The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-17
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 Pnrude
By HENRY McLEMORE
United Press Stan Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent
 New York, April 17-(UP)-In my opinion (and rated of past perform ances you would be wise to poke cot- ton in your ears to avoid hearing it) James Archibald McLarnin of Dub- lin and Vancouver will hatten Tony Canzoneri in about the sixth or sev- enth round of their fight here May 8.
 Ross Knows Best
 But I am not going to back my belief with money until talk with Barney Ross, the welterweight boss, and find out how he feels about the matter. Mister Ross is the greatest living authority on McLarniana and Canzoneriana ,and he gathered his knowledge the hard way-with his fists. He was in the battle pit with the Italian twice, and the Irishman three times. Barney and McLarnin fought so often, in fact, that tired business men began using their bouts as an excuse for getting home late. Instead of the gags about missing train or being delayed at the office on important matters. they would simply say they had to stay in town and see Ross and McLarnin scrap. The welterweight title passed back and forth between them so often it began to show signs of wear, and was almost down to the lightweight poundage when they fought for it the last time.
 Looking at the fight coldly (and I always do on Fridays, being as be- lieve 8 sportswriter shouldn't be biased and partial more than six days of the Week) you can't find much in Canzoneris favor. There's the little matter of weight, to begin with. James Archibald will have decided pull here. He always does. If there are two things Jimmy,s manager, ol Pop Foster, believes in, they are CD put your dough in the bank, and @ fight the little 'uns. Pop makes Shylock look like a suck CT. Shylock would have been satis- fled with pound, but Pop wants eight or nine, anyway. Jimmy will come in at 147, while Tony will do well to hit 135, the true lightweight poundage, for his best fighting weight is pound and half short of that. That's a lot of weight to give a guy who can not only out box you, but outhit you as well.
 Jimmy SIugs
 There may be room for argument over the statement that Jimmy can outbox Tony, but no sane man will question the hitting part of it. Tony can nail you with that right, true enough, but he never saw the day he packed the authority that Mo- Larnin does. His rights a black jack. and so is his left. As I see 1t. Canzoneri will do all right in the early rounds when he has his speed. Speed will lick McLarnin. Ross proved that. But what's Tony go- ing to do when he runs out of gas? And he is sure to run out. If you've seen him fight in the past year or two you know how Tony watches that clock. Nine-tenths of all his real fighting is done in that last minute of the round. With him it's spurt- rt-coast-spurt-coast. He sirn- ply hasn't the stamina to sustain an attack of the full three minutes.
 Neither has McIsarnin for that matter. He's been going to the wars Q few years himself. But 1t won't bother him so much. After all, when two fellows grow too weary to be fancy. and are forced to simply dig in and slug 1t out. the heavier. stronger, and harder hitting brother has much less to worry about.
 But don't take my word for it. Wait until I get q report from Ross. Copyright. io50. by United Press)