Evening star., 1934-07-16
ODDS AGAINST
ALEXANDRIA LAD
kayo Win Foreseen for Ga
lento-ManIey.WiIs
Scrap Intrigues.
III FRANCIS v. STAN.


w WHETHER Bob Tow
a really is a heavyweight
Wv prospect or Just q
strappine young fellow
who ought 10 be good fighter
will be determined. perhaps
definitely. tonight. The greatest
left hook in the boxing game
today, a murderous weapon
pinioned 10 the fat body OF Tony
Galento, will decide the ques-
tion in a scheduled 10-round
scrap at Griff1th Stadium.
Despite a supreme display OF con-
fldence in Tow's ability by Bob May,
Alexandria sportsman who has under
written the battle TO the extent of
1000 smackerS, betting odds today
continued 10 favor Galento by Q 70 D.
Odds against May breaking even at
the box once are even more prohibi-
tive.
May and other supporters Of the
tall Alexandria heavyweight are con-
fident Tow can safely box and bicycle
his way through four or Ave rounds
and then, in the fnal half OF the
tussle when the roly-poly Galento in
Variably tires, proceed 70 carve out the
decision.
Galento adherents anticipate a
Knockout for the Orange, N. J..
Italian inside OF four rounds in spite
of Tow's publicly announced plan Of
jabbing and running until Galento's
220-odd pounds. draped over an oil
too squatty frame, begin to take their
toll. They point out that Red Barry.
faster heavyweight than Tow and
q better boxer. failed to last round
with Galento. Matte Brown, q much
smarter boxer than Tow and winner
over Bob last Spring here. was hat-
tened In two heats by Tony.
Would Battle Loughran Next.
TF TOW succeeds in upsetting the
dope he viii be sitting pretty de-
spite past failures which include
knockouts at the hands OF Joe
knight and Marty Gallagher. Bob
May, owner OF a bus line, employer
and backer OF Tow, Is prepared TO
guarantee Tommy Loughran a fat
nhAtA Va R0tVVV Va hiINb AoW sAAG
event Galento Is beaten and this offer
goes whether May wins, loses or
draws at the gate" tonight.
Galento's plan Of attack is to bottle
up the faster Tow in a corner and
drape his murderous left hook on the
youngsters chin. One solid sock,
opine Galento's followers. should be
suficient. pointing to the feats of
knight and Gallagher In dropping
Bob with q punch apiece. Neither
knight nor Gallagher packs wallop
comparable TO the dynamite in Ca
lento's left.
The New Jersey dreadnaught, who
recently was taken under the wing
of Jack Dempsey, Is expected to scale
something like 90 or rs pounds more
than his elongated rival. Tow's 1875
pounds, however, are distributed over
a 6-foot 3-inch frame, while Galentos
220-odd pounds will be spread over
only feet 8 inches OF height,
wilson -Manley Scrap Hot.
"A MOTHER pair OF heavyweights,
IN Don Petrin OF New Jersey and
Buddy Macarthur of West Vir-
einia, will clash in the s-round semi
wind-up, but the high spot OF the
supplementary program likely will be
afforded by a brace OF welters, Bob
Wilson and Roy Manley.
If ever a fight seems certain 10
wind up via a kayo the wilson
Manley tussle is it. A southpaw,
Manley naturally packs his big punch
In his left paw. Wilson hits with
both fms In his lone appearance
here he hattened Otto Kushmer In
impressive style. They are slated to
battle six rounds.
A third pair of hesvyweights on
the card are Barefoot Green, the
Fredericksburg -fet boy, and Jere
Dunn, a newcomer TO this section
Green and Dunn are listed for four
rounds.
Kirkwood Burke, local heavyweight,
who was to have made his pro debut
tonight, is out due to an injury and
so is Frank Coates, whom he was
to have fought in a -rounder.
Their places will be taken by rugged
Sam Britt and Freddie Heintz, newest
middleweight of Jimmy Erwin's
stable.
Action viii begin at $50 o'clock.