Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-04
IS USING
| CUBAN AS TRYOUT
Would Prove He Can Make
Weight to Meet Singer
Without Weakening.

NEW YORK, August decided
contrasts in boxing types win be pre-
Sented at the Polo Grounds Thursday
when the greatest defensive boxer IN
the game, Kid Chocolate, pits his skill
against the whirling fists Of the rings
most tireless mauler, Jack Kid Berg,
over the 10-round route.
Berg is a world champion in his own
right, having won the synthetic junior
welterweight crown from Mushy Gala
han. Apparently this does not mean
who is angling for q crack at Al
Singers lightweight crown. The Brit
isher is using the Chocolate match to
prove that he can make the class weight
without weakening himself unduly. He
has agreed to make 1341a pounds for
the Cuban flash.
Is Best Featherweight.
Chocolate is also champion. Hav-
ing grown into a legitimate feather
weight since his arrival in this country
two years ago the Kid was accorded
the honorary title of his own country.
No one in Cuba within 10 pounds of
his weight could lay a glove on him.
| Any one who has seen the Cuban Al
action will testify that he is far and
away the best featherweight in the
| needs but point to the 12-round de-
cision Chocolate scored over AL Singer
last Summer.
Chocolate has had 81 fights since
he made his debut as $35 fighter in
this country. His winnings have grown
! into thousands because of the splendid
record he has compiled. Forty-four
bouts ended via the knockout route and
only seven boys were able to 60 the dis
lance without making a hurried trip
to the canvas. An unblemiShed record
stands out as high mark in fistic cir
cles. Is it any wonder that Chocolate
is conceded as good as an even chance
! against his heavier opponent?
Two years ago Berg was all the rage
in Chicago. Successive K. o. victories
earned him q fight with Billy Petrolle,
who was going great guns at the time.
| This was disastrous for the English
entry for lightweight honors, as he
was knocked out in the fifth round.
fighting methods, Berg returned home
and became sensation. His rapid
| fire attack and ceaSelesS agressiveness
were polished up, so that when he re-
turned to this country and outfought
Bruce Flowers and Tony Canzoneri, he
was selected as one of the outstanding
contenders for honors in his class.
willing to Meet Singer.
That Berg does not think much of
his junior lightweight title Is evidenced
by the fact that he is willing to fight
his bosom pal, AL Singer, for the light
weight crown. The fact that Choco-
late outScored Singer makes him de-
termined to beat the colored lad first.
| A victory over Chocolate for Berg
means more than the average fan
realizes. After the pitifu showing
Phil Scott made against young Strib-
| ling, boxing Is in the doldrums in
Britain. Berg Is the English entry to
restore boxing on high plane in the
cradle of the game British supremacy
| in the ring, no matter what class,
would be a boon to the sport in Europe.
| Cuba, and Havana in particular,
eagerly awaits the result of this boxing
classic. Chocolates name is on the
tongue of every Cuban and the night
| of the contest will find the streets
damned with fans listening to the
broadcast description of the battle.
Cubans take the boxing game seriously,
especially when Kid Chocolate is one
of the principals.
If the Cuban lad is able to outlook
Berg In the early rounds and nullify
the Britisher's daring attack, 1t Is not
at all unlikely that Chocolates superior
speed and skill in countering will bring
him home the victor. Few, If any,
boxers have appeared in this country
with the all-round ability of the Cuban
and if Jack Kid Berg Is able to beat
him, All Singer had better look to his
newly won laurels.