The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-21
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BY JOE WILLIAMS
NEW YORK, Jan. 81.
THE look OF the week, as you

NEW YORK, Jan 81.
TINE look OF the week, as you
u might say, is Primo Camera,
the large young gent from Italy
who is known variously in the public
prints, due to the sparkling origi-
nality OF the press boys. IS the
Human Sea Cow. the Gigantic
Goliwog. the Venetian VesuVus,
and the Walloping Wop. The first
public disclosure on American shores
of the Primo will be made in the
Garden on Friday night where he is
TO go through the militant ges-
lures Of demolishing n sacrifcial play
mate. one Big Boy Peterson,
engaged specifically for the purpose
of seeing that the visitor is not un-
duly inundated or embarrassed in
his debut.
The Primo is bv way Of being the most
conspicuous curiosity ever to appear in
the Euise OF a fighting man and such
Is deemed to possess extraordinary DO
AFHhtdhttFt 1e . UhA hAiCt dkAa aLhtbHs ~
naturs'7 fellows that these potentslites
must be guarded and nOurished TO the
limit, hence the appearance as a colIsbora-
tor of the dociie Peterson person.
The American destiny Of the Primo Is in
The hands OF Billy Duffy. who is an
aniablo Young business man with a Broad
way cabaret background and as a handler
and manager OF fighters Is accounted to
be shrewd. far seeing and ingenious. You
may be assured that IN these talented
hands the Primo will be manipulated with
nnesse and success.
q
+ HAVE read in the papers certain
j. pointed paragraphs tending to
disparage the character and motives
Of Peterson in connection with his
contribution to the impending spec
tacle, but these 1 dismiss as UnWar-
ranted and unjustifed by the cir
cunstanceS because no matter how
awful the Primo is as a fighter he
can not possibly be so awful as to
make a pre-arrangement in the case
necessary. The fact is the Primo is
being presented not as a fighter, but
as an imported freak similar in
character to the blood sweating
hippo and the two-headed zebra,
which occupy positions of artistic
prominence in the Ringing Broth
ers' exhibition and you are invited
to take him or leave him on pre-
cisely this basis.
Il
Be that as it may I think it is an en-
couraging sign when night arena such as
the Garden presents its main attraction
frankly and openly as nothing more nor
less, than a DIT of clean. innocent fun.
wherein it is honestly admitted in adj
vance that the sole purpose OF the thing
Is to give the customers a good time.
Il
GONE weeks ago in these columns
- made an ardent plea for just
this sort of procedure in all prize
fights, urging the abolition OF all
championships, vital issues, elm
nation tournaments and grudge
battles, on the ground that this
would impose fewer herdships on
the moral standards Of the fighters
and fewer burdens on the creduhty
of the customers.
Certainly it would have been more
pleasant all around il the customers on a
recent occasion had known before hand
that Phil Scott was going to give an i'm
PRESERVATION Of the dying Gaul in the sec
ond round OF his engagement with Otto
Won Porat. AS 1t was when Scott fell to
the floor his really haTless stimulation OF
agony was unapp~ecicted and the custo-
ners who had paid $4,000 to see what
was advertised as a heavyweight elimina-
ton contest rose in their wrath and
screamed fake
TNHIS is no way to receive artis-
Il try of a high order and it is
not to be wondered when Scott
returned to England he vigorously
criticised the w-mindedness of
the American Tingsider. I hold that
the patron of the boxing arts is
no different fundamentally from
the patron of the dramatic arts,
and the Salvos of enthusiasm &C
corded the stage nero would be ten
dered with corresponding rapture to
the fighter feigning distress if it
we're but known ahead of time that
the performance should be judged