The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-02
CARNERACRITICS /. SEE SHORT REIGN
 :. FOR RING CHAMP
Result of Bout With
 L0ughran DisappOint. ing From All Angles
BY STUART CAMERON United Press Sports EditOf)

Miami, Fla, Mar. 2-(UP)-The world heavyweight crown still perches on Primo Carnera's lofty head. Americas first attempt to dislodge it failed dismally last night when the giant Italian pounded out an easy 15-round de. cision over little Tommy Loughran.
 Ponderous Primo added little to his laurels in beating the 1S4- pound, marshmallow punching Philadelphia veteran. His failure to knock Tommy into the palmettos actually enhanced the United States next title thrust.
 Negotiations are under way to match one of the two outstanding American contenders--Maxie Baer and Steve Thanksgiving the champion. Both are hard-hitting, rugged youngsters with plenty of stamina. One of them is almost cer- tain to meet the vast Venetian in September.
 Meanwhile Camera plans a trip to Buenos, Aires, Argentina, to pick up a few pesos while pushing over ancient Pauline Uzcudunt against whom he made his first ti- tie defense in Rome last year, or Victoria Campolo, who is staging a come back.
 Terrible
 Last nights bout in the Madison Square Garden arena was prob ably the worst championship fight since bare-knuckles days, with the lone exception of the Camera Uz- cudun farce in Rome.
 Even the weather conspired to make this mis-match more dreary. A light shower fell during the pre- liminaries. Then old Jupiter Plu- vius cleared the skies and let the full moon beam down so that the main bout could go on. But when this was underway he unloosed a couple of downpours that drenched everyone without umbrellas. It was particularly trying for those occupants of $2O ringside seats who wore evening clothes.
 The meagre attendance of about 11,000 fans who paid $39,00O set 8 modern low for heavyweight championship gates and crowds. l! also splashed more red ink on Mad ison Square Garden's~ books. Car
 nera's 40 per cent of the net re- ceipts will be small and Lough- ran's 10 per cent almost nothing Weight, age and Loughran's lack of punch told the story. Car nera entered the ring 3 to fa- vorite in scant betting. Packing PFC pounds on his 6 foot 1-2 inch frame, the champion dwarfed Tom my, who scaled SC pounds less. The salmon-pink Mick, who Is 32 and has been fighting for It years, tired in the later rounds. He could net call upon the reserves of youth when Cameras great weight and wagon-tongue blows sapped his stamina. The Italian, 2t | was fresh at the end. Loughrar
 was almost out on his feet. Only his great heart and masterly ring
 craft enabled him to weather the 14th and 18th rounds.
 Had Camera more of the killer instinct and more authority in hit punches he could not have failed to win by a knockout. A glancine right to the temple staggered Loughran in the 14th. Then a bom- bardment of rights and lefts to l the head and body kept him bounc- I ing off the ropes. He was so daZed at the bell that he lurched over to Carnera's corner. Bill Duffy, Car his own. Several times in the 18th fl seemed that Loughran's wobbly knees must buckle beneath him. There were no knockdowns. Tho only sign of blood came in the sixth round when one of Cameras
 huge fists gashed Tommy's scalp. Easily Won
 The United Press score sheet gave Camera Il rounds and LOugh-
 ran four. Tommy won his in a row He began to find the altitudinous range in the third frame. Camera
 forged ahead in the seventh and started a clubbing, battering at- tack that kept the challenger in re- treat during the rest of the brawl The champion was warned sev- eral times for rough tactics. He stepped on Tommy's left foot in the first and 10th rounds; drove his elbow into the Philadelphians body in the 12th, and several times tried to wrestle him to the
 floor. -Notables at the ringside included Gene Tunney, Tom Heeney, Coy ernor Dave Scholtz of Florida, Mayor Frank Hague of eJrsey City President John Reed Fitzpatrick of the Garden, Bernard F. Gimbel, Walter Camp, Sailing Baruch, George F. Getz, Bernard Baruch, and Tammany Leader John F. Curry.