Evening star., 1933-05-10
HEIGHTENED BOUT
SARRON'S MISTAKE
Paul Gains Draw in Rounds
Added to Return Battle at
Pete's Behest.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
PAUL and Pete Sar-
ron may not get a chance
/ to continue their battling

i to continue their DaCtlln8
for boxing supremacy be-
fore a Washington audience. at
least indoors, but if they do Sar-
ron probably will not again de-
mand a 10-round route.
The former Birmingham neWSboy to-
day would have been sitting atop the
featherweight world had not his vicious,
thrilling battle with Paul been sched-
uled for 10 rounds last night at Port
ner's Arena, for the Southerner, at
whose request the sequel to their pre-
vious eight round draw was listed at 10
heats, undoubtedly would have been
awarded the decision after last nights
first eight cantos.
Instead, 1t was Paul who proved the
stronger and, though bleeding pro-
fusely from an eye cut and cheek
cash, the stocky former world champion
was given a split draw decision. Judge
George King voted a draw, Judge Denny
Hughes saw it as Paul's fight and Ref
cree Charlie Short nodded Sarron'S way
A S in their previous bout, Sarron was
n the aggressor in the early going
The swarthy Syrian took the first
round, according to The Star score
sheet; dropped the second and held
Paul even in the third. It was IN this
Tommy's left eye. With claret gushing
from the eye. as we'll as from cut on
his left cheek. Paul seemed slightly
handicapped, and Sarron went ahead
to win the fourth. fifth and sixth heats.
Here the Buffalo boy proved his cour-
age His face resembling freshly cut
beefsteak. Tommy, the harder and
cleaner puncher of the two. carried the
attack to his Birmingham rival. and in
the seventh heat narrowly missed a
knockout. Sarron shakiy sought his
corner badly beaten.
Pete rallied to earn an even break in
the eighth round, but Paul took the
ninth. From early in the seventh round,
or since Paul caught him with a ter
rife right to the face, Sarron's plan
seemed to be to stay on his feet. Hold
ing and clinching were mainly respon-
ninth frames
In the tenth and last round Sarron
staged a rally and exchanged toe-to-
toe blows with Paul, while the crowd.
the largest Of the season at Portner'S
Arena, went mad. Then, when 1t ap-
peared as though he had the final
heat cinched, he began holding. An
even break was the best he could get
The Stars score sheets gave each four
rounds, with two even.
There were no knockdowns. although
each slipped to the floor once.
ID ODDLY DAVIS had too much box
II ing skill and weight for Nick
Antonelli in the eight-round
semi-final and easily won the decision
Antonelli took a terrific beating, but
never gave ground. Davis was credited
with six of the eight heats.
Dame Fortune smiled upon Doug
Swetnam a week ago. when he was
given a draw with Chief Perry Knowles.
but last night the tickle lady favored
him with only a dour look as the
courageous youngster dropped six
round decision to Johnny Pereno OF
Buffalo Pereno appeared an easy win
ner until the third round, when SWEET
nam rallied to earn what many thought
should have been a draw.
The opening six-rounder proved a
joke. Cary Wright tried hard enough.
but his opponent, Eddie De Marco,
proved q washed-up veteran with
pair of cracked-up hands. He clowned
while Wright earned an easy decision
in a dull act