The Bismarck tribune., 1929-02-25
Injury to Rib Fails
To Effect Changes
OfHeavyweightGo
Striblin9's Rib, Hurt Lat: Wed.
nesday, Has Responded
to Treatment

MIAMI 6e0CQ, EI6., COO. Io.-tA'J-
BY way Of adding another fantastic
touch to this strangest Of fistic
affairs, may be told in detail today
how q displaced rib came close to dis
locating the strib)ing -Sharkey heavy
weight bout from its expensive moor
ings.
wv. L. will be in there to fight
sharkey II We have to take him up
the aisle In q wheel chair, but We
don't need to. and w. L. will be in
shape to give sharkey the fight Of
his life"
Thus did PA" Stribling. looking
proudly at his tall, blackhaired son,
conclude his description to the As
sociatcd Press today Of an injury that
wv. L." met in training four days ago
and which came close to upsetting
completely the carefully laid plans
for the l0-round match to q referees
decision, scheduled this Wednesday
at Flamingo Park.
Had Rib Injured
The essentials now are that Strib-
ling. in spite OF several days Of acute
pain from the rib injury. Is pro-
nounced by physicians fully fit to
fight: that there will be no necessity
to try to substitute Pauline Uzcudun
or any one else for the southerner:
or face possible postponement. But
there have been . flock Of anxious
moments for the principals as well
aS promoter Jack Dempsey.
AZ HamS@vaAaAA AssNls~op t%rfak
workout last Wednesday" said Pa"
Stribling. w. L. let loose terrific
right. He felt some twinges 1t the
time. think, but continued and We
did not discover until an examination
afterward that he had displaced an
upper rib-only about an eighth Of an
inch-but enough to be extremely
painful and dangerous.
1T naturally affected w. LIS
nerves and he also developed q slight
attack Of neuritis in his right arm,
to make matters worse. We worked
on him with messages. It was very
painful and don't mind admitting
now we were mighty worried. But he
has come around fine. I think hts
workout yesterday demonstrated that
there Is absolutely nothing to worry
about. It was the most satisfactory
workout he has had. Also. he has
regained the slight amount Of weight
he lost as 4 result Of the accident.
There's nothing the matter with
w. LIS right hand. You saw him hit
and hit plenty with it yesterday. He
Is ready to 60 now. He will fight
and he win win"
The absorbing angle to the strib-
ling rib story Is what effect 1t viii
have on the southern idols chances.
The prospects now point to slight
Of odds in Sharkey's
favor.
Both Impressive in Drills
Both fighters were as impressive In
their last strenuous drills yesterday
as they have been at any time but
there was no rnistaking the advan-
tage to which Sharkey showed. The
Boston sailor works and punches
with utmost confidence. Stribling,
more nervous and more inclined to
do the unexpected, appears strong.
CtSA1 tAAO0&A q OAv w 0W4A oAA0 A1OASVW
checked. There is no mistaking the
danger in his right hand.
As o result and contrary to previ.
Gus announcements, the fight pro-
gram will be broadcast over q net
work Of stations by the National
company. Graham
McNamee and Bill Munday. the latter
q sports writer on the staff Of the
Atlanta Journal. win be at the micro
phone. SO far. according to the
broadcasting company's announce
ment, the following stations are par
WIZ, New York; WBZ.
Springfield. Mass: WBZA, Boston;
Rochester, N. Y; WBAL.
Baltimore: WLW, Cincinnati: KDKA.
Pittsburgh: WJR. Detroit; KYW.
Chicago. and WREN, Lawrence. Kan.
The broadcast viii start at o:30 p. m,
eastern standard time. The main
bout Is scheduled for 10. o'clock.