The Washington times., 1934-09-12
GUGG|N|A FAR
/ TOO EXPERT
FORYOUTH
BY GINO SINH

C8tlOn, nave q hearC. Tney oOn
want murder or too one-sided
tights.
They showed it last night at
Goldie Ahearn's Riding and Hunt
Club knuckle Tipping emporium,
when they gave vent to mourn
fu1, heartsick boos which were
more akin to walls as Carl Gug-
gipia. lightning listed Miami
Fqa) italian, battered the pitt
fully young but game Jimmy
FitzSimmonS, also from Florida,
in the semifinal, finally mer-
cifully knocking him out in the
third round.
Those boos were not directed
at the fighters, both Of whom
gave everything they had, though
all Fitzsimmons seemed to have
was the heart of a lion. They
were directed against no human
being, but at the lucklesS fate
that threw this raw and tender
and likeable kid into the same
ring with the thoroughly sea-
soned and murderouS mitted cam
paigner. -itzSimmonS didn't have
a chance; he was too young,
4 much too young, and green.
It was obvious from the first
! bell, when Gugginia'S trip-ham-
mer rights and lefts staggered
the plucky Irish lad every time
they landed, that he was no
match.
AS the youngster hit the floor
for q seven count from a whip
like left hook in the first round
and tottered drunkenly around
the ring vainly attempting to
cover UP under the terrible bonn
bardment, the fans implored
Referee "Muggsy" Morris to
''Stop the fight"
Gugginia In Quandary
Gugginia himself unwilling to
punish further the brave young
Ster, loafed through the re.
mainder Of the first round.
Gugginia, evidently in o
quandary over melting out undue
punishment to the boy, did not
open up his big guns in the Sec
ond round, but after "bawling
OUT by his seconds, he swept out
of his corner like a tornado for
. the third, and soon had the boy
Laundering around, rubbery.
kneed and groggy, but still trying
to hit back. A sweeping right
hand Smacked FitZsimmonS flush
on his beardless chin and he fell
like plummet flat on his back,
his head thudding sickeningly
against the canvas. No count
was necessary, though the referee
insisted on completing one.
And the fans booed the uneven
spectacle, mournfully, reSentfully.
There was no malice in those
booS.
They knew that Gugginia was
N there to win as quickly and
as decisively as possible, and
they applauded him generously
as he walked to the dressing
room. And they cheered to the
rafter as the boyish FitzSimmonS
stumbled dazedly down the ring
ladder.
Fitzsimmons was a lastminute
substitute for Benny Trisitto.
Flashes Left
Frankie kid" Covelli, Brook
lyn featherweight, flashed one Of
the speediest and snappiest left
labs ever seen in these parts to
turn out the switch on Baby
Joe'' Guzman, of Maimi, in the
first round of the main bout.
It was all over so quick, 1t
stunned the fans. Both boys were
boxing splendidly, Guzman duck
ing under Covelli'S jabs to drive
both hands to the body, while
Covelli flicked lefts into his face.
CovelH worked GuZman into q
corner, three lefts with the speed
md venom of an adder's tongue
snapped Guzman's head back and
a right cross crashed into his chin
and he collapsed majeStically,
like q dynamited steeple, to the
canvas, stretching out on his back.
Bobby Britton, son Of Jack
Britton, former welterweight
champion, now boasts 20 victo-
ries in 20 scraps. Bill Bullock,
local lightweight, had too much
power In his left hand and was
too rip-Snorting g Scrapper for the
younGster who dropped the Sec
ond decision Of his career. Bull
I lock punished Bobby severely
around the body all the way
through the six rounds.
Wins on Foul
Cary Wright, local weller
weight, won on a foul from hard
hitting Frankie CarriS, Of Philar
delphia, in the third round Of
dramatic bout in which he was
twice struck we'll below the waist
BY right hand blows. Wright was
declared the winner after DR..
Knowlden had examined him in
the dressing room. Up to the
fouls Carris was ahead, having
floored Wright for a seven count
in the first round and causing his
knees to buckle on several occa-
aions in the other two sessions.
Jimmy Reed, the Ancient Mar
fner, made Petey Bevan, Walter
Reed Scrapper, look futile in all
but the third round Of a six
round prelim, when Petey finally
parked a left hook on Jimmy's
chin as Reed forgot to tin his