The Washington times., 1938-05-16
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Hitting Drops
Fight Odds
SARR0N NOW 6-5
Petey Has Trouble in
Avoiding Rights of
Sparring Partner
BY BOB ADDIE

The prohibitive betting odds
that favored Petey Sarron over
Lou Gevinson have taken an
about face as the boxers prepare
to wind up their training for their
bout at Griffith Stadium Thurs
day night. When the match was
first made a couple of weeks ago.
Sarron was quoted as high as Al
The price is now down to 6-5 and
dropping faster than a phoney
oil stock.
There's only one reason for this
sWitch-GevinSon's punch. Just
as baseball managers always fear
men like Jimmy Foxx and Joe
DiMaggio, who can break up q
ball game with a home run, so
gamblers fear to bet against a
man who can end a fight with one
punch.
LOU LET'S LOOSE
If ever there was a one-punch
artist, it's Gevinson. Little Lou
can really freeze 'em when he
wings that right or left. Yesterday,
Gevinson boxed six rounds, two
each with Steve Mamakos, Jack
Claggett and frankie DeAngelo.
MamakoS is a middleweight, Clag-
gett a lightweight and DeAngelo
a 126-pounder.
Against Mamakos, his stable
mate who fights Battling Bur
roughs Thursday night, Gevinson
let loose for the first time in his
training drills. The boys looked
as if they had a grudge to settle
and were banging each other all
over the National Guard Armory
Gym. With all his weight ad-
vantage, Steve couldn't set his
little Stablemate back on his heels.
GevinSon mixed his attack and
concentrated on the body.
Lou had to pull up in his work
out with Claggett. The latter is
an amateur and after Sampling
a couple of wallopS was as wob
bly, as canoe in mid-ocean. Gev-
inson also had to let up on De-
Angelo, who has been hammered
so hard in training he can't take
deep breath.
FLAWS IN SARRON
This exhibition was heartening
to Manager Matt Twomey because
of reports he received of Sarron'S
workout. It seems Petey hasn't
much of a defense for a right
hand and he's been taking too
many punches in his drills. Box
ing experts think Sarron is max
ing a mistake in not boxing with
a good southpaw. GevinSon is
left-hander and rather than
familiarize himself with that style,
Petey has been doing all his pre-
liminary work with Burroughs.
Another thing that has the Sar.
ron supporters shaking their
heads is the way Petey has been
pushing rather than swapping his
left hand. The ex-featherweight
champions right is all that can
be desired. He's punching very
fast with it and is setting him.
self to get more power in h
swing. But that left hand might
just as well have been left in Biz
mingham. Petey starts it from
somewhere back in Alexandria,
and if and when it does land,
the punch couldn't dent bubble.
A veteran boxing observer, who
has seen Sarron in most of his
drills, told us today Petey seems
to have trouble moving backward.
If you notice." our friend ex-
planned, "Sarron is all right
when he's moving in. But when
he starts stepping back, he's easy
to hit and seems to founder a
little. That should indicate
Petey intends to march forward
against Gevinson and that |
would be a mistake. Because any
time you're within range of LOUIS
punches you're likely to wind up |
on your ear. The only way to
beat GevinSon is to punch and
step away. Remember, it's the
first rule Of boxing never to
crowd a Slugger."