Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-08
The Scandal of Boxing
GAN RID DEN RA CK1
BY MILTON MACKAYE

was paid $3,439, and hurried on TO
Oklahoma City, where he beat down
John o. Erickson, another mystery
man." for $2,915.
The Camera caravan must have been
put to great expense by the excavation
work which disentombed the seventh
opponent. He was none other than
Farmer Lodge, who was old before the
war, and was last heard from when he
made himself milestone in the build
up" of Luis Firpo. Lodge was arranged
properly on the canvas in New Orleans
just after the start of the second round.
The Camera take" for the tableau was
| SO, 1894. J
Primo Is Surprised.
a RATHER surprising interlude fol-
"A lowed. Ace Clark, giant Philadel-
phia Negro, showed bad spirit in a
scrap which earned Camera $4,000.
He insisted on going six rounds before
taking a dive. I quote the comment Of
sports writer on this encounter:
"It comes to me that Ace Clark be-
longs to Mr.. Max (Boo BOOB Hoff, the
celebrated sinister character, and that
Primo'S party took the ring expecting
to be detained not more than two
rounds. But I am further told that
the referee suspected some sordidness
and warned Ace Clark that he must
come up for round three or stand sus-
pected Of acquiescence.
Consequently Mr.. Hoff's tearing tiger
was forced to intrude upon Primo's
time beyond the customary limit, and
in round five had the very bad taste to
fetch the visiting athlete a hearty swat
on his left eye. Some persons excused
this tactless pass on the ground that
Ace was merely swinging his arms to
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have remembered to duck. From others
have heard that swing described. as a
treacherous and deliberately unfriendly
act.
"At any rate Primo puffs easily and
by the time the round ended his face
had taken on the blue iridescence Of q
dollhouse grape and the eye bulged out
like base ball in a mans vest pocket.
The referee, a sensitive man, then
wished to stop the contest to save
Primo, and great was the excitement
in both corners of the ring as Cameras
sportsmen pleaded for one more round.
This being granted the Ace made q
graceful amend for his rudeness, going
quietly and resolutely to the canvas
and Primo Camera had knocked out
another"
That Mustn't Happen Again.
PRECAUTIONS were taken after this
L that there should be no repetition
Of the Ace Clark unpleasantness.
It is perhaps futile to record the
funny matches with Frank Zavita,
Rearcat Wright, Chuck Virgins, Sam
Baker, Neil Clisby, K. o. Christner and
the rest, One of them-the George
Trafton bout-resulted in an investiga-
ton by the Missouri Boxing Commits
sion. but Camera and his guardians
kept their cash.
Along in March, however, came the
Chevalier affair, one of the sourest in
recent years. Chevalier, Negro ham
and beaner, fought Camera evenly in
Oakland until the sixth round. He was
knocked down. then for count Of eight,
when. to the. surprise Of the Camera
forces, he got up and fought back
viciously. A towel tossed in the ring by
Chevalers. pYp second won the match
for Camera.
The second was Bob Perry who, oddly
enough, had gone to Oakland from Hol-
lyvood with the Camera forces. A
boxing expert who witnessed the match
described Perry as the "crudest work.