The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-26

Paolino's ring history. to date in
cludes eight fights. He won seven
Of them by knockouts. all in q few
rounds.
The newest potential contender
for the crown worn by MankilIer
Jack Dempsey began his 30 far.
glorious career by winning Il de.
cision fight over the French heavy.
weight Journee. Later Paolinoi
avenged that slight on his hitting
prowess by sending Journee kick.
ing for the full count In. short order.
Paolino's other victims were
Mahieu, Tournoff. SLOVENIAN, Mar
eel Miles, Arthur TownIey and
Texidor. Victories over the first
three naturally didn't raise Pao.
limos stock very high. Like Pao
limo, at that time, no one had ever
heard Of them. 3.
When Miles came along and
felt PaOlinO's leep-prOducing blow
I'm the fifth rOuOnd PaOIinass star
was In the asCendancy. Miles,
be It said, only last Fall had
lasted eight rounds with Carpen-
tier before Georges was able to
knock him out.
TownIey was next in order. Ger.
tainIy no one ever called British
Arthur anything but setup, but
hadn't he stood on his feet almost
two full rounds against the same
dapper Georges In a recent fight
in Vienna2
BY official count, ToWnley went
out and far away after one minute
and fifteen seconds OF severe pun.
ishment. UnofficiaIly, Townley was
out long before that, unconscious
on his feet, propped against the
ropes in a corner Of the ring. The
referee couldn't start to count until
Paolino stepped back and allowed
the Englishman to fall.
Texidor, said to have been an
ex-bull fighter, was champion box.
er of Spain, all categories, before
he met Paolino. One stiff Jolt on
the chin from Paoiino's right in
the third round sent Texidor to
dreamland. bringing Paolini his
first boxing title.
Paolino Ii still far from able tc
hold his own against a good scien.
tiftc heavyweight. His manager
ID. Anastasit, explains that PaoIino
can't learn ring science in six
months. But he has the love Of
battle in his blood, goes after his
man with both hands from the first
second of the first round. q Ia
F1rpo, and doesn't stop for anything,
Woodworking has made PaO.
ines muscles like iron. Playing
his native game OF .sPeiOte
Basque, 3 form Of l1andbaII, has
laugh him that his left hand Is
Just as useful as his right. A
lie Of abstentiOn-fOr PaOIinO
neither smokes nor drinks-has
made Of him q perfect physical
specimen.
Paolino performs queer antics in
training. One of his feats, which
ne performs regularly, Is to jump
from the floor to the surface Of :
table OF regulation height, with a
150-pound man in his shoulders.
He Is still in trim for fancy wood.
Ichopping. In a recent exhibition
he chopped through a log four feet
in circumference in one minute and
twenty-six seconds. The worlds
woodchopping record for q log fi..e
feet in circumference is four min
uteS thirty-eigkt seconds, says a
fan with a head for statistics. The
only reason Pailino didn't tackle q
log of that size was that his train
ers weren't able to find one in
congested Paris.
Paolino likes his new profession,
he says.
ANY dumbbell can earn a living
chopping wood Tor something to
that effect. he explains in his pc.
culiar Basque dialect. From now
on boxing is my game"