The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-14

Of course, $5,O0o, ,OOO Is just a drop in the bucket with those bil- lions which foreign nations owe us, But S5,O00,00O can cause q nice size hole in any mans pocket when it's found missing all of a sudden.
 When Tex Rickard brought handsome Georges over 70 America to build up a reputation and take Q crack at Jack Dempsey, he start. ed parade that Is still going. The lily-whlte Frenchman, in an eight weeks tour of the country, made $72,O00 hardly raising Q glove. In his fight with Tommy Gibbons Ut Michigan City he cleaned up 70 grand, and acquired nearly an equal amount in his victory over Bat Levinsky.
 His grand prize, however, was reported to be between three ana i've hundred thousand bucks for his fight with Dempsey. So Georges left the dear old United States some three-quarters of Q million richer than when he arrived.
 FlrpO Next.
 Firpo was the next foreign light CT to visit the United States. He took everything back to the Argen- tines except the Rocky Mountains.
 The Wild Bull, while under the direction of Tex Rickard, eRrned $3S3, 900, md, In other fights, tours and movie contracts, cleaned up enough to make himself more than half u million. It Is reported that he sold tho movies of his first hght in the United States to his native country for $75,000.
 Even Phaltoring Phil Scott, the English marvel who looked mar" Velous when assuming his favor ite horizontal pose in the ring, got himself fouled Into plenty of sugar.
 He split about $G0,000 in his fight with Otto von Porat, Norwe. gian heavy, and grossed more than S1O0,O00 in his fight with Sh0r- key nt Miami, 1t Is said. PhlIA purses, in his brief soJourn with us. probably totaled around $200, 900.
 schmcling and Camera
 Two foreign lighters of the pres. ent day arc continuing to slice off n good share of the American fight melon, They are Max Schmeling and Primo "freight-Alp- Feet. Fiddle" Camera.
 Der MaxIe has taken his dough in huge slices. His first fight In the United States was In l0sS' and n year later ho was doing main stands in New York rings for prices with plenty of commas ond nauRhts.
 His fight with Johnny Risko brought him $l4,OO0. He tangled with another further. Paulino Uzcudun of Spain, and enriched himself by $a7.000. Tn his two brnwls with Jack Sharkey, tn, foul ono and tho other one. nc elonpcd up better than S3bO,000 With moyiea, tours and all the resl that zoos with it. tho Black Uhlnf nrobably pickcd up S750,000.
 cnrnera, tho Italian mountain discovered misplaced in Franco ,hS Monsieur Leon See, Is getting hl' in short. but numerous purses.
 Tn four or hvo months In 1O3o tho giant fight carnival engagodl | fin somo 30 bouts and gathered himself some s2b0,000, A condi- tionlng tour. they cnlled It. but ne was- probably in q very poor con . dItion after tho circuit, for thcre wasn't a good nshtor in tho lot
 Figure tt Out
 Add to tho earnings of these ilvo fighters tho purses of the following aliens who havo milkcd tho United Stntes of it's broad and money, ana you have q total well in oxccas Of SSOOO. .O0O--or maybe It's $to,ooo'' 900.
 Daby Arizmendi, Mexico; Speedy Dado, philippines: Panama Al Brown. Kid Chocolate. Cuba; Vlt' torio cnmpolo. Argentina; Tom Hooncy. Now zealand; 1oso santa. Portugal; Arthur De Kun. itn,;H,' pInrro Charles, BelgInr; Angel Gl,, yillcs, Puerto Rico; Jnck "kid Berg, England Gastoe f.ovarde' France; Justo Sunrez, Bucnoa4 Ni' res; f'rnntn Nckoly, CzeeheslnVn kin; Miko Gleb. Hungary, and Pcto | gonAtoi Norway,