The Washington times., 1934-01-18
TOPS
BAER BY VOTE
IN R|NG.PO[L
By BY DAVIS J. WALSH


cation, comes ont with it's annual
rankings today without develop
ing anything of further impor-
tance, except for one thing. This
showed that, as far as "the 104
voting correspondents from all
over the world" were concerned,
Primo Carnera is the heavyweight
champion by an act of Providence
and one vote!
Nearly half of the committee,
in other words, voted for Baer as
the ranking heavyweight of 1888
and Americas gift to womanhod
was further distinguished by be-
ing named as the man who had
contributed most to the success
Of 1888 boxing with his knockout
of Schmeling. However, it must
have been that the success in ques'
ton was strictly artistic, for ad-
mission is made forthwith that
there are 100 fewer names on the
list than at any time since it was
started in 1925.
Comeback King
Others mentioned with Baer for
especial recognition were Tommy
Loughran Gas the years come
back king"); Jimmy McLarnin
Gas the hardest hitter, pound for
pound, of any man in boxing) /;
Jack Dempsey (for having con-
ceived the Baer-Schmeling match
which created a new interest in
boxing"); and Teddy Yarosz las
the outstanding middleweight in
America.O This sounds like a
refined rebuke to New York and
the N. B. A., which maintain that
Vince Dundee and Gorilla Jones,
respectively, are the best middle
weights in the world.
With that one-vote difference
to consider, Carnera and Baer are
rated off by themselves, which
seems reasonable, since that's
where they figure to finish some
time next summer. Loughran, who
meets Camera for the title in Feb
ruary. is rated No. / in group
two. the other member Of which
is King Levinsky, the well known
human being. Schmeling and Shar
key, the old champions, occupy
three. The rest occupy the back
steps.
McLarnin and AL Brown, the
itinerant bantamweight, stand
alone at the head of the welter'
weight and batamweight classes
respectively. In other words, the
field is limited to one.
No Americans
Moveover, there isn't an Ameri-
can bantamweight named at all
outside of Brown who hasn't made
a fight here in years BY the way
Kid Williams and Pete Herman
were American bantamweights. So
was the late Terry McGovern
Maybe there's a law now.
Anyhow. Make Rosenbloom, the
light heavyweight champion, like
Camera, retained his top ranking
by the gossamer thread Of sheer
circumstance. He heads John
Henry Lewis, the Phoenix, Ariz.
colored gentleman. by one point
The rest of the rankings were:
HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION
Group Four
! ]. Walter Neusel, Germany.
2. Don McCOrkingdale, South Africa.
3. Steve Hamas, Passaic, n. j.
4. Charley Massera, Pittsburgh.
5. Lee RamRge, San Diego.
g. Patsy FerrOni, Canton, Ohio.
!. Johnny RiskO, Cleveland.
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Group Two
I. Tony Shucco, Boston.
:. Joe Knight, DaytOna. Fla.
3. Len Harvey, England.
A. Bob Goodwin, Georgia.
S. Bob Olin, New York.
6. Al Gamer, New Haven.
7. Mickey Walker. RumsOn. n. j.
MDDLEWEIGHTS
Group One
1. Marcel Thils. France.
2. Vince Dundee, Newark.
3, Teddy YarOsE, Pittsburgh.
4. Lou BrOuillard, Worcester. Mass.
s. Gorilla Jones, Akron, Ohio.
1. Young Terry, Trenton.
2. Ben Jeby, New York.
3, Dave Shade, New York.
A. Kid TunerO, Cuba.
5. Frank Battaglia. Winnipeg:
6. Sammy Slaughter, Terre Haute'
WELTERWEIGHTS
Group Two
1. Billy PetrOlle, Duluth.
2. Young COrbett, San FranCisco'
3. Jackie Fields, Los Angeles.
4. Eddie Kid Wolfe, Memphis.
LIGHTWEIGHTs
i. Barney Ross. Chicago.
2, Tony CanZOneri, New York.
FEATHERWEIGHTS
l. Kid Chocolate, Cuba,
2. Freddie Miller. Cincinnati.
8, Seaman Watson, England.
FLYWEIGHTS
1, Midget WOlgast, Philadelphia.
2 Iackia Brown. England,