Evening star., 1933-02-12
BRAIN HEM0RRHAGE
AFFECTS LEFT SIDE
Victim Still Bedridden, but
Critics Raise Eyebrow
Over Carnera Win.
BY EDWARD J. NEIL,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n Jew YORK, February IL
M While bafied boxing minds
1 Y strove today to put two and
two together and come up
with the right answer, Ernie
Schaaf rested uneasily in Poly
clinic Hospital, his left side partly
paralyzed by intra-cranial hem
orrhage, result of his knockout last
night by Primo Camera.
No medical or other light WAS cast
upon the mystery of what actually
caused the i.esEorrhage in the ~doloroiis
battle that ended In the thirteenth
round before 10000 disguised customers
when the Italian mammoth gently
nudged Ernie on the nose with q left
jab.
AS DR.. william v. Healy, brain
specialist in charge of the case. issued
his final daily bulletin, several of the
metropolitan papers were branding the
match an out-and-out fake designed
to build up Carnera into an outstand-
ing challenger for Champion Jack
Sharkey in June sharkey, who al
ready has trounced Camera once, owns
half interest in Schaaf.
'nR. HEALY said In late bulletin:
II "Mr. Schaaf shows slight i'm
provement. His condition is still
serious. His temperature Is 100 degrees,
pulse 80, respiration g."
From DR.. william Walker, State
Athletic Commission doctor, who first
treated Schaaf in his dressing room
after the blond warrior was carried
from the ring m q -Sfrofnha~
news that blood clots pressing against
the motor nerves Of the brain had tenn
porarHy par3lyzed the fighters left side.
The paralysis Is very definite" he
said. 1T will do no good to try and
hide 1t. It Is very difficult, and risky.
to forecast the result of these cases.
But the examination today revealed an
Improvement in his mental condition.
His physical condition Is about the
same. His general condition is still
serious. The treatment is medicine and
absolute rest"
a THIRD specialist, DR.. Phillip Good
"A heart. neurologist concurred I'm
the diagnosis, but thought that
Scnaafs pulse was close to norman,
about a to 49,. In case of intra-
cranial hemorrhage,s the beat Of the
pulse often Is an indication of the 20
verify of the injury. rising above nor
NAL In proportion to the gravity Of the
case
Apparently unperturbed, Sharkey left
for Miami with his family for a three
weeks stay this morning, as Mrs. Lucy
Schaaf, mother Of the boxer, and two
Of Schaafs sisters came here from
Providence. Members Of the police
homicide squad questioned every one
connected with the. fight and examined
the Garden ring m search Of evidence
OF criminal negligence in the event
Schaaf died, but found nothing.
Meanwhile, boxing critics, remember
ing the odds that shifted suddenly n
day before the fight from 2 to / ON
Schaaf to 2 to on Camera, when
the fighters entered the ring, added
their chorus to the cries Of "fake"
sounded by the huge crowd last night.
TT was pointed out that sharkey could
not fight Schaaf In June, because
OF their close relationship, and the
charges were anything but yelled that
Ernie had not tried, very hard to win.
On the basis of the records of the two.
Schaaf stood out as an overwhelming
favorite. Camera, though a tremendous
man physically, has never damaged any
other man as severely as the hospital
record shows he punished Schaaf, ZONE
Of the most durable Of current heavy
weights.
All visitors except his manager,
Johnny Buckley, were kept from
Schaafs hospital room. Buckley said
his fighter recognized him, though still
in q daze.
Gen. John J. Phelan, member Of the
New York State Athletic Commission,
visited the hospital several times. He
said he believed the match had been
fought on its merits.