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e 0-29°9PNy 358-62) AU Free ame ange. |; sessesscsececovcoonsccedscesousneanaes | ‘ By DAN PARKER Ring the welkin, clang the bell and rive a ‘ood substantial yell!’ For whom? re the w York State Athletic Commission which, 2 single act Friday, was converted from a 1 of April fools into a fine August body. rejecting Sonny Liston’s 8pplication for a cense, the Commission struck a te blow or decency in the festering fight racket, that hould have far-reaching consequences. It fs e first evidence produced in a long time that elevision, open and closed, and its ally, the ob, aren't calling the shots for boxing com. missions, promoters and managers. The Commission’s unanimous action took cally everyone by surprise. When it al- q23 Boe n’s “cause,” which could be more correct. © ly termed their own. The underworld elements ® b Sonny since he w m $ prison figured to clean up on! , Whether he won or lost against Floyd-Patterson. With a fine sense of fitness, the Com- sion p ed to put the! onus for rejecting the applica- : fon on his shady backers, and associates whom they named, lest there be any ‘misunder- standing. : . In other words, Liston’s prison record, bad though it Was, wasn’t considered as ie as the records of the cutthroats with whom he associated. This move neatly disposed of the hony “rehabilitation” pl half of Liston. -, Maybe the Commission’s ao. tion was dictated by Albany, Certainly, it has been go hest- tant to use its power in matters that cried loudly for [ts inter. vention in recent years that one fs justified in assuming that the word came from the Governor r maybe, even the Dept. of Jus. tice. It is known that, only two. days ago, F.B.I. men were in New York, inguiring about cer- tain Philadelphians who have been active in behalf of Liston, | It is known tenn weren’t working for the New York State Commission. . Two recent events in boxing that hung fresh blinkers on ite nm? DE! r already blackened eyes were the ar f Benny Paret after 9 . ey, Re - sews gee ot , cit Wf savage bout in the Garden and, F be tig ag, the. brazen Brown: | Ortiz championship ‘farce in ee ee which has : left a stench that still lingers in the’ nostrils of the nation. | Someone in high authority may have nog luded that une ugh guys ne far eno and that it was’ tine to call a halt. It this wasn’t the case, it should have been. But whatever the driving force behind the New York Commission’s knock- out blow, General Melvin Krule- seit Sane ge y commen: or t decision, - —— For those who are prepared to shed tears because New York has thus outlawed a million dol- ler attraction that would bring money into the city, let it be said that what with the mob. sters’ sure thing gambling oper- ators, it could more success- ful In taking money out of the ofty than a Pick, ets’ Conyen: | Trotter Tele Room __— Holmes ———— Gandy ALLIS nae (0 eSe The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Daily News —__ The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American —__ New York Mirror . York Daily News «New. York Post £° The New York Times , e Worker cy / the New Leader “ The Wall Street Journal The Ngtjonal Observer, ——-—— "*7828 1968 LICE A) gt Wz “~