San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-16
SHORT RIGHT. .
PUTS PANCHO
. DOWN FOR TEN
Colletti, Outboxed for Three
Rounds, Scores Sud-
den K.O.
BURNS WHIPS CARROLL
First Round Lasts Extra
Minute With Devastat-
ing Results.

A short right jolt to the chin, al
most a chop, gave Pascal Colletti
New Orleans bsntamweight, a clean
knockout victory over clever Kid Pan
cho San Antonio's flyweight king, in
4 the first minute of the fourth round
i'll what was scheduled for a 12-round
main bout ON Jack SheltOn's Mar
ket Hall card Tuesday night.
Panch0 outboxed the heavier Col
[letti in the first three rounds. les
necially in the second, and third. He
bid no damage, however, with his light
labs and feathery. experimental rights.
Both men impressed at once as ac-
:omplished boxers, but there were those
i'm the crowd, during the first three
Pounds, who began to suspect that Col
fetti was not much more than a box
er. He corrected them on this point
without much delay in the fourth
Parrying Pancho's right, he stepped
I'm with clnblike right and brought
Fit down hard on the side of Pan
ho'e chin. The Kid fell ON his face,
he victim Of a "shock" punch. as
Robert Edgren would call it. The
blow knocked Pancho senseless and
he gallery speeches.. ~,
Promoter Shelton. who was referee
ng, counted over him and, then. when
Rancho. suddenly recovered his wits,
taggered 10 his feet. Shelton steered
lin to a corner and lifted Colletti's
arm.
Four Pounds Heavier.
The New Orleans boy, four or five
inches taller than Pancho, weighed
20 pounds in the ring. while Pancho
called 1l6.
Jimmy Carroll, Fort Worth's best
nddleweight, so the advance notices
proclaimed, made disastrous error
u judgment in his bout with Chuck
Burns, San Antonio 15J-pounder. The
punishment administered in the reglI-
alton three minutes of the first round
vas negligible, but Carroll, losing his
emper. isailed into Burns after the
ell. Burns retaliated. Carroll swung
both fists. Burns, his own temper
oEe too securely tied, went at the
Panther City mauler hammer and
ongs, beat him numerically and
hooked him cold. All this was going
Pn while the timekeper frantica!ly
hammered on the gong. The men
pught almost a minute overtime in
hat first session.
Carroll was helpless. but his sec
hnds, by using smelling salts and
Eater freely aud helping him to his
eet, .steered him out for the second
pulid. Burns cornered him and JOLT
i him into unconsciousness.
Two Other .knOcaouts.
Two of the three four-round pre-
m, ir,o oil andoI ~, EpnrEnntS
Young Spence. in the first round,
aught Roy Middleton on the back
the neck with heavy punch. APP
I'm and Middleton crumpled up. He
ki9n't recover for some time. The
EN- are heavyweights.
Al Zandt and Bat Reyes, two fly
Fights. who make good use of their
Eft hands, damaged each other in a
PICKED four-round engagement in
hich there was lots of rushing and
Hing. Reyes had an advantage but
ardly enough to give him a decisive
ctory.
Mickey Young and Kid Julius, also
tile fellows, stood toe TO toe and
( each other have il for virtually
le length Of the first round. 1t was
remarkable display of stamina and
iergy while it lasted. Young clouted
ulius around in the last few sec
IDS and. in the second round, put him
pwn for nine seconds and then for
full count.
Dell Gotten refereed the prelimin-
les.
A double windup will headline next
uesday's card, with Chuck Burns in
he ten-round bout against an OPP
pnent to be selected, and Whitley"
lack and "Son' Goodrich. negro
kbt- heavies. in the other.