Evening star., 1933-06-25
'SCHAAF TRAGEDY
CREATES ENM|Ty
Moody Cob Out to Avenge
Friends Death at Hands
of Circus Freak.
BY J. EDWARD NEIL.
Associated Press Sports Writer.


n YEW YORK, June 24.-The
M most bizarre rivalry in all
/ \ the fight business - the
emnity of a white-eyed
sailor and circus freak-comes to
its natural conclusion, the battle
pit of the Madison Square Garden
Bowl on Long Island, Thursday
night.
1t may be the last stand Of the
sailo-, Jack Sharkey, heavyweight
champion Of the world, or it may
be the end of the myth of the
giant Primo Carnero, the noun
tain of a man who looks like some
wierd mammalian throwback to
the misty eras before civilization.
But whatever way the battle tide
flows through Is rounds Of champion
ship war, the faithful, expected to storm
the bowl to the number of $1,000, will
lock upon two of the most unusual
characters the ring has ever seen, Ger
tainly the strangest contrast since
SPhAShCS oOU Will Tie lckS
of a middleweight and the shoulders
Of a heavyweight, tackled the human
grizzly, Jim Jefferies, at Coney Island
"a years ago.
Around the 262 pounds Of Cameras
ouIk. discovered in circus side show
In France, where he was bending iron
bars across his chest, has grown q
legend Of invincibility that increased
last Winter when Ernie Schaff, blonde
stablemate of Sharkey, died here after
Primo knocked him out in 13 rounds.
a ROUND that tragedy weayes ons
IA of the most spectacular CT all the
strange angles to strange fight.
Sharkey owned half Of Schaaf's con-
tract, tutored him, planned some day
to retire as champion and pass his
crown along to the quiet. blonde young
ster, who, like himself, learned his early
fighting in the United States Navy.
The night Schaaf went down under
light left jab, the surface of his brain,
inflamed by an attack Of influenza be-
fore he had entered the ring, Sharkey
helped carry him to the corner, lugged
him in his arms to the dressing room.
And 1t was Sharkey who met the
pale-faced Camera coming fearfully
into the room to see II there wasn't
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snarl and an oath that sent the huge
Italian stumbling away like a great
collie dog that had been whipped by its
master.
when the time comes" choked
Sharkey that night, blind with rage.
III take care Of that guy for Ernie"
90 the time comes Thursday night,
y and Camera will face champion
more venomous than at any time
IN career that has run from the
ridiculous in fighting to the sublime. A
creature of moods and fancies, hysteri-
cal sometimes either in victory or de-
feat, but always possessed Of a back
ground Of superb skill and punching
power, Sharkey at times against Harry
Wills, Jimmy Maloney, Jack Dempsey,
Max Schmeling, Tommy Loughran, and
in the first fight with Camera when he
Knocked him down and won easily in
Is rounds, was as great heavyweight
as the modern ring has seen.
With his ring career ending by his
own word this September, with every
bit Of his training aimed toward =
knockout victory, Sharkey may have
found In the revenge Of Schaaf the
stimulus he needs to wage q perfect
battle. He is perfectly conditioned.
weighing about 205 pounds, while Car
nera, who has dropped as low as ESQ,
may have worked too long and too hard
for this struggle.
The bettors, locking back to the
Schaaf fight. have cut the odds against
Camera to to S. When Sharkey gave
the Italian beating two years ago, he
entered the ring 5-to-1 favorite.