Evening star., 1933-10-15
SARR0N AND bURL
MIX FOURTH TIME
Decision Apiece and Draw
Is Standing in Feud of
Willing BattIers.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

ITO the dingy little punch
bowl where he accumu-
lated a large portion Of
his present pugilistic pres
tige, Petey Sarron returns eagerly
Tuesday. But when he clashes
with Eddie Burl over a 10-round
route in the opening fistic show
of the season at Portner's Arena,
it is by no means assured Sarron
will have a perfect "home-com-
ing"
Although Sarron is ..,nked several
miles ahead of Burl, ttt battle-scarred
Floridan is tough pickin's for Pete. In
fact. Sarron has been unable to con-
ouer him except on one occasion few
Years ago. To offset this beating, Burl
checked Sarrons pell-mell rush to the
top of the featherweight heap this SUM
mer by soundly whipping the hairy
chested Syrian and then holding him
to a well-earned draw verdict.
After running roughshod over Johnny
Farr, Mkt Gelb, Benny Schwartz ana
Frankie De Angelo, and holding the
great Tommy Paul to two draws at
Portner's last Winter, 1t was with q
deal of confidence that Sarron looked
forward to the opening Of the Capitals
leading outdoor caulif1ower plant, the
Twin City Arena.
VXIHEN he was matched with Burl,
w the bout had all the earmarks
of a tune-up for battle with
a nationally known featherweight prob
ably Freddy Miller. Burl previously had
been outpointed by the same Schwartz
who was kayoed by Sarron.
But Eddie blasted Sarron's dream OF
a scrap with Miller by fighting the
greatest battle of his career and beat
ing Petey.
Jimmy Erwin promptly took Sarron
away on a long vacation. Both firmly
believed Pete had been overworked dur
ing the indoor season and wasn't at his
best against Eddie.
Sarron was determined to wipe away
that big blot on his record, however.
and returning, Edwin promptly effected
q rematch. In spite of his rest, though.
Sarron found Burl still had his number
and barely was able to earn draw.
Here Petey temporarily stopped again.
convinced that the combination Of Burl
and the Twin City Arena. with its
flOSClle CTOWQS pOOulS lllul dt S'CAy vi IL,
was too much.
That defeat and draw didn't help
Sarrons ranking and when Petey was
offered a third crack at Burl here to
open Portner's, he wasted no time sign
ing on the dotted line. At Alexandria,
Sarron believes, he again will regain his
winning stride.
n URLS case Is queer one. Eddie
n has been fighting for some years
and is no youngster, yet at time
when most fighters, especially the little
fellows. begin slipping. he apparently
has hit his peak. Against Sarron he
was little short of great. Then he
risked his neWly-won laurels against
Benny Schwartz and easily avenged his
previous defeat at the hands of the
clever Baltimorean.
Eddie's big assets are sublime conf
dence and willingness. Burl comedies
no opponent an edge over him and all
Of his foes, good and not 50 good. find
that Eddie is b'arcat to fight. At the
bell he swarns all over his man. A
scrapper of the Sarron type, fancy and
tricky, might well be thrown of balance.
in the two outdoor bouts Petey never
had q chance to do the leading.
Mickey Genaro, former stablemate Of
Burl and recently licked by Sarron,
thinks Eddie is in for whale OF
pasting from Pete. Genaro, who fights
Roddy Davis in the eight-round semi
windup, thinks Sarron finally has the
range.
Jim Larkin and Benny Mack, and
Babe Picarto and Joe Green are in four
FOUNDERS.