Evening star., 1934-05-06
FACESDANGEROUS
HITTER IN Conner
French Chef Is Best Known
Here for Knockout of
Patsy Wallace.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
MONTH"; ONO dict

MO4N IL 1-dONN QlCU VI
~ heavyweight boxfests will
~ come to an end this week
a at Portner's Arena when
frankie kid Covelli of Brook
lyn seeks to prove he can skip
from the featherweight to the
lightweight division and still
hold his own.
Regarded as the claSsiest feather to
invade this region, with the eXcep-
ton of N. B. A. Champion Freddy
Miller, the diminutive Brooklynite
will seek further fiStic laurelS against
Charley Conner, a full-f1edged 1885,
FOUNDER fighting out of Baltimore.
CoVelli's attempt to step up a notch
is not exactly his own idea, for
Frankie has been doing okay as a
featherweight, and Washington likes
feathers. In fact, frankie has been
doing too well to suit few other
1876 pound knuckle : throwers here
about, which is just why he must
tackle a lightweight. AS a feather
weight Covelli just about reigns su-
preme in this clearing in the woods.
Sarron Win Threw Scare.
TRANKIE whipped Petey Sarron in
his first appearance here, and
that feat threw a scare into the
local feather ranks. If promoters
were to show him again-and they
intend to-it was necessary to go far
afield for opposition. Thus was
BennyBritt imported.
1t seems, though, that Frankie and
Benny had fought five or six times in
the past and, to use Covelli's alibi,
knew each others style perfectly.
The result was a sour exhibition
which resulted in the disqualification
of both principals.
Although fighters knew frankie
wasn't up to snuff against Britt, the
exhibition did much to lessen their
respect for Covelli, with the result
that Charley Won Reedon accepted a
bout pronto. Right off the bat
Charley smacked frankie to the can
vas for nine, but Covelli ups and
licks Won Redon in the end.
frankie Is Better Boxer.
T ICKING Sarron and Won Reedon
Is job for any scrapper, and
once again Covelli found him
self cock-o'- -the-walk. Hence the i'm
portation from Baltimore of Conner,
a French chef with real wallop-
AS far as piling up points is con-
cerned, Covelli needn't be much
afraid of running second to Conner,
for Frankie has been flashing great
left jab against fighters clever enough
to escape unScathed against most
jabs. It's Corners wallop Covelli will
fear and we'll he might.
The Baltimorean will be remember
ed as the fellow who was supposed to
take it" from Patsy Wallace,S f1ashy
Atlantic City lightweight, last Win
ter. Wallace was the gent who took
it." Conner put him to sleep in two
heats.
Inspired by his unexpected victory
over Pete Galiano last week, Leroy
Dougan returns in semi-final role to
battle Dominick Nicco, courageous
New York featherweight who put
himself in solid here by his recent
stand against this same Galiano. In
another eight-rounder Johnny Mays
will battle Porky Saab, Syrian welter-
weight from Florida, while four
rounder lists Bud Palmer and Johnny
Vaughn.
~ ERMANY'S gifts to the sneer-
T and-snarl racket are beginning
to get into Jim McMillans hair,
it seems. Replaced by Hans Steinke
against Jim Browning last week, Nc
MILAN, starting anew his quest of a
championship" shot here, runs smack
up against another Hans Thursday at
the weekly caulifower convention at
the Washington Auditorium.
The Hans rassling Mcmillan this