Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30


crack at the featherweight title.
In winning over Singer the Cuban made
the sorriest showing of his campaign in
American rings and II one is to judge
by his last performance as to what he
will show when facing good man. he
may fall short Of his ability to annex
world title.
Chocolate fought a defensive fight
throughout and only cut loose in sud
den spurts Of two-fisted milling, He
caught Singer off balance several times
with winging right uppercuts, but the
extent of the damage inflicted by these
blows was o slight cut on AIS right
cheekbone.
Singer was overanxious and led with
his left futilely. His punches fell snort
of their mark and opened clear
passage for his opponents countering
blows
Singer got over several straight rights
and if any damage was done 1t was not
apparent to ringsiderc or to Singer. be-
cause Chocolate called on his ring ex-
both fists failing the air in the direc-
ton of his opponent. Singer was forced
to cover up to avoid being hit by one
Of Chocolates wide swings.
Bout II Overemphasized.
The Singer-Chocolate bout was true
to the form Of all overemphaslzed con-
tests. Both boys were expected 10 teaI
loose with brillian spurts Of boxing hit
out sharp and true and plenty OF nre-
works we're expected to explode. 4
world it was q "dud" as far as any
sustained action was concerned.
The decision went against Singer. IL
might have been called the other way
and no damage would have been done.
A draw would have been a just Verolct
and the probability of a return matcn
would be the topic Of the day.
NEW YORK, August 80 o. The
ring record of Eligio Sardinias-Cuba's
Kid Chocolate-still was unmarried oy
defeat today, but the smiling CUBAN
Negro has found at least one zoe VINO
can give him a run for his money.
Through II rounds of bristling &C
ton. a dazzling exhibition Of boxing
skill punctuated by sporadic outoursts
of toe-to-toe smuggling, Chocolate emo
Young AL Singer, Jewish idol OF the
Bronx. battled on close to even terms
at the Polo Grounds last night with
the decision going to the Cuban.
So close was the struggle that some
portion of the crowd of $4,000 VINO
TANNED their way into the nome OF
the New York Base Ball Giants booed
Justify when the decision was an
nounced.. Even the judges and the
referee failed to agree, two voting Ior
Chocolate and one for Singer. Tne
Associated Press score sheet gave Choc-
olate six rounds; Singer four, with TWO
even.
No Knockdowns Scored.
There were no knockdowns. Against
Singers superior aggressiveness and
harder hitting power Chocolate fought a
heady battle. He was content to lay
back, keep Singer of with snaky left
until the going got tough. Then he tore
in furiously, and had the Bronx idol
holding on at several stages Of the bat
tie. Singer found little use for his IA
nous right hand with which he knocked
out Andre Routis of France, the feather
weight champion. Chocolate outgen-
eraled him the whole way, tied him up
effectively in the clinches and had
Singer swinging wildly at times De-
spite weight deficit Of nearly 4 pounds,
the dusky Cuban was the stronger at
the close.
Although neither seemed at any time
to be in any particular danger OF a
knockout, there were not a few mo-
ments when It appeared that few more