Robinson to Spot LaMotta Only Six Pounds in Tomorrow s Fight Ray Will Weigh 154, Ohio's Coaching Snarl \vashington, D. C., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1951— A-17 ** 4 Pounds More Than Due to Stay That Way In Any Previous Bout Until Next Sunday or Draw By th® Associated Press By the Associated Press Win, Lose, CHICAGO, Feb. 13.—Heavily COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 13.— By FRANCIS STANN favored in his five previous fights Ohio State’s football coaching Star Staff Correspondent with Jake LaMotta, Sugar Ray problem—supposed to have been Robinson again is being backed solved still all mixed CHICAGO, FEB. 13.—Those 3-to-l odds favoring Sugar Ray yesterday—is from 3-1 to 4-1 to snare the Bronx and will Robinson to become the middleweight champion tomorrow on up probably stay that Bull’s title tomor- Channel 9 aren’t flattering to Jake LaMotta. Indeed, a case middleweight way until next Sunday, at least. row night. might be made for LaMotta, despite the fact Robinson has Just when the two-month hunt The welterweight champion, ini for a successor to Wes Fesler thrashed him four times in five bouts. the of and La- peak condition, j seemed about over, the univer- With LaMotta a licking doesn’t stick. The Motta battle scales at a.m. the 10 sity’s oBard of Trustees tossed first Jake ever lost was his 16th as a (CST) in the official to- fight pro. weigh-in everything into a turmoil again, Back in 1941 a guy named Jimmy Reeves beat morrow. providing a perfect second-act Sugar Ray to 154 him. Not only that, but Reeves did it again expects tip curtain in a drama which is skirt- pounds, his top weight, and Jake less than a month later. It was a good time ing close to comedy. is confident he will make the 160 With three members absent, the for Reeves to quit, but he didn’t. LaMotta limit. He carried 176 a month board—for the first time in Buck- caught up with him two years later and before this ago starting drills for eye history—refused to approve flattened him. fight. the unanimous choice of the six- Laurent Dauthuille handled Jake in Mon- Has to Make 160. man Screening Committee, the treal in 1949. But when LaMotta became the If LaMotta is over 160, he will 12-man Athletic Board, and be given two hours in which to champ, Dauthuille was the first man to fight President Howard L. Bevis. make weight. If he fails, he will Hayes Choice. for the title. With the chips down, LaMotta Reported forfeit his middleweight title to The nominee, from the French-Canadian. picked stopped Robinson right on the spot and seven Francis st*nn. among surviving aspirants, There has been a for a number suspicion the 15-round bout in Chicago was reliably reported to be Wayne of years that Jake can be just about as good as he wants to be. Stadium, starting at 10 p.m Woodrow (Woody) Hayes, suc- The fun-loving Bronx Bull hasn’t always been as finely trained <EST\ will be little more than an cessful and personable coach. of exhibition. as he might have been. In fact, until he wrested the title from Miami University at Oxford, Ohio. JACK GEORGE. Robinson prescribed a long sleep the late Marcel Cerdan less than two years ago, Jake never had ROBINSON READY FOR Robinson Hayes’ current status is doubt- for himself today. LaMotta did LaMOTTA—Sugar Ray a ful, for no one would say whether training camp. It was enough for LaMotta to drop into Still- not (right), who meets Middleweight Champion Jake LaMotta to- plan anything more strenuous a vote was taken on his nomina- man’s, work up a mild sweat, inhale a lungful of rich blue than a morrow night in Chicago, packs his gear after finishing his cigar walk in the Loop shopping tion. The four board members Jack GW Hopes to Profit smoke and announce himself as to district in his decision training yesterday. With him is his secretary. —AP Wirephoto. George ready fight. abiding by constituted a quorum. And if a to rest for five de- days preceding vote was taken, Hayes was re- fense of his crown. Here Poor ROBINSON HAS COME closer to making it stick than any- jected. If no vote was taken, he’ll Tonight By Gamecocks' The fact that Robinson has won body. Back in 1942, Sugar Ray took Jake at 10 rounds. LaMotta probably go into next Sunday’s decisions over Jake in four of their Ohio Politics Involved in BoOm evened the score the next year, but Ray*won the next three special- session as first choice of To Harass GU five and that Jake is va- meetings the campus officials. Road Mark meetings. It may be significant, however, that LaMotta was Tonight cationing five days "to conserve The Bill Fuchs For Lausche as Baseball Head three absent trustees had By lost to defending no title in those days. strength after reducing” has kept The fact that Maryland proxy votes on hand—one re- They’ll lay you odds around 27 in. Robinson a the odds near the 4-1 who visited South Carolina by points hasn’t been talking particularly aggressive and pretty level. By Burton Hawkins may persuade Lausche, for and portedly Hayes two to be Philadelphia that Jack George Columbia, yet came back to beat confident and this could be due to one of two if Sugar Ray was a 4-1 favorite National baseball President Truman here fight, reasons, politics and yesterday, cast at the discretion of Chair- will emerge from LaSalle College last at when he first met LaMotta in them by 10, 47-37, night not both. With Ray so highly favored, it might be good box- will be integrated in the election that his future lies in politics ra- man Don C. Power. But the four two years hence as the greatest 1942 and rewarded his College Park, came as no surprise office backers trustees business to build up LaMotta. Or, Robinson may sin- of a baseball commissioner in ther than baseball. At present reportedly split, basketball player in the history to the followers of Southern Con- with a unanimous 10-round deci-; present, LaMotta. 2-2, on whether the proxies could of that school. That is, unless he ference basketball. cerely respect sion at Madison Garden. Florida next month, with the Ohio though, Lausche is witnessing the Square be cast, a vote which tossed them is' inducted into service. Although Ray’s record shows 78 knockouts in 120 pro fights, The Gamecocks for years have Jake Won as Underdog. political situation figuring largely spectacle of having his political out the window. he is And those who remember been strictly a home-court team. talking of no kayo for himself. “Jake has never been off In foes February, 1943, LaMotta in the maneuvering. fighting for him—as baseball At that point, the trustees, al- George’s activities at St. John's In conference competition this his feet,” Robinson points out. “I haven’t been knocked out, but Robinson twice at Detroit most three fought i In seeking a successor to A. B. commissioner. hours after convening, here from 1946 to 1948 will not year, South Carolina has won all I’ve been knocked down four times—once by Tommy Bell, once within three weeks. In the first decided they’d rather have (Happy) Chandler his foes have! Questioned by reporters after the argue. seven home games. On the road, Artie and bout LaMotta was a other by Levine twice by LaMotta. February 6, hit on a commanding figure in: three members on hand and George, who is in town to give they’ve won three and lost five. 3-1 who his White House call yesterday. “I’ll be very settle for a decision.” underdog came through Gov. Frank Lausche of Ohio. If called a special meeting for Sun- trouble to Georgetown tonight tn In all games this season, the happy,to ; Gov. Lausche reiterated that all with a 10-round unanimous deci- i the three-time Democratic Gov-i day afternoon. one-half of the doubleheader at Gamecocks have an 8-1 record at Robinson brings up another point. He’s never been in the he sion, Robinson’s only loss in 120 knew about the baseball job is for 15 rounds with ernor were to take over as base- 2,000 Petition for Brown. Uline Arena, is expected to break home, but away from their friendly ring LaMotta. “All of our other fights were On “what I’ve seen in the papers.” He fights. February 26, Robin- ball commissioner, it would smooth The three absentees were Sen- the individual scoring mark for Columbia court they have won at 10 or 12 rounds,” he says. “LaMotta is a big, rough j came here with several fellow guy. son, the 8-5 favorite, came back the path toward re-election for; ator John W. Bricker, Charles F. one season at LaSalle. 451 points, only three and lost eight. Maybe those extra rounds are what he needs.” to win a unanimous Governors to discuss civil defense decision. Republican Senator John W.l Kettering of Dayton and Warner two ago Last year. South Carolina was with the President. registered years by Larry; In 1945 at Madison Square Bricker, and several baseball fig- Pomerene of Coshocton. The Foust, now with the Fort Wayne | 7-1 in the conference at home, but Part of the buildup has been much ado about LaMotta’s Garden, Robinson was 3-1 and ures seem to be interested in that Senator is speaking on the West pro club.