Evening star., 1934-04-29
Both on Comeback Trail,


Y VICTORY for Robert would be
v. particularly sweet to James for
reason other than to justify
his confidence in Tow. Shortly after
making his statement, Brown, who was
reSurrected from the raSSling ranks by
Erwin, left James @. for his old pilot,
Billy Mccartney. The loss of Matte
hurt James in the wallet pocket for he
had just held Walter Neusel to draw
and was in considerable demand. 1t
didn't make Erwin feel any more
kindly toward Matte.
Both Brown and Tow have been
climbing the comeback trail of late.
the former holding four straight wins
and draw following a return to the
fight game and Bob boasting five
straight victories since emerging from
retirement.
Matte, because of his draw with
NeuSel and wins over Hans Birkie.
Marty Gallagher and AL Stillman
(twice), will be favorite over Tow.
but the odds will not be long. Local
ringworms hark back to last Summer
at Twin-City when Brown and Tow
opposed in six-round preliminary
and fought to a draw. On this occa-
sion neither was in shape or even
family resembled the fighter he is
today, but the bout offered fair line
on their respective abilities. Brown
at the time was keeping the landlord
away by raSsling. while Tow was looked
upon by many local observers as prob
ably the worlds worst heavyweight.
Pete Galiano, Baltimore's club fight
Ing sensation who recently fought
that six-round punching classic with
Dominick Nicco of New York, will re-
turn to oppose LIE Roy Dougan in the
elght-round semi-wind-up. This may
be one of the seasons best. Galiano
can hit and Dougan can take it..
Dougan is rough and tough in the
cllncheS and Galiano is no sissy. It
should be, to put it mildly, enter
tanning.
Ike Fones and Stamford Carrier
are in four -rounder.
TOE TURNER, the old rassling ma
estro and boxing promoter to be.
realizes fond ambition Wednes-
day when he unchains another bunch
of heftieS for a rasslefest in the Wash
lngton Auditorium
For some years Turner has wanted
to do something for poor old Hans
Steinke. the inanimate sort of a gent
from Germany. Nobody cared much
Tor Hans in promotional way. be-
cause he lacked color and was too hard
to match. The only qualification Hans
had was ability to wrestle-and that,
apparently. is not enough.
Maybe it was because he himself
was great wrestler, but anyway Joe
after several failures in the past,
finally has maneuvered Hans into
what the GROWERS are pleased to call
a championship match.
So on Wednesday Steinke will grap-
pie Jim Browning, New. York's cham
pion of the world, in a two-hour match
which is expected to attract a near
capacity crowd. The show was moved
up a day earlier in the week because
of a previous booking of the audi
torium by another organization.
In compliance with a request by
Steinke, new National Wrestling As
sociation referee will be imported for
the tussle. The choice is up to Msgr.
Turner and he intimates his selection
will be made from officials other than
those around Washington and Balti-
more.
The preliminary card is right at
tractive, for a change, what with Chief
White Feather returning and Henry
Graber, Middle West sensation, de-
butting. They will growl against
Ernie Zeller and Sid Majors, respec-
lively. Jim Mcmillan will engage Len
Hall in the semi-windup and Harry
Fields and Jim Henry will open the
show.