The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-13
Sailor Grande
Again Fails To.
Produce Goods

L 1UuuSS UUUUO
emily has by this time given up all
hope of ever coming back for his
attempt at establishing himself in
pugdom, fell fiat last night in his
four round bout with Zulu Kid of
Brooklyn, in the presence of about
200 fans at Battling Levinsky's gym
on Newf1eld avenue The Sailor
fought a. game battle, but his efforts
went for naught and he had to bow
in submission to the Brooklyn light
heavyweight.
Zulu was in excellent trim for the
engagement, while the sailors sur
plus beef made him clumsy and awk-
ward. The latter lacked hard punch
and his straight arm seldom landed.
Grande was game to the core. He
was out to show that he was still
handy: with his gloves, but he had
tackled a battler far his superior to
make his re-entry.
Youth had to be served. Zulu, a
young man possessing a wonderful
physique, was in command of the
battle from it's outset. He side-step-
ped and ducked Grande's most DAN
gerous blows. His clouts were clean
and most of them were brought up
from the floor. He worked around
the sailor until the latter rushed in
ND ba hJi1o I'M his rip
hand, usually landing it with full
force on Grandes chin.
Although Grande did considerable
jumping around trying to dodge
Zu1us punches, he was not fatigued.
This surprised his fngside friends,
| who had expected that his long alb
sence from the roped arena would
render him unable to go through even
four rounds without firing. But the
| Sailor surprised them as, although
defeated, he was still in a fighting
mood and could probably have gone
four more rounds without being in
| jured.
AS far as thrills were CONCERNED
| there were but few. Neither lad
| showed anything out of the ordinary.
Zulu did not permit Sailor to get set.
He rushed into him persistently and
consistently Grande's rushes were
harmless and generally resulted in
clinches. They fought with one
hand free, break at the order of the
referee. This rule was enforced
| throughout the mill.
The best bout Of the evening was
| fI1TriShn6 NV Chic
Turner and Young Brooks, two Bridge
port boys. They fought a slashing
draw. This was their second engage
ment in six days. It wouldn't be a
bad idea if the promoter of the next
big show here rematched this pair
for a six-rounder. They do not know
the definition of the word staling.
Last night they s1ambanged each
other all over the ring.
1t would have been unreasonable
| for any Of the fans at the smoker last
night to have asked for better bat
tie from this pair. They hooked
crossed and chopped each other on
practically every turn. Neither one
knows anything about the finer points
Of the game. All they knew was to
hit and step away.
Brooks showed a trifle better last
night than he did at the last week
and had his opponent guessing and
slugged it hard. He carried a good
stiff kick in each mitt. The phase OF
the Suggest that astonished the fans
was that despite the top speed a
which they travelled and the steam
that backed each wallop, neither was
even shaken.
Burns Holds Williams.
Toto Burns of this city came into
his own again by holding Young Will
liams to a fast draw in another four
round affair. Toto was in fine fettle
and fought at top form. In the frs
two rounds he found himself il
pretty deep water, but he managed
, to climb out in the third round, win.
ming the stanza and adding the mex
one to his list.
The two other bouts, each SEIZED
uled to go four rounds, were one
sided affairs. In the curtain raiser
! Young Mcmahon, a crack and prom
Using 105-pounder, stopped Jimm!
DeForest in the second round. Teri!
Lee stopped the bout between Jacl
Toland and Young George Chip in tn,
second round. Chip was on the los
ing end. He knew nothing abou
boxing and Lee did his duty as refere,
in stopping it.