The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-24

TALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

Anew YORK, July 24.-The fed
IN eral bureau Of immigration
has ordered Primo Camera back to
Italy along with his manager, Mons,
Leon See, a hawk-eyed little
Frenchman with an interesting rep
utation, and thus is ended what
was at once the rawest and most
hilarious Series Of hippodromes in
the history Of the prize ring. AS
everybody knows, the Primo Is a
physical monstrosity. The cagey
See unanswered him away from
Paul Journee. a French heavy
weight. who discovered the Italian
in a laborers' camp.
See recognized the exploitation posi-
blities In Camera and arranged TO bring
him 70 America where the streets are
lined With suckers and ssps grow on trees.
seiknev the Prima wouldn't hKht and that
n he was TO make any money with him
over here he would have to cut in a few
domestic trained maDipulators.
a
50 he turned 70 Mr. oVnie Madden. the
prince. and Mr.. Good Time Walter Fried
man the Broadway hustler. deciding over
ssarn for sza 9eh tbsy we're IN 70 hep
guide him and his giant. into profitable
end harmless channels Of mateh-maklng
that might arise in the course OF the tour.
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IT is scarcely necessary to go into
L the details Of the tour The
Primo's opponents we're in the main
carefully picked. Those who weren't
nudge overs we're tankers or takers.
II is no trick TO concoct a fool-proof
tour for a novice heavyweight. Once
in a great while Of course fellow
will run into some crazy loon with
deIusions Of holiness who will in
sist on leveling and then it becomes
necessary to put the pressure on
him.
This happened in the course Of the
Primo's tour when one Benbo Chevalier.
Negro. suffered a change Of emotion or
something az the rinKside and refused
10 20 overheard. In case like this. there
Is nothing else a fellow can do TO protect |
the business interests Of his tramp but |
stronEarn the other sncrtsman into defeat |
and catch an early train.
n
To be sure a certain fnesse and. deft- |
nonio % ss relations between the constabu
lary and the home ofiice es well as
guarantee OF future bookings elssVh ere |
vas the road agent for the cauhnower |
circus. did not respect the common subtle
plant iss in u the Bombo's Corner and Then
things began 70 look bad for the , Primo no !
,ss plant o4 b toS @sn Who vase Sss vinnnS
.
TT was crude and amateurish and /
i killed all chance the Primo had |
of climaxing his tour with a grand |
slam against Dempsey on the Chi
cago lake fronU this summer.
Personally I thought Mr.. Duffy
was a much craftier manipulation IN |
these things what with the great
amount of experience he has had and |
I can readily believe that his su-
perior Mr.. Madden was. as the
report has i5, greatly chagrined and
not a little embarrassed at the
crudity OF the operation.
The practice Of bgrgli1g in apd out q
the ring has been refined and modernized
IN recent years. and only the old moss
backs stiI cling to the gas pipe as an
auothetie. By the same token don't /
believe anybody has used the towel gag
10 win for a fighter since Jim COrbett
vas a pink-faeed bank clerk.
understand the Primo and his French 1
manager will depart with about $4,000. /
They could have made much more. Also /
they could have had vastly a more pleas
ant adventure. There was something about /
the huge Italian that captured the fight /
crowds Imagination. And he looked as
II he might come along and develop.
FOR ali his hulk he was fairly fast and
he was beginning TO use his left hand
pretty we'll. He was tremendously muscled
to believe Manager See when he said a
mule could kick him in the ribs and not
huTs him.
I WOULD like to have seen one
l. Of the old troupers of the game
Uncle Will Gibson, Professor Billy
Mccartney or Leo P. Flynn behind /
him. Any one of them would have
done a better job of selling him,
though not necessarily a more |
scrupulouS one. Somehow it was |
easier to buy your fiStic gold bricks |
from the GibsonS, the McCarneyS |
and the Flynns; you knee you we're |
being trimmed but the hearty anna |
bility and robust warmth with which |
these men performed was usually |
an adequate compensation.
=
In many instances the present day prize |
nEht handler Is . suave, urbane. cunning |
bird With colossal ego whose SEPARATIONS are |
At once a sham for more vicious vilIainies /
and a shopWindov for personal vanities. |
1 don't know whether the primo will ever |
come back. The chances are he won't be |
much god fighting prospect after q
year in the army.
In q way I'm sorry to see him 20. ] |
found him Sood natured. simple minded 4
lummox- That he leaves under a cloud |
nav not Dc entirely his fault. but certainly |
Mons See is in no position TO plea for |
or his way 20 hookup with the Broadway |
racketeerS he knew what he was doing |
that.
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