The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-06-28
PRIMO LAUGHS OFF
LEGAL SCOTS AS
BIG CHANCE NEARS
Challenger Amiable on Eve
OF Battle After Heavy
Siege Of Training
BY BILL BRAUCHER
NEA Service Shorts Editor


Pompton Lakes, N. j., June 20.
Primo Camera 10 not q man to
be taken lightly.
The steps leading down from the
barn-like tavern at DIR Bier's re-
sort-camp creaked under his Gar
gantuan feet, and the gravel in the
drive screeched as though under
the wheels Of truck as he ambled
Howard our group seated in the
shade Of a great tree in the CEN
tier of driveway circling the en-
trance.
Big Les Kennedy. a sparring
Ipartner, moved from the settee.
lone or two always must move from
THE broad bench when Primo APP
proaches. That's where HE sit.
He was good-natured and smif-
ling as he derricked up that ham at
the end of his huge arm for me to
take. 1t had been my original
Thought to say something snappy
bike "My, how you've grown!"
But the first question turned out
Ito be, "Still in lover"
$i4,2SO Heart Balm
The reference was to that little
affair in London when spring was
there and when Primo was assessed
$I4,2S0 as balm for a waitress
wounded heart. Gosh, If he ever
had taken her by the neckD
The Vast Venetian half-grunted,
Northumberland your correspond
lent moved over. What the noise
sounded like was o man pounding
the inside Of an empty barrel with
n bass-drum stick.
"Ohhhh, dose teengs!" he Prim-
oed. "All kinds scots people breeng
legal scots. Nobody sue when you
broke. Nobody even look at you
when you broke"
But 1t was good thing for
Primo. at least so 1t appears now,
that Leon See happened to look at
him some seven years ago when
the giant of IS was circus strong
boy, pulling against q team OF
horses in O French carnival act.
Otherwise ida Preem" still might
be pulling horses around - and
broke.
In the last eight amazing years
he has come from the simple state
bf poor Italian boy who had to
wrap his feet in burlap because no
shoes to fit could be founder af-
forded--to the spot where he may
hvin with a punch the proud world
championship worn by Sharkey.
frunncy, Dempsey, Willard and
pthers--a noble rank that goes
back to John l.. sullivan himself.
A Strange Rise
AS I sat watching Camera bat
hose tremendous hands at files
hnd with surprising quickness he
Taught q few of them--the ro-
nance OF his rise struck me as a
lesson In the strange intricacies OF
modern prize fight manipulation
How he was campaigned boldly
from coast to coast against buns,
bf whom most people never had
heard
The rich financial returns of that
Furious circus
And how he was built into a
Fighter by just that process--for he
has become pretty good boxer
with a pretty good punch.
Later, when Camera was boxing
with some spar mates. sat with
Les Kennedy and asked him about
he Big Boy. Kennedy himself had
been brought from the Pacihc
Coast to fight Stanley Poreda a few
days before, Kennedy being expect,
ed to be a setup. But he reversed
the dope by knocking Mister Po.
reda fiat and cold. somehow, the
Imagination is dsawn to fellow
like Kennedy.
The Coast boxer marvelcA at
Primo's Improvement. He had not
seen him in "a ring since last De-
cember, when Primo won from a.
Whisky in ten rounds. Listen to
kennedy:
"He's faster, and he's getting
what he always has needed, some
snap In his punches. Before he
keemed to be "a pusher. though he
had enough push TO knock me out.
Now he's getting the proper kick.
OF course. Sharkey is hard toI
hit with u right hand. But IL this
big guy does crack down with one
wouldn't want to be Sharkey taxi
Ing IT,"
The Big Boy was good-natured
hgainst his sparring partners, but
bnce Harold Mays freshened up a
Erine and was sent spinning with a
quick left hand that looked as good
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