The Washington times., 1930-02-07
Taxes TWO
ROUNDS
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TOWN
BY DAVIS J. WALSH


NEW YORK, Feb. Tone
thing can be said For Italy's bic
blimp, Primo Carnera-he doesn't
keep you out late at night. Anc
the night he is licked, 1t win bC
over just as >quickly and pain
lessly.
The writer trapped" to this
hunch last night while Primo
the Paralyzer was discontinuins
and abating one Cowboy Billy
Owens in 8 minutes and q
seconds, eastern standard time
This was a new American recorc
for the event and even then some
OF the captious didn't like it.
They thought the cowboy
blocked too stoutly with his coun
tenance at the start of the second
round, it being merely q coin
cidence that the start of the
round was the finish Of the fight
As to the idea behind this parry
ing. with the chin, one cannot say
All one knows is what the eye
saw, which briefly was this:
The principals fought one
fast round and both came out
with . rush for the second.
They came together like .
couple Of trucks at q blind
corner and Primo landed /.
flush with . left uppercut.
It drove the cowboy back upon
teetering heels and then quickly
efficiently, Primo the Primitive,
ended it with three rights to the
jowl. The first two were right
crosses, the third, a straight
punch that seemed to drive the
cowboy into the floor as the
thumb pushes a thumb-tack home,
Primo did more than knock Owens
out; he demolished him.
It was Cameras third fight in
America, and from the stand
point of the customer, his best.
Owens established a new record
by coming UP for the second
round, whereas Big Boy Peterson
and ElZear RiouX Swoomed in 70
and AZ seconds, respectively. 1t
also was Cameras least gratify-
ing opus from the standpoint of
finance, it being estimated that
the. gate didn't beat $4,000, Of
which the big lummox took about
$500.
He likewise took a couple Of
punches on the profile and torso
while the opening heat was being
run, so that the boys could qualify
for the finals. One Of these
punches was a left hook that bit
Carnera some two inches above
the belt, causing him to look
plaintively toward the referee.
must say didn't like the gesture,
Q fact which makes everything
even. Primo didn't like the punch.
It was this incident that gave
me the impression that the man
will fold, if the inStigation is
sufficient. Cowboy Billy looked
like middleweight beside him,
and wasn't supposed to win, any
how. But one of these nights
somebody is going to instigate
Primo something terrible.
One of his managers, MIR.
Peter the Goat, volubly ex-
planned after the fight that
Primo was under instructions
to get good workout through
the first round, just to show
the mugs something Of his
class.
He showed them something,
put ] don't know what you would
call it. He was nipped on the
4ront1spiece with a swinging left
TO open the first and his re.
sotnder was two straight lefts
that appeared to benefit the
Cowboy hardly at all. He looked
TO be ready for the laundry man,
but shifted his stance to that OF
2 left handler, thereby confusing
the routine.
Anyhow. Owens, who used to
be Goethe until Jack Kearns told
him he was a cowboy, not a poet,
slipped a number of Primo's
rights and twice countered him
smartly as he rushed in. Both
1unches brought Carnera up
short, indicating that he isn't
the irresistible rusher that some
had been pleased to believe. His
right leads seemed very ponder
Gus. and slow, but one Of them
clipped Owens and left him bat
eyed. Then the bell rang and
the lads in the mezzanine went
crazy. They thought. with the
fight having gone beyond the
first. round, that they had seen
something important and I'm not
50. certain that they didn't, at
that. They may have seen, with
out knowing it. the first evidence
that Primo Camera isn't to be
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