Evening star., 1930-06-24

PHILADELPHIA, June "a
r. Another foul caused a stir
today about heavyweight
prize fighting.
This time it was George God
frey, the giant Negro of Leiperville,
Pa, who committed the foul. This
time the fallen gladiator, writhing
in anguish on the floor of the bat
tie pit, was Primo Camera, the
italian Colossus, and again the
faithful, come to see fight, booed
and roared and shouted fake
and went home talking to them
selves.
The battle of the Behemoths, the two
largest men ever to face each other in
a ring, missed duplicating the farcical
ending of Jack Sharkey's duel with
Max Schmeling for the heavyweight
crown by less than two minutes. Where
as Sharkey fouled his man in the last
few seconds of the fourth round. God
frey struggled past the first minute of
the fifth before he drove an apparently
incapacitating left hook into Carnera's S
groin.
Merely a Repetition.
From that second on. however. the
situation looked exactly like the rubber
stamp ending that has been plastered
on three out of four of the last impor-
tant heavyweight struggles. Carnera
writhed and moaned in the manner of
all fouled fighters. finally was eased
from his agony by merciful uncon-
sciousness and was dragged out of there,
winner on foul.
In four of the most recent important
heavyweight jousts Otto Won Porat has
fouled Phil Scott, Scott has failed to
have claim of foul sustained against
Jack Sharkey. Sharkey lost on a foul to
Schmeling and Godfrey belted Carnera
low. For this display of submarine
twirling and grimacing the fans have
paid an attendance bill of approximate
ly 81 300 900.
Last night almost 10000 customers
paid close to 5000 900 for the bout that
was billed as the real test Of Camera as
fighting man. His fungo hitting
against ninth and tenth raters in a
tour throughout the country was ended
The charges of fake" in his fight with
the Negro Leon Chevalier in Oakland,
Calf, were to be forgotten in the glory
OF a huge, but genuine, fighting man
overcoming his first real opposition.
But, unfortunately for boxing, it
tailed to turn out that way. Godfrey,
contributing an even $50 pounds to
the quarter of a ton of struggling hu-
lnanity in the park at the National
League ball park, belted the vast Vene-
tian dizzy in the first round, socked
him solidly in the second. eaSed up
IN the third and went ahead again in
the fourth. Camera showed genuine
ability to balance his 262 pounds on his
amazing feet, despite the leather that
bounced freely of his chin and buried
deep in his body. He was fast on
his feet for such a tremendous fellow.
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giant but little.
Godfrey obviously was tiring badly
when he let loose the low left hook
after l minute Is seconds of the fifth.
Differ in Opinions.
While the crowd booed and cries of
''Fake!' rolled down the ringside, critics
up close were mixed in their opinions.
Several believed that the match had
been talked over before it twas put on.
Others could see nothing wrong DR..
j. Webb Vaughn of the Pennsylvania
State athletic commission said Camera
had been fouled and incapacitated
Referee Tommy Riley, who was the
third man in the ring the night Gene
Tunney won the heavyweight title from
Jack Dempsey, called the foul without
hesitation. Frank Wiener, chairman
of the athletic commission, said there
would be an investigation before the
fighters were paid. It was reported
that Camera was to receive so per
cent of the gate receipts and Godfrey
$4,000 fat. although there seemed to
be some doubt as to who would pay
the Negro.
There was no question as to the
low blow Early in the fifth round
Godfrey. who had been punching short,
but with increasing lack of power. to
the body as the fight wore on sud-
denly loosed a long left hook that
looked foul from the start all the way
to the point of contact. Carnera
yowled, grimaced and then collapsed,
his huge body shaking the reinforced
ring as he landed.