New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1930-06-24
fight FAITHFUL
PUNISHED AGAIN
CarD0Ta Awarded Decision Over
Godfrey on Foul in Fifth

Philadelphia, June "A P-Aa-
other foul caused stlr today about
heavyweight prize fighting.
This time it was George GODFREY
| the giant Negro of Lelperville, Pa
who committed the rule lnfractioa
The fallen gladiator, writhing N
7 anguish on the floor of the battle
pit. was Primo Camera. the Italia \
| colossus. And again the faithful,
/ come to see a fight, booed and roar
| ed, and shouted 'Fake!"-and went
home talking to themselves.
The battle Of the behemoths, the
two largest men ever to~meet in a
ring, missed duplicating the farci3l
ending of Jack Sharkey's duel with
OF the last important heavyweight
crown by less than two minutes
Whereas Sharkey fouled his man in
the last few seconds of the fourth
round Godfrey struggled past the
first minute of the fifth before he
drove an apparently incapacitating
left hook into Cameras groin.
From the second on. however. the
situation looked exactly like the rub
ber-stamp ending that has been
plastered on three out Of the four
OF the last important heavyweight
struggles. Camera writhed and
moaned in the manner of all foulcd
fighters, finally was eased from his
agony by merciful inconsistencies
and was dragged out of there. win
ner on 4 foul 1t seems as If super
human bravery and endurance alone
must keep fouled fighters alive IN
the face of such apparent agony,
More interesting than the ability
endurance of either fighter IS the
Unchallenged ability of the fight
faithful to wade through financial
punishment and still come up for
more. In four Of the most recent
important 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
twirllng and grimacing the faas
have paid an attendance bill Of ap-
proxlmatelv S1.300.00o
Last night, despite the unSavo-y
rumors floating about that the
match was fixed almost 10000
customers paid close to 100000 for
the bout that was billed as the rell
test of Camera as fighting man.
His fungo hitting against ninth and
tenth raters in a tour throughout
the country was ended. The charges
o. fake" in his fight with the NJ
gro Leon Chevalier in Oakland. Cal,
were to be forgotten in the glory OF
4 huge but genuine fighting man
overcoming his first real opposition.
But unfortunately for boxing it
failed to turn out that way God
fley, contributing an even 20
pounds 10 the quarter of a ton Of
struggling humanity in the ring at
the National League ball park belt
ed in the vast Venetian dizzy in the
first round, socked him solidly in
the second, eased up in the third,
and went ahead again in the fourth.
Carnera showed genuine ability TO
balance his 262 pounds on his amaH-
ing 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
Although word was brought 20
the rIngside before the battle that
was an to : tavorite, pre-
saying a fair fight, there were also
ugly reports that the Negro was %
receive his quietus between the
fourth and sixth rounds He was
obviously ttring badly when he l:t
loose the low left hook after one
minute, 13 seconds OF the fifth.
While the crowd booed and cries
Of Fake" rolled down over the
-ingside, critics up close were mlved
n their opinions, Several believed
hat the match had been talked over
before It vas put on. Others could
see nothing wrong. DR.. j Webb
Vaughn, of the PENNSYLVANIA state
athletic commission. said Carnerl ]
lad been touled and lncapacitated
Referee Tommy Riley. Who vas The
bird man IN the ring the night
Gcne Tunney won the heavyweight
tile from Jack Dempsey. called ne
cul without hesitation. Frank
Wiener. chairman of the athletic
1mmlsslon said there would be Ill
investigator before the fighters were
5ald Il vas reported that Camera
gas' to receive 50 per cent of the
;ate receipts. and GODFREY. $4,000
lat, although there seemed to De
:ome doubt as TO who would pay
he Negro.
There was no question is to the
ow blow. Early IN the fifth round,
1odfrey, who had been punching
hort but with increasing lack OF
,ower 10 the body as the tIgh. wore
N. suddenly loosed 4 long left hook.
hat looked foul from the start all
he way to the point OF contact.
'arnera yowlcd, grInaced and COL
lpsed. his huge body shaking the
enforced ring as he landed
In contrast TO the ending OF -hc I
Sharkey fiasco, all hands j
,ere extremely calm. Only the '
pectators seemed needlessly pur- t
lrbed. for they probably will be :