Show PRIMO USES MEAGER EQUIPMENT Champ Blessed Only by Size For Fighting Other Titleholders Enjoyed More Natural Talent With Which to Work By HENRY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK March 3 UP UP-I UP I was no nearer the Carnera Loughran fight of Thursday night than a Western Union wire on the twelfth floor of No East second Forty street treet New NewYork NewYork NewYork York but hut it seems to me that the writing boys in their sentimental affection af at- for Tommy up and gave Primo Primo Pr- Pr mo the works They hardly found space In their dispatches to record the fact that mo mo- mo won so intent were they upon pointing jointing out his defects They called him ilm every known knon variety of tramp and bum burn and threw In a handful of ot hooligans and oafs for lor good meas meas' measure ure Too Rough They ridiculed his punching Jeered his boxing sneered at his footwork and leered at his headwork Its It's a wonder feeling as they did they did not climb In the ring at the end of the fight light and beat old Bootsic to death with their typewriters Primo In my opinion deserves as much credit a as any heavyweight heavy heavy- weight champion on you may choose to name For the simple reason that he reached the top with the poorest equipment Imaginable All AU hes he's got cot is Is' size The Ibe other modern champions Sharkey Tunney Dempsey had had ten times as much stuff staff on the ball as u C Camera They could hit bit they could think they were fast tas and they had friends friend Primo has nothing but his pounds and a fe fearsome grin Yet hes he's the champion of the world vorIa and will go down In the books In the same size print To me It doesn't seem so remarkable remarkable remark remark- able that Loughran manag managed d to remain remain remain re re- main erect during the 15 rounds Hes He's much smaller than the thc champion champion cham cham- pion jion yes but that extra 86 pounds Prima rimo carried had its disadvantages along with its advantages It enabled hin him to inflict damage in close true enough but bul at the same time it made madet It t more difficult for him to get in close Primo at Disadvantage Loughran had his share of tage age He was faster knew more than Camera Carnera will wUl know at the end of ot 1940 and worked before a crowd that cheered his every move and furnished derisive laughter at PrImos PrImo's ever every cl clumsy gesture Primo was lashed by the critics for his conduct said c conduct du t c cor consisting of stamping on his opponents opponent's fe feet t and wrestling him around in the clinches These as you well know are minor ml mi- nor illegalities Foot stomping i Is s nothing more than a love pat when compared to so some c of the thumbing kneeing low punching r rabbit punchIng punch punch- Ing ng ond and elbowing practiced by s severa veral l of Cameras Camera's predecessors I dare say say that Loughran in hi his s long and honor honorable ble career has done don e things every bit as out of bounds a athose as s those items practiced on him by Primo Prime |