NEW CHAMPION

Southland Times, Issue 22351, 16 June 1934, Page 5

NEW CHAMPION

HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CARNERA THRASHED BY BAER TECHNICAL KNOCK-OUT (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) New York, June 14. The heavyweight boxing championship of the world changed hands today when Max Baer (America, 15st) defeated Primo Camera (Italy, 18st 111 b) on a technical knockout in the eleventh round. Although during the day Camera was a slight favourite, us the hour of the fight approached the odds narrowed until the chances of both men were estimated as even, and towards the time they entered the ring Baer’s chances were favoured. Forty thousand persons crowded the bowl at Madison Square Garden. Ringside seats were at a premium, speculators asking 100 dollars each. In the first round Baer floored Carnera three times, once with a right to the jaw and twice with brushing blows as the champion flounderingly attempted to evade the charging challenger. Camera rose, however, and no count was made. The Italian seemed helpless, but the American appeared to be unable to obtain the range as the bell ended the round. Laughed at Camera’s Blows.

Both men in clinches fell to the canvas together three times in the second round. Baer was, however, landing solid body blows, while laughing at Camera’s returns. The American appeared to have fallen only because he stumbled over Camera as the latter went down.

In the third round Baer again floored Camera with a right to the temple, but the latter again rose without a count.

Camera took the lead for the first lime in the fourth round, sending Baer’s head back with rights and lefts to the face.

In the fifth round Baer persistently found his opponent’s jaw and body. Eacl time the champion held on desperately. Just before the _ bell _ the American staggered the Italian with a wild right to the jaw. The champion fell into the challenger’s arms and clung, apparently groggy. The sixth round was a repetition of the fifth. Camera took several hard rights to the jaw, causing his knees to sag. Camera’s nose was bleeding and he showed the effects of having taken cruel punishment. The seventh round was even, although Camera’s retaliatory lefts were without much effect on the challenger. In the eighth round Baer resumed his barrage of rights to the jaw, but the Italian fought back, and although he tripped and fell to the floor he had the round by a narrow margin due to more effective work with his left. Baer struck a low blow and the referee warned him that the round would be counted against him. Camera Punished.

The ninth was Baer’s by a shade. Camera’s blows seemed to lack strength. In the tenth Baer crowded Camera to a corner and slugged with both hands to the body. The tenth was a round of misunderstandings. Baer landed a hard right to the jaw and Camera simply floundered over the ring helplessly. Camera sank to the canvas, but rose on the count of four. He was being mercilessly laced about, but the bell saved him. The referee explained this, although the crowd took it that Baer had won by a knockout. In the eleventh Baer sent the champion down for the count of two. He rose, but was obviously in such poor condition that the referee stopped the fight, awarding Baer a knockout. Camera seems destined to have difficulty in obtaining his share of the purse. Aside from contemplated legal action by a variety of persons for a variety of causes to place Hens against the money, a writ of attachment against 88,000 dollars held by a local bank was served on Camera’s manager, on behalf of Miss Tarsini, a London waitress, who sued Camera for breach of promise.