Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-24
GODFREY IS
VANQUISHED
Fans Storm and Rant AS
Cheesey Low Blow
Is Landed
By EDWARD ]. NEIL


Associated Press Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA, June 24@Pl-
Another foul caused a stir today
about heavyweight prize fighting.
This time IL was George Godfrey,
4e giant negro Of Lieperville, Pa,
10 committed the foul. This time
fallen gladiator, writing -
anguish on the floor Of the battle
pit, was Primo Camera. the italian
Colossus, and again the faithful,
come TO see a fight. booed and roar
ed, and shouted fake" - and went
home talking TO themselves.
The battle Of the Behemoths. the
two largest lien ever TO face each
other in a ring. missed duplication
Of the farcial ending Of Jack Shar-
keys duel with Max Schmellng for
the heavyweight crown BY less than
two minutes. Whereas Sharkey
fculed his man In the last few Sec
onds Of the fourth round Godfrey
struggled past the first minute Of
the fifth before he drove an appar-
emily incapacitating left hook into
Cameras groin.
Again and Again
From that second on, however.
the situation looked exactly like the
c,ibber-stamp ending that has been
rrastered on three out Of four OF
Ls last important heavyweight
ncluggles. Camera writhed and
Ioaned in the manner Of all fouled
Enters, finally was eaSed from his
agony by merciful Inconsistencies,
and was dragged out of there, win
ner on a foul.
In four of the most recent impor-
tant heavyweight jousts, Otto Won
Porat has fouled Phil Scott; Scott
has failed 70 have a claim Of foul
sustained against Jack Sharkey.
Sharkeylost on q foul 70 Schmel-
ing and Godfrey belted Camera low.
For this display OF submarine twill
ing and grimacing the fans have
paid an attendance bill Of approx
rnately 81. 100000.
Last night almost 4 ,000 customers
paid close 70 100000 for the bout
that was billed as the real test OF
Camera as a fighting man. His
Ellngo hitting against ninth and
tenth raters in a tour Throughout
the country was ended.
svindication'
yIne charges Of fake" IN his fight
With the negro Leon Chevalier IN
Oakland, Calf, were 20 be forgot
ten in the glory OF a huge but gen
nine fighting man overcoming MS
first real opposition. n.
But unfortunately for boxing II
failed to turn out that way. God
frey, contributing an ven 250pounds
10 the quarter OF a ton OF struggling
humanity in the park at the Ma
tional league ball park, helted the
vast Venitian dizzy IN the first
round. socked him solidly in the
went ahead again in the fourth.
second. eased UP in the third, and
Camera showed genuine ability TO
balance his 262 pounds on his amaZ-
ing feet despite the leather that
bounced freely off his chin and bur-
led deer in his body. He was fast
or his feet for such a tremendous
fellow. He was cool, but he damag-
ed the negro giant but little.
sake Booes Crowd
Godfrey was obviously firing bad
" when he let loose the low lett
hook after n minute, l3 seconds
OF the fifth
While the crowd booed and cries
of fake" rolled down the ringside,
critics I'D close were mixed In their
opinions. Several believed that the
match had been talked over before
N was put on Others could see
nothing wrong. Or. j. Webb Vaug-
han. Of the Pennsylvania state ath-
letic commission. said Camera had
been iouled and incapacitated. Rel
ereee Tommy Riley. who was the
third man IL the ring the night
Gene Tunney won the heavyweight
title from Jack Dempsey, called the
foul without hesitation Frank Wei
ner, chairman OF the athletic com
mission, said there would be an in
yestigation before the fighters were
paid. 1t was reported that Camera
was TO receive 90 per cent Of the gate
receipts, and Godfrey $4,000. Tat.
Although there seemed TO be some
} doubt as 10 who would pay the big