Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

n IEW YORK, October as
n Justo SuareZ sailed for his
1 Y home in the Argentine this
week end, bitterly disil-
luSioned fighter. JuSto had his
heart set on a fight with the de-
posed lightweight champion of the
world, Sammy Mandell, and was
prepared to offer Sammy as much
as $4,000 to fight him at Buenos
Aires, but AL Singer beat him to
the match.
Suarez is proud of the record he
made in his native country and rather
than return home with the eXplana-
ton that he had been too late to clinch
the Mandell match, he decided to stay
over and prove that he ranked up with
the challengers for the lightweight
title. The Little Bull of the Pampas
shaped up as a rough and tumble
fighter with boring-in style that made
an instant hit with the fans. His as
founding knockout of Bruce Flowers,
after the latter had stopped Tommy
Grogan, stamped him as a contender
to be reckoned with when challengers
for Singers title are in order.
Sees an Injustice.
Suarez is perplexed about the work.
ings of the local boxing commission.
There is now mo foul" rule in this
State. That is to say, no boxer can
complain Of foul, but must continue
fighting or be counted out. Justo. a
converted Southpaw, finds it pretty
hard to keep his punches above the
waist-line. In his fight with Ray Mil
Ter several punches strayed into foul
territory and the South American was
suspended for so days. Justo cannot
see the justice of this ruling, inasmuch
as several prominent fighters have been
guilty of the same offense and were not
penalized
The ruling of the local commission
gummed up his chance to meet Jimmy
McLarnin next month. The match
was Cancelled when the boxing moguls
declared him ineligible. Suarez wanted
this match badly He wanted to prove
to the f1stic world that he is more
durable fighter than Singer, who was
knocked out by the larruping Jimmy
Justo sails for home feeling that he was
made the goat of ridiculous ruling.
Made No Money Here.
Suarez claims he lost money during
his stay in this country. He says he
would have been paid more for one
fight in his beloved Argentine than for
all his fights in this country. This may
be true, but Justo did not explain that
one American dollar is worth four Ar
gentine pesos. Suarez is typical of the
foreign fighter visiting these shores.
He wants to be paid in full in Ameri-
can gold but wants to pay his bills by
the currency standards of his home
land. Is 1t any wonder that this coun-
try is overloaded with foreign battlers
willing to cut the union scale and fight
cheaper than the home-breds?
SuareZ gives an insight into the
shrewd dealings of Luis Angel Firpo
in this country. This writer recalled
that when Firpo first purchased box
ing equipment here, he wanted a pair
of trunks for SO cents. Instead the
, manufacturer gave them to Firpo fol
nothing and told him to come around
and pay the regular price when he made
some money. 1t will be remembered
that when the original Bull of the
Pampas came to this country he wore
a secondhand suit and a rubber collar
He said he was broke. Suarez says that
Firpo was playing his cards well and
| was worth upward of $4,000 when he
arrived. Luis held on to his money anc
returned to his homeland millionaire