Marciano Clubs Moore Down In Nine
Rounds; Both Get Their Biggest Purse
N£»W YORK, (^)—Heavyweight
champion Rocky Marciano’s awe
some meat-grinder destruction of
gallant, ancient Archie Moore in
one of boxing’s greatest battles
may have been the invincible
Brockton Blaster’s last fight.
This was the one the indomi
table Rock of Brockton wanted to
win more than any other since he
knocked the crown off Jersey Joe
Walcott’s brow three years ago
in Philadelphia. And he won it in
typical fashion with a relentless,
bull-dozing attack that smashed
Archie’s crumbling defenses in
1:19 of the ninth round of a bitter
battle.
Now, with the light heavy
weight king out of the way, there
were no more worlds for boxing’s
Caesar to conquer and he mulled
over retirement.
If this was Rocky’s finale, he
made it one they’ll long remem-*
ber. He came off the floor like
he did in the memorable first
fight with Walcott, and ground
the crafty, cocky master of the art
of self defense with a relentless^
assault to the inevitable finish.
A smashing left hook to the
jaw ended the 38-year-old master
craftsman’s fierce resistance, leav
ing him a collapsed heap in his
own corner. It was the fourth
time that veteran had been knock
ed down in the bitter battle . and
this time he had nothing left.
It was all over. Archie went the
way he wanted to go if he had
to go—counted out.
Moore still had his 175-pound
title, the respect of Marciano and
those who saw the classic, and a
$241,187 purse—the largest of his
career. Rocky, too earned his fat
test check. He will receive $482,
374.
It was the ninth largest gate in
boxing annals and the heftiest in
the regime of the International
Boxing Club. The theater-tele
cast to 129 theaters coast to coast
I earned an approximate $1,125,000
of which $350,000 went to the IBC
to be shared with the fighters.
Radio added another $35,000.
Rocky Will Defend His
Title Again Next June
NEW YORK, (#1—Heavyweight
Champion Rocky Marciano, un
marked except for a red blemish
under his left eye, said yester
day he would defend his title
again next June against one of
four opponents — Bob Baker,
Nino Valdez, Hurricane Jackson,
or Floyd Patterson.
Asked about a dressing room
statement that he was consider
ing retirement after knocking out
Archie Moore Wednesday night,
Marciano said:
“All I said was that a few
people would like to see me stop.
My mother and a few of my
friends. I said it was a thought.”
In answer to a direct question,
Marciano said he had no thought
of retiring at the present time.
When he was asked to expand
on his future plans, Manager A1
Weill interrupted to shout:
“He said no, that’s definite.
He’s not retiring.”
Argentine’s Provisional
President Dissolves The
Pro-Peron Congress
BUENOS AIRES, (*> — Provi
sional President Eduardo Lonardi
issued a decree Thursday dissolv
ing the Argentine congress.
All 34 members of the Senate
were members of the Peronista
party, while there were eight
members of the opposition Radi
cal party in the lower house, out
of a membership of 166.
Gen. Lonardi’s new government
hit the airwaves with a concen
trated campaign intended to calm
the troubled nation and urging
rebuilding of the split country
through “peace and work ... in
the pious light of forgetfulness.”
O Hope of every contrite heart,
O Joy of all the meek.
To those who ask, how kind Thou are! |
How good to those who seek ! *
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Million This Year
FAIRBANKS—Wien Alaska Air
lines will reach the two million
dollar payroll mark this year, an
increase of more than half a mil
lion since 1954, despite a sharp
drop-off of tourist business this
past summer season.
While tourism suffered general
ly in Alaska this summer, attrib
uted prim'arily to the shut-down
of steamship passenger service,
Wien kept its planes in the air on
a round the-clock basis to meet
overwhelming demands for cargo
flight to far-flung DEW Line sta
tions under construction in the
Arctic.
More than 50 pilots are now
employed by Wien, an all-time
record high. Two new C-46s were
added to the airline this summer,
bringing to seven the number of
large aircraft in its service.
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number on all Arctic flights ex
cept to Barrow this season. Last
year’s tourists totalled 2,227 per
sons; this year the number fell to
1,923.
Most sorely hit was the Nome
Kotzebue tour which declined
from a 1954 figure of 1,275 per
sons to only .883 this year. Barrow
tourists increased from 261 to 421
in the second year of touristry at
the farthest north village.
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fairly steady with many tourists
settling for the one-day trip which
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