The Washington times., 1938-01-07
Venturi Injured Hand,
His Manager Alleges.
Charges
Run Out
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

Disappointed, but by no means
dismayed by what he calls a cold
blooded run out" by Vittorio Ven
turf. Howard Livingston, match
maker of the Rialto Theater, looks
to the future with the fervor OF
a prophet. He is going ahead with
his plans to bring ranking fight
erS to Washington, and will fea-
ture welterweightS, now among the
most active of all ring warriors.
Venturi's antics may force an
other poStponement on the Rialto.
Louis Soresi, manager of Ven.
turi, informed Livingston this
morning that the boxer had suf-
fered a bruised hand in outpoint-
ing Frankie Blair in New York city
on Wednesday night. Soresi said
that normally, he would have had
Ventura here, but now, alas. he
will accept the cancellation of the
engagement forced" upon him by
Livingston.
SoreSi perhaps is a diplomat,
Schooled in the guile of the conf
nent. His alibi however, will not
hold wate4 with the National Box
ing Association.
JESSERUN READY
"Jesserun is all right, and will
figth here with the best man we
can find for him." Livingston
said today. Ventura had little
stomach for Jesserun, I guess.
His alibi of the injured hand will
not do, and he will fight here
and for me, or nowhere. 1 will
press this case with the National
Boxing Association and the New
York State Athletic Commission
and keep Ventura out of the ring
until he fights here"
One of the first welterweight
battles that Livingston plans to
promote will bring together Sa-
verio Turiello, ranking No. well
terWeight, and Frankie Blair, rank
ing No. 2 welterweight. Blair's
prestige was dimmed no little by
Vittorio Ventura, who outStepped
him in a 10-round fight at the
Hippodrome in New York city on
Wednesday night.
The winner of the proposed
Turiello-Blair scramble may be
matche dto fight the best avail
able WelterWeight.
If these plans are carried
through, the District may return
to its former status as the "wel,
terWeight town" of the nation. It
isn't so long ago that Phil Fur,
still a Serviceable fighter; Bobby
Wilson, Bowen, the Petrolle tribe
and others packed them in to ca
pacity in Washington. There is
host of good welterweights avail
able.
BLAIR WHIPPED TURIELLO
frankie Blair, who lost to Ven
turi on Wednesday, won his posi-
ton as No. 2 challenger to the
champion by convincing triumphs
over Jimmy Leto, fifth ranking
welterweight, and Turiello.
The last named beat Cocoa Kid,
ranking No. 5 in the class, and
carried on to whip a number of
good 'uns, a list of whom need
not be printed here. Turiello never
reversed the decision won by Blair
Ventura had established himself
in the first ten of the welter-
weights when JesSurun whipped
him decisively and knocked him
right out of the ratings. Blair
will be eager to fight here, for his
position was badly shaken when
he bowed to Ventura.
Livingston is playing around
with the possibilities of the situa,
ton. Out of the series of two
bouts he contemplates might we'll
develop the No. 2 welterweight in
the National Boxing Association.
Ventura naturally has to beat
JeSSurun, but the latter has never
fought the hard hitting, fast NOV
irg Turiello. He has yet to prove
that he can outScramble Blair over
any distance.
Lew Brown, manager of Turiello
is out with a sweeping challenge
to all Welterweights, and does not
exclude the champion, Barney
Ross.
Jimmy Erwin arrived at this Of
flee in time to drop a word to the
effect that Buck Everett, the stall
Wart veteran of the heavyweight
class, is going to pulverize Murray
Kanner when they meet at Tur-
ner's Arena on next Monday night.
Buck is at his best against
those big guys" pipes Jimmy. "He
is one of those fellows who can
change his style and he knows all
the answers. Paul ProSs knocked
Kanner down but couldn't keep
him there. But if Everett turns
the trick. well there will be a drop
in beef, that's ALL"