The Washington times., 1936-12-24
| LeWis-Ettore
Go Tops Card

Light heavyweight Campion John
Henry Lewis will go cunning for
bigger game when he fights Phila,
delphia heavyweight Al Ettore in
a 1O-round non-title battle at the
Convention Hall here on Monday
night, January 4. Their meeting
will top Mayor Wilson's Christmas
fun program which is presented
under the auspices of RingmaSter
Herman Taylor.
Although the fistic carnival fol
lows the holidays the mayor will
use the proceeds-his fund re-
ceives so per cent Of the net profit
to wipe out any deficit existing
in his Christmas fund. Wilson is
determined that all Of Philadel,
phia's needy families shall have
baskets Of food and every poor
child shall enjoy the toys his heart
desires. To this purpose he has
arranged with Taylor to make the
Christmas fund boxing show an
annual affair.
Three Other Bouts
Three more 10-round bouts will
grace the Convention Hall card.
They are: Paul Pirrone vs.. Eric
Seelig; Willie Reddish VS.. Otis
Thomas; Tony Falco vs.. Holman
Williams.
Lewis encounter with the tawny
Italian will be his first battle since
he successfully defended his IT'S
pounds laurels against England S
Len Harvey in London last Novem-
ber 9. He scored an impressive vic
tory over the veteran Briton.
There is some gossip to the ef-
feet that John Henry a highly
skilled colored slaSher, originally
out Of Phoenix, Ariz., and now a
Pittsburgher, may cast aside his
light heavyweight crown and bat.
tie with the big boys. If this be
true, the match with Ettore will
give not only Lewis but also the
fight fans a good line upon his
prospects as a heavyweight gladia-
tor, since the Philly puncher is
rated as a pretty good tester.
Although Ettore fell under Joe
Louis blasts here in September,
he has beaten many, many good
fighters. For instance he holds
three decisions over his perennial
Philly rival, Leroy Haynes, which
Is a fair line upon his fistic ability.
In his one battle since the disas-
trous night will the Detroit Bonn
Der, Latin AL fought blazing draw
battle with Arturo Godoy, the
Chilean, at Mike Jacobs New
York Hippodrome.
Square Old Score
Pirrone, the celebrated middle.
weight clouter from Cleveland,
will be striving to square an old
score when he mixes with Seelig,
the German-JewiSh refugee. They
fought in Cleveland just a year
ago, and Seelig won the nod in q
sensational combat.
Seelig has been beaten only by
Harry Balsamo since he came to
this country. In his last bout, he
defeated Newark's Tony Fisher
in New York. However, Pirrone
knocked out the same Fisher two
weeks later. And prior to that,
Punching Paul kayoed frankie
Carts, promising young Philadel.
phian, at the Arena here.
The Reddish Thomas duel will
bring together two hard-hitting
Negro heavies. Reddish q husky
Philadelphian once fought q stir
ring, if losing, battle with Ettore;
he easily defeated Cleveland Eddie
Simms. Of late. he has beaten
Obie Walker, the Negro globe trot-
ter, and has knocked out Fanis
TzanatopoulouS, the Gree X.
Thomas from Chicago has de-
feated Terry Mitchell, the New
Yorker, and has belted out Wash
ington Buck Everett in a punch
over the same period of time.
Falco, the South Philadelphia
italian welter, is known as a tough
young man, but he may run into
trouble when he opposes Williams,
the Chicago colored lad who has
defeated Lew Massey, An d y
Bundy, Cocoa Kid and others Of
that calibre.