The Washington times., 1938-01-04
.Canarata
Fails to
Impress
7FK RFATFN
ALEX BEATEN
Ruggednes;
Stops Mancine From
Scoring Knock Out
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
AL Mancine, a featherWeight
with the rhythm of Terpsichore
in his feet. gloves that found their
mark with the accuracy Of a foil
in the hands of master fencer,
and a defense that was impene-
trable, stole the show at Turner's
Arena last night before nearly
1000 spectators Mancine defeated
the rugged and aggressive Tommy
Ricco, of Camden, N. j., in a six
round crap which set the pace
in a show that Sizzled with action.
Nick CamaraGa, of New Orleans,
outscrambled Vince Cormier in the
main go cf eight rounds. winning
nip anG tuck battle by a com.
Portable margin. joey StraigesI
furnished the surprise of the eve
ming by outpointing Eddie Alex
in the semifinal Of eight rounds.
The main bout failed to furnish
the Pier 6 action craved by some
of the patrons, and there was con-
siderable comment from the lads
in the pews. Just why this should
have been was somewhat battling,
for both Camarata and Cormier
tried with might and main to end
the go with one wallop. Both were
sufficiently ringwise to avoid seri-
GUS trouble, and some Of the most
wicked smashes of the night curled
around the necks of the intended
victim to inflict no damage what
ever.
CORMIER FORCED FIGHT
Cormier forced the fight most Of
the time. He charged and swung;
wheeled and charged to swing
again. Camarata countered to the
head and body repeatedly. Cam
arata's face was an interesting
study. When his heaviest Wallops
failed to drop Cormier, Nick
would look at him, as if to ask!
What; you didn't fall?"
The cheers of the night were for
the clever and aggressive Man
cine. In the first round Ricco
chased him around the ring and
landed heavily to the body. But
Mancine bore the blows unflinch-
ingly and without change of ex-
preston. BY the middle of the
second round he had pretty we'll
solved the problem that faced him
and he went to work with a will.
In the third round Ricco hit the
deck after stopping a left hook
with his chin, but he jumped up
quickly and went right on trying.
MANCINE WAS MASTER
Mancine gave a mastery exhi-
bition of boxing from start to fin
ish. His arms and elbows formed
perfect defense, and his head,
bobbing like the light o. the
marshes inside Of the punches,
escaped punishment. cine
countered prettily, jolting his rival
with short inside uppercuts. Man
cine tried with might and main
to score a knockout, but his aim
was not perfect and Ricco was just
as rugged as he was courageous.
Joey Straiges gave the betting
gentry an uncomfortable evening
with his skill and ring craft
against the dangerous Alex. E.
The latter was a strong favorite,
but Joey apparently was not
aware Of this. He outsmarted
the heavy hitting Alzek, timing
his rival neatly from start to fin.
ish. When Alzek set himself to
toss heavy punch, Straiges poked
him in the face with a stinging
left hand and floated away before
Alexis counters whizzed through
the air.
ALZET KNOCKED DOWN
In the fifth round straiges
knocked down Alzek for a count
Of two, but the New York boy
jumped up unhurt, and stormed
into his rival in fine style.
In the seventh and eighth
rounds Alzek carried the battle to
his rival and had the better of
things. But the decision of the
judges was entirely fair. StraigeS
won the fight.
At the close Of the main bout
Lieut.. Col. Heinie Miller an
nounced that Bob Eller had
scored 80 points for Camarata and
10 for .Cormier. Mulhall, the
Judge, and Bowen, referee, scored
78 points for Camarata and 73 for
Cormier.
Eddie Dennis outpointed Mike
O'Leary in the first preliminary,
and El Brookman outpointed
Tommy Hoover in the second
bout.
'POssum' Holland