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v21 Marciano Knocks Out Clay in Believable Fantasy By BEN GARLIKOV Daily News Sports Writer Cassius Clay won the most rounds and there were more even rounds than Rocky Marciano won, but at the finish of the computerized fight between the two undefeated world's heavyweight champions, the Brockton blockbuster was winner by knockout' hi' Mtt 'lMi' The finish came 57 seconds after the bell started what proved to be the final round, and although it was sudden, the truly startling part of the evening's wonderful entertainment was the remarkable way this novel idea was presented on the screen, in If you could not have known that these two great fighters never met with gloves on in an official heavyweight bout, you would have said this was perhaps one of the greatest fights of all time. In fact, in restrospect, it was unbelievable that only in one round could you say they coasted. The voice that narrated the action did say they were, "Getting a breather in the ninth round." The rest of the bout was so fast, so furious, so thrilling and so entertaining that boxing could come back if only the fans were guaranteed 50 per cent of this kind of action. HOW THEY would have fought for real is a known quantity. They probably would have used the same strategy, punched and boxed and countered the same way.

What never will be known, of course, is how the bout actually would have ended. Incidentally, a Daytonian, Dr. E. C. Yowell of the National Cash Register computer services, had such an important hand in the production, that he received screen credit.

It's like they say about girls' sweaters, you get out only what you put in. At any rate, Clay won five rounds, four were even and Marciano won three and a little less than one third rounds. That less than one third was the important part the 57 seconds of the 13th round. To give you an idea how close and brutal was the battle, the narrator at the beginning of the thirteenth round said what the 650 viewers at the Kon-Tiki theater nervously believed. "Ali (he was called by his adopted Black Muslim name more than Cassius) is in as much danger of a knockout as Rocky is of losing by TKO" (because of seriously bleeding right eye and nose).

CLAY at 220 pounds, had a 20-pound pull in weights and a 14-inch advantage in reach over Marciana who appeared in unusually good condition for this meeting, He had knocked off 40 to 50 pounds in order that he wouldn't look ludicrous in ring trunks Even if the fight was fantasy, it bore a semblance of truth because of the two scrappers physiques, the blood that but at the same time losing some of his stamina because Marciano weakened him with blows to the shoulder, the biceps and forearms, to say nothing of punishing left and rights to the head and midsection, They started out in normal fashion respecting each other, probing for soft spots, all the while throwing enough punches to give the spectators, who paid $5 each, an idea that this was jiist the start of what could be historic action. And it was. Clay won the first round, 10 points to nine. The second was even, 10-10, and the third, when Rocky's right eye was cut, was Clay's, 10-9. Marciano finally won a round, the fourth, 10-9, when his flailing fists hurt Clay inside, against the ropes.

Rocky was cut for the second time over the eye, but a hard right to the head shook Clay, who was in trouble at the bell. IN THE FIFTH, Clay worked on the bleeding eye and while he couldn't always find his target, he was near enough to get the Brockton strongboy's nose to bleeding. Only a strong comeback kept the margin from being wider, 10-9 in Clay's The narrator declared in the sixth that, "Clay may be arm weary." He had Rocky bleeding profusely and even staggered him. Cassius delivered combinations in short spurts, but more often, trying to keep at a distance. It was his round 10-9.

The seventh was even. Rocky hit the deck for the mandatory 8-count in the eighth, a right to the jaw putting him on the canvas, but a couple of shots to the body actually set up the nearly-lethal punch. This time the edge went to Clay, 10-8. The ninth was even. In the tenth, Rocky started faster than he had in any previous round.

With only five seconds to go, he smashed a left to the head that floored Clay, who was starting to get up at five when the bell rang. This was Rocky's heat, 10-8. CLAY BEAT such a tattoo on Rocky's injured optic and proboscis that the announcer, heightening the suspense, declared, "Marciano can't take much more of that." The referee stopped the action long enough to look at Rocky's face, then ordered the fighters to continue. Rocky was able to come out with enough vision to chop Clay to the floor with a devastating mid-section attack. After Cassius got back up, the Rock tried to polish him off, but couldn't.

Still, he won the round by the widest margin so far, 10-7. Then came what proved to be the final round. A left to the jaw and Clay went down. This time he was unable to get up as referee Chris Dundee tolled the fatal 10 over him. ill 4 H' (AP) Wlraphotot MARCIANO RAISES HIS HAND IN VICTORY After One of Many In His Unbeaten Career flowed from Marciano 's face, the advantageous positions and the way he snake-tongued speed with which Clay skipped out of danger.

threw his fists and danced into an You could see Clay scoring points, Si-ings Power Towers Up Front Spark NBA East Si Burick Daily News Sports Editor Diego, who scored 24 points and had 15 rebounds as the West's big man. "He's more trouble than Alcindor because he's stronger. If course, Lew is coming along and he's going to do in everybody." Among the others who made good showings were Jerry West of Los Angeles, who led the late West comeback and finished with 22 points; John Havlicek of Boston, who scored seven straight points for the East after the West had pulled within 88-82, and Billy Cunningham of Philadelphia, who scored 19 points and helped the East cut short the final West threat. National Basketball Association All-Star game Tuesday night. The muscular 6-foot-8 center of the New York Knicks scored all of his 21 points and hauled in 11 rebounds as the East pulled away to a 106-85 advantage entering the final period.

The West made one last effort that rot it within six points with two minutes left before falling back. FOR HIS EFFORTS, Reed was voted ovenvhelmingly the Most Valuable Player in his sixth All-Star game that increased the East's lead over the West to 14-6. "The game was decided at center," agreed Orxar Robertson of Cincinnati and the East, wha was runnerup in the MVP balloting after scoring 21 points that gave him a record 230 for All-Star competition. "You saw what happened. They just can't stop 'those two, 0 i 1 and off the boards." He referred to Reed and 7-2 Lew Alcindor of Milwaukee, who had 10 points and 11 rebounds and gave the East the 1-2 center punch that had made them the favorites in the absence of the Injured Wilt Chamberlain and Nate Thurmond of the West.

"Reed is the toughest center in the league right now," praised Eivin Hayes of San By MIKE RECHT PHILADELPHIA -(f)- On display next summer at the Willis Reed All-Star Basketball Camp will be a trophy proving that it's what's up front that counts. It will serve as a reminder to the teen-age boys present that instructing them in the finer points of the game is one of the best up front Willis Reed. Reed already has proved it to some 15,000 persons in Philadelphia's Spectrum and to a national television audience by leading the East to a 142-135 victory over the West in the Rocky's Computer Victory Frightening in Its Honesty THERE WAS this fellow who came home from the office one day, and he was very, very tired. "What's wrong, dear?" his wife asked. "I had a terrible day," the husband said.

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The best effort by a pro in this country was 45.3. "This young man isn't a good punter," said Coach Paul Brown, "he's a great punter. He gets good distance and good height and he's consistent." LAST YEAR, of course, the Bengals were kept in hot water by Dale Livingston, the AFL's worst punter. The signing of Lewis figures to mean the end of the road for Livingston, the Western Michigan product who handled both punting and place kicking duties for the Bengals in 1968. He lost his field goal and extra point duties to Horst Muhl-mann last season.

Lewis is 24 years old, stands 6-2 and weighs 210. He is a Stanford product and led the major college punters in 1965 with a 44.9 average. The signing of Lewis means the Bengals will not have to waste two of their draft picks going for a punter and backup quarterback. Brown was left with two signal callers in the closing days of the 1969 season when veteran John Stofa went to Miami on a waiver deal. I "Lewis throws a good ball," irowff "said.

"He just may surprise 'a few people with the way he fits into our quarterback picture." As of now, the Bengals will "go irito pre-season training with what has to be the youngest quarterbacking corps in pro football. AFL Rookie of the Year Greg Cook will be 24, backup man Sam Wyche 25 and Lewis 24. For one who saw Marciano in his prime and has seen Clay in his, this beautifully faked action in which a machine bridged the generation gap, was terribly weird, but almost painfully realistic. As expected, Clay led, while Marciano bled, through most of the fight. As expected, each man was knocked down before the Up to Task THE END was typical.

Rocky was Rocky, hurt and bleeding from cuts on the eyes, the nostrils and the bridge of the nose, resolutely piling in. His face, as an old fight writer once described a loser, resembled "a moving picture of the Red Sea." (That had to be Grantland Rice writing that line.) Rocky cornered Muhmmad, the Speed Heavyweight of all time, several times, but Ali managed to spin away. In the 13th, just as it was in Rocky's return match with Ezzard Charles in September, 1954, Marciano won when he had to. He could not have been permitted to stay in the ring for another round with his blood blotting the canvas red. A doctor surely would have stopped the fight.

So the Rock called upon his resources and did his man in. It took more than 70 rounds of boxing to piece in all the parts of this starkly realistic staging. The crowd of some 650 $5 ticket purchasers here treated show, for the most part, as the real thing. Boxing is supposed to be a game that attracts older persons, but the younger generation was well represented. There were cheers and some boos, and much of the same kind of excitement that would have been generated among the customers if it had been the real thing.

A Good Show IN TRUTH, the mere fact that this looked so honest is a little frightening. I have seen a fixed bout or two in my time, but most were awful bores in which the sham showed through. But if you hadn't been told in advance, this could have been a genuine portraval. Yet people sat there knowing that every move was dictated by the magic of what a machine can do with a fact and still found excitement. Clay was 13 years old when Rocky retired from the ring.

Marciano hadn't had a glove on for five years when Cassius won the Olympic light heavyweight title in Rome in 1960. And when the laborious staging of their bout was being filmed secretly in Miami last summer, Rocky was nearing 46 and Cassius was 27. Nevertheless, it was more than good theater. It was as close to "the McCoy" (with apologies to our man Hal) as humanly possible. The physical statistics were authentically announced -Rocky, 5-10'2 and 200; Ali, 6-3 and 220; Marciano's reach, 66 inches, Muhammad's 80.

In many ways, it was a replay of the night when Rocky won the title from Jersey Joe Walcott. Marciano, the ultimate winner by knockout, also in the 13th, took a horrible beating along the way. And so it was in this gory picture. No Advantage A WORD about the reach. You would think that a fast man with a 14-inch edge would have to annihilate his opponent.

But long ago I learned, from one of the wisest manipulators the game ever knew an old manager named Jack Hurley that reach is an overplayed asset. Hurley "built" a Seattle heavyweight named Harry Mathews into a big bout with while Rocky was still on the way to the title. He called the perfectly proportioned Mathews "my athlete." But even before the fight Jack refused to lie aboutj'the advantage his. man would have with a longer reach. rmean a fiiuij t-a Hurley saidAjn a JJMhew lasted two rounds.

I suppose the owners of the Marclano-Clay film will selling their show to television one of these days. If you didn't catch this wonderful act don't miss It. You will be neither disappointed nor disillusioned. Clay typically promised to "whup" Rocky, and today he is probably one of the few people in the world who is unconvinced by the computer's end findings. This is one time the loser can't demand a rematch.

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