Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-25
RIB INJURY HEALED,
GEORGIAN IS READY
Sunday Workout Impressive
as Sharkey's-PIans for
Radio Completed.
BY ALAN J. GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

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| N fantastic touch to this strang-
Y est of fistic affairs. it may be
told in detail today how dis
placed rib came close to dislocating
| the Stribling -Sharkey heavyweight bout
from It's expensive moorings.
wv. L. will be in there to fight
Sharkey if we have to take him up
the aisle in wheel chair. but we won't
need to, and w. L. will be in shape to
give Sharkey the fight of his life
Thus did PA" StriblingA looking
proudly at his TALL black-haired son,
conclude his description to the As
sociated Press today Of an injury that
wv. L." met In training four days ago
and which came close to upsetting COM
pletely the carefully laid plans for the
! 10-round match to referees decision,
scheduled this Wednesday night at
Flamingo Park.
The essentials now are that Stribling,
in spite of several days OF acute pain
from the rib injury, Is pronounced by
physicians as fully fit to fight; that
there will be no necessity to try to SUBJ
stitute Pauline UZcudun or any one else
for the Southerner, or face a possible
postponement. But there have been
flock of anxious moments for the prln-
cipalS as well as promoter JACK Demp-
sey.
1T all happened during brisk work.
out last Wednesday," said Pa Strib-
ling. wv L. let loose terrific right.
He felt some twinges at the time, I
think. but continued and We did not
discover until an examination after
ward that he had displaced an upper
rib-only about an eighth Of an inch
but enough to be extremely painful
and dangerous.
Hurt Stribling's Nerves.
ut naturally affected w. LIS nerves
and he also developed 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 his workout yes
terday demonstrated that there is alb
solutely nothing to worry about II
was the most satisfactory he had. Also,
| he has .regained the slight amount OF
weight he lost as result OF the
accident.
There's nothing the matter with
w. LIS 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 Johnny
Buckley, Sharkey's manager, looking
toward the substitution of Pauline.
Buckley, however, fatty rejected the
| idea, holding that his man had trained
especially to meet boxer Of Stribling's
| type. Sharkey, according to his man.
ager, Is willing to fight Pauline or any
other outstanding contender, providing
be here today, anyway. He was named
by Tex Richard as alternate.
The absorbing angle to the Stribling
rib story is what effect it will have on
the Southern IDOLS chances. The erst-
while Georgia schoolboy's following
| through Florida, his home State, and
Dixie as a whole, has been strong in
spite of the somewhat general belief
among the assembled critics that
Sharkey has the best chance to win.
The prospects now point to a slight
frightening Of odds in Sharkey's favor.
Both Good in Drills.
Both fighters were as impressive in
their last strenuous drills yesterday as
they have been at any time, but their
| which Sharkey showed. The Boston
sailor works and punches with utmost
confidence. He has weight and greater
experience in faster company in his ia
vor. There seems nothing lacking in his
| physical equipment or mental attitude.
| Stribling, more nervous and more in
clined to do the unexpected, appears
strong, even though bit drawn and
hollow checked. There is no mistaking
the danger in his right hand.
| There is refreshing lack of mys-
| terry so far as the box office is con-
cerned. No matter what the artistic
result may be, it is a financial success
now and the promoters don't care who
knows 1t. The actual cash in the bank
was nearly 100000 before the start of
business today. $4,000 more than is
needed to cover the maximum expense
of promotion.
AS a result and contrary to previous
announcements, the fight program will
be broadcast over network of stations
by the National Broadcasting Co. Ora.
ham McNamee and Bill Munday, the
latter sports writer on the staff of
the Atlanta Journal, will be at the mi.
crophone.
So far, according to the broadcasting
company's announcement, the follow
ing stations are participating: WIZ,
New York; WBZ, Springfield, Mass
WBzA, Boston; WHAM Rochester, N.
Y; VIDAL, Baltimore; WLW, Cincin-
natl; KDKA, Pittsburgh; WJR, Detroit;
kYW, Chicago, and WREN, Lawrence,
Kans. The broadcast will start at $50
pm. Eastern standard time. The main
bout is scheduled for 10 o'clock.