fRIC . M / Y..4UNE 1.1962 , -• Hind the News : : f Who 101V:-0 . .':. Benny iParet?, By NORMAN COUSINS Editor; Saturday Revieui Reprinted with the author's permission metirhe about 1935 or 1936 d an interview Mike bs,._the prize-fight promo- • I Ja • er E pa = I I was a fledgling news ,el reporter at that time; beat was education but dur . the vacation season I found •elf on varied assignments, 'the way from ship news-to rts 'reporting. In this way l iund myself sitting opposite most powerful figure in the mg world.. E- my -i - Inq = s.. =lf = g th , E bo : = ere was nothing spectacu lar , = in Mr. Jacobs' manner. or = a . • erance; but when he spoke F..-=.• ...was no ki g ; ger a bland little man but a -E. colossus who sounded the way, = Napoleon must• have sounded = L.: wl 4- en he reviewed a battle. You .i knew you here listening -to 4.;Number One. His saying some- E•'thirig made it true. : 1 . Art of Crowd Pleasing 'ae discussed what to him E w s the only important element . ill E in .successful promoting how _E to Iplease the crowd . ! So far as Z he was concerned, there was no mystery to it: Yoteput kill- E eri in the ring and the people E filled your arena. You hire box : E it artists ' men' who are s a it at.feinting,' parrying, ~= weaving, jabbing and dancing, t" but who :don't pack dynamite )-.4 in their. fists and you wind .. ; S uu counting your empty. seats. _E S you searched for , the killers E and !sluggers and maulers E - fe' lows who,coUld hit with the E fo-61 of a baseball bat. • . E L ) - g• / ; i asked Mr. Jacobs if he was = i spOking literally when he said a people .came out to, see the Z killer. I ' 4E. . " Theyh don't come out to see E a ltea party," he said evenly. I "TheY come' out to- see the = kti4tout. They come out to E see .11 man 'hurt. If they think E anything ,else, they're kidding E; themselves." E ' .-111,6cently, - a young man by „Etlje 'name of Benny! Paret was • 'Med in the ring. The killing E v i a seen by millions;' it was ,on television. In the twelfth round; = he *as, hit hard in the head 4 stiveral times, went down, was E couhted out and never • came EE ofit lof the coma. 1 ) F. -2 ,Th e Patet fight produced a I flurry of investigationg. Gov. ockefeller was.• shocked by Ehat happened and appointed • a committee to assess the re risibility, The New York • s l O E! State Boxing Commission de -1 cided to find out what was wrong. The District Attorney's -Tice expressed its concern: I :ff - - w. I f Investigation Questions •One question , that . was. emnly studied in all three bles concerned the action of e!, referee. Did he' act in time atop the fight? Another ques- lIIIMUMIUHIMIIIIIIIIIIMUNIIIIMMOIUMUIRMUMMINIMIiIIMIOIIOII3IIIIMMIMIIIIIIMIIBIIIOOg 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.111111111111111!11111111111111111111111MIIILV THE STATE COLLEGE HOTEL which has been a transient hotel for many years will become a residential hotel soon. ROoms will be rented by,the week . or month / at 'greatly reduced rates. I ' For further information - Inquire of Mrsi, Dorothy Leonard, manager, or Call AD 7-4350 ' I All Rooms with Bath =MEM tion had to do with the role of the ,examining doctor who certified the physical fitness of the fighters before the bout_ Still another question involved I Paret's manager; did he ' rtlsh I his boy. , into the fight without a adequate time to recuperate E. B from the previous one? In short, the investigators looked into every possible 31 'cause except the real one. El Benny Paret was killed because =I 'the human fist delivers enough =1 impact, when directed against El the head, to produce i massive =: hemorrhage in the brain. The human brain is. the most: deli- Et cate and 'complex . mechanism 3 in all' creation. It has a lace- Ofork of millions of highly fra- ai glie nerve cam:4Ell°ns. Nature attempts to prbtect this ex quisitely intricate machinery by encasing it in a hard Shell. For tunately,, the shell is thick g tough to withstand a great deal al: of pounding.• Nature, however, fill can protect ma a gainst every thing except man imself. Not El every blow to the head will kill a man—but therti is always the P. risk of concussion and dam- E age to the brain. A prize fight- g er may be able to survive even F..; repeated brain concussions and ;1• go on fighting, but , the damage El to'his brain 'may be permanent. = In any event, it is futile to g: investigate the ' referee's role and seek to determine whether 14 he:should - have intervened to stop the fight earlier. That Is P. not where the'primary respkon sibility lies. The primary re sponsibility lies with the peo ple who pay to see a man hurt. The 'referee who stops a fight tdo soon from the crowd's view point -=.= can expect to be booed. _4 The crowd wants the knock out; 'it' 'wants to see a man -2 stretched out on the canvas. P.'.! This :is the supreme moment .71: in boxing. • = It is nonsense to talk about . prize fighting as a test of box ing skills. No crowd was ever brought -to its feet screaming and cheering at the sight of two men beautifully dodging and weaving out of each oth er's jabs. The time the crowd comes' aliVe is when a man is hit hard over the heart or the head, when his •mouthpiece flies out, when blood squirts out of his nose or eyes, when he wobbles under the attack and. his 'purstier continues to smash at him with pole-axe impact. Don't blame it on the referee. Don't even blame it on the fight managers. Put the blame where it, belongs—on the prevailing mores that regard priie fight in4 as a perfectly proper enter prise and vehicle of entertain ment. No one 'doubts that many people enjoy prize fightingtand will miss it if it should be thrown out. And that is pre cisely the point. ntnnlsnmtnlnHonsnnnulmlnnttmmunnnnns~. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. ;PENNSYLVANIA lOW No Test of Skill Sammer RegOrotion Outlined Summer_ term registration on June 19 will 'follow the pattern established with the start of the winter term this year, Warren R. Haffner, assistant registrar, said recently. • • Haffner said- students who sub mitted an early registration card and have no changes to make will find the process takes _no longer than the 15 or 20 minutes it aver aged at winter and spring term registration. Those who did not submit cards will find registration a longer process, but shorter than for the winter and spring terms, • . when greater numbers of students • were involved. USIA Seeks 96 Student Guides ; HE OUTLINED the procedure . in this way: 1 Ninety-six positions are open for needed at a technical hooks SiStudenti return to campus at student guides in foreign coup- exhibit from October I to April - 30. 1963, 22 at a graphic • A r il least through the United States least 24 hours' before they exhibit to be held from March scheduled to register and reportriformation Agency, the agency 1 to August 31, 1963, and 22 at to their advisers: Advisers willannounced recently. The jobs pro- a communications exhibit from Other return a copy of the stu- vide a weekly salary of' ;92 with August 1, 1963, to January 1964. dent's schedule prepared. as a re - all traveling and living expenses; The remaining 10 positions are suit of early registration or assistlpaid. 'open for Rumanian speaking the student in preparing a regis-/ gunzles in Bucharest, Rumania, at ' !ration card for summer term! - TEN POLISH speaking student; medical exhibit, from October couiseS. guides are • needed in Warsaw,!' Poland. - for a plastics exhibit being, 1962 to January 1963, Applieinta • li Students pay fees at the bur- held' from June 25 to A ugust 15 .1 • • ,must have been United . State' sans office, 4 Willard , before re- gi citizens for at least 10 ycars•:' 'Ten Serbo-Croatian spea k i n porting to registration at Recrea- Ten are needed for a plastics APPLICATIONS maw ,be ob. lion Hall, 1 exhibit front September 1. to Oc- rained from John W Auer, Em • Students report for registra - ,tober 15 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. nloyinent Officer. United States Lion according to the alphabetical; A tota l 04 66 Russian speaking Information Agency, Room 124, schedule printed in the summerignides are. wanted for work 1776 Pennsylvania Ave., Wash timetable with their bursar's re - din the Soviet;Union. Twenty-tivo are ington 25. DC. New College Diner .h, rICS COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR SUMMER WORK International Finn to engage 30 college students for summer months—June. July, t ond Au gust. To assist-manei of new products division. Making out side interviews. Must be per sonable with pleasant speaking voice. OVER AND ABOVE WEEKLY PAY CHECK. COMPETE WITH FELLOW STUDENTS FOE I a. $2151 each schwhirship b. aibiltloagil $1555 cash seholanitip c. To iris oaf of 'many jet plane trips d. To win ono of the Austin Body' - WIN ONE OR ALL Apply at tl W. Market AL 2nd. lbw York, Pa. f a.aL-5 p.oc. Moodor-Fri4 4 s ar call Torii $-2471. Poresaael scassaer, Harald Womb. EXPRESS RATES From State College Philadelphia. Pa. • $3.95 Pittsburgh, Pa. Washington, D - .C. Harrisburg. Pa. Baltimore, McL: New York. N.Y. Scranton. Pa. Buffalo, N.Y. Erie, Pa. Maximum witight p.r place so lbs. InsuranceJto $200.00 can be had on each piece for 20e additional Reservations are in order for Juno 7,8, 9 to all points Greyhound lines 1u Ka At eirton St. Stale Colley. 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He both processes„ a student must consult his adviser for detailed'also said he has timetables instruction and . registration information for . lOgontz and several - other of the Registration for short courses campuses. • not beginning June 19 will bet • Haffner said summer term regis held the day preceding the startrtration will be the last opportunity of the course, No late registrationistudents will have to submit early fee is involved for these courses.' registration cards for fall term Students registering late for funicourses, FORGETFUL? 320 4.05 3.30 Summer Collegian 3.90 4.10 3.90 4.20 3.95 Just bring SOc to the Collegian Office or Mail this Coupon plus 50c ••••••••• 00000 • 000000000000 ••••••••••••••• i • Name i • Summit: Add:ssa • of. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••, There is Still Time To get your Subscription to the Just Mall This plus SOc Box 281 State College, Po. PACE FIVE
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