The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-01
WALLACE LOOMS
 AS NEW THREAT
 IN WELTER RANKS
Pacific Northwest Pr0- duces Young Rival For
 Ross and Mel Larnin

Barney Ross ana Jimmy McLar' min cannot go on fighting each other forever, but the Pacific Northwest has a welter whom il suspects can beat either of them and a middleweight expected te restore the breath of life to that division.
 The welter is Gordon Wallace of Vancouver, which is McLarnin's Eold home town.
 The middleweight is Freddie Steele, of Tacoma, just across Pu. get Sound.
 Efforts are now being made tc bring Ross, Harry Dublinsky Frankie Klick, and Ceferino Gar. cia, the Filipino, to Vancouver fol engagements with Wallace, tht most magnetic attraction in the history of the British Columbia city. Wallace is eager to go any. where for crack at one of the better boys.
 Steele gets his big opportunity in Seattle on July 30, when Vince Dundee collects substantial guar antee for stepping 10 rounds with him. Since dropping the 16O-pound leadership to Teddy Yarosz ir Pittsburgh last September, Dundee has repelled Paul Pirrone and Babe Risko.
 Steele first appeared as 95. pound amateur when only l years old. He now stands feet il inches and comes in at about 15e | pounds. Since turning profession al in 1880, teele, now a handsome chap of 22, has dropped only two mad reversed them in subsequen, engagements.
 Highly Regarded at Home And by Foremost Rivals While 147-pound champion, Nc. Larnin was offered $25,000 to meet Steele in 0 non-titular skirmish ir Seattle, and could hace had $15,. 900 after losing his crown to Ross Young Corbett III was offered $5,000, and an attractive induce. ment was extended Risko. The east hasn't beckoned Steele, and Dundee is the first real topnotcher to be coaxed to the Pacific north west.
 Steele has knocked out Ceferino Garcia twice, Frankie Petrolle, Ed die Murdock, Bucky Lawless, Joe Click, Andy Divodi, and Baby Jae Cans. He has won decisions from Billy Townsend, Click, Eddie Ran DiVodi, and Tommy Rios, and boxed Gorilla Jones 10 rounds on | even terms.
 "You cain't hurt him if you hi, him, and you can't hit him." says Cans. An if he hits you he knocks you daid, and he calm miss you"
 More than 90 per cent of Steele. opponents have been on the canvas including the tough Rios, who in sists that he never was down be fore.
 You have Elliot Metcalf word for it that Steele is a spec tacular knockerout and as color 1 ful as painters overalls. Met calf, veteran sports editor of thu Tacoma Times, has seen glovet workmen come and go for moro than 20 years and isn't inclined to rave.
 'If you considered McLarnin a puncher-wait!" asserts Metcalf And Steel's got it in either hand and lands it from any posi-. ton. I've looked at long line o1 beak busters, but Steele is the dream fighter of them al. An other year will give him more polish, no doubt, but as he stands today he's even money against the best middleweights. You'll have to see this boy in action te appreciate him." Pacific Northwest Has
 Turned Out Good Ones l Steele survived three sever, spells of sickness and a broken jav to get where he is. One Leonard Bennett broke his jaw with hi first punch in a six-rounder twt years ago, but never recovered iron the beating dealt him by the un complaining Steele, who has sine, proved that the injury did no per Inanent damage.
 In Vancouver since last Octo Der, Wallace has knocked out ant outscored Billy Townsend, and re pelled Bobby Pacho, Tommy Bland Ronnie Headley. and the veteran Tod Morgan, among others. I Besides being a good puncher Wallace knows what to do, and st far has not been on the floor explains Jack Allen. "The lattel is relief after having to lus Townsend back to the corner st often." Allen also managed Town send.
 So Freddie Steele and Gordor Wallace join the parade of pugi lists from the last frontier, II which lave passed in review sucl as Percy Cove, the Barriea, brothers, Roscoe Taylor, Frit. Holland, Johnny O'Leary, Kit Scaler, Eddie Pinkman, locke. Bennett, Eddie Marine, Joe Benja min, Jimmy Darcy, Alex ant Johnny Trambitas. Harry Ander son, Chet Neff, Bud Anderson Earl Baird, Bud Ridley, Franl Farmer. K. O. Eddie Roberts, Do, Shell, Tod Morgan, Vic Foley, Let Lomski, Townsend, and McLarnin IDAHO WOOI, CROP LARGE