Evening star., 1933-03-19
. OBBIE TOW'S only fear, SO he
< says, is that Marty Gallagher
will outwrestle him TUESDAY
mint OF pnrfnor,c ii,ck ho

* says, Is that Marty Gallagher
will outwrestle him TUESDAY
night at Portner's, Just as he
pushed and tugged poor lii Les Ken
nedy in defeat.
Bob is justified in being afraid to
raSsle Marty, for it seems the lanky
Georgian once aspired to be a second
Fred Grobmier. He lasted one match
Some big beef sat on me and almost
broke me in two" Bob recalled Il
knew was through as q rassler. Box
ing and rassling are two different
sports-don't let anybody kid you they
aren't"
So Bob joined the long list of other
would-be rasslers who turned fighters,
and vice versa.
Jack Sherry, Tiny Roebuck and
Chief White Feather are ex-pugs who
found rassling more to their liking.
Sherry and Roebuck were knockout vic
tins of Les Kennedy on the Coast sew
eral years ago.
Paul Berlenbach was one of the few
men successful at both sports.
DADDY JOE TURNER, mat impress
- sario, now has reached the point
where he must import some new
headline stock and get rid Of the old.
He starts this week by showing Frank
Judson and Fred Grobmier, who have
Just about worn out their welcome with
wrestling fans here, back into prelimi-
nary roles.
One of Turner's new headliners is
young Ernie Dusek 23-year brother
of Rudy, and a tough hombre. Ernie
will raSsle Abe Coleman, the vest
pocket edition of heavyweight growler,
in the feature bout Thursday at the
Washington Auditorium.
Two years ago Rudy Dusek was just
coming into popular favor here. He was
spilling all opposition and during the
Summer set three consecutive gate"
records for wrestling, the biggest being
his third match with Ji'. ondos. which
drew something like $4,000. Ernie Is
out to duplicate Rudy's record.
Abe Coleman has been real nemesis
to the Dusek family. thrice beating
Rudy and holding Ernie to draw in
two previous matches. Thursdays bout
will be the first Abe and Ernie have
rassled to finish.
Two other top-notch matmen Wash
ington fans are likely to see frequently
this Summer are Karl Davis and Hans
Kampfer. who appear this week in pre-
Inns. Kampfer is recognized as among
the 10 best in the game at present. He
rassles George Vassell.
Davis draws Marshall Blackstock,
Frank Judson meets Joe Cox and Dick
Daviscourt tackles Fred Grobmier in
other matches.
THE scene was the dressing room at
i Portner's Arena. Vague forms OF
some 10 assorted pugilists could be
outlined against the walls through the
dense blue stogie smoke contributed by
the usual unnecessary crowd OF hang
ers-on.
Two Of this latter gentry. standing
near a certain ambitious young fisti-
cuffer engaged in tying his shoe laces,
were. strangely enough, discussing fights
and fighters.
Well" spoke up one of the gents,
vino thinks the new Postmaster General
has nothing to do but campaign for
boxing I'VE oughta see some real boxin'
in this town with Jim Farley here"
The pug on the soap box looked up
from his shoes, stuck forth his chin
belligerently, and growled:
How much does this guy Farley
weigh an he amt no southpaw. is he?"
I'm JEFFRIES, former heavyweight
boxing champion, who was Les Ken
nedys chief second in several i'm
portant battles on the coast, gave the
conqueror of Bob Goodwin and Reds
Barry some advice on caring for the
hands early in Les career The result.
says Les, has been not whit of trouble
with brittle fists.
| ) Jeffries' way to harden hands is to
bathe them three or four times daily In
beef brine and let them dry in the sun.
A few weeks Of this and the skin Is like
leather.
Jack Dempsey used to use pickle
brine frequently. It's almost as good.
Al BAHKASH. local heavyweight
IA who rarely rassles here is . firm
believer In turning the other cheek
or rather, the other side Of his
schnozzle.
About a month ago. in Richmond.
AL was playing bad-boy In q match
with Grobnlier. Fred retaliated with an
elbow sock ON AIS nose, breaking the
schnozzle and pushing 1t over to one
side Of his face
al went to doctor, who declared the
nose would have to be straightened.
But BahkAsh was financially embar-
raised ut the time and figured that
aftG his uear-future- match with