“FEET OF CLAY”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 898, 15 February 1930, Page 8

“FEET OF CLAY”

v Camera, the giant boxer, has been showvn to possess “feet of clay.” He lacks temperament and self-control. This is. a serious matter in a boxer of such tremendous proportions—serious, that is, for the other man. Camera has been pushed into the picture prematurely. •‘The second Carnera-Stribling fight has been as unsatisfactory as the first, and the plain trutb about the giant from Italy is that he has been thrust into the limelight too soon.” Thus affirms a writer in the ‘‘Athletic News” (England.) “It is quite natural that a man with such physical proportions should be anxious to be pushed for the fortunes that go with the heavy-weight ring, and a prospect of winning the world title, but what, seemed evident to me in his first fight with Stribling at the Albert Hall has now been proved. •"As I watched this second battle at Paris on Saturday, I realised that my impressions were correct. Camera ts a giant in stature but a novice in ringcraft, and a novice in ring temperament. He is like an elephant—slow' to start and slow to anger, but how ferocious when infuriated! This uncontrollable rage has brought about his undoing. That is why I say he was rushed into the ring too soon. Exposed *Afc the sensational close of this Paris fight (in which Stribling easily led on points) he was temporarily out of control, and the moments when he was struggling with his manager and seconds after disqualification were ugly. “AH this was primitive, and all this show's that Camera should have been kept back a little longer and taught not only to keep his head under fire but to use his terrific advantages in a more thoughtful manner. ‘‘ H ®. cannot punch at all well, and his defence is just as groggy. He has been over-rated. He has been made a popular hero in the 2nd^ S th^,.® r * - i. He . spsctaeular, and that is all. In the ring he is a giant with feet of clay. "What a pity! it might have been so different, although he could never !!-n. e s b f cn ar, y th ing but "a killer,” bv ih’iif 1 ,, 1 m t. ar !, that force would inevitably hate had to be his chief hope. That Bell “There is no doubt he was out of control when he hit after the bell in fled. round and " as disqualiThere was a deal of excitement and 1° " hen ,he be!l sounded, ard it is dfd mt y heSr r it eCtly * rUe that Carnera did S bm li ,h?’ judsinK by bis actions, dm. but the aggressor was his oppon--Irolßn‘hf Carnera ba<i ba <l «l>at conarobooxerh^^ S fr^!cTa i^^h y f,e t ' e, rrhinl f h h et t rd h t C heb k er.. StriblinS "° dld hax,'- Any ' vay ’ as both struck blows it ” as another unsatisfactory finish. “What the boxing world does now know , s that Carnera is far cfairns fr ° m world championship “What next? The pair lias met twice bd ch ba ? won because the other was disqualified. - hfiUnwf is by , far ‘he better man b uck arl <i have now been ijain? qUel> proved - "'lll they meet I 0 - r.* s **»"■ h e has had enough j _ .„Sf™ era > but tllp spectacular and S-eat that 3 ,! r ea ! ° f this P air “>S is so ;nV a t there s no telling i meeting iR that a third' i -i , uld J?° longer be regarded ! a fiist-ciass fight. ' iou can call it what you like.”