The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-24


who last night fouled Primo
Camera, the ambling Alp, in the
fifth round, today lest his license
a. q boxer.
Philadelphia, June 24.-(AP)-
Another foul caused a stir today
about heavyweight prize fighting.
This time it was George Godfrey,
the giant negro of L~eiperville, Pa,
who committed the foul. This time
the fallen gladiator was Primo Car
nera. the Italian colossus, and again
the faithful. came to see a fight,
booed and roared, and shouted flake"
and went home talking to them
selves.
The battle of the behemoths. the
two largest men ever to face each
other in a ring, missed duplicating
the farcical ending Of Jack Sharkey's
duel with Max Schmeling for the
heavyweight crown by less than two
minutes. Whereas Sharkey fouled
his man in the last few seconds of
the fourth o dGodfrey struggled
past the first minute of the fifth be-
fore he drove al apparently incapaci-
tating left hook into Cameras groin.
From that second on, however, the
situation looked exactly like the
rubber-stamp ending that has been
plastered on three out of four of the
last important heavyweight strug-
giles. Camera writhed and moaned
in the manner of all fouled fighters,
finally was eased from his agony by
merciful Inconsistencies, and was
dragged out Of there, winner on a
foul.
Won Porat Started Fad
In four of the most recent impor-
tant heavyweight jousts, Otto Won
Porat has fouled Phil Scott; Scott
has failed to have a claim of foul
, sustained against Jack Sharkey;
| Sharkey lost on a foul to Schmeling,
and Godfrey belted Camera low.
For this display of submarine twir-
ling and grimacing, the fans have
paid an attendance bill of approx
mately $1,3O0,000.
Last night almost 100000 customers
paid close to 100000 for the bout
that was billed as the real test of
Camera as a fighting man. His
fungo hitting agains. ninth and tenth
raters in a tour throughout the coun-
try was ended. The charges of
Stake" in his fight with the negro
Leon Chevalier in Oakland. Cal,
were to be forgotten in the glory of
a huge but genuine fighting man
overcoming his first real opposition,
But, unfortunately for boxing, it
failed to turn out that way. God
frey, contributing an even $50 pounds
to the quarter of a ton of strug-
Cling humanity in the park at the
national league ball park, belted the
vast venetian dizzy in the first
round, socked him solidly in the Sec
ond. eased up in the third, and went
ahead again in the fourth. Camera
showed genuine ability to balance his
1852 pounds on his feet despite the
leather that bounced freely off his
chin and buried deep in his body. He
was fast on his feet for such a ire
mendous fellow. He was cool but he
damaged the negro giant but little.
Godfrey Was firing
Godfrey was obviously firing badly
when he let loose the low left hook
after n minute, 13 seconds of the
fifth.
While the crowd booed and cries
of flake" rolled down the ringside,
critics up close were mixed in their
opinions. Several believed the match
had been talked over before it was
put up. Others could see nothing
wrong. DR.. j. Webb Vaughn, of the
Pennsylvania state athletic commits.
sion. said Camera had been fouled
and incapacitated. Referee Tommy
Riley. who was the third man in the
ring the night Gene Tunney won the
heavyweight title from Jack Demp.
sey. called the foul without hesita.
ltion. Frank Wiener, chairman of the
athletic commission, said there would
be an investigation before the fight
ers were paid. It was reported that
Camera was to receive so per cent
Of the gate receipts, and Godfrey
$4,000 flat, although there seemed
to be some doubt as to who would
pay the negro.
There was no question as to the
low blow. Early in the fifth round
Godfrey, who had been punching
short put with increasing lack Of
power to the body as the fight wore
on, suddenly loosed a long left hook
that looked foul from the start al
the way to the point Of contact
Camera yowled, grimaced and ther
collapsed, his huge body shaking tn,
reinforced ring as he landed.