Evening star., 1935-06-09
SHRINE BOUT TEST
FOR TWO CHAMPS
Tony, frankie on Spot in
Griffith Stadium Clash
Tomorrow Night.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

AllO14OW IASAiV w pAo'ANN VAN
with the greatest fight spectacle 1t
ever has enjoyed, either since the
legalizatlon of boxing here or in the
old days when bootleg bouts were in
order-a battle of champions
Each at the top of his class-Can-
zoneri recently regained the light
weight title and Klick holds the
junior lightweight championship
their match arranged as part of the
sports entertainment for the visiting
Shriners will draw Washington rec
ord fight gate.
No title will be involved. but the
contest limited to II rounds will be
bitterly waged all the way. To Klick,
victory would mean a sure shot at
the lightweight crown now worn by
the battler who twice has defeated
him To Canzoneri defeat coming so
shortly after he had won back the
championship indeed would be calling
and might affect seriously his finan-
cial end of future bookings.
1t is a match in which neither
crown bearer can afford to fight other
than as a champion.
ENSH money, TICK our winner.
THERE should be little difference in
the weights of the battlers as
they step to the canvas at the ball
park. Each will be above class pound
age, with Kick scaling around 1862
perhaps and Canzoneri very likely
pound more. Official recording of
their weights will be made before the
District Boxing Commission at 2 to-
morrow afternoon.
When the bout was arranged by
Goldie Ahearn matchmaker of the
Joe Turner interests promoting for
the Shriners. CanZoneri Immediately
was installed 9-to-5 favorite over
the little battler he had twice de-
feated. These odds prevailed through
out the early days of Kicks train
ing here.
Starting last Wednesday, however,
with the Junior lightweight champion
steadily improving in condition and
looking much more impressive daily
in his workouts. the odds began to
narrow. Despite reports from the
sumptuous Marlboro. N. Y, training
camp that Carzoneri again is in the
good shape he was when he startled
the fight world by beating Lew
Ambers for the championship. Kick
picked up in the estimation of the
fistic fans
Today Canzoneri will alight from
the train at Union Station shortly
after noon to find the betting on the
battle even money and name your
winner"
Each Packs Wallop.
THE little men will carry into the
Grifith Stadium ring a punch as
wef as the sfrewdness of champions
Canzoneri is noted for the wallop he
packs in either hand. He is rated as
being the hardest hitter among the
lfghtweights. But Klick throws
damaging right and is by no means
weak with his left.
Both are flat-footed fighters. Klick
naturally so. Canzoneri has become
so in the pasl two years. His long
fighting careei-Tony Is little more
than 81, but he has been in more
than 100 big battles since he first
attained prominence 10 years ago
has had its effect. 1t would be strange
If 1t had not taken some toll of his
underpmning.
But Canzoneri'S legs never annoyed
him as he licked Ambers early last
month to become the first lightweight
ever to regain title. Then both of
Tony's fists were packed with power.
and what his legs might have lacked
was offset by his fine ring general
f4I l.
could between f1urries of punches to
conserve energy. He never really shot
his bolt against Ambers.
In this. his first fight since the de-
feat Of Ambers, the lightweight cham
pion might find it difficult to get
these periods of rest. Klick is a de-
termined fighter, after his man every
minute usually. and has shown he
can take as we'll as give.
And frankie tomorrow night will
be inspired by a burning desire TO
avenge those two defeats Tony handed
him-one back in october, 1888. in a
l0.rolnder, and the other Just six
months thereafter. when Canzoneri
scored a technical knockout in the
ninth round.
Distance May Aid Klick.
EISTIC figures are saying that the
12-found route of the Shrine bout
is favorable to Klick. They claim that
Frankie, II he Weathers the first 10.
will have great opportunity to take
the measure of Canzoneri.
1t Is matter of record that Can
Sonerl objected to the 12-round maxi
mum after he had been signed to meet
Kick here. He and his manager,
Sammy Goldman, were so insistent in
their demands that the scrap be lin
tied to 10 rounds that the affair al
most got away from the promoters
Klick squawked, too. about the dura-
tion Of the fight, but did so because he
did not consider it long enough. He
the greatest persuasive power of the
Ahearn- Turner interests to effect
12-round compromise.
The squawk about the length of the
fight was not the only one made by
Klick and Ray Carlen. his manager.
after articles were signed. They
strongly opposed the importation Of
Jack Dempsey to referee the clash
and carried their argument to the
District Boxing Commission.
But the Shrine Boxing Committee
had already signed the old master for
the Job and when the commission as
sured Klick and his manager that
dempsey would handle the fight ac-
eording to District rules-Frankie had
feared Jack was not qualified to take
care Of the bout properly-all objec-
tions were withdrawn.
! So Dempsey will be on the job when
che little fellows square off tomorrow
night.
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HONORS D. C. ATHLETES