The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-12
BARNEY ROSS IS
PULLING FOR
BRONX ITALIAN
SellOut Crowd Expected
for First Heavy Battle
Of the Year


New York, March i2-(UP)-Tho
most attractive ring combination
In years-a personal appearance by
Corp. Barney Ross and Madison
Square Gardens first heavyweight
main event Of Disappointed . SELF
out tonight.
Corporal Ross Of the U. Q. Marine
Corps viii be presented with the
Boxing Writer'S Edward J. Nell
Memorial plaque for his heroism at
0uadalcanal, before the main brings
together Tami Maurielio OF the
Bronx and Jimmy Bivins Of Cleves
land In O return i0-round 60.
Negro Picked
Bivins, o long-arned hard .hlttine
Negro, is favored ut 0-6 10 repeat
his September, victory over Maur.
iello. But Corporal Ross, boxing's
man .of- the.year, hopes that Maufs
ieilo will win because II Is the dark
haired Bronx Italians last tight be-
fore entering the Army.
Ross, former lightweight, junior
welterwelght and welterwelght
champion, will be making his tlrst
appearance In the house that Tex
Rickard built since the night OF
Nov, ~. 1889, when he retained his
weller crown against izEy JannasSo.
Tamil Supported
Bivins Is favored tonight because
Of his speed, punch and boxing skill
But betting Is brisk, with Mauriello
well supported by his Bronx I'D.
Snirers, who emphasize that Taml
will have Q weight advantage Of
about nine pouads-ab ie8 10 ITO
and that he Is likely TO fight In
the same winning fashion he did
against Lou Nova, Red Burnan
savold, Tony Music and other
heavies. Nova and BurEnan were
knockout victims.
Bivins Is confident he will make
his margin Of triumph more decis.
I've tonight. The Clevelander was
far from impressive In his one pre-.
vious Garden start, when no won
from Savold. But that was hardly
his fault. savoid had one Of hi
bad nights and refused 10 do much
fighting, with the result that Blvlns
was unable to show his stun. re
thinks New York fans will have D
different opinion Of his flstic talents
after this evenings encounter.
Maurieiio will have o weight edge
Of nine or ten pounds over his Ohio
opponent. Tanl expects to scale In
the neighboyhood Of 1856. Bivins, who
Is really O neutrality-suspicious., will
scale around i7B or l76. He weighed
ITS IL for his meeting here with
eavold.
One Of the most interesting pre-
liniinary programs OF the season has
been arranged by Matchmaker Nat
Rogers to support the MauFiello-
BiVins event.
Paired In the semi-flnal Of eight
rounds are two Of the best young
heavyweight prospects In the couils
try: Jimmy Carollo, Of Corona, l.. l.,
and Joe Baisi, Kulpmont, Pc. Each
Of these lads has been making eX-
cellent progress. Each Is O solid
puncher and most local boxing men
predict this contest will end short
Of the distance. Carollo Is regarded
40 O harder punciler than Baksi but
the Pennsylvania has Q lot more
experience than the Long Island
youngster.
In one Of the six.rotind contests,
two Of the biggest fighters the ring
has known and perhaps the two
biggest ever to face each other are
slated to meet.
Giants To Fight
They are Big Ben Moroy, OF Phil
adelphia. and Gilbert stromquiSt, Of
Austin, Tex. Moroz stands Just over
seven feet tall and weighs around
200. Stromquist Is 6 feet 8 l-2 inches
tall and weighs around $50. Each
Of these lads Is fair boxer and
each packa a hefty wallop though
not. fortunately, in proportion to
size.
A second six-round event brings
together Lee Oma, Detroit heavy.
weight. and Larry Scalone, Of New.
ark. Two fours pair joey Manfro,
Bronx lightweight, and Patsy Spat.
arc, also Of the Bronx: Harry Serio,
Newark middleweight, and Van Nc.
Mutt. Harlem.
Frank Sinatra, noted radio singer,
will sing the National Anthe@ On
tonights program.