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...stereopticon smalltown grotesques were translated with difficulty to me legitimate stage. But last week at the Jacob's Pillow (Mass.) Dance Festival, they took on vivid new life in a fresh medium: a "dance drama" based on the book and choreographed by 38-year-old Donald Saddler, who arranged the dances in Broadway's Wonderful Town...
...Skinny, sharp-elbowed Sandy Saddler, World's Featherweight Champion, abdicated his title after learning that he is suffering from "progressive blindness." In a twelve-year career, Sandy fought 160 fights, won 143, scored 102 knockouts. Three pretenders will fight for the right to take on Sandy's heir apparent: France's Cherif Hamia...
...Using head, elbows and glove laces with wicked efficiency, Featherweight Champion Joe ("Sandy") Saddler spent twelve rounds at San Francisco's Cow Palace cutting up Filipino Challenger Gabriel ("Flash") Elorde. Finally Flash bled so badly that the referee stopped the fight in the 13th, let Sandy keep his title...
...Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, Sandy Saddler, an animated skeleton who has changed prizefighting into assault with all available weapons-feet, forearms, elbows and head-pummeled an overmatched contender named Red Top Davis for 15 rounds, and hung on to what passes for the featherweight championship of the world...
...last week, he had fought 189 fights and lost only five of them. Moreover, on the record, the only man of modern times who could beat Willie was the man who took away Willie's title of Featherweight (126 Ibs.) Champion of the World three years ago, Sandy Saddler. Last week, as part of his announced program of keeping in trim for another bout with Sandy one of these days, Old Master Pep, 31, stepped into the ring with a youngster named Lulu Perez, 20, who a year ago was just good enough to be a sparring partner...