Evening star., 1933-10-01
DOOMED" IN 1880,
GAME STILL V|R|LE
Davis, Genaro Fight Called
Of-SChWartz and Burl
to Clash Tuesday.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
THAT quaint fraternity OF up
holstered gents who live by
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holstered gents who live by
the fret of their browS no
longer may be in the mar
ket for egg-sized diamonds, To-
cylinder motor cars and yachts,
but when it comes to rassling in
this village Prof. Joe Turner, the
old maestro of the mat, has the
last laugh-if he wants it.
Tu-r,r herds his trained pachyderms
back into the Washington Auditorium
this week to begin their fourth con-
secutive year in that Fall and Win
ter haunt. Yet, back in 1890, astute
and unbiased experts" were unanimous
in giving rassling in Washington only
year to live.
Paled as their annual Information
will be, what with the fanfare and
trumpeting attending the world series
inaugural here Thursday. it neverthe-
less will be distinct triumph for Prof.
Turner and his ponderous pallies,
headed by Jim Mcmillan and Ray
Steele.
In fact the venerable wand-waver
may prize this triumph even more than
on the night his GROWERS raked IN
their first big gate" in Washington
and definitely established the game.
~HE financial figures don't equal
those of the halcyon days OF
- 1881, but with the game, which
was supposed to be dead" three years
ago, Joseph still outdraWs by far any
Of the increasing array of flstlc presen-
tations committed here weekly.
Back in 1880. when Turner sought
to remove wrestling from the second
floors of small halls and burlesque
houses to the Washington Auditorium
(Which opera failed to fllD, nobody
paid much attention. This was mani
fest by the financial report of his first
show, which drew the inglorlouS sum
of S136. Each rassler got $11. The
second show was little better. Thirteen
bucks we're passed to each hetty.
Doggedly Turner stuck, losing dough
on the next six shows. Then 1t
clicked Shortly after newly crowned
champion, Jim Londos, and journey
man named Paul Jones, attracted the
staggering sum of 1891. The all
time mat high here is close to $40 600,
drawn by Londos and Rudy Dusek at
Griffith Stadium.
Rasslers don't draw nearly $4,000
every week now. They haven't been
doing SO for some time. But for
sport buried" three years ago its
pretty lively
MOT satisfied to rest on his laurels
N and await more big game after
his win and draw against Petey
Sarron, Eddie Burl, battered little
Florida leather -pegger, stakes his newly
won reputation Tuesday at the Twin
Schwartz, clever Baltimore bantam
weight
Burls chief idea in taking the match
was not to add to his rep (Benny's
scalp is not as priced as of yore), but
to avenge a previous licking the vet
eran Oriole city battler gave Eddie last
Winter in Alexandria. Hardly had the
final bell changed in the Sarron fight
and the decision rendered in BurPs
favor than he challenged Schwartz.
They go over 10-round route.
Benny simply outspeeded and out
smarted me in the other fight" is the
way Eddie looks at it, but I'll chase
Schwartz out of the ring this time. I'm
in there to knock him out" The Twin
City press agent hasn't gotten around
to Schwartz yet, so there is no answer.
The remainder Of the card follows:
Ernie Caeser VS.. Mike Scipio and Keller
Crawford vs. Pete BevanS, six rounds;
Billy Essinger VS.. Marty Bond and Sam
Romano vs. Jimmy Larkin, four rounds.
~HERE will be no fight show to-
morrow at the new Alexandria
Elks' Club across the Potomac. At
a late hour last night Matchmaker
Billy Younger announced he would be
forced to postpone the show week
''because of Roddy Davis refusal to
60 through with his match with Mickey
Genaro'
Davis. promising District lightweight,
was to have engaged Genaro in the
eight-round feature bout
prevent him from finding suitable
opponent for Genaro, but 1t is likely
a foe will be unearthed for Mickey
some time this week.
Postponement of the scraps leaves
Promoter Charlie Cornell with clear
fistic field for the week.
~UNBOAT SMITH tanned George
Zaharias a bit last week, but
Promoter Joe Turner apparently
isn't content. So what Turner is
pleased to call a Siberian wild man"
will be imported to oppose Zaharlas
Thursday in the semi-Wind-up to the
Ray Steele-Jim Mcmillan bout at the
Washington Auditorium.
The battle of wild men is expected
to furnish a comic sidelight to the main
event, which should be one OF the most
hotly contested in some time
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