Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-05

AS for the Sharkey-Scott thing that
Is the tip-of as to the terrible state OF
the heavyweight division.
I read somewhere that Mr.. Jack
Dempsey. when calling on the boys at
the Atlanta Penitentiary, declared that
the present crop of heavyweights was
composed of lot of mugs and that he
might be tempted to take q crack at
one or two of them. This might be
Mr.. Dempsey, who still Is connected
with the caulifiower culture as a pro-
moter, but it is the truth.
1 read somewhere else that Mr..
Gene Tunney has said that II the
title should 20 TO some foreigner he
might return to the ring In order to
bring IL back to America. MIR. Tun-
ney Is reasonably patriotic, IS he
showed by voluntary service In the
World War, but do not think he is
quite that patriotic. Mr.. Tunney
probably was spoofing a few Of the
boys. as has been his wont.
It strikes me more and more forctbly
that my idea of a moratorium for the
caulihower industry still is entirely rea-
sonable. They might bring up the no
ton at the Naval Conference. Let each
of the caulihower producing countries
agree to cut down their caulihower
armament to an absolute minimum.
Let the United States and England
reduce their prizefighters to one heavy
weight, the United States to retain
Sharkey, England to retain Phil Scott
in lieu Of anything that can stand YER
teal, Spain to reduce to Pauline
Uzcudun and Germany to keep Max
Schmeling. But perhaps this idea IS
not so good. It would give Germany
the caulifiower supremacy Of the world,
for it is my notion that Schmeling could
sink the others In group or one by
one. But, then, what Of 1t? 1t looks
like time for general scrapping of the
cauliaowers when the customers walk
out on the shows.
Cutting the GorgonzoIa.
NNE wonders here just how Primo
~ Camera, the Tall Tower Of Cor
gonzola, was subdivided when he first
hit New York. Mr. Sparrow Robert
son. who is deep student of European
caulihower finance, informed me that
so per cent Of him on this side is own
ed by M. Marcel Niles. who was heavy
weight champion of France for a few
moments until Gypsy Daniels spread
him over the mat at the Sale Wagram
IN Paris some few years ago.
That would leave only so per cent
Of Camera TO be cut up by the boys
in Flats Unis d'Amerique. However,
as Camera weighs 270 pounds with
out his socks, which must weigh "a
pounds more IL they are made out
Of pure wool and several yards wide
TO give room for his dogs, that left
a lot Of him TO be cut up. I hope
that the remainder was distributed
equitably among the boys.
I do not know whether or not Mr..
James J. Johnston was cut in. should
gather that he was not, as Mr.. john
ston now has a large percentage of
Phil Scott (the Leaning Tower Of
London).
The Decline and Fall.
LAR be 1t from me to trace the de-
i cline and fall of the great Amer
lean caulifiower. can only point to
the fact that the decline has come
OF course. the general theory is that
the big purses and the long lay-offs
| soften the boys up. Perhaps this is
true. At any rate. the boys certainly
have softened up when only Josef Paul
Cukoschay (Sharkey) stands in the way
/ of the mantle of John L. Sullivan pass
| ing to the Cameras or others.
| It might be all for the best to rush
matters and have the thing over with
one way or another. But there is one
thing that stands in the way Of rushing
| things, and that Is the apathy Of the
customers, which has reached an alarm
ing state, II half of what hear from
| this far on Is true. and it seems alto
| gether reasonable that 1t Is true.
Then there really might be a
heavyweight developed in the Etats
Unis d'Amerique. At the current
/ writing there Is not one heavyweight
In the whole country from the pine
clad whatsis OF Maine 10 the sunny
whateyer-they-are Of California. s
Our own lads seem to have become
too proud TO fight for less than 3
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