Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
COLORED FIGHTER
: CAPABLE TO JOLT
What He May Accomplish on
Monday Depends Upon
Mood He Is In.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.
THE Primo Camera George
/ Godfrey bout in Philadel-

THE Primo Carnera-George
Godfrey bout in Philadel-
phia, on Monday night
promises to be a social, if
not an artistic, success. 1t may
be both.
James I. Bush of New York is
Nning up some of Madison Square
Gardens 900 millionaires and ex-
poets to take a carload of them on
the Philly pilgrimage. and natur-
ally the Quaker City's home smart
set will turn out. It looks as if
Primo and George might make a
big improvement on Ward Meal
listers 400. raising 1t to 10000.
Among the absent will be Frank
Bruen. Bruen wants to 60, but is forced
to send his regrets, because Campolo is
boxing on Monday evening at the Bos-
ton Garden. 1t may be said, without
contradiction. that to many persons
Campolo appears the most promising
fighter now in the glove business He
has q right hand which is a right hand,
and he is learning what to do with his
left. II Vittorio Campolo ever learns to
use q right uppercut in close. he is
going to hit somebody in the back row
with an opponents head.
Bout Excites Interest.
The Camera Godfrey match natur-
ally Is creating interest. All wish to
know whether the big and goodnatured
George will arrive at the ring In hand
cuffs Will Godfrey wrap the drapery
Of his bath towel about him and lie
down to pleasant dreams? Primo has
been treated roughly by at least two
colored men, who we're neither as large
nor as able as Godfrey. Has he i'm
proved so marvellously in the course Of
q few months? Perhaps he has.
It should be good bout. should
not be surprised to see some fast slug
eing. with several knockdowns, and
thrilling finish. ] cannot quite picture
Camera as defeated. A draw might be
an artistic thing, If the battle was furi-
Gus enough. But Camera has not yet
quite got into the big money, and this
Is the bout to get him there. Those be-
hind Primo would not wish anything
unpleasant to happen to him. And
among Cameras stockholders are some
very deep thinkers and fast movers.
It is told Of Rudyard Kipllng that
once. leaving for tour around the
world, he had so worked out his sched-
Ille that he said to the cabby who took
him from his home to the station:
ct want you to be here seven months
and four days from today. at 3:l5 pm,
TO drive me home"
The cabby was there and Mr.. Kipling
stepped OF the train at the appointed
moment.
that systematic.
George May Be Tough.
OF course, it may be that instead OF
meeting George, q nice old colored
gentleman, Primo may run into Godfrey,
a giant negro, with q left hook that
could shake the City Hall. In that case,
the French army is likely to get its
missing recruit, II it can catch him on
the ny.
The next evening boxing performance
at the Yankee Stadium, New York, will
be on July II, when Al Singer will try
to hook the lightweight crown from the
head Of Sammy Mandell.
Singer always Is a good drawing card,
but he Is taking on a big job. Mandell
may be growing older, but he is one OF
the fastest, smartest boxers in the ring.
The garden is trying hard to re-
match Schmeling and Sharkey for Sep
TENDER. II some arrangement can be
made with Bulow, whose Schmeling con-
tract runs until october, the match
should be made.
Sharkey would have to take the small
end Of the percentage, but Jack has
plenty Of money. What he wants Is the
championship and he should be willing
to agree to almost any terms to get
another chance at 1t.
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