Evening star., 1933-02-08

n JEW YORK, February 8
M James J. Johnston, In
L y charge Of boxing at Madi-
son Square Garden, isTex-
ceedingly indignant, and 1t ap-
pears justly so, at the rumors that
the coming Schaaf- Camera bout
Is not to be waged ON its merits.
There have been printed rumors
that the big italian would win
because Sharkey has a financial
interest in Schaaf. 'o'4~
In all my years of experience in box-
ing, says Johnston, "in all the tinetI
have been connected with this game, 7
have been subjected to the spotlight by
friends and enemies. and any one has
yet 10 lind where ever have been con-
nected with a crooked fight.
II anything IS wrong about a fight,"
continued Johnston. nobody should
know it sooner than the man who pro-
notes it and puts it on. He has many
sources OF information and he must use
them eli, because his is the RESPONSE
bility. And am willing to be held fully
responsible for any bout I promote. II
''TTHERE is nothing wrong with this
l. Carnera-Schaaf bout, and it
seems ridiculous to me to assume
that there could be. The men have TOO
much at stake If Carnera loses he is
back where he started from. If Sohaaf
loses he is out Of the picture. The man
who wins will have a shot at fortune.
That is what the boys are in this busi.
ness for-money. ta.
Moreover" added Johnston. yeu
can not accuse man of taking, until
something happens in the ring which
would give ground for that belief. Why
don't the men who charge that crook
edness is afoot permit their names to
be printed, or openly state their rea-
sons for suspicion? They rely on
whispers"
Johnston thinks that it would be hard
to convince most of these whisperers
that the battle of Waterloo was on the
level. He thinks that they enjoy the
belief that every one is crooked. He
also says that, if he saw anything sus-.
picious about fight with which he was
connected, while it was in progress, that
ne would go to such representatives of
tha Boxing Commission as were pres
ent and ask them to stop the contest
and throw the men out of the ring.
- A ND" asserts Johnston, elf any
"A managers or fighters tried such a
thing on me, would do my ut
most to have them barred from every
ring in every country in the world"
Ernie Schaaf declares that he win
beat Carnera in a comparatively few
rounds. -
II won't fool around with him, ar
Snarkey did" he says. IT am going
after him from the gong and I don't
believe that this bout is going to last
over five rounds. Then I want to fgiit
Sharkey. 1t doesn't make any differ.
ence that we have been friends or asso-
ciates. Runners, foot ball players and
base bali players may be friends, but
they compete against each other. YOU
aren't mad when you meet an opponent
IN the ring. is a matter of sport.
and business. You just want to find
out which Is the better man. II
Sharkey can lick me, more power to
him. If I can lick Sharkey, I should
have my chance to prove it,
THE rather amusing part of the. ru-s-
L mors seems to be that many do
not agree with Schaaf's idea that
Carnera will be fairly easy for -hira.
They think that Camera can win with
out any outside aid. The Italian. they
declare, Is better fighter and tough-.
er opponent than persons give him
credit for being.
These men, and some of them are.
considered good judges of boxing. and
BOXERS believe that Camera NAV get
the worst of it at first. but that he viii
come on to win. They predict that
Schaaf cannot go the distance. nuns.