The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-23
i ALKING
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B. JOE WILLIAMS

DHILADELPHIA, June 23.-In
i this clCy of Quakers tonight, in
an open-faced roped abattoir
pitched over the inheld of the Ma
tional League ball clubs park. two
of the largest blood sweating ami
mails known 70 the prize fight racket
will bounce against each other in
ten-round guess-what. refer to
this delightful little affair Of the
fists as a "guess-what' because 1t
seems to be precisely that. To be-
gin with, one of the principals IS
Signor Camera ana the boys have
been guessing or him ever since he
was imported last winter by the
clique of Broadway manipulators
and booked for dry tank tour OF
the sucker Delt.
Moreover. the other principal is old
George Godfrey who took up the business
Of black menacIng after Harry Wills. aided
and encouraged BY Tammany politicians,
had squeezed close to a quarter Of a mil
lion dollars out of the racial hoax. Old
George is supposed 10 be a great fighter,
but nobody ever saw him make great
FIGHT As it was with Wills, you are al
WAYS told that old Negro can't afford to
cut loose 'If he does none Of the whites
will fight him.
Furthermore. there is the sordid matter
of legitimacy as applied 20 this stirring
Spectacle. The Primo has an unholy name.
He has been crudely handled BY Broadway
smart guys. All Of hi, opponent. nave nave
been hand picked. Most OF them nave Deeh
round heel hooligans.
GONE Of the battered derelicts
- they tossed to the Primo were
legitimate push-overs. When he
was able to win on his own steam
naturally he was permitted to do so.
But when he showed signs Of blow
ing up there was always an alert
conspirator around to help him.
As. for instance. in the embarrassing
death grappIe with Bombo Chevalier. Negro
battIer in Oakland. Cal. who not only
refused TO dive into the canvas sea with
its Ellstening resin shore but gave every
evidence of sticking around for the finish.
Possibly for the Primo's finish.
But THIS was not utbkLltu " NC bCSduoN
the Primos handlers had planted an
agent in the Negroes corner to. guard
against Just such a contingency and at the
tossed in a towel conceding defeat for the
Negro.
TT was a pretty raw piece of work,
4 of course. but effective, since it
kept the Primo's knockout string
intact. Aside from the towel Incl
dent. the fight seemed to have been
conducted more or less on the square.
and nv deductions from it were
that if the Primo could not win
from a fifth-rater, he must be just
awful
The Camera mob. guaranteed SSO,OOo'
win, lose or fiasco. resents any intimation
that their young giant. known variously as
the Vagabond Shower, the Venetian Val
entine, the Human Sea Cow and the No
madic Nightmare. needs any outside as
siStance to win.
"AIi of Cameras fights have been on
the square" insists Billy Duffy, the night
He will belt Godfrey out in two or three
rounds as sure as you are looJ anu
three inches high"
old George is managed by James
" Dougherty, picturesquely called
the Baron of Lieperville. Dougher-
ty is a shrewd gent with quizzical
eyes and a GLIB tongue. He has
been in the racket for great num-
Der of years. He refereed the
Dempsey Gibbons fight out in Mon
tana. He was Dempseys man.