New Britain herald., 1929-02-25

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 Wednesday night at Flamingo Park. The essentials now are that Strib-
 ling. In spite of several days of acute
 pain from the rib injury. ia pro-
 nounced by physicians as fully fit to
 fight: that there will be no necessity
 to try to substitute Pauline uscudun
 or any one else for the southerner:
 or face . possible postponement. But
 there have been g flock of anxious
 moments for the principals as we'll
 as Promoter Jack Dempsey.
 Tt all happened during q brisk workout last Wednesday" said "Pa"
 Stribling, w. L. let loose a terrific
 right. He felt some twinges at the
 time, think. but continued. and we
 did not discover until an examina-
 ton atterward that he had displaced an upper rib-only about an eighth
 of an inch-but enough to be ex- tremely painful and dangerous.
 Tt naturally affected w. LIS
 nerves and to mako matters worso hs also developed slight attack of nsuritis in his right arm. We worked on him with massages. It. was very painful and I don't mind admitting now we were mighty worried. But he has come around fine. think his workout yesterday demonstrated that there is absolutely nothing to worry about. It was the most satis- factory he had. Also, he has re- gained the slight amount of weight he lost as result of the accident.
 There's nothing the matter with W. L.'s right hand. You saw him hit and hit plenty with 1t yesterday. He is ready to go now. He will fight and he will win"
 So seriously did those backing the battle regard stribling's injury that actual overtures were made to John- ny Buckley. sharkey's manager, looking toward tho substitution of Pauline. Buckley. however. flatiy re- jected the idea. holding that his man had trained especially to meet a boxer Of stribling's type. sharkey, according to his manager. is willing to fight Pauline or any other out standing contender. providing he beats the southerner. Pauline will be here today. anyway. He was named by Tex Rickard as alternate.
 Tho absorbing angle to the Strib- ling rib story is what effect it will have on the southern idols chances Tho erstwhile Georgia school boys following through Florida. his home state and Dixie as a whole has been strong in spite of the somewhat gem eral belief among the assembled crit ics that sharkey has the better chance to win. The prospects now point to . slight lengthening of odds in sharkey's favor.
 Both fighters were as impressive in their last strenuous drills yester- day as they have been at any time. but there was no mistaking the ad- vantage to which Sharkey showed. The Boston sailor works and punches with utmost confidence. He has weight and greater experience in faster company in his favor. There seems nothing lacking in his physi- cal equipment or mental attitude. more nervous and more in- c1ined to do the unexpected. appears strong. even though a bit drawn and hollow checked. There is no mistake ing the danger in his right hand.
 There is refreshing lack of mys- tery % far as the box office is con- cerned. No matter what the artistic result may be, it h a financial suc- cess now and promoters don't care who knows 1t. The actual cash fin the l bank was nearly t3o0.0oo before the start of business today, S40.000 more than is needed to cover the maxi mum expense of promotion.
 As . result and contrary 10 previ- ous announcements, the fight pro. gram will be broadcast over net work of stations by the National company. Graham McNamee and Bill Munday. the lat ,er . sports writer on the staff of he Atlanta Journal. will be at tho So far, according to the .company's announce. nent. the following stations are par WIZ. New York: WBZ. Springfield. Mass: WBzA. Boston,