The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-18
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BY JOE WILLIAMS
49, YORK. JUG BE-.

NEW YORK, June ID.
DRuIO the Camera may nave 70
cut his push-over tour short
and join the French army. Inc
cables announce he has been con-
scripted for a years service, TINS
is very tough on the Primo, who
has been doing right well by ms
hank roll since he renounceo MS
italian citizenship in order to es-
cane am told, just such a service
as the French have imposed on nm.
z
q, =, even tougher on the sportsmen
- ,re cutting the swag with him. and
thsir name is legion. what Is to become
- ms. deserving young men II France
force. ths Primo to Join the colors even
o. limited time? What are they to
-. for food and cl,.hes and money! Is
~. m Justice. and isn't the unemploy-
r,.nt situation in this country acute enough
"a Il Is without throwing another vast
army Of men out Of work?
Fortunately. the Primo can not be
drafted before he steps over TO Phiia-
6slphia 70 perform against old George
GODFREY. giant Negro. I say fortunately
because this is the big mystery bout Of the
wear. NOBODY seems to know vet Wnetnsr
old George is going to be in there swing
ing or iust in there. You never can tell
about Old George in this respect. There
are times when he is very rough WITH the
white folks and there are other times
when he is very tolerant and good natured
and obliEing.
on hand, you might say 1t ought to be
easv to tell what Is going to happen IN
anv bout in which the Primo takes part
.~9,csuse he Is surrounded by group OF
very thoughtful and oonsiderate sportsmen
who do not like to see the Primo get hurt
and the manner Of ring procedure IS usual
is arranged in such a way as to eliminate
an possible dangers, and embarrassment
But Il must be remembered that there is
many a slip between first and second base,
that all is not gold that Elitters and there
is nothing more exalted than mother love.
=
old George has been blown up
~ into something of a black
menace by some of the newspaper
boys, but 7 never was very high on
him myself I saw him against
Sharkey and later against Risko
and the impression he made on me
was that Of a large simple minded
Negro with fascinating feet, who
didn't care what happened as long
as he had his gin and chickens and
tan button shoes.
OF course. when / saw him maybe Old
George wasn't trying very hard against
the white folks. "Some nights I feel lax
fghtin' and some nights don't" he once
said by way of explaining bout in which
he did net exactly suggest cross between
Peter Jackson and Jack Johnson.
This is going to be the puzzler about
Mondays fight with the Primo. Is Old
George going to feel lax hghtin' or isn't
he?
r NOTE that Jack Dempsey, in
4 one of his signed stories, bats out
a rousing round of applause for the
Primo. Among other things he says
he looked the part of great fight
ing machine in knocking out Kayo
Christner. But since the fight was
held in Detroit and Dempsey was
in Los Angeles at the time am
afraid his testimony will have to be
thrown out as incompetent.
4 q
Dempsey further states II the Primo
knocks out old George he will have to
be accepted as the standout heavyweight
of the day.
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and whom would this standout heavy
weight OF the day fight my dear Wat
son? Dempsey himself! All, clever man,
to be sure. to be sure.