Evening star., 1934-05-16
BOOED DECISION
PUTSLEROY | UP
Fight Bloody Ten Rounds in
Their Fifth Encounter at
Portner's Arena.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
E ROY DOUGAN was one.

up on Billy LanQ6TS COQdy
in their fistic feud, but
- the question of supremacy
still was unanswered to general
satisfaction along Washington S
boxing front.
ClaShing for the fifth time last
night at Portner's Arena, Dougan was
awarded a decision over Billy after
10 bloody rounds, but many thought
the blond Norfolk scrapper was en-
titled to at least a draw.
The decision, which was unanimous,
was greeted with a chorus of booes
and two chairs neatly tipped into the
ring by spectators in protest The
result makes the score, as we go to
press. read as follows: Dougan, three
decisions zone doubtful; Landers,
one decision (doubtfuD and one
knockout
Gets Up Sans Count.
4 LTHOUGH Dougan was the home
~ town boy, LanderS was the pop
ular favorite and the skinny little
Virginian, weighing only 119 pounds,
sent the crowd into an uproar in the
first round when he punched Leroy
to the canvas. Dougan, who scaled
1872, was up without a count, but
he took beating and shakily sought
his corner.
The local featherweight came back
in the second to even the scrap, but
the third and fourth heats were
Landers', according to The Star score
sheet, which gave four sessions to
EACH with two even. The fifth was
a stalemate, but Dougan rallied in
the next three to go out in front.
The ninth was one of the most ex-
citing rounds in the three-year history
of the dinky little Alexandria club
Both battlers we're bleeding freely as
they freely exchanged hard, stiff blows
which frequently sent them staggering
to their heels. 1t vas even.
The tenth seemed Landers' by a
shade, but Referee Charlie Short and
Judges Denny Hughes and George
King all cast their ballots for Dougan.
Green Gains Little Prestige.
TOE GREEN, newest of the Capitals
ranking featherweights, possessed
his fourteenth straight victory to-
day, but it is doubtful if Green gained
much prestige for scoring a three
round technical kayo over Lou Voda
Of Baltimore.
The latter proved flabby and sadly
out of condition, and from the start
it was only question of how long it
would take for Voda to tire himself
out. The Baltimorean. who couldn't
have shadow-boxed for a quartet of
rounds, mercifully was saved further
punishment when Referee Short
stopped the affair after 2:15 of the
third heat.
Henry Irving, obviously skidding a
bit with each fight, was on his way to
a victory over Bob Turner, in the
scheduled siX-round semi windup,
when a short right caressed his Jaw
in the fifth heat. The local middle
weight went down with a bang. At
the count of 10 he barely beat Shorts
count, but stood with his arms at his
sides in a helpless condition. Short
waved Turner to his corner. 1t was
the second kayo victory for Turner
over Irving, the Newport News battler
having f1attened Henry in one round
last year.
Like the Greenwood affair, another
preliminary between Mike Groves and
Matte Palmer proved distinctly sour.
One of the hardest hitting feather
weights in this sector and southpaw
to boot, Groves lambasted the mex
perienced and recently -turned-pro
Palmer all over the ring for / minute
and As seconds, and Short stopped it
rronto, awarding Groves a technical
kayo. Much of this short time Palmer
spent on the canvas.