San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
Looks at Him in Private
and Public Hasn't Seen
Him Work Yet.
HAS EXPENSIVE IDEAS
Chilean and His Party
Spend Promoters
Money Freely.
BY SPARROW MGANN.


Copyright. 1874, by Consol. Press Assn
New York, April 12.-Romero-Ro.
jas, the Chilean heavyweight battler
looks like bust even before anybody
busts him.
Anybody who is feeling in ven
turesome mood and desires. above all
things, 10 take chance is recommend
ed to go to Tex Richard and tell him
he certainly drew an ace when he
brought this roaming Romeo. as the
denizens of the white light district
have already begun to speak of him.
to this country.
1t may not be such a big chance
with person who knows how to duck
a heavy fist or swift kick. Other.
wise, look out. For unless all signs
fail Romeo can't fight a lick against
anyone who amounts to anything.
When the big Chilean arrived. Rick
ard was out of town-but h was not
unprotected. Oh. no; he was ably
represented. And this representative
had the sense to let Romero show his
stuff strictly in private. From all
that can be learned it ought to have
been. 1t would have been too cruel
to inflict it upon the harmless per.
sons who gather daily in the Garden
gym to see the leather showers at
practice.
Don't Parade Him Bit.
As soon as Richard arrived in town
and took a slant at the South Ameri-
can. he seconded his representatives.
motion. Since then Romero might as
well have been convict champion in
a state prison for all the public had
had chance to see his stuff.
This week a few motions have been
taught him and it is now promised he
will do two exhibition rounds in the
Garden gym" next Tuesday. Prob
ably he will accidentally knock out
his opponent, whoever he may be.
This is only a guess, but it is based
upon the fact that the sooner Richard
begins to build up this bird for one
fight-one only will be about his limit
of value--the better chance he will
have to get some of the money back
that the Chilean has cost him.
As to that there is story. When
Richard returned to the city he found
that Romero, Vicentini, the light
weight. and their trainer, were com
fortably installed in a gilded metropol-
itan hotel. Not only that, they had
engaged private chef to cook for
them. They had extravagant ideas,
but then they could afford them
Richard was to foot the bills. At
least, that is the way the So4,h Amer
leans had doped out the arrangement.
Changed Them in Hurry.
When the promoter-who already
had betrayed all expenses for the trip
of the three men TO this country
heard of the $50 day living expenses
that the trio were running up he
moaned like an airplane motor. In
fact, he did more than merely moan.
He went into that hotel like Vol
stead raider and the first thing the
foreign fighters knew they were in
stalled in very quiet. respectable lit
tie place uptown on East SD street.
And that was that.
SO now Richard is wondering who
to put Romero up against. There is
talk Of Floyd johnson. Talk like that
is almost the funniest part of the
present situation. What johnson
would do to Romero could not be de-
scribed in a column devoted to the
clean and manly art of self defense.
Yet he has TO fight someone who
will draw crowd. To this end he
must be built up somehow. If possible.
Watch the process; it ought to be
amusing.
Vicentini Is Different.
As for Viccntini, Rick@d has In
this lightweight a real ace. He can
fight like the mischief and the only
chance Pal Moran will have against
him when the two meet will be in ex.
perience. This may pull Pal through !;
it has done as much for many a worse
fighter than Paolo. But, given a
thorough tryout against lot of the
leading lightweights, this Chilean lad
is very likely to qualify for Benny
Leonard's crown some day.
Getting back to Richard. they say
that, with Romero a frost, he is going
to be badly off for heavyweight attrac-
tons in the Open air season. Billy
Bibson has snagged the Tunney- Car
pentier affair and all talk that Billy
will turn it over to Tex to handle may
be laughed off. Gibson isn't going to
make much money out of Benny Leon
ard this summer and the promotion
angle looks too good to him to pass
up. With other managers in New
York swinging into the promotion end,
Tex will favor Jersey for his bouts
and in the end Jersey will be the
gamer.