Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08

send quite a lot Of the talent into tailspin.
AS a boxer, however, he is just one more giraffe.
And while you are talking about giants the
huge bulk of Primo Camera obtrudes itself upon
the discussion. Here is an interesting study.
but you can discount Camera in any cham
pionship talk for some moons to come. The
official boxing police-meaning athletic COM
missions again-have- frowned reprovngly upon
the antics of the big plug from Italy, whose
merry junket from village to village has been
halted by suspension. Naively. here is how:
WHEN Camera came to this country, carry
ing unlimited museum possibilities for pub
lcity, of course the boxing commissions every
where held up their hands, opened mouths wide
and exclaimed
Here, indeed, is a fearful fellowI He win
wade across the land engaging in grueling bat
ties with the toughest talent that America can
provide. Probably he will battle Jack Dempsey
in his very first match. Then Tunney will rush
out of retirement and be crushed to earth bv
this flre-breathing behemoth! Oh, for PHYS
sake!"
Boxing commissions, you know, can always
be depended upon for the bizarre and the in
tereSting. Isn't the present world heavyweight
championship affair" the proof of the custard?
The boxing commission, having expressed its
apprehension over the destructive itinerary Of
the Italian hex, sat back complacently and
prepared to count the dead. Oh, positively!
From city to city went numbering the Colossus
OF the Canals. And each one of the men he
met inevitably reSorted to the same device
something crossed between a beautiful Jack.
knife dive and straightaway plunge.
TT was all very beautiful and awesome and
inspiring. Customers hocked to the gates
and battled to lay their nickels on the line
They were inspired by the hope of seeing q
SOnnthinO he CO
AT length, the boxing police began to won
der when these grueling fights were beginning
to come OF. Mostly they were one-round af-
fairs. in which there was all gentility ana
sweetness. Primo would nudge his determined
adversary, whereupon the deponent promptly
would emulate Annette Kellermann.
by George, we'll investigator" the brave
commissions shouted to the querulous custom
ers. This Is too much!"
Then came the denouement. The fire breath
ing behemoth ran into a most impolite cns-
toner on the Pacific Coast in the person Of
Leon Bombo" CheValier (probably Al folsom.
Leon walked calmly out of his corner I'M
round one, wound up haymaker and deposited
1t flush on the great jowls of the Jabberwocky.
Down he went
There was pulling and hauling for five rounds
and in the sixth the Primo gently showed Leon
to the canvas. Leon was on one knee blow
ing his nose, when a towel came fluttering into
the ring and the referee fastened to call q
knockout.
The boxing commission of California sprang
then into ferce and grandiose action. What
devils heresy was this! A phony fight. Oh
dear, oh dearl
So Primo has been banned and it is all very
funny. After fight upon fight, with the strang-
est enemies that could be brought against him,
to be ruled out for connivance with only the
reason of an unauthorized towel. isn't it just
too bad?