Evening star., 1944-07-25
Parks Is Given Fistic
Lesson by Vet Shucco,
Who Wins Easily

A grayins veteran of the great
days of boxing is busy these days,
proving that the heavyweight di-
vision, like the old gray mare, "ain't
what 1t used to be-"
Tony Shucco, veteran Of q de-
cade of the finest big fellow action
the ring has known, added proof
to the fact that the wartime crop
of ring giants is sadly lacking In
class when he outfought George
Parks at Grifith Stadium last night
to win 10-round decision and the
applause of a meager crowd of
1000.
Parks, a powerfully built Negro
with the shoulders of a bull and a
terrific punch. who Is rated among
the best OF the duration" active
heavies, was given a boxing lesson
by the old Boston master. and paid
a high price for it. The Shucco bout
was to have been a stepping stone
to bigger things for George, in
cluding bout with Melio Bettina
here next month. Instead, today
Parks Is regarded as just another
strong puncher who needs ex-
perience and training.
Shucco Takes Initiative.
Come on, Grandpop!" the crowd
at the ball park was yelling last
night as Shucco, who has beaten
Jack Sharkey, waded right into the
colored boy, carrying the fight to
him In every round. and making him
appear like q dazed preliminary
punk.
The 33-year-old gray beard point
ed out three facts which Park.
handlers will do well to note today
% Parks is a sucker for a good left
hand. He doesn't know how to gel
past it. ~ If slugger wants to
beat a cutie" he must take the fight
to him. not wait 10 rounds for thu
boxer to make an error. 90 When 9
young fighter is lined up against Z
man with ring knowledge of the
days when boxing was something
other than it is now. it's a good ides
to get in top physical trim.
Parks did exhibit, in 30 blisterinf
seconds of the ninth round, the styl,
of mule-kick punching that pleasel
the crowd. 1t happened after TONY
had stung him with a hard left. ant
George got fighting mad and slam.
med right into the veteran with ,
volley of rights and lefts. Shucct
went down, but refused to take /,
nine count and popped back up a.
Referee Charley Reynolds counted
five. He then demonstrated to al
appreciative Parks what a fighte
should do when hurt. and Georgi,
absorbed the lesson without addin,
any touches of his own.
Tony All-Around Puncher.
II there was punch known Il
boxing that Tony didn't use las
night, old-timers at ringside couldn'
recall it. He threw a couple O.
dandies that veteran telegrapher.
said they hadn't seen for 20 years
and Parks went back to his corner
after every round shaking his heac
and muttering in bewilderment.
1t was a clean-cut victory for Ole
Tony. with Judges Claude Gamble
DR.. j. Z. Trigg and Reynolds, In ad.
dition to the majority Of the fans
voting for the shade from the past
Irish Johnny Taylor, Sam Sobel'!
latest discovery, put on q good exhi.
bition Of Gaelic fortitude after tax.
ing nine count in the first. rount
OF the top prelim. Johnny got w
oil the canvas and blasted Pet
Galiano into Sunderland. Pfc
Frank Feener, marine veteran o
the Southwest Pacific, won a four,
round decision over Smuggy Hercy
in the curtain raiser.
In other bouts. Bobby Gunther
1877, New York. KO.'d Julio Malavez
l39. New York, in 1:24 of the third
and Stoney Lewis. l65. decisione,
Billy Duncan, IT'S. Buffalo. N. Y.