The Washington times., 1936-05-13
Dizzy Days
Ahead
Petey!
By KIRK MILLER
Tin1es Sports Editor

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Petey Sarron, the grand prone
made Of social and fistic rounds
which BELTS q champion has
commenced.
No sooner was he out from
beneath the dressing room
shower Monday night than he
became the recipient Of invita-
lions here, there and the other
place.
Yesterday he was luncheon
guest of the Metropolitan Police
Boys Club Drive at the willard.
They dined and lionized Little
Petey. who took 1t sitting down,
standing UP, and otherwise. That
fellow is at home in any posture
we all know that, and his man.
ager, Jimmy Erwin, says Petey is
particularly good at the tahleside.
Today Petey is the guest Of honor
at q festive board spread by the
Executives Club in Alexandria, the
city of his adoption.
Tomorrow he flies to Birming-
ham, Ala, the city Of his birth,
where he is clipping his first cham
pion coupon by way Of becoming .
Judge in q beauty contest Friday.
Saturday morning he flies back to
Washington to be the guest here
that night Of the Alabama Society.
A Busy Summer
By then other offers will have
rolled in, and I am afraid our
Petey isn't going to have much
Of q chance to fight until the
winter season, so many opportuni-
ties face him to turn Q pretty
penny without even putting on q
glove. He can practically write
his own ticket today for endorsing
this and that and the other thing.
Can you imagine Petey selling Q
testimonial to the effect that he
always uses Lillian ParkhurSt cold
cream before entering an inn
portant contest and that Lord q
Tibbets' patent clasp, non-irritat-
ing, triple expansion garterS don't
''bite" the hair on his Simian legs!
Picture Petey posing with, a
double-decker ice cream cone
made of the cake like mother used
to bake, telling the world:
'ThiS il the stuff which puts
hair on your chest. It contains
Vitamin X"
All, Pete, m boy, you have
the universe at your feet. Go to it
lad, and clean up while you may.
Freddy Miller will tell you that
fame is q fleeing thing at best
and you're 2S, you know, Petey,
by your own admission, which
must make you even little older
than that, Ell, Petey!
Still In Doubt
Meanwhile, Petey, I found sew
eral guys around town who asked
me who won the fight and Il the
decision was o. K.
You know, Petey, on occasions
like those, one must be smart
and disguise ones wonderment
that there could be any question
about such victory, because the
human is q tickle animal and we
oil don't see eye to eye.
So, today am adducing q bit
of additional evidence to what you
adduced in the ring Monday
night, it being the official verdicts
Of the three gentlemen who pre-
sided in judgment over your work
manship against Miller.
You may have noticed that this
observer credited you with win
ming nine Of the IS rounds Mon
day, two being called even and
four for Miller. That was how I
saw it, Petey, and you can't change
that!
In point scoring, Judge Frank
Schuyler gave you II, to 81 for
Miller, but. taking Schuyler's
round-by-round scoring apart, !
find he gave you the shade in six
rounds, Miller in four and scored
five even. That still makes you
the winner, whether by rounds or
by points.
ElLer All EVen
DR.. Bob Eller,- the only Judge
who couldn't make up his mind,
gave both you and Miller 81
points, but his round-by-round
score gives Freddy seven, you four
and four even.
Referee Eddie LaFond, on the
other hand, by points made you
the winner, SO to IS, the while he
scored eight rounds in your be-
half. five in Millers, with two
even. LaFond and your humble
servant saw almost alike. Schuy-
Ter and the writer both gave Mil
Ter four rounds, but varied on your
rounds and the even rounds and
good doc" Bob Filler and myself
were as far apart as the poles.
Some other views were regis
tered. Petey. which didn't make
you look any the less great. For
instance, Charley Short, Mary
lond'S leading referee, said you
won handily. So did Edward c.
Foster, executive secretary of the
National Boxing Association and
Charles Fenwick, Joe Bauers and
George Blake, all Of the Virginia
State Boxing Commission.
So I guess you're q little bit of
al right, Petey, and more power to