Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1933, Page 31

SPORTS. THE EVENING Sharkey Is Declared Primed for Carnera Carnera—What Makes Him Tick Why They Call Him “Wild Boar,” and Other Stories BETTER THAN YEAR " AGO, DOCTOR HOLDS Regarded as Physically and Mentally Superior Than for Schmeling Bout. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, June 27.—Primo N Carnera may expect to catch Jack Sharkey out of condition when they step into the ring of Madison Square Garden’s Long Island City Bowl Thursday night, but if he does, he'll run into an unpleasant sur- prise. Jack, at 30, won't be the Sharkey of a few years ago perhaps, but hell be in first-class shape trained to the minute and ready for the long 15-round route. An examination by Dr. Vincent Nar- diello of the medical staff of the New York State Athletic Commission, effec- tively disposed of the question of the champion’s condition. Disposition' Much Improved. | ¢ ~HARKEY .is in better shape physically and mentally,” D Nardiello said, “than he was| when I examined him a year ago !orl his fight with Max Schmeling. His disposition is greatly improved. He was too much on edge last year, too| nervous. Nervous exhaustion is more tiring than any amount. of physical effort. I would say Sharkey is every bit as ready as Carnera.” Sharkey, as a matter of fact, never has looked better than he did yesterday in a sizzling two-round workout with Hans Birkie, rugged German warrior, at his training camp in Orangeburg, N. Y. The champion was punching viclously to the body with his right| hand, snaking punches home with lightning speed, and twice shook up Birkie with left hooks that traveled only inches. Carnera, meanwhile, wound up his intensive preparations at Pompton Lakes, N. J, by boxing three rounds with Harold Mays and iwo against Ar- thur Huttick. Both found the huge Italian easy to hit, but hard to hurt. Competent boxing critics expressed sur- prise over Primo’s improvement, espe- cially in boxing skill. Carnera Just Exercising. '~ARNERA plans no more boxing and | will take only enough exercise until the night of the fight to keep himself at top condition. Sharkey expected to wind up boxing today. Although there was no accurate esti- mate on advance sales, boxing writers | began scaling down their original pre- | dictions of a crowd of 60,000 and re- | ceipts of about $350,000. Business at | the Garden box office was slow and some observers expressed the belief the gate might not be much in excess of the $240,000 Jack Dempsey drew with his Max Baer-Max Schmeling battle, although he charged $10 “tops” against $15 for Thursday’s match. ‘The betting odds continued to favor { Bharkey at 6 to 5. | LUNN ANDPEACOCK IN THICK OF FIGHT (Continued From Second Page.) record at Chevy Chase, later tied by Lunn, and go to the final in the Chevy | Chase tourney. Yet here is a youngster | who can go far in the game, a lad who | if he gets all his shots working in the | groove can burn up any golf course So far he has that characteristic of most, young players—inability to keep | all his shots going all the time—but' the day is not far distant when this youngster will be one of the standout performers of this section, He hasn't won anything much yet, but he will. Maury is at Greenwich, Conn. today, where with Billy Dettweiler and the | other members of the Georgetown Prep | team he is competing in the Eastern | interscholastic ‘tournament. | It will take the sectional qualifica- tion rounds ior the national amateur at Columbia in August and the Dis- trict championship at Indian Spring in September to settle on the leading golfer around Washington this year. 80 far no one has been able to crash | through to a sufficient edge to justify his selection as the best performer. If any one has gone that far Harry | Pitt is the man. But just now no one stands out. Incidentally, Dick Lunn is of two just the same,| Undine province of Italy, October 25, BY GAYLE TALBOT, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, June 27.—Just a | | big, easy-going, good-natured | fellow, this Primo Carnera, in | many ways the most unusual | specimen ever to attain the high places in_the prize fighting racket. He has none of the characteristics that have marked some of our greatect gladiators. There isn’'t a “killer in- stinct” in a carload of Carneras. Neither is he a deep thinker of the Tunney type, nor sullen like Sharkey, | nor reckless and irresponsible like the current rave, Maxie Baer. He's just an enormously big man, transformed into a fighter. Something like Jesse Willard, only the Kansan did have a real wallop when he con- nected. They say Primo is afraid to cut loose with all his power for fear of killing somebody. There are those who doubt this legend. | “Strong Boy” at 16. i Primo was born at Sequals, in the 1907. His family had been mosaic| workers for generations, and that is what Primo would have been had not somebody said, “My, what a big, strong son you have, Mrs. Carnera.” He thereupon joined a circus at 16 as a strong boy. Speaking of mosaic work, no artist | in the line ever did a more tedious, painstaking job of putting the little pieces together than did Bill Duffy in building Primo into a boxer. It's Duffy’s masterpiece. Primo is extremely naive, or some- thing. His fighting trunks are dec- orated with the rampant figure of a wild boar, and one of Madison Square Garden’s publicity experts told a most interesting story thereof. “It’s this way,” he said. “The woods were full of vicious black boars where Primo lived as a boy. Once he saw one of them about to atack a little girl. Primo scuttled over in the nick of time, grabbed the boar by the feet and dashed him to death against a ree. That’s why they call him the ‘wild Bull of Sequals’ and why he has that emblem on his pants.” Primo was pressed for more of the harrowing details. “Oh, the little pig on the pants? He means nothing. He was there on the pants they gave me to wear for my first fight in Paris and I have just kept him there. Maybe he be good luck. In Undine we have no wild’ boars.” | The press agents, stuck for something | exciting to write about Primo, always| can start with the assertion ‘that he weighs 275 pounds on the loose, 260 | when in fighting trim and stands 6] feet, 612 inches. Also that he is a fool about movies and the radio and likes | to drive fast. But from there on the going gets tough. | His is not the gift of repartee, he| doesn’t boast and he authors few pre- An intimate view of the vast facial expanse of Primo Carnera, Italy’s great- est contribution to the heavyweight boxing industry. They laughed at him when he first came to this country in 1929, but he’s no laughing matter to any opponent now. dictions. He mostly grins, displaying a | tremendous expanse of ivory, and lets| the others do the talking. He fights automatically, but surprisingly well. Da Preem has had 74 fights since he | started in 1929, winning 57 by knock- | outs, 12 by decision, losing four and en- | gaging in one no-decision affair. He| Tan up a long string of kayos on his| first tour of this country and some of the boys were very, very skeptical lbout‘ their authenticity. But he was re- garded primarily as a freak in those days and nobody much cared how he fought so long as he exhibited his bulk. He has learned to fight since then. ‘The vast one has made a fortune in the ring and lost most of it through | dizzy investments. He recently filled a Ray Steele, Now the treat in store for Washing- tonians in the very near future. Having yesterday wired Matchmaker | Joe Turner his decision to branch out | as an independent wrestler following | Thursday night's tie-up with Gino Gar- | ibaldi at Griffith Stadium, Ray empow- “ ered Turner to select for him the best | opposition available in the heavyweight | fleld. Acting immediately upon Steele’s sug- gestion, Turner already has made over- | tures to such standouts as Gus Son- | nenberg, “Don” George, Jim Browning, Jack Sherry and Joe Malcewicz. Heretofore affiliated with the Jim Londos league, Steele broke away once Will Tackle New Foes on Mat " HE novelty of seeing Ray Steele | before to engage Ed Lewis. Losing pitted against new foes may be | Match to Lewis by disqualification, he | | since has confined his activities to the Londos circuit. | considers himself in a prime spot to His Own Boss, that *¢y'M particularly anxious to land, Steele and Sonnenberg,” Turner admitted yesterday. “There's a | match that would be jammed with col- or. And also one that should pack plenty of drawing power.” In Thursday's stand against Gari- baldi, Steele must be at his best. Famed as an upsetter, hard-boiled Gino take over the Celifornian. The semi-final matches Dick Shikat | against Henry Piers, while preliminaries | book Frank Speers vs. Abe Coleman, Pat O'Shocker vs. Fred Grobmier and | “Blue Son” Jennings vs. Floyd Mar- | shall. ARNOLD IS RIFLE VICTOR | Scores 194 Out of 200 in National Capital Club Event. | Scoring 194 points of a possible 200, | Tom Arnold, secretary-treasurer of the | National Capital Rifle Club, won the | latest match fired among members of the club on the Camp Sims range. The small-bore rifle was used and 20 shots at the 200-yard decimal target were | fired | Ted Harrell was a close second. He was tied with Arnold at the cighteenth | shot, but Harrell dropped his nineteenth in the eight ring. Iovino was third. | Ringler and Lindsay tied for fourth, | with the former winning. Members of the club plan to compete |in the Eastern small-bore tourney at | Sea Girt, which opens Saturday to con- tinue through July 4. No more matches minds, whether to come to Washington for the amateur championship sectional rounds or play in the Boston district. | Dick is to spend the Summer in Maine | and will be close to Boston, but he be- | lieves qualification will be easier in Washington. Wherever the big Chevy Chase lad decides to try, he should qualify. He will be fired here until August 20, when the Army qualification course test is listed. Scores: Arnold, 194; Harrell, 192; Iovino, 191; Ringler, 186; Lindsay, 186; Van Wagner, | 184; Ninas, 181; Behrens, 180; Smith, s good enough to go far. | 180, and Davis, 180. Future Brighten s for G(;(lwin * With Quick Knockout of Horn HE world was a little brighter to- day for Bob Godwin of Georgia, former light - heavyweight champ, as he contemplated an easy victory over Charles “Trader” Horn, a much-touted youngster, scored Jast night in the opening show of the Bum: season at Twin-City. odwin, “washed up,” knocked out Horn in the second round with a flurry of blows to the head and middle. It was so easy the 1,000-odd specta‘ors sus- e Trader of a lack of sincerity, 1spection of him later revealed the New Jersey lad had been severely pun- ished. The brief battle left him with a bruised and cut physiogromy and an outraged pride. He was boastful before the bout. ODWIN this morning hied himself G back to Herald Harbor for more of the salty Severn breczes and the swimming that have done much to add strength and toughness to his 168- | pound frame. The Geor , 22 years old, has received an offer of $25,000 to join up with “Pa” Stribling, daddy of 1l Stribling, the fighter, who is God- win's cousin. At present Robert is man- sged by his own father, Arthur Godwin. Bob's career for the last six or eight months has had as many downs as ups, but he believes the victory over Horn marks a turning point into a long path of success. 1In the semi-feature at Twin-City, Ray Bowen decisively outpointed George ‘Harmon in six rounds—in fact, almost lnock“«: him out. z R Maxie Koshover, in outpoin ‘Bobby another booking Doug Swetnam over Sammy Lucas. The four-round opener was a slugging affair in which Billy Bullock got the nod over Tad Lew! vho took an eight count in the fourtl D. C. BOY TIGER MANAGER Larsen Named Captain. PRINCETON, N. J, June 27 (P — Karl H. (Larry) Larsen of Columbus, Ohio, has been elected captain of the 1934 Princcton base ball team. He also is a letter man in basket ball and foot | ball | Gordon E. Brown, jr., of Washington, !'D. C, was named varsity base ball | manager. CHAPLIN HOT ON HILL Nashville Flinger Wins 13 of 15 i Games—Big Time Prospect. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (#).—Nashville |fans already are predicting that the ivory hunters will be giving the Nash- ville pitcher, “Tiny” James Chaplin, more than a cursory once over. In, fifteen starts he had won 13 games this | season—more than he won all year in| 1932 at Baltimore, Jersey City lndl | Nashville. | HIGH DIVERS AT ATRPORT. | Elmer and Ermest Kern, high diver: and comedians, will perform at the Air- | port pool at the south end of Highway | Bridge each Wednesday night at §| o'clock, starting tomorrow, until further notice. Among the advertised stunts of the divers, who are twins, is leaping from a 75-foot tower, MAY TAKE BOXERS ABROADE | Erwin Plans London Battles fo!‘ Sarron, Kennedy and Jones. Jimmy Erwin may take three of his | boxers, Petey Sarron, Les Kennedy and; Billy Jones, the last named a colored | battler, to London for engagements the latter part of next month. Negotiations | now are on for scraps that might find Sarron meeting Seaman Watson, Eng- lish featherweight champion; Kennedy engaging Ed Peterson, English heavy- weight title holder, and Jones any of several battles. | Jones is rated by Erwin as the best | colored boxer in America. He has| twice beaten Maxie Rosenbloom, the | champ, in non-title fights, and holds | victories over a flock of other highly | capable scrappers. He is a Washing- | tonian, but has never appeared in the ring hereabout. COMFORT 'IN FISHING Anglers Laugh at Rain and Catch| ’Em Through Auto Windows. ABERDEEN, Wash. (#)—No more hipboots, rain slickers and heavy un- derwear for Chester Young and Oscar | Smith of Aberdeen when they go fish- | ing They recently demonstrated a dressy, de luxe method on the Quinault River near here with success. | They parked their car on a highway bridge, rolled down the windows, poked out poles, and while rain beat a tattoo | on the roof of the sedan proceeded to | land 11 fish, one of them a 24-inch | Dolly Varden | | | CUNNINGHAM VERSATILE | fighting to prove he wasn't Brown Chosen by Base Ball Team. G,o,¢ Miler Comes Within 1.2 of | World 800-Meter Mark. KANSAS CITY (#).—Although he es- sentially is a miler, one of the best in the world, Glenn Cunningham of Uni- versity of Kanses came within 1.2 sec- | onds of the world’s record for 800 meters in the Missouri Valley A. A. U. track meet. With the mercury close to 100 de- gres Cunningham won the event in 1| minute, 51 seconds. 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