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DH-3OU (4-9-d2) (idount Clipping In Space Below) WOOMALYMALI RED McQUEEN “- SPORTS EDITOR COSHH EEEHEEHEO EEE ES Liston Learns. To Smile TIME WAS WHEN he was probably the most hated man in the history of boxing. If he can knock loud-mouth Cassius Clay cold with one punch Tuesday night he will become the most pop- (Indicate page, name of newspaper, City and state.) - _THE HONOLULU ADVERTIS. HONOLULU, daWAII ular champ of al e. Anyway, Sonn iston, after an unsteady start, is beginning td™ e mantle of heavyweight King in PAGE Cel the best tradition of his predecessors. Tired of being the bad boy of boxing, the champ is determined to change his image. ~ “You'll be surprised the way Sonny talks a blue streak and keeps smiling,” the once taciturn and pok- er-faced Joe Louis told Hy Gardner of the New York Herald Tribune as they met in the theater-restaurant of the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas where the gue ee Date: 2/22/64 Edition: nek Author: RED MC QUEEN Editor: GEORGE CHAPLIN Title: Liston Louis . . Clay champ was breaking up his training camp prepara- tory to leaving for Miami Beach to finish his training. Louis and Gardner were joined at a table by Sonny and his wife Geraldine and the following tape-recorded interview ensued: : How come you've suddenly learned how to smile? “Before I had nuthin’ to smile abovt when they wouldn’t let me fight Patterson.” Does Cassius Clay make you smile? . “He makes me laugh out Joud.” - Do you think you’ll have any trouble with him? “Not in the ring.” ——s rd) aes +-+ w+: + + Character: or Classification: 67- HONOLULU Submitting Office: 9-735 %4=_ fs | ” fi NOT RECORDED qo) by 28 MAR.17 -364 3 | ———_—e—— © B fin bo labs ' prey