The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-15
TALKING
1T OVER
BIZ JOE WILLIAMS

nTEw YORK. Nov. l5.-The trou-
= bic with me. of course, is that
/ don't even believe the things !
see. Now there wasn't anything
wrong with that fight at the Gar
den Friday night Tony Canzoneri
simply walked out and flicked Abra-
ham Singer on the whiskers and 1t
was all over.
In exactly one minute and six seconds Of
adding around you had new light
weight champion. a well set up. sBarthy
skinned. round faced italian with pleas
ant disposition who sits in the corner be-
tvesn rounds and beams out at friends In
the rlng-sde pews-
crowd that had paid oo0o 70 see
fffeen-round championship nRnt accepteq
the outcome with noisy enthusiast ii: H., I. l
Il Is oniv natural that I should have been
dissppointed You know it IS the pass
hounds that sauawk the louoest'
Personally. I thought Singer folded Up.
and when fighter folds up he either isn't
game or for some purpose or other he
doesn't care about hanging around in there
very long.
~ANzONERI has long been one
~ of my favorites as fighter,
but I had never listed him as a
knockerout. At any rate, had never
set him I'D as one Of those young
savages who are likely TO tear your
head off with a roaring punch. OF
course. Canzoneri is not that type OF
puncher at all, never has been and
never will be.
The punch he nailed Singer with was
short left. deftly snapped but carving no
great amount of murder. If any, back OF
IL. II hit Singer flush and undoubtedly
stunned him and hurt him little but
well, good fighter would have stood up
under IL or tried to anyway. ] suppose
that Singer Just isn't good fighter and
that when he is hit he doesn't try to stand
up any longer than he has to.
The FIRST minute of the round had pro,
6uced nothing more violent than the usual
nosturinR and dancing around. "a few
seconds later. over near IN. en l1d tsggae
me champion with the aforementioned
short left and before you could say Big Boy
Paterson or Primo Camera he was IN tne
resin wing on his tum tum and rubbing
the hscs Of his, noodle Win a lee, aeq Pt as
lowed FIST Il think the Young man mas
dandruf" commented sceptlcal rlng-
sider.
The gray clad referee began counting.
AT six Singer rolled over and began to
look around with an expression denoting
mixed emotions of surprise. schagrin and
misery At nine he had staggered to his
feet and before any further action could be
instigated he had worked himself half way
out Of the ropes from which position he
formally resigned without protest.
n
His handlers came galloping across the
ring to tender consolation and assistance
Az he was being directed back to his
corner he Hoped eonvulsiyely as if IN
someone remarked. quite uunkingly
thought. that if Singer ever grew to heavy
weight pFoporo o ne W Chances sH are that
and that is something to be thankful for
II
z HAVE not had time to read the
of1ciaI explanations yet but I am
pretty certain they will show that
there was something singularly
wrong with Singer before he went
into the fight, that he had not COM
pletely recovered from the McLar-
min knockout, that it was all mis-
take and that Singer would like
nothing better than to get another
shot at his conqueror. who, OF course
landed lucky punch.
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and such are the tricks of the trade
that by mid summer next Singer, who is
shrewdIy handled anyway, if that Is the
correct phrase, will have rehabilitated him
self to point where ell will he for
given and forgotten.
Oh. well it is gay and festive life
end as William Carey, the boss OF the
Garden. said to me when ! expressed the
opinion that the Bronx lightweight had
taken the easy way out, anybody can
sneer"
The main thing 1 didHt like about the
finish Friday night was the speedy manner
in which Singer went down and the
elaborate display of suffering that followed.
Well anyway there's this con-
ISOLATION The boys won't be writ
ing that Singer is a second Benny
Leonard any more.