Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-22
WALKER HANGS
ONTO TITLE IN
HUDKINS FIGHT
Crowd Protests Deci-
sion OF Two Judges;
Fight Savage From
Sounding of Gc--g

CHICAGO, June 22.-tP1-The bull
dog is still champion but he has the
marks and bruises Of q terrific COM
bat with the wildcat to show that he
came out of the fray far from I'M
scathed.
After ten slashing. sloshing rounds
that finished in a torrential down.
pour of rain last night .. Comiskey
Park, Mickey Walker. the bulldog,
was declared the victor on points
over Ace Hudkins, the Nebraska
wildcat, but il will be some time be-
fore the echoes of protest and dissent
from that verdict die down.
Walker retained his worlds middle
weight crown on a two-to-one de-
cision. The two judges, Harry Car
roll and Edward Klein, gave their
ballots TO the titleholder. but the
referee, Eddie Purdy, cast his vote
for the challenger. In the soaked and
sodden press row, a clear majority
credited Hudkins with being the win
ner, chiefly on his t~ireless two-fisted
aggressiveness. Most OF the experts
gave Ace a margin in six Of the ten
rounds while many credited the
blond wildcat with as many as seven,
to offset. in a consensus, the few who
figured Walker was justly the win
ner.
But if there was dissent from the
decision around the ringside it was
mild by comparison with the outburst
that came from the dripping crowd.
some $4,000 to $4,000 spectators who
sat doggedly through the downpour,
fascinated by the dripping. bloody.
ceaseless battle between the bulldog
and the wildcat. The roar Of booes
and Kisses grew, instead of diminish
ing. Hundreds swarmed about the
ring 10 shout and shake their fists.
Thousands, more prudent EVEN IL also
vehement. went back to the shelter
of the ball parks stands to vent their
vocal wrath. 1t was n of the wild
est demonstrations Of disapproval
any championship fight has witnessed
in recent years. lasting Is minutes in
full volume and a half hour in more
sporadic form.
To most Of those huddled around
the ringside. as the rain beat down
in torrents throughout the last three
rounds, it appeared clear that the
blond Hudkins. ripping into his foe
with relentless rushes. deserved to
win with a whirlwind rally in the last
five rounds that offset Walkers big
splurge in the third, fourth and fifth
rounds. Walker. with a series of
vicious, well-directed clouts 10 the
chin and head. had Hudkins groggy
and Keeling backward and apparently
on the verge of a knockout in the
fourth round. the most spectacular
moment Of the fight. Mickey had
victory in his grasp here but could
not put Hudkins down or even pre-
vent him from finishing this re nd.
His big opportunity gone, Walker
never thereafter was able to beat
back Hudkins' wild rushes or prevent
the Ace from boring in. burying his
bloody head in Walkers shoulders
and whaling away with both fists.
Hudkins forced the fight throughout
the last five rounds.
For unadulterated savagery, con
tinual and slashing action. the bout
has had few parellels. Walker was
cut in the nose in the first round and
over the left eye in the second. Ace
started 10 bleed in the third from
Walkers ripping hooks. BY the end
Of the fight both were crimson. gro
tesque figures in the downpour as
they slipped and punched. splashed
and slugged around on canvass that
sagged and held several inches Of
water.