New Britain herald., 1929-12-14
CAMPOLO
BY WERNER L.AlFi1H
NEA Service Sports Writer

N9 SOOH as all lllc nOludN unset has been packed away in the attic for another year and the pine needles have been swept off the living room carpet. you are going to hear lot of boisterous ballyhoo of a heavyv eight boxing contest to be held in Miami. Fla, early in the new year. This boxing contest, so you will be told, will determine the un- disputed heavyweight champion of the world
 With Jack Sharkey, tho Great Gabbo of Boston, already assured one corner of the ring, the 3pccula- ton as to who will sit in the oppo- site corner is mounting during these days Of frenzied package wrapping.
 All summer and fall promoters and matchmakcrs throughout the land have been putting on unofficial elimination bouts, with the hope of pointing someone into that spot un- der the tropical sun.
 At present the situation Is as iumbled as ever. Fighters earlier eliminated are staging comebacks that Clamor for recognition. Several new foreign menaccs have injected their large and uncouth forms into | the picture. Everyone who has eyer made a pretense of being a heavy l weight boxer and his manager are sure they are the logical opponent. Tuffy GriGiths. Johnny I2isko. Otto Von Porat, Phil Scott, Victoria Campolo, Primo Carnera-these arc just the fremost monickcrs in the churning cauldron. Besides, there are numerous lesser lights and boy wonders" who are already mailing their sealed bids.
 They Lose-But Still They Clamor | The recent New York Christmas | fund bout between Won Porat and | Scott that ended in the second round when Phalling Phil went to the can vas claiming his usual foul. should have definitely put these two out of | the running.
 But you don't know these boys and their managers. No sooner are | they out of the shower room after such a comical performance than l their clamor for the right to take | the moth balls out of Tunney's championship robes is louder than 1 ever.
 On December 27, Tuffy Griffiths, l the young sharpshootcr of Sioux l City, and Johnny Risko. Cleveland s ! will in Madison | Garden for what their packers say is | the final step to the title shot in l Miami. And from recent perform ances, their claims have more justi- 1 fication than any of the other yelpers. If either should score a de- cisive knockout, they should be right in that Miami ring.
 But should be" doesn't necessari- l ly mean twill be-" as you well know l from past obseryanCes of how the Madison SSquare Garden Corporation does business.
 Griffiths has been coming along at q great pace ever since he suffered his first knockout by Jimmy Brad dock in his New York premiere. He has won every one of his fights since then, although he has given careful attention not to run into any bad matches He won from Risko on a foul in their first meeting at De- troit some time ago.
 But Johnny has a habit of rcyers- ing earlier adverse decisions and promises to do it in this instance. Furthermore. Griffiths is said by some experts to be shy of the experi- ence needed to mix with q man of Sharkey's calibre.
 Risko, than whom there is no more formidable heavyweight when he has q mind to be, is in the midst of ono of the greatest winning streaks of his career.
 After a period of fistic lethargy caused by lovesickncss, according to his manager, Danny Dunn, Johnny has been mopping up his op- ponents. He evcned his score with Jimmy Maloney who had previously beaten him in Boston, He knocked the former fish mongcr flat in two heats. He followed this by getting re- rcnge on Ernie SChaaf. who had also beaten him in the same town. Risllo gave SChaaf a good slathering, although Ernie put up gallant fight. In addition, Risko won each of ten rounds in his fight with Non Porat, which gives you a good idea how hard it is to keep anybody definitely cleminatcd in the heavy weight circles.
 RiskO Has Win over Sharkcy
 It isn't more than two years ago that Johnny gave Jack Sharkcy T 1 whipping in the elimination to find a suitable opponent for Champion Gene Tunney's farewell appearance.