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SIEBFCRD MAIL TRIBUNE, 5TEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1933. Ponderous Primo Takes Heavyweight Title in 6th Round Kayo I UPPERCUT FELLS CHAMPION LIKE POLLED OX Former Circus Strong Man in Climax Which Baffles Fans Bostonlan Out boxes Foe in Early Stages By ALAS OOULD Associated Press Bports Editor NEW YORK, June 80 (AP) Un der circumstance! that etlll seemed baffling and somewhat Incredible to day to at leat a share of Vie fight fraternity, Prlmo camera, we ao-year-old, 360-pound Italian giant, who waa Juit a atrong man" in a circus sideshow a few years ago, stood astride the boxing world like a mod . era Colossus as the new heavyweight champion. ' With one mighty swoop of his hem-like right flat, Camera took the title from Jack Sharkey, 201-pound American, on a knockout In the sixth round of a 18-round match last eve ning. Dramatic Finish The finish came with a sudden ness that waa as dramatic as it was startling to a crowd of 85,000 specta tors, Uttle more than half filling the Madison Square Garden bowl. An Inside right uppercup, brought up swiftly aa the giant came to gripe along the ropes with his foe, felled Sharkey as though be had been a tree hit oy the woodman's final blow. The champion fell to the canvas, faco down, scarcely moved except to lift his head once and drop his mouthpiece to the floor, while Ref eree Arthur Donovan finished the count of 10, after 9 minutes and ST seconds of the sixth round. It marked the second time In his arratlo career that Sharkey had lost - an international battle, with the til at stake, and U baffled most of thoss at the ringside who had watch ed the Bostonlan drop after outbox. tng, outemartlng and outpunchlng Camera by a wide margin in the first five rounds. "Secret" Punch" . There waa no question about the power behind Camera's final thrust, the climax of a spectacular closing flurry that saw the champion floun der auddenly, lose almost complete control of his defense and crumple under the ponderous punches of the blggess man who ever scaled the world heavyweight heights. It was an uppercut tnat had everything Camera could muster in his huge frame behind It and Sharkey looked ' "cold" It ever a tighter did aa he went down, It was his "secret punoh," Car nera exclaimed exultantly, after the tight, and perhaps be was right, for Sharkey didn't see it coming and may not know yet what hit him. It required several mlnutea in Sharkey's corner to bring him around to the point where he could stand on his own feet and acknowledge the wild enthusiasm of his conqueror, who had been tossing his squad of managers and seconds around like so many bags of sand. But except for pains In his chest and stomach, Sjharkey showed no after-effects nor was there any evidence of a concus sion more luting than that always connected with a knockout. . started Well Yet up to the finish, Sharkey was the master of his gargantuan rival. The champion started slowly and lost the first round, taking at least one hard right-hand clout on the ohln, but he eeemed unhurt and for the next four rounds gave Camera a boxing lesson. He feinted the big fellow off balance, he hooked him dlezy with lefts and tried desper ately at tlmea to apply the "crusher" with a looping right to the head. In the second and fifth rounds, Sharkey staggered Camera with right handere to the head. Prlmo, when mt flustered, resorted to bear-like wrestling tactics and employed back hand blowa that drew warnings from the referee In the third, fourth and fifth rounds. The Italian took many of the champion's punches on hts huge arms but up to the sixth round he did not appear to hurt Sharkey eerlously with a single swish of his massive paws. Confident In Sixth Aa If confident something was go ing to happen, Camera came out for the sixth round with a wide grin, almost fearsome in the expanse of teeth It revealed. They grappel along on aide of the ring, when another. Sharkey tumbled half through the ropes, going to his kneee after re bounding from a left to the head. The champion tore back at Prlmo without a count and eonneoted wlw a right that shook th Italian. For the third and last time, then, they went Into the ropes and Camera applied the final stroke Ringside opinion differed some what sharply as to the circumstances of the flnlah, but boxing commis sion ftfftclals said they saw no rea son to doubt th genuineness of the outcome. Skeptics pointed to the shift of betting odds to to 8 In Camera favor, ahortly before the bout, marking the first time a title challenger ever had crawled through th ropes a favorite. But there has been skepticism of Camera actual prowess ever sine he came to' the United States three yeara ago to push over downs of opponent, from Broadway to Main strest, in on of tfw most amazing roads to th cham pionship aver traversed by a profes sional pugilist. To probably most or the onlookera In the sunken bowl Isst evening, this fighting mammoth eeemed unbeat able, loo strong for any rival con ceding him nearly 00 pounds In weight, along with all th other phy sical advantages attached to Prlmo alee. Unquestionably he waa a bet ter fighter than when Sharkey knocked him down and beat him decisively two years ago, yet none of hi punches, until th final blow, and llttl of his tactic, earned con vlctlon to flstto expert. At any rat, this Ooilatb rule the Highlights in Heavyweight Bout III! M II . Mt,jrJWItsMMMIallxMi,Mliiilll.ll V jj XrZ. .ju r if rVf, .. - 1 .. 1. v i AS) V tfi"JpI ..mJF:: 1 FOR SUNDAY GAME Tough Time Ahead for Local Outfit Ashland Faces Eagle Point Rogues Lithians' Tangle July 4th By BUIy Bulen Southern Oregon League standings: W. I.. Pet. BASEBALL Yesterday's Results Cosst League At Los Angeles 11, San Francisco 7 At Mission 8, Hollywood 7. At Portland 0, Oakland i. At Seattle 9, Sacramento 3. American League At Chicago, Boston. (Postponed, rain.) At Detroit 8, Washington 4. At Cleveland 3. New York 9. At St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 4. Katlonal League At Broklyn 2, Chicago 7. At New York 3, St. Louis 7. At Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 4. Only games scheduled. HOW THEY. STAND. TO Coast, Sacrsmento Portlsnd Hollywood Los Angeles . Missions . Oakland , Seattle San Francisco . w. . 63 . 47 . 47 , 48 , 41 . 38 , 33 . 33 PO. .806 .560 .680 .548 .471 .468 .407 American. Washington . New York Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Detroit Boston St. Louis National. New York St. Louis . Pittsburg Chlcsgo Boston Brooklyn . Cincinnati . Philadelphia Coqullle Roseburg . Klamath Fall -Medford Ashland Here's an Associated Press Telephoto showing Jack Sharkey against the ropes in the first round of the championship fight. he lost to Primo Camera in Madison Square Garden howl in Long Island, N. J., last night. Sharkey, defend ing his heavyweight title, was knocked out in the sixth round of a scheduled IB-round bout by the challonger, Primo Camera. 15 I'M " v' ' ' w - f? : ; - - t t , .., i'Hi? i .i.Sa .... ... I ""V 111111 ""'Mb wat'!iawsa m 7 It mm.,mm'mmmm HBII '(( ;r- 1 1 a inwi umMmm 6 . aff t , i,.iV(, iJy&T riSSriatfl"' Jack Sharkey on the floor, knocked out, in the Blxth round, after being hit by Camera (standing). heavyweights, the biggest man to hold the world championship alnce Jess Wlllard, the Pottawatomie giant. The Italian dwarfed all of them that could be mustered tonight, towering above Jaok Dempaey, the "giant killer," and Ocne Tunney, as they shook hands with Prlmo In the ring. Just before th battle. Fight by Rounds Round 1 The huge Camera moved majesti cally out of hts corner like an anolent broad-benmed whaler under full sail. Sharkey dove for him but Prlmo caught his left hook on his hig right paw. As they came together Camera bounced his ponderous right flat twice off Sharkey's side but took a hard left hook to the head. Sharkey ripped back In with both hands to the body but as he pulled away Csr ners's left hook caueht him off bal ance, hurled him across the ring, and nearly drove him through the ropes. Incensed, the biasing champ Ion flailed back In again with both hands, landing a left and right to Camera's heed but again th tre mendous Itsltan heaved him across the ring as though he were a child, and Into the tar ropee. Sharkey took Camera rbiht to the body and banged a beautiful right oft the Italian's long chin, the best punch of the round as the bell sounded. Kminri 3 Boxing carefully Camera led with his long left and smothered Sharkey as the chnmpion drove to close quarters. Sharkey bounced hie right off Prime's broad cheat and grunted so he could be heard all over the ringside aa he flung a long right that mlased. Another terrific right to the Jaw didn't mlas and Camera bounced back Into the ropes as Shsr key followed him with a hard left hook to the head. Lunging In after feinting like a fox darting In on Its prey. Sharkey lungrd again and hts right cracked on Camera's chin. Prlmo enveloped the champion In hts huge arms as Sharkey (tried to get a punch at his body. Hhsrkey was sneering at the tremendous Itsllsn a he feinted, searching for an opening, with Camera pinned against the rope aa th gong sound ed. Round 9 Shsrkey was fighting a verv care ful, very heady fight, moving con stantly around, feinting for openings. He got Camera set but his right bounced from the Itallan'a defend ing left arm aa though It had hit a lamp post. Again Sharkey flung himself In and aa Carnera'a arma flailed about, missing him with a dozen punches, the champion drove a furious right to the head and a left hook to the body. Camera was falling back more and more on the defensive aa Sharkey looped over a left to the head, feinted to bring Carnera'a arma up, and smashed his left Into the huge Itallan'a side. Sharkey wove In with a hard right to the body but Camera roughed him with both handa about the head as he pushed him along the ropes. The bell caught Sharkey tear ing back for more. Round 4 Camera stuck out hts long left hand but Sharkey slipped under It, pulled away from three more stabs, and shot Inside for a quick volley Into the Itallan'a body. The champ Ion was away again before Camera could awing hla huge hands into action. Standing back with his left poised, waiting constantly for Shar key to come to him and missing often. Camera took two hard lefts to the head and a right to the body before he managed to rough In close to draw a warning from Referee Donovan. They paced around the ring, matching left jabs and Car nera suddenly swung a hard right to the heed. Camera grabbed Bhar key's left hand, pulled him In and belted his hesd with both hsnds. drawing a warning for holding and hitting, then another for back hand ing. He threw Sharkey Into the ropes again as though he were toss ing a volley hall aa the bell rang. Round 6 Shsrkey poked at Camera body with a left and drew the giant's fists down but Prlmo put his hsnds up In time to block a hard shot to the chin. Aa Sharkey banged a left to the body Camera grabbed him. held him and banged him with hla free hand, drawing another warning from the referee, but Sharkey mere ly sneered and amaahed hla left to the Italian's ribs again. Camera hooked two lefts to Sharkey's Jsw. but th champion followed him around th ring, feinted hla hands down and amaahed a terrific right to the giant Umple. Camera wob bled like a brick chimney that la starting to com down but h held and recovered quickly aa Sharkey failed to fight clear of hla tremend ous arms. But Sharkev was right back on him, swinging left hooks to the head with his right cocked for a finisher. He chased Camera to a comer, but the bell rang before he could do more than fire a long left to the Jaw. Round 6 Bending low, keeping close to Csr nera's waist, Sharkey stabbed up into the Italian's face, then hooked two lefts to the body. Camera drove in with both hands, catching Sharkey off balance and aa he thumped the champion around the ring -Sharkey slipped to the floor. He waa caught off balance and came up without a count to weave in on the Italian. Camera held the champion off with hla left and ripped four ponderous rights to Sharkey's body. A right uppercut floored Sharkey and he whs counted out, the round lasting two mlnutea, 27 seconds. Eagle Point .... Where they play Sunday: Medford at Klamath Falls. Ashland at Eagle Point. Roseburg at Coqullle. Southern Oregon Baseball league will hit Its halt way mark next Sun day with three teams, Coqullle, Rose burg and Klamath Falls, In a triple tie for first, place. Medford's Rogues rest In second place with Ashland close behind and Eagle Point In the cellar. Medford at Klamath Manager Height's Medford Roguea Journey to Klamath Falls Sunday for what will probably be the tough est game they have played all year. From the very first of the league season, Frisco Edwards and his Klam ath Pelicans have been the most feared team In the circuit. Edwards has rounded up a claasy club in the Pelican city, aprlnkllng smart veter ans In with a bunch of fiery kids. And the result has been a team that la very hard to beat. In the box for th Edwardltes win probably be the ace of th staff, Lefty Molatore, the fost balling portslder. Edwards will do his own work behind the bat. Prltchett for Medford Height will start Charles Prltchett on the mound for the Rogues If the big right hsnder's arm Is complete ly recovered from the Injury receiv ed at Coqullle. In case It isn't Bill Lake will do the hurling. Hara- worklng George Harrington will do the catching. The rest of the Rogue team will line up aomethlng like this: Coleman, first base; Lalng, sec ond base; Height, short atop; Wil liams, third base, and Forrette, Lake, Caldwell and Clay In the outfield. One Game In Valley Only one game , will be played in the valley Sunday and that will be at Eagle Point where Ashland Jour neys to tangle with Paul ."Hocsler" Hoffard's Cheesemokere. Hofferd and hla club have yet to taste a South ern Oregon league victory and will be In a fighting mood for the re juvenated Llthlans. According to reports, Eagle Point will present a greatly strengthened line-up In an attempt to chlk up their first win. Conlln and Ivan Harrington win form the Cheesemsker battery while Marvin Montgomery will pitch to Beers or McLean for Ashland. Crucial Game at Coqullle Coqullle and Roseburg meet In the most Important game of the league so far as standings go. They both are at present sitting at the top of th heap and the winner Sun day will be at least still tied for the lead. If Medford knocks over the Pelicans, the Coqullle-Roseburg win ner will be in the undisputed top position. July. 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