Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-02
The Next Importation.


TOR no particular reason the Six
- Hundred MillinonaireS Of Madi-
son Square Garden are contem-
/ plating the importation of Primo
Camera, the leaning tower OF
Italy. The latest achievement of Car
nera was TO win on q foul from young
william Stribling, who, at the Battle
of Miami Beach last Winter. earned the
sobriquet Of the Daring Young Man
Stribling was born to the tanbark Of
acrobatic parents. He started as an
acrobat and in the bout with Jack
Sharkey (Cukoschay) he was RESPONSE
BILE for new sports axiom, "Once an
acrobat, always an acrobat" That par
ticular bout was perhaps the worst
heavyweight bout ever staged, with the
possible exception Of the Wills-Firpo
bout, which attained the record for
futility and lack Of interest at Boyle's
Thirty Acres.
The Sharkey-Stribling thing at Miami
Beach was so languid that it almost
discouraged the customers Of the manly
art of modified murder for all time. 1t
was supposed to be one Of those elm
nations. 1t was. Both Sharkey and
Stribling might very well consider them
selves eliminated after that one.
The meeting with Stribling should
Camera and his chances for the
heavyweight championship. During
the fight Stribling, the acrobat with
out punch, stretched the entire
area of Camera across the mat for
a count of 9 seconds. Having
watched Stribling perform on his
flying trapeze in many rings
throughout the country, would
say that this Is no indication that
Stribling has improved, but rather
an indication that Camera Is very
homogeneous, indeed.
Camera is bigger than willard, big:
ger than Campolo, the Tall Tower Of
the Argentine, for he has filled out. In
addition, he has larger feet than any
ether human being in the world. Un-
less he were inclined to 60 horizontal
1t does not seem possible that he could
be knocked of those feet. Most Of
his weight Is In those feet, and his
center Of gravity, consequently, Is 50
low that the feet would keep him ver-
teal as long as he was inclined that
way.
When Gene Tunney entered Paris
last year Signor Primo Camera was
one OF the reception committee. The
erect was as though Tunney were
standing under the Leaning Tower Of
Pisa, because Camera bulked so big
above him.
Tunney attempted to come close
to the. Leaning Tower to shake his
hand, but found himself Tended of
by Cameras feet. The Italian noted
the difficulty and indicated that 1t
would be all right for Tunney TO
stand on one of his feet so that he
might come within conversational
distance. So the retired heavyweight
champion mounted one Of the feet
as an orator would mount q rostrum,
and from that point of vantage Mr..
Tunney acknowledged the welcoming
speeches of the Parisians.
When the exchange of courtesies
was concluded they got step ladder
and Tunney descended carefully from
Cameras foot. After that the gen.
darmeS cleared the way and Cameras
feet Clattered out 70 the boulevards.
Camera wears an automobile horn
en- each shoe to warn the pedestrians
OF his coming. This was made neces-
sary by an accident q year or so ago.
The Leaning Tower of italy was walk
ing along in preoccupied state Of
mind and accidentally stepped on o
Citroen car. The car was utterly de-
molished. Fortunately, it was lying
beside the curb and there were no
passengers in 1t at the time. But
after that Camera was forced to take
the unusual precautions In regard to
his feet.