Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
SAV0LD|, DONOVAN
MAT HEADL|NERS.
Three Supporting Bouts on
Thursday Card-Boxing
Back Next Week.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.
wv WHILE Washington awaits

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v bigger in personal contact
sport than the recent Can
zoneri-Klick minuet, Messrs Turner
and Ahearn do not propose to let
the city suffer for want of such en-
tertainment. Despite the heat this
promotional combine has concocted
two cards to be offered in the next
eight days while it continues to look
for the top-notchers it hopes to bring
on before Summer fades into Fall.
Turner goes back to his old love
to set up a wrestling bill next Thurs
day night. Ahearn follows his fight
ways to book a boxing blowout a
week from tomorrow night. Both pres
entations to be at Griffith Stadium.
Joe Savoldi, who stepped from the
collegiate gridiron where he had
gained glory for himself and Notre
Dame, TO the wrestling realm, where
he has gained something much more
substantial, is the ballyhoo base of
the mat melee. The fistic fling will
be more modest in its pretentions, its
promoter admitting that nothing
more than CLUB fighters of known
caliber" will be put in the ring.
Irish Whip" vs.. Drop Kick"
THEY'RE sending Jumping Joe to
the mat Thursday to commit
something just short Of mayhem on
the person of one Jack Donovan, who
has attained some popularity with
Capital mat maddies in his appear
ance here. But Donovan Is regarded
fair exponent of the Irish whip"
an importation from Erin introduced
some months ago by Dangerous Dan
O'Mahoney. Jack hopes to use this
quaint pain producer to block Sa-
voldi's drop kick"
Though barred in several States
where commissions appear to believe
the wrestling game must be regulated
by a lot Of rules. the drop kick" in
all its glory goes here. 1t is little more
than a foot-flrst charge to the chin
and usually is quite effective when it
lands.
Savoldi knows this. During a bout
in Los Angeles with Chief Little Wolf.
Jumping Joe's "drop-kick" missed the
intended mark, but landed on his own
chin And he went out cold.
Indian Put ugh" in Rough.
THIS will be savoldi's first time here
in thee years, but Donovan has
been something of show stealer in
the Capital within the past six
months. Debuting locally as an I'M
known ana in minor role. Jack has
gained the respectful consideration Of
Washington's wrestling rooters who
have come to expect of him a corking
entertainment, win or lose.
For the semi-fnal Thursday Pro-
moter Turner has brought together
Cliff Olsen, who used to toll here up
to two years ago. and Little Beaver,
another Of the mat games many In
dams. II they do nothing more. these
Indians always manage TO outgrunt
and outmaul their hugging and haul
ing foemen. 1t was the red man who
put the ugh" in rough.
Two Commute preliminaries will
have Mike Mazurki mixing with Floyd
Marshall and Ed Meske tussling with
Walter Podolak This Podolak is 265
pounds of bone and Drawn. a new
Hans Steinke, as strength goes, It's
said.
Dema nds Action of Boxers.
A HEARN is rounding out a card of
So rounds of pssting and pound
ing, he hopes. One of his bouts will
provide just that kind of entertain
ment. If Roger Bernard, the Flint
(Mich) feather, and Lou Fox, out Of
New York. put everything into their
eight-rounder, as they did here last
Monday night.
Going on after the Canzoneri-Klick
fiasco, these battlers put on the show
of the night with Bernard getting the
decision by shade. They we're the
fightingest pair seen at the Shrine
show.
Another mauler that thrilled the
crowd last Monday also is booked for
eight rounds. Phil Fur, pride of
Southwest Washington, who hit
Frankie Bruno with everything but
the ring posts, will face some tough
opponent. says Ahearn. He'll have to
be tough If he is 10 take what Fur
threw at Bruno.
Ahearn is casting about for boys
to throw into two other eight-round-
ers and also pair of spunky and
speedy scrappers for an opening four
rounder. He wants fighters who'll
give the crowd action all the way.
Ringworms here have revealed they'll
go for those kind of bouts. even though
the battlers bear no big tags.