenhower made his hydrogen bomb speech from Washington,
• ACTOR ROBERT MONTGOMERY GETS AN UNPAID JOB IN THE WHITE HOUSE-GROOMING THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS TV APPEARANCES.
By Evelyn Irons
iko's TV dates are beginning 10 cinsh with Montgomery's. The actor was not in New York for his "Robert Montgomery Presenia" serios which telecast live, Не Ո in Washington for the President's H-bomb speech.
screen actor Robert Mont-
turn steely and ho For the President's State of gomery was at hand to help. blue eyes
But the Union speech in the flouse switchen the conversation. Out
Montgomery of sight of the TV he has, in fact, got a job there, of Representatives Montgomery heard cameras, Montgomery held although it is
unomicint
ብዛ a television
up large pieces of white unpaid. The job: to produce the heavy, has been
President
radio performer.
Viewers of the play saw and Introduce the production on a film made and persuaded him not to wear bla
horn-rimmed glasses the provlot week and cut into and which (it
maid), the live TV show. Churchill recommended,
Montgomery's wife for 23 stead he got Mr Elsenhower to
Montgomery designed years, former actress, Elizabeth his achievements the White House have not been pectacles with feather-weight, Bryan Allen, divorced him in Five days light-coloured composition rims, December in the world-shaking order.
Those, Montgomery thought, inter he married Mrs Elizabeth of an oll President look Haritness, ex-wife
millionaire.
So far
ni
wear
an
the
1030,
Gold Medal
TV
is today an all-out
In his long career as film and
star
has Montgomery
Ιπ always liked public aftales, the thirties he helped to found and the Screen Actors Guild
the closed fought for
shop in Hollywood studios,
cardboard on which were written notes to help the President along in an ap- match looked a certain reach, Ring suicide, with legs J stare statice, Edinburgh- wide apart in
parently extempore speech. Winner. 1
Milligan, then 23, had inviting disaster.
Before the telecast the away bead shaking wearlly and of world class, sw Domise
Against lesser men Milligan's right hand raised in pathetic actor had heard the Pre- Before Mr Eisenhower's made often than not, 20 lpted the great Kad Lewis,
attack might nave acknowledgruent of our tresident rehearse the speech.
Christmas broadenst, Mont- younger. early withdrawi from won bth the welter and muddle- whaiwind
Agust the rug- mendous cheers. weight championships of Britain Meccetici.
Montgomery suggested cer- gomery handed the President a Montgomery alro thought the public inspection
wise Walker, nothing could have
battered, much-sliced golf-ball lectern in the House too low. and Europe, and fought Ameri-
The gamest laser in the world?tain gestures to emphasise which had been found on been better calculated La court «
the He raised
il three Inches, #o when they reach saturation.
in the own dogs
Thrashing When Milligan Certainly. But at what a price facts and figures, The White House lawn. That made that the cameras caught the point le pain. One such w
!!! m, Walker atood hin
Ike laugh, and relax his natural President's face instead of the Milligist. Tommy
michelle
At first we feared that Tumuny President adopted these.
tension to ground and met the charge with
pre-brundenst
top of his balding head. weight prade l Seodland,
Inks to the Milligan would never box again breath-expelling
Tall (ort. Jin.). night -and we
rasy, smiling mood which con- were almost ant beads were drawn,
has Montgomery
been 4 and champion of Britain in
Bob Mont tributed notably to the puches
Ireland took his British discreetly-ullored planted with Alex
friend of Elsenhaver for many of his performance on the air. the mid-twenties,
title. Frank Moxy knocked him gomery, who actually lives in
years and +191 effect
out In
round, and, ut 25. New York, nowadays spends up
Republican. Ahibgant, after leading on Milligan retired. Tulay, a pair to four days R week
UT SIT reckoning was of sweat-burdened, blood-stained
Washington, slaying with pils gradumily but inevitable drained gloves in Milligan's Glasgow pub
wealthy wife in a hotel und
From his own TV experience of all dead and all resistance,
sponding most of his time it in Montgomery has been able to At the end of live rounds, the
office cut down to
he has acquired in the give Ike many tips on what to beng belligerent Seot was
White House. Recently he has do before the cameras And Cochran sequitedi. size by his own exertains, and
C1
in and out of that Walker, C12,imo for Tipe in the dread reckoning to
nice microphones, exacted by the watchful,
so much that people are begti- ning to talk about it.
Milligan, banke) by thou- Bellow-
sands
CH
-
Walker, a
welterweight cham- the 111, had pulibels luted that he wanted no part Der andent Milligan, but, un
wing the muddleweight sen from the Negu holder, Tign Flower, he began to show Live.
countrymen 16 takr The world championship off Mickey Walker. an Irish Americum from New Jersey. was thrashed and poummarelled to as ripped into defeat al Motopos Olympia on June 30, 1927.
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Exuberantly and with all the excited eloquence of eth reporter, I demanded the fight as a "il!
nuurder."
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471 24 religamas firefaliy, deliberately, and with frek Walker and skilled economy of effort, Swings are Roman Catholtes, clubbed Milligans ribs, metsave
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Twave £ 1 cts. sister m the bulk of Milliga
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Twice he scrambled up,
Paris, text, he wanted either his mouth twisted and swollen
well the reason why (WORLD COPYRIGHT RESERVED)
NEXT SATURDAY:
The swan song of the greatest boxer of them all.
Walm,
ix
Many Tips
Nuccess
has given When asked about his Whe
softer, House activities, Montgomery's make-up.
Under his direction a make-
from his up girl
own studios the President FI TV glamorous more
He Is one of the wealthiest In 1952 he got a gold medal for "courageous American and most powerful actors in the busines. For 17 months citizenship in Aghting against lafiltration of the be has been
of Communist A director Maey's, the big New York store, motion picture and radio flelds." He Joined the Nallonal During the last Presidential Broadlenating Company us executive television
In
own
producer in 1950 and still appears every
night Monday dramaile series, "Robert Mont- gomery Presents."
elections
he was all out
Eisenhower.
for
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son,
The sx-champion, now Glasgow publican, puts on the gloves to spar with his Above them is a picture of Milligan in his twenties, when he was British and European middle-weight
Ing. neck-or-n thing manner in which it was fought.
champlon,
The Prince of Wales or Georges out of recognisale shape, to fing desperate retaliation at Walker. Carpentier as referee
with
Not only was it a big fight. I
Then, on the eve of the light, All through Round 8 Milligan provided the setting for probably turket sales practically dried up played gallant Aunt Salty to an uf Jimmy opponent in rip-roaring quest of the kork-out. By the nth, Walker had the night $11 his
against
evurageous pocket
with little bit spuit to rival
ustain him. The massacre was
of all visar un In their LOW ZE
the
the the biggest single betting coup
White, the financier. As a result, Olympia was for ti on full, and pungent idon., Walker and I manager, the stewards had to stem a stampesie fabulous "Don" Kearns, played of back-row rusleaners unto the us for suckers to the tune of at tangside seals. least £20,!M
Ert of ther then record purse of £18,000,
THE TIP
Milligan, the fastest British muddleweight I have ever seen, was no devastating puncher, and the Olympn cognoscenti were unanimous that his one great chance lay the collection of points by means of perpetual " swift Jim Wicks, nowadays munager foot-motion, setting
champions Joe Lucy enough pace to nullify the sharp Buxton, wus one of shooting punches of Walker. few Englishmen who
Walker-und On
then What Milligan and the rest of only because of a piece of inside us falled to appreciate was that Information for which he claims Walker, with every ounce no credit ut ull,
of British
•
and Alex
the very
belled
"I
after
of
inusele cuindy disposed in keeping with his nom-du-ring of
Joe the Toy
Bulldog" had
capacity
for absorption of
an
looking WILS Rolfe, the Bermondsey middle- almost limilless weight, at the time, and got him "taking "-the
a job as one of Walker's spurring punishment in order to counter partners down at Tagg's Island, to targets left unguarded. on the Thames Elt Hampton Court," recalls Wicks.
"Walker, training with Rolfe, George West and Gunner Bennett, looked a mug, and I fold Rolle s0.
SAVAGERY
(NT.
UNQUENCHABLE
A right book crashed Milligan on his face. A derisive voice
from the gallery cried, "You'll never get up." But, after eight seconda, Milligan did get up- with his back to his opponent.
Referee Engene Corri waved the cager Walker back while Milkgon collected enough of his scrambled wits to charge again with deflant, swirling arius.
Thirty seconds later, Milligan was describing an are in the air from a right upper-cut that lifted him off his feet and dumped his quivering body an the floor for "alx." And once unquenchable Scot more the scrambled up to fling the last Milligan, despite our urgent pathetic ounces of strength and pleadings, chose to disregard the instinct at Walker till the bell destructive power of Walker's brought rempite.
Round 10--and the dreadful,
"Don't be fooled, ruvnor hooks. Instead of restraint, he Nepilled Rolle. When you visitors have gone home, Kearns relied on aggression; instead of
boxing. he preferred to fight; pitiable end. Twice Walker pent Ineks the doors and Walker seta
for "nine," about us in private. He shows instead of finesse be elected to Milligan sprawling
wade stap-bang into trouble; and twice Milligan scored sur- us one hand and then hita us
a course, he render. The crowd, nated with with the other. He can knock instead of plotting
excitement, yelled for the assault any of us out any time he likes, plunged in regardless,
to be halted. "Stop it, stop it, He'll murder Milligan-but keep
stop it," they cried. It quiet or I'll get the sack'."
At first, Milligan's new-found Savagery seemed to be paying off. Prodigal of his punches, he
COCHRAN SHOW swept into Walker like a one- refereo not
Rofe did not get the sack, Manager Kearns, always a lavish spender, paid him £400 for less than A month's work. Wicks backed
him £140.
And
Even Walker appealed to the to be compelled to. man commando, opened a cut hit the gasping, helpless Milligan over his opponent's right eye, again. Tut. Corri waved him on. and more than held his own in a first round battlo fought at Walker threw a left hook to Incredible pace-a paco that the chin, and Milligan collapsed on his sido. At "two" he rolled could not possibly last,
over on to his back, the count and blood-polled
In vain did Milligan's seconds continued, Walker to win
scream for caution, for a curbing towel fluttered in from Milligan's of impetus, for defensive move corner. It was all over. munt, and for the creation of
Walker v. Milligan was pro- moted by the late C. B. Cochran, openings with the left-hand. Milligan, his Jow bruised, his are gushed," zzá. financed by an American oil man Milligan ignored them, and, lip split, his named Joe Boyle-whose original instead, bore down upon the several tooth missing, at limply
workt idea was to stage the fight in
champion, slamming in his corner. Two ambulanco apecially built arena con the punch after punch at may part men and two doctors attended South Shore at Binckpool,
of Walker within legitimato his hurts. Then they led him
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