Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-19
BIG FELLOW HAY
ON FIGHTING GAME
Heeney Battle Shows Him He
Might Be Easy Picking for
Smart Boxer.
BY SPARROW McGANN.

N YEW YORK, August 19.-Vittorio
N Campolo, the roaming gaucho
NJ OF the pampas whose exploits
4 had been sounded throughout
the length and breadth of the
Americas, proves to be nothing more
than fence rider whose sole claim
to a place on the pay roll is height,
weight and reach.
1t Vas a case of another exploded
phenom this week when the short
limbed and barreled-chest Tom
Heeney fought Campolo a potential
contender for the heavyweight title. If
Campolo is fighter of the first water
one might as well recall Monte Mum
from the legislative halls of the State
of Nebraska and petition him to re-
deem the prestige of North Americans.
AS bad as Mum was as fighter, Cam
polo is far worse. Remember, Monte
has a knockout over Campolo to his
credit and that just about sums up
Campolo's worth.
Puts Up Sorry Exhibition.
Campolo knocked out Heeney, but he
put up sorry exhibition in doing 1t.
Campolo h;E plenty of heart in his big
frame, cut he does not seem to know
what it is all about. It is quite OBJ
viouS from the manner in which he
conducts himself when hurt that he
likes the fighting game but he does
not know what to do with himself. His
sense of ring generalship is hazy. His
knees buckle when he is hit solidly on
the chin and the way he turns around
to spit out blood makes him mark
for smart boxers.
AS Campolo backed away to regain
his equilibrium after one of Heeneys
hooks had caught him on the Jaw more
than one fight fan around the ring
side last Thursday night wished that
K. O. Christner or Otto Won PoraI
was in the ring with the pugilist from
the Argentine.
1t was freely commented that either
the rubber puddler from Akron or the
Soulful-looking Norseman from the
Windy City could name the round ard
walk out of the ring with a clean
knockout over the latest importation
from the land which gave us Luis
Angel Firpo Campolo is far from being
Firpo.
A glance at the list of recent ar
rivals from overseas, such as Ted Sand
polo, will show that American has MOTH
ing to fear from the invaders with the
exception of Max Schmeling.
Sandwina Lost in Close.
Sandwina has learned the English
type OF milling. He VIII stand OH and
snap in as pretty a jab as one would
want to see. He can drop in a short
right handler to the jaw when he elects
to do so. At close quarters Ted is
lost. He takes too many punches
around the body before the referee
tears them apart. A clip on the chin
sets him to mixing it and unless one
of his blows is straight one, the trans
planted American is just wee bit be-
hind in his timing. Charley is being
groomed by the veteran Tom O'Rourke
and should bring him In some money,
but that is about all.
Smith will not cut many didoes when
faced with top-notch opposition. Ma
tive heavyweights have nothing to
worry about unless Max Schmeling
patches up his differences with the
New York Boxing Com sission and is
permitted to compete in local rings, or
unless Phil Scott, the elongated Eng
fish champion, turns a complete somer-
sault and shows more than he did on
his last trip to this country.