CARNERA-STRIBLING FIGHT.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19814, 30 December 1929, Page 13

CARNERA-STRIB-LING FIGHT.

STRIBLING DISQUALIFIED

MEMORABLE NIGHT AT ALBERT HALL. v••;■;■ jj :u~ »'v co:tRFSi-oN:»K> : LONDON, No-. eiv.V-'O- 2 b Frur.o ("arnern. the giant Italian boxer, won hi- tight with Young S-nb-ling, »f America, at the Royal Albert Hal! in tl:..' fourth round. L was a Ji~.ilHx-.it!- ending. The Aiwth-;iii was dis'-)tiaHfied for hitting lew. The Italian has boxed only for twelve months, ami has appeared only in fifteen contests. Striidhig has been :n "s<* contests. ' arnora is 23 years ft age. -tan.is (: ft *'b' -'" height, and weighs -JiUt HI.. Stribling is !.'."> year-: of age. is "ft Ilia in height. and weighs List 5 lb. There was a record attendance ;.t Albert Hall. The Prinee of Wales was present, and many of LonJon's soetety people wi'M there. The Prince arrived with Lieut.-Commander Louis Oreig anil Mr Harry Preston. As wa's to be expected, there was pandemonium when the giant was felled in the fourth round. There was a trrriiic burst of booing, hissing, and eat calls. There were shouts of '"Foul!" and counter shouts of ''No, he did not hit him!" All that the main body of tho spectators saw was that the contestants were locked in a clinch, and then the Italian fell and rolled in agony on the floor.

The representative of the ••"Sporting Life' - thus describes the rounds:— Round One. After ;i very brief spar, Stribling jumped in with his left, missed, but drove a hard right over to the head. On breaking. Camera sent, a light left to the face, but Stribling, fast on his feet, jumped in and scored with left and right on the head, and then while still close in, whipped up a left, again to the head. There was a clinch, and the referee, Ted Broadribh. had to order the men to break. Stribling was again first to lead, and he scored with a right hook to the body, and a left to the jaw, that hurt Camera. Camera drove in short blows to the body with both hands when in clinches, but he did not disturb Stribling, who again scored with quick punches to the head and body. Round Two. It was Stribling who again scored on the face in this round, and his speed and variety of punches completely nonplussed his opponent for a time. Carnera was often in two minds owing to the cleverness of the American, and when he hesitated was beaten to the punch by his tricky opponent. Stribling was always hitting, and if his punches did not damage his opponent they stung the big fellow, especially one downward left to the jaw, which shook Camera and damaged his left eye. Round Three. This round provided the sensation of the fight, beginning when Stribling, after fiddling around and getting his man guessing, sprang in and slung over a right to the jaw, which sent Camera

! i'ova. his head hitting 'he oauva* with ;» bang thiii itiuui be luard ail over the I A/'-rt Hall. b set-nu ■! aiS over bar t-o "h.'utintf. but (.'::r\era roiled over as :i wrest .or ini>;lir (In, and got on his haul* and knu< t:iiii'iX his own corner U 1 was a ;• j xi ( v.i< time for h:s »•-> ! out Ime T':i nodded and wa\i d , hand t>> then:, and at ''si\ 1; 5 **t :> j !.•>:.r•!<••'! t.> lr« f.v: without a «•<«• -T:-i '■* j p;iiw. and 1:11!'' oil tin;.-oh at hi- >ri.t. v.;:o simply emsiu'd to the i:n.v ; 1 ?, a terriilu* right hand punch t.> t iaw sending h:ni ilcnii betotv :o > ■ . -d get his ha 0,1- up. Nohc.h ixjvi-t'\l st i ibJnijj t 1 tZ' ■ »y. ] tho did. rising at 11 ■ll o a'it \h.l,f in- as cool ami 'collected r« if ! ha.' happened. | i 'anii-O a ail ti:«- titu.- ! a.i j straining a', tin- leash. to v.-- a t'.gure j Of speech, at:.! had to be icstraire'd by j t';i■ referee and tcid I<> g< i back ! When instructed to box on ho w;.- ! at his man with oho lingo hoitinl. hut ! Stribling ha.l nothing it* not aa u-> cold ! brain. This timo ho was ro:uly. an.!, i springing aside, ho «>vado'l the t r<- { mendous rit;tit aimed at him, an.!, coin j ing in close, ,4 ntidd'ed his man. and ' prevented 1 ki in from doing turiher damage before the round «*ii. Round roiu\ St ribhng came out <>f his corner w:th knitted brows its tho big telluw advanced towards him, and continued his previous tactics, drawing his mail to him and swinging it' with t hose snappy lefts and rights which seemed to eoni" from all angles, but Camera was nut putting out some of his gigantic straights. The Italian was punching with a power that he had never before called upon until ho had got knocked down ill tho third round, and St ribling was eutting-up under the pressure. Sfrilding may have been so weakened that ho oould not keep his hands sufficiently high, hut tho fact remains that he hit Camera with :i blow that was plainlv low, and this was obvious to tho spectators on at least two sides of tho ring. Camera squirmed with tho pain of the blow, and on the instant Stribling drove a right to the same spot ; with what force the blow -was delivered was made evident by tlic dent in his protector. Whether the blow was intentional or not, tho crowd voiced its opinion in no uncertain way. Previously sympathy had boon with the smaller man, but now the shouts and boos which assailed .Stribling showed which way tho fooling wont. It was a disappointing ending to what should have been n fino contest. Boos and groans wore Stribling's portion when ho stood waiting in tho ring while his opponent lav writhing in agony, and he wns booed again after the M.C. had announced that Camera was the winner on a foul, Stribling's Explanation. Alter the fight Stribling said: ''l was hit only once, and that was on the jaw in tho second round, but it did not hurt mo a hit. The first tiling I know was that I was down. I looked over to my mother, and know then that it was safe enough to take a rest. But I was sure from that moment that T had got him beaten. "I am si.re T would have won. but for that had luck. How can I say that I did not hit him low. The referee knows host. All I can remember is that I swung n loft and right to his stomach, where . I knew I could do most damage. lie parried mv right, and I must suppose knocked it down; th.it- is all 1 can say. I am terribly sorry to Viavo disappointed the Prinee of Wales and the crowd." Tigerish Ferocity. "No more thrilling tight has been witnessed in this country,'' writes the '' L)a,ily holograph" correspondent, "since (v'arpentier, at the Hoi born fc»tudiaiu, with the Prince of Wales looking on, sprang at Joe Beckett, the then reigning British champion, shot out his left hand, and with a following right that cracked a<s it reached tho jaw, was the winner in almost record time. "There was this difference—the contest last night ended because of a foul by Stribling in the second minute of the fourth round. With tigerish ferocity, his lips pursed light, and his eyes ablaze, the American drove his left palpably, inexcusably low, and tho Italian fell like a log, to roll this and that way, his face distorted with pain. "Ted Hroadribb, the referee, so soon ae the blow had been struck, shot up his right hand by way of a signal that Stribling had been guilty of an unpardonable transgression of the rules, and that disqualification of the American must follow as a matter of course.

"Stribling sensed the situation like the old campaigner that he is, and his flushed face, as he went to his corner to join his father, was that of a man who had been robbed of his fighting heart. He muttered words of protestation and gesticulated as if to say that he had done no wrong. "The great gathering, in which there were mmy hundreds of richlvgowned women, roared and hooted Camera, the while, looked round as if he were dazed. His eyes bulged, his thick lips were parted as he fought for his breath, which came in short, distressing gasps.

"That the blow was illegally low I have not the least doubt. Whether intentional, only Stribling can tell. I cannot believe it was. However, the, referee rightly decided that a foul had been committed, and so Stribling was adjudged the loser."