Evening star., 1929-12-20
THEY CAN'T TRIFLE
WITH 284-POUNDER
Primo Needs Only Convincing
Victory or Two to Make
Him Big Attraction.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

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don. Now, while this partic-
llar accomplishment is not
neutrality-suspicious. has been stop-
ned before-the fact remains tnat
FRANZ always has been known as
tough fellow, which shows at least that
Primo is wearing on an opponent.
They say that Carnera Is no terrlnc
hitter, but few would care to nave
284-pounder, who STANDS 1eeI =
inches. even slap them with malicious
intent. Camera has gone IN the ring
with tough fellows and with hard hit
tors. all of whom we're vastly more eX-
perienced than himself, and has come
out under his own power. His best
asset, at present appears to be ms
size; but that may be a real asset,
especially as his chin seems 10 De
fairly solid.
Willard looked so big at Toledo"
DEMPSEY once said to me, that
wondered whether I could hurt him"
willard Was Small"
But Willard, as compared to Camera
was a flagpole compared to the WaSn-
ineton Monument It takes lot OF
effort to bring one OF those giants
down II this Carnera can fight at all,
and If he is properly handled, he may
vet make a fortune out Of the ring.
Which is the aim of all pugilistS, small
or large.
The great Shires only gave away some
40 pounds to Trafton. Having failed IN
that effort, it is unlikely that he would
accept a match with Camera, where
he would have to donate some llO
pounds. They do say that the great
Shires is now receiving tons of mail,
and that it all consists of challenges.
Here would have been a great idea
for Tex Rickard. BY now Tex would
have had the base ball leagues, the
foot ball leagues, the brakemen's
leagues, the truck drivers leagues, the
drum beaterS' leagues, and all the other
leagues holding elimination contests
And then he would have matched the
winners. But it is noticeable that all
the challengers seem to pick on Shires
Apparently very few have challenged
Trafton.
If Trafton only would stay in the
game and trim few more opponents,
he might be of real assistance to
Frank Bruen of Madison Square Gar
den. Mr.. Bruen is at the present
writing in somewhat of tough spot.
Scott a Liability.
He has an arena in Miami, and he
has Jack Sharkey signed, but it takes
two to make fight and any real op-
ponent for Sharkey Is as yet undiscov-
cred Phil Scott won on foul from
Won Porat but his showing in that brief
battle entities him to little, except the
world ce-making championship. AS
a drawing card he possibly would be
worth several complimentary tickets.
Madison Square Garden is, of course,
interested in the boxing game from
sporting angle, but it also takes some
slight interest in the gate receipts. This
latter angle would appear to make Mr..
Scott liability, rather than an asset.
Mr.. Bruen is looking for an asset.
So the news that Primo Carnera Is
on his way to this country may be Of
interest. Whether he will arrive as
passenger or be shipped as freight
makes little real difference. 1t Is TO be
hoped that he is good sailor, as tney
naturally will wish him to keep to the
middle of the ship and not to hang
over any rail, but these details prob
ably have been worked out.
The main thing IS that, after Carnera
has been unloaded, If he can tall on
a couple of heavyweights and keep them
down for 10 seconds, he may be gate
attraction. It is true that futher COM
plications might arise. II any pro-
n1oter showed Camera in an outside
ring, the fences would have to be built
UP. otherwise fans could gather on
the outside and see him for nothing.
Then there might be difficulty with
Sharkey. The Boston battler might
iustifiably claim that he had signed as
a boxer and not as an elephant hunter.
These are Just idle observations. 1t Is
not probable that Camera will be con-
sidered far enough advanced to appear
at Miami, where the engineers only nave
guaranteed the ring platform to stand
q certain strain.
So Mr.. Bruen will have to keep on
looking for a contender. He certainly
would be pleased If somebody gave him
a Dempsey or Tunney for Christmas.
(copyright, 1929, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance.)