The Washington times., 1930-06-18
ITALIAN FACES
SHOWDOWN !.
ASPUzZLE !.


Wells Of mystery still enshroud
"Footsie" Camera today.
Months ago "Footsie" was ship
ped to this land Of the ballyhoo
with nothing to recommend him
other than a ponderous frame.
great height, mammoth feet and
a knowing smile. Leon See, the
behemoth's pilot, Immediately
placed his importation under the
shrewd tutelage of Bill Duffy
with the intention of converting
Primo into a million dollar pro.
position in two ways.
One way was via the ballyhoo
The other was in teaching thG
fellow how to use those over.
grown hands Of his. The former
succeeded. -
The latter, however, seems
to be still in the process of
earnest endeavOr for, to date,
Cameras fighting has been
such that even the most
astute experts in cauliflOwer
alley are divided in their
opinions.
There are those who rnaintaiR
Camera is capable, Of collidins
with and passing any ring test,
baSing their assertions on the
sheer power behind the blows Of
"FootSie" and the abnormal ad-
vantages he carries into the ring
with him in height, reach and
weight. They also contend that
the VillainouS Venetian can move
about like a middleweight and
the fury he imparts to an attack
speaks reservoirs for his sense Of
"kill."
On the other hand, though,
there are just as many who insist
that Camera is nothing but q
physical freak who has fed on
nothing but alleged fighters and
has nothing in the way of ability
inside the roped arena outside OF
a beaStly craving to shove his
enemy into oblivion because he
still is ignorant how to fight one
into this unconscious state. Primo
will, it is banded about in q
further effort to belittle him,
gently stretch his huge self out
on the canvas and "yen murder"
If he ever is the recipient Of q
well-intended wallop.
Nothing much Is aired about
the ability Of "Footsie" to
OutpOint or be Outpointed.
Every tanker he has met
since arriving here folded up
SO suddenly that Primo has
yet to travel a scheduled
distance.
But, for that matter, even
though his capacity for absorbing
lethal larrupS and outhustling
and outwalloping an opponent are
extensively discussed, that really
doesn't prove anything either
way. The fact seems to persist
that "Footsie" still has his most
important tests before him, the
first Of which may arrive when
he squares off against Feab s.
Williams in Philadelphia In the
near future.
Feab S. williams, if you don't
know, is none other than George
Godfrey, whose mention should be
sufficient in itself. Originally.
Godfrey was slated to supply
Eootsie" with his second lesson
in canvas mechanics. The initial
instructor was to have been Meyer
*. o." Christner, of the Akron
(Ohio) Christners. but they say
Meyer recently laid swell egg,
even though critics declare it
wasn't his fault.
A fellow like Christner, who
became famous through his
knockout of Knute Hansen in
1928 and then went on to
battle superbIy with Sharkey,
Pauline, RiskO, SChaff and.
MalOney,~ was regarded Is
something of an ideal test for
the Big Alps Man.
Only otto Won Porat had been
able to slip him the sock sopofiftc
in more than so fights and he ha6
taken and given with the best Of
him. His nickname Of "K. o.
surely attested for his thwack
too.
BRAINY CATCHER
Ray Schalk, one of the best
catchers in the history OF base