Evening star., 1935-10-01
HOT BOUTS THRILL
1900 LOOKING ON
GodWin's Defeat of Everett
Upset-Sarron Is Victor.
SiIas, Furr Draw.
RY BURTON S. HAWKINS.

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upward of 1900 fight fans
- turned out for the benefit card
of the Metropolitan Police Boys Clubs
at Griffith Stadium.
Unlike the Tony Canzoneri-FTankle
Kick fiasco at the beginning of the
outdoor season, ringworms this time
went away from the ball yard well
satisfied. Nine bruising battles gave
local squared-circle followers more for
their money than they had received
since the legalization of box fighting
here II months ago.
Local ring warfare will benefit
greatly as a result of the hotly con-
tested matches. Thousands who hith-
erto had taken in one or two shows
a year were confirmed fiStic addictS
following the bouts last night.
Perhaps it was the worthiness Of
the occasion which brought them
there. but the caliber of the fights
will bring them back.
More than 1000 of the Districts
young manhood will benefit directly
from the $4,000 passed through the
windows. New branches of the police
boys clubs will be formed, taking the
boys off the streets and into the
friendly arms of the bluecoats.
Goodwin Comes Back.
IRON the opening bell, when lit
l. tie Eddie Arnold of the Fifth Pre-
cinct Boys Club, rushed from his
corner to meet Terrell Roberts, Mer-
rick Boys Club, in an amateur en-
counter, fists flew fast. Eddie and
Terrell, 85-pounders, received the
cheers of the throng as they punched
like veterans for three rounds, with
Eddie getting the decision.
The real thrill and surprise Of the
night came, however, when the Dis
trict's heavyweight champion, Buck
Everett, met his conqueror in Bob
Goodwin, former N. B. A. light-heavy-
weight title holder. Goodwin was an
nounced as the new District cham
pion after the fight, but the Boxing
Commission says title bout must be
scheduled for IS rounds.
Given a boxing lesson by the weav-
ing, nonchalant Goodwin for nine
rounds, Buck came back in the tenth
with a right smash to Bob's jaw to
send the Georgian down for four
count as the bell ended the fight. It
would not have been knockout, how
ever, for the jolting jabber's eyes were
clear and he was rising with the
gong.
Goodwin, ducking and lodging the
wild swings of Everett, tore in re-
peatedly to plant solid left hooks and
right crosses on Buck. His left eye
opened in the second round, Everett
proved easy prey for Bob's beautiful
boxing during the remainder of the
scrap.
Socked to his knees for no count
in the fourth round when Goodwin
slammed powerful left to the stom-
aCh, Everett went down for the count
OF eight as the bell ended the eighth
round. Bob showed his best form in
this session, pounding rights and
lefts into Bucks body until the game
Gary. Ind, slugger reeled to the
canvas.
Sarron Stops Rivers Again.
THE Wrinkled brow of Jimmy Erwin,
manager of Everett and Petey
Sarron, looked like a washboard dur
ing the Sarron-Joe Rivers bar-room
braWl
Typical of their previous meetings,
in which the Syrian Slasher was re-
turned the victor both times, the
match was hotbed of action.
Rivers, who looks as if he should be
on the business end of a sawed-off
shotgun in a gangster picture. gave
Petey all he could handle for the
entire 10 rounds.
A small cut, opened on the left eye
lid when Rivers did some butting near
the end of the second round, soon
made Sarron's face a CORY mess.
Rivers reopened the wound each
round. But while Joe was shooting
his right Sarron launched a two-fsted
body attack which drove Rivers to the
ropes time and again. Petey finished
strongly to get the unanimous nod of
Judges Charlie Dunn and Frank
Schuyler and Referee Charlie Rey-
nolds.