The Washington times., 1938-05-21

ing bouts at Marine posts, no
match would have been permit
ted to continue with one of the
fighters in the condition in
which Gevinson was at the end
of the eighth round, with an eye
flowing blood almost as freely
as If an artery had been sliced.
A technical knockout would
have been awarded several
rounds before the finish.
+ Some For Courage
! Not that GevinSon was ever
eroggy on his feet, but his vision
was so clouded in the tenth that
he could hardly locate Petey in
the ring.
| Gevinson'S ability to block
well under such conditions and
the fact that in Post bouts a
fighter is sometimes awarded
quite q few points on his eight
ing heart" alone, may have in.
fluenced the Colonel in his de.
cision favoring Gevinson.
Today Petey Sarron makes
the trip to Baltimore for a visit
to Johns Hopkins. His right
arm and his left elbow are de-
cidedly bunged up.
The doctors at Johns Hop
kinS may operate on that elbow
which has become clouded with
q calcinous deposit, much as a
very bad tennis shoulder would
be.
But Petey needed no alibi.
His unorthodox style of flail-
ing about with his arms and his
buSh-league wind-up for an up
percut, all could be overlooked
in favor of the veritable music
Of his footwork. Old for a
boxer at 20, with a slight bald
spot at the top Of his Uranium
and a rapidly receding fore
head, Petey can trip it with the
best Of them.
Hearts Flutter
So perfect is the muscle CO.
ordination of his tight little
legs and his twinkling toes that
he depends on them solely to
keep him away from potential
haymakers. His guard is ridicu-
louSly, almost insultingly, open.
And in spite Of GevinSon's su-
perior reach, I'll wager that
LOUIS hard left didn't find a
resting place more than eight
true times during the entire
fight.
If the women spectators at
the Stadium last night, and
there were about five to every
hundred men. learned a neat
terpsichorean lesson from the
furry-cheSted Petey, they gath
cred very little indeed from
watching the flat-footed Gevin-
son. For ten rounds under the
floodlights they waited for Lou
to unlimber his widely-touted
left. It was there all right, but
i Louis feet were not nimble
enough nor his timing quick
witted enough to carry him
within striking distance for
any telling effect.
| Feminine hearts fluttered
when that handsome warbler
of stage and screen, Phil Regan,
appeared in Peto Scalzo'S corner
as second in the main prelim.
The ladies removed their linn
Did gaze from the Regan profile
long enough to watch that ur.
defeated little fire-eater, Scalzo,
the Greek, easily take the duke
In his bout with George Carlo.
T0ttOOing Styles
Speaking of Greeks, Scalzo is
not quite so beautiful as our own
Golden Greek, Steve MamakoS,
who was positively dashing in
white trunks and white flannel
dressing gown. His opponent
Battling Burroughs of PaSca-
goula, Miss, was badly cut up
before the match and had gobS
of new-skin plastered about his
eyes and on his cheeks. In his
corner was his manager, Jimmy
Erwin of Texas, whose low,
soothing voice drips honey. Pas
cagoula'S Pride must have felt
right at home to hear that pleas
ant Southern voice urging him
to "Step in-and sock him." in
between swigs from his water
bottle. Maybe it was too sooth-
ing, for the Golden Greek won
the judges unanimous decision.
| Styles in tattooing were on dis
play at the Stadium. Sailor
Long, who trimmed Vic Finazzo,
had a little blue Mickey Mouse
wearing boxing gloves tattooed
on his left calf. A fighting game
cock embellished his right.
frankie D'Angelo, who lost to
Tony Passaro, had an intricate
arrangement of flying dragons
and unfurled flags up and down
his left arm. And I'm pretty sure
I saw "Jeannette" tattooed on
his right leg Just above the knee.