The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-14

Long Island.
Most men like to go to these
things with a roofing interest in
one of the fighters. This goes for
men who make a business of writ
ing sports for the newspapers. 1t
is nice to know the next day you
called the turn right. 1t is a bit
distressing to realize you called it
wrong. But it would be no fun at
all not to try.
Camera "On Own"
I am guessing Camera largely on
his durability, his concentration and
the fact that he seems to be an
improving fighter. We all know that
once he was a notorious in-the-
Dagger. Which is to say that when
ever he stopped into the ring every
thing was arranged for him to win.
I am not sure precisely just when
the great spiritual reformation set
in, but 1 do know that for the last
year or SO Camera has been ION his
own" that when he won, he won
legitimately. And during this time
he has shown unmiStakable Symp-
toms of progress.
Quite a few people were inclined
to look with questioning eyes at Car
nera'S knockout of Jack Sharkey in
six rounds last summer. But APP
parently they forget to remember
that two years before, when he was
a great deal less than a finished
fighter, Camera got up off the floor
to last fifteen rounds with this same
Sharkey, then at his peak.
1t is this first Sharkey fight that
makes me feel Camera can't be a
complete bust. He showed 2 little
lighting form that night, plus a lot
Of gameneSS, and it seems to me
reasonable to assume that he must
have gotten better with time and
experience. Even now he is only 26
years old, so I don't see how you
can figure that he has gotten worse.
Baer Question Mark
Perhaps the most convenient way
to dispose of Camera as a con-
troversial subject is to say he is
neither a very great fighter, nor a
very terrible fighter. At any rate
I am reasonably SUI it does not re-
quire a composite of Jeffries, Corbett
and Fitzsimmons to beat him.
Well, Baer is hardly that. In fact
it is difficult to tell exactly what
Baer is. He is certainly the question
mark in this fight. All that we know
about him is that he is a brash
young man who can hit hard with
a looping right hand and is appar-
emily dead game.
They are saying if there is to be
a knockout Baer will land it. And
that sounds reasonable enough, be-
cause Baer is a mad, charging bat
tier for the most part, and he likes
to throw heavy punches from all
directions. On the other hand,
Camera prefers to stand back and
wait for the fight to be carried to
him.
They are saying also that if Baer
Doesn't win by an early Knockout
say by the seventh or eight round
ne Will not win. And that sounds
reasonable, too. 1t certainly sounds
reasonable if Baer stars trying for a
knockout from the start. A furious
attack that yields nothing but fu-
tillty can take a lot out of a man.
1t can actually beat him, if you
must know.
Slugger Gives Weight
This is particularly true in a
light such as this, where one man
the slugger-is giving away abo.S
nifty pounds on the scales. If you
dema nd an authenticated case upon
which to debate this point, I refer
you to the Toledo fight, where
Dempsey spotted Willard about fifty
pounds-and almost knocked him
self out trying to knock Willard
out.
This may sound confusing and. if
you rely solely upon the unembeI-
lished records for your information.
1t also may sound c~ockeyed. But
It's a fact, just the same. Dempsey
knocked Willard down seven times
in the first round and the effort
took so much out of him physically
that he was leg weary and arm tired.
Baer is being accepted as the
greatest hitter since Dempsey's
time, but if Make does drop Car
nera, he still faces the problem of
keeping him down. Sharkey dropped
him, but couldn't keep him down.