The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-19

Duce's Brethren Are Stars in
All Divisions Of Sport
World

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prize fight game would do without
the Irish, who would shoulder the
wrestling industry when the Greeks
all became restaurant owners, what
would happen to golf when club
memberships cost too much for the
Scots, they might find the answer in
five little words-Give it to the
Italians.
II Duce could smoker at these not
infrequent razzberries handed him
by loquacious American militarists il
some one would take a moment to
explain the position the signor's SUBJ
jects and sons-of subjects occupy In
DUR sports industry. He should be in
formed that they're actually stum-
bling over each other in the fight
game, from Primo Camera on down
to little frankie Genaro. He should
know that they wrestle, bowl, race
autos, ride bicycles, play golf. baseball
and call signals for Notre Dame.
Overrun Boxing Game
Boxing happens to be overrun with
what is freely called 1.-The fighting
wop." Most Of them, at least the
most successful ones, are American
born, but coursing through their
veins is the hot blood Of the Latin
race, a race in which the fires OF
conquest have never died.
Often they have found It conven-
lent to discard unpronounceable
names in favor of catchy ring mon
ikers. Among these are Young Cor
bett III, outstanding welterweight
who was born Raffale Giordano;
featherweight Johnny Farr, who votes
under the name of Farinacci, and fly
weight champion Midget Wolgast,
who occasionally gets mail addressed
to Joseph La Scala.
Record books offer conclusive proof
that the fighting wops" are tough
customers in the ring. They've pro-
duced one or more champions in
every division save heavyweight and
light heavyweight. Some of them are
Johnny Wilson, who ruled the mid
dleweights not long ago: Joe Dundee,
recent w~elterweight champ; and
Sammy Mandell and Rocky Kansas,
rulers OF the lightweight kingdom
within the last five years.
Four OF them are champions today,
and a fifth probably could scale the
heights if given a championship
match. refer to Tony Canzoner1,
lightweight; Christopher (Bat) Bat
talino, featherweight; Midget Wolgast
and frankie Genaro, co-champions
of the flyweight division: and Young
Corbett III, who knocked two welter-
weight champions into submission
during 1880 but who was kept from
the title by over-the-weight techni-
calities.
Lead Baseball Greats
Baseball used to be a great game
in the tobacco chewing days of the
Schmidts, LobertS, WagnerS, Zim-
mermans and Stalls, but it's a big
ger and more colorful industry now
with the addition Of a handful of
fighting wops." st. Louis has four
-Mancuso, Orsatti and PuccineM OF
the Cardinals, and Melillo OF the
Browns. Tony Lazzeri has been a
spark plug in the Yankee machine
for four years. Cincinnati has Cue
cinello, while Brooklyn, Cleveland and
the world champion Athletes this
year will have lombard, before and
Palmisano, respectively.
Golf has been a bigger attraction
since stocky little Gene Sarazen, Ma
nero and some other 1talian-Amer-
lean youths graduated from the caddy
ranks. Much of the present day
popularity of bowling is due to the
Ruthian efforts of Jimmy Smith,
Milwaukee's Italian pin-toppling star
Auto racing proudly points to youth
full Peter De Paolo, nephew of that
old speed:.7ay king, Ralph De Palma,
and some more. Georgetti leads the
bike racers who circle the boards In
six-day stretches. And Italy has
practically pinned Grecian shoulders
to the wrestling mat.
Could Notre Dame have captured
national football honors these past
two years without the mad touch
down jaunts of Jumpin' Joe 6avoldi
and the never falling conversions
from the educated toe Of Carideo?
Maybe.