Fights

In Manhattan, small Eligio Sardinias ("Kid Chocolate"), Cuban featherweight who looks as though he were made out of varnished ebony matchsticks, was defending his championship against Fidel La Barba, flyweight champion who defaulted his title five years ago to complete his education at Stanford. It was the 12th round and La Barba -- who had been steadily pounding his left fist against Chocolate's ribs and getting his own head steadily thumped while doing so -- had finally found the opening he wanted. He brought his left fist up, hard, against the point of Chocolate's jaw. Chocolate teetered, rolled his wild white eyes, shook his kinky head. He managed to last out the round, finish the fight as a champion should with a dazzling, grinning rally in the 15th.

The crowd thought La Barba had won; the judges thought Chocolate. Sure of his featherweight title, spry Champion Chocolate planned a campaign against light weights, where he can find more worthy opponents, bigger & better "gates."

In Chicago, huge Primo Camera stalked warily about the ring, actually retreating from but trying to make it look as Krakow though he were ("Kingfish" advancing Levinsky), against 197-lb. Harry fish-peddler, who looked like a pigmy in the ring with his 6-ft. yin. 270-lb. opponent. In the first round, an upward right-hand sweep from Kingfish Levinsky landed on the side of the pendulous Camera jaw, caused the monstrous Camera knees to buckle. Thereafter, wary and furious by turns, using all his weight, reach and slight knowledge of tactics, Carnera managed to maul, push, lambaste Levinsky enough to get a close 10-round decision...

In Manhattan last week garrulous little Joe Jacobs, manager of onetime World's Heavyweight Champion Max Schmeling revealed plans for a fight against Max Baer, to be promoted by Jack Dempsey, either in New York or Chicago next June; no fights under the promotion of Madison Square Garden Corp., which Manager Jacobs loudly distrusts.

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