Evening star., 1938-05-16
By BURTON HAWKINS.

Gnomish Petey Sarron, a hairy little
ape who has amassed small-sized
fortune through the impol.te medium
of poking paws into unguarded Sec
tions of various anatomies, represents
the turning point in the fistic career
of steeple- e-beaked Lou Gevinson, a
dapper, mild-mannered local product
who may or may not be an embryonic
champion. No floundering youngster,
Sarron probably will solve the riddle
of Gevinson. Lou will emerge from
that argument established either as a
gilt-edged prospect or as merely
another lightweight.
1t was two years ago last week that
Sarron awoke as world featherWeight
champion after spanking Freddie
Miller the previous night at Griffith
Stadium before $4,000 spectators. Now
he returns on less important mission
to meet a lad who stood on the fringe
of the ring that night and said quietly,
"I'll be in there some day fighting Tor
that title"
Lou, at that time, had just launched
his professional career. BY that time
he had deposited several feeble ring
specimens on the canvas and was be-
ing hailed as Moses to lead the
local boxing game out Of the wilder
ness. The flaws in his style were dis
regarded in enthusiasm over his
punching prowess, so it was with quiet
confidence and muffied but grim de-
termination that the Well-groomed
Jewish lad offered a prediction which
never will materialize. Lou has
graduated from featherweight ranks.
Lou Still a Threat.
Still, in stepping into 135-pound
circles, Gevinson remains something
of a threat. He has f1oored every man
he has faced in the professional
realm, but has been knocked out by a
midget mauler who never has been
more than a bloated bantamWeight-
Joey Archibald At times you needed
only to place GevinSOn between bread,
smear on a dab of mustard and enjoy
a ham sandwich On other occasions
he has been sporadically brilliant ana
mediocre. He still is a mystery insofar
as prospective greatness is concerned
and as inconsistent as washington
weather.
In trifle more than two years OF
professional punching Gevinson has
ACQUIRED a nose which resembles the
rudder of the Queen Mary. In addl-
ton to adding that target, however,
Lou also has smoothed the rougn
spots in his boxing repertoire TO some
degree. He still is as wild as Joe
Krakauskas when his foe Is staggering
blindly, needing only one SOLID smash
to greet the floor. That is Where
Sarron enters the picture.
Sarron, now nearing 80, is no spring
chicken as lightWeights go. When
Gevinson emerged from amateur ranks
petey had more than a decade OF pro
swinging behind him. Over that
stretch he has met and defeated some
OF the best fighters in the business
The only fighter ever to floor him was
Henry Armstrong. Sarron is con-
sidered one of the strongest men IN
his division and. in ring parlance, one
of the "cutest" Everything considered,
he is by far the most strenuous test
ever offered Gevinson. He won't COL
lapse from one Furnishing blow.
There still is a Pickering spark OF
hope that Gevinson will become ma
tionally recognized. if not great. fight
er. He never has been accused.of lack
ing wallop His greatest sin is his fall-
ure to capitalize on his authoritative
betting. a sin great enough to Illustrate
any attempt to soar to the heights un-
less he learns the technique of follow
ing a staggering blow with a pay-off
punch.
Southpaws hitherto have been no
nemesis to Sarron It was from Mil
Ter, southpaw. that he inherited the
featherweight crown which he later
relinquished to Armstrong. If there is
any outsmarting to be done. you'd have
to string along with Sarron and ex-
perience over Gevinson and compare
tive inexperience.
- Petey Is Unorthodox.
Despite his southpaw style. Gevinson
is more orthodox than the clownish but