Evening star., 1933-02-21

TN company with c. E. (Fats) Cornell,
l. who has an interest in Barry along
with Patsy Donovan and the f1stic
firm Of Mccartney and Jacobs, Reds,
appearing in perfect shape, spent yes
terday making the rounds" in Wash
ington for the first time since depart
ing for Gotham last Summer.
Victories over frankie Simms, JUS
tin Struts, Jack Mccarthy, Arthur Hut
tick and Isadore Gastanaga have done
much to instill lcng-lacking confidence
in Barry, who declares he will be 19
years old in May.
You fellows" stated Reds yesterday,
referring to sports writer's. have been
writing that 1 couldn't punch my way
through a paper bag. You forget
was, er, still am, only kid. I'm still
growing and can't be expected to punch
as hard Us q fellow "a or IS years old.
"MuShky Jackson'S had me training
with Joe Sekyra, Make Rosenbloom
and lot of other good fighters in New
York and I think I'm punching much
harder now. They've made me shorten
UP my blows a lot and I believe I can
show real Improvement against Ken
nedy."
Until yesterday Barry never had
~ seen Kennedy and strangely
enough, as he was asked whether
he had met the giant Chicagoan, Ken
nedy and his manager, Jimmy Erwin,
Strolled into The Star Building They
met and Barry promptly departed for
q workout at the Mohawk Club.
Erwin and Fats Cornell, however, en-
gagged in a lively debate anent judges
for tonight's battle. Erwin demanded
the same officials, Denny Hughes and
George King, be retained, but Cornell
insisted upon a change. They will de-
eide tonight.
Kennedy, naturally, is not so sure
Barry will have his way about things
and backs his statements by thsir COM
parative Show;ngs against Bob Goodwin.
Goodwin has met and beaten Barry
twice" Les pointed out. In my only
bout with Goodwin, which was at Port
ner's, I got a unanimous decision"
As far as PHYSIQUE is concerned, there
IS very little difference. Barry will
weigh 1876 and Kennedy about 1872. Les
is slightly taller than Reds.
TWO radically different styles are
- eInpGOyeQ Dy lIle OppOilSIlIS, uOW-
ever. Both are fast. but the re-
semblance stops there. Barry throws
lot of leather from all angles and
bounds from rope to rope in hopes Of
catching his opponent off guard
Barry's best bet is a flicking left hand
Kennedy wastes few punches and
rarely shoots his potent right without
a good opening. His left hook all but
slowed Goodwin away in the early going
of their bout at PortnerS, but after Bob
broke his hand in the third round it
appeared as though Kennedy eased up
considerably.
Interest unprecedented since the
Marty Gallagher Henry Lamar fight at
Silver Spring in 1923 is being manifest
in tonight's battle Not since Gallagher
first embarked upon q professional ca
reer has Washington had fistic pros
pect with a real chance to ascend the
pro ladder. Though Barry's lack Of
punch soured the local ring colony
once, reports Of this improvement have
stirred a new interest in the former
Mohawk. Whether ne will succeed in
living up to advance reports remains to
be seen.
The remainder Of tonights card fol-
lows: Ray Bowen VS.. Buster Brown,
eight rounds; Roy MRnley VS.. George
Esrick, six rounds; Cary Wright VS.:
Benny Tootham, four rounds, and
Jimmy DeCapua VS.. Young Fpndelin.
Action will begin ct 8 80 o'clock.