Evening star., 1933-11-29
PETE BACK IN LINE
FOR TITLE CHANCE.
Trounces Milling, Proves He
Can "Take It" in Furious
A.. Bout at Portner'S.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

r IT'S ability to "take it" no
n longer questioned, little
i i Pete Sarron today was
safely ensconced on the
featherweight treadmill once again
and it appears that if Champion
Freddy Miller would have this
swarthy Syrian threat removed,
he will have to do it himself.
Miller's crack stablemate. the mur-
derous punching Varias Milling. was
assigned the task of checking the hairy
hurricane from 'Bama last night at
Portner's Arena but, outsmarted all the
way, Milling went down to a decisive
defeat after 10 rounds Of furious boxing.
Instead of checking the stocky Sar-
ron, the Pacific Coast Filipino saw his
own Eastern winning streak blasted.
Migrating to the East several weeks ago,
Milling had won five fights in row
over formidable foes until he encount-
cred Petey.
TT WAS brainwork which spelled the
difference between Sarron and Mill
ing last night, but all the ring gen.
eralship in the world would have been
useless had not Sarron a plentiful hunk
of heart under his htrsute decorated
chest.
While o capacity crowd Of $500 fairly
screamed for him to upset the dope,
Sarron, q whirlwind at times and
smart, cautious ringster when hurt. al
ternately bewildered and tied up his
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break even in two more. According to
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The popular favorite with the crowd
but the underdog in the betting. sar.
ron surprised by his daring in the first
three rounds. Throwing caution through
the skylight of the smoky punchbowl.
Petey ripped into his highly -touted foe
from the start to annex each OF the
first three sessions.
TOR a few seconds in the fourth
II round 1t was no different. Then
Milling rammed home one OF
those killing body punches. Sarron's
face blanched and he grabbed and
held the Filipinos eager arms. Al
though he ended the round with a
fury Of punches it was Milling's
round. Obviously still hurt but refus-
ing to fold, Petey earned an even
break in the fifth and won the sixth.
Milling, still confident he could stow
away his foe with a single well-placed
punch up until this time. saw Sarron
was more than he had bargained for
In the seventh and eighth heats. A
terrific barrage to the body rocked
but failed to stop Petey in the seventh.
which was even, and Milling saw his
best lawmakers win him the eighth Dy
only a close margin.
Apparently discouraged but stu
clinging to slim hopes, Milling at
tempted in vain to connect IN the
rallied to win both and unanimous
decision.
Although he has faced such fighters
as Fidel La Barba. Tommy Paul, Earl
Mastro and a host Of others, Milling
ostensibly never had encountered
foe of Sarrons type. Pete bewlldered
the Filipino with punches from all
angles, and though Milling's blows
were much cleaner, they also were less
frequent Sarron, when hurt, knew
how to tie up his foe.
Both battlers bled profusely, especially
Milling, whose forehead was cut In the
fourth round.
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brief career and aided by a g.
pound pull in weights, Cary
Wright, local welterweight, soundly
trounced Pete Bevans in the eight-round
semi-fnal Wright, substituting for the
injured Bob Lowry, won seven OF the
rounds but failed to floor his opponent.
Mike Groves, kid brother of Harry,
prominent local trainer of fighters, ac-
counted for one of the shortest kayos
in Portner's history when he slowed
away Soldier Van Husen in 40 seconds
of the first round in a preliminary.
Groves first punch foored Van Husen
for nine. He arose to run into another
barrage, going down again. Referee
Charlie Short counted up to five and
then turned and raised Groves hand.
In other bouts Joe Green, indicated
local bantamweight. whipped Al Beatty
of Baltimore, and Doug Swetnam won
O close four-round decision from Baby
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