The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-14
.ALBERTSLOSES !. TO FRANK BUFF
 IN TORRID BOUT
Fouls GO Heavily Against OakviIIe BOy-TurcOtte
 Stops MarineIIi
RY InHN A. CLuNEY

Fouls of the rabbit punch" var iety, which automatically cost any boxer the round in which they are used took away whatever chance Pete Alberts of Oakville had of win ming from Frankie Buff of the South End last night in the main bout of the amateur boxing program spon- sored by the Yankee Division Vet erans Association at Buckingham hall, before good-Sized crowd of fans. Easily the winner of the first round, in which he staggered Al- berts with resounding left hooks to the head and jaw, one punch of which fractured his left thumb, Buff ran into rain of foul blows in the second round that had his head in a whirl. No less than ten times, Alberts who received the customary warning, on foul punches before the first bell, hit Buff directly in back of the head, automatically losing the round many times over, as the South End boy countered with right hand srnashes to the body, and an occasional blow 70 the head. Tn the third and final round, Alberts forced the fighting, but while doing so, also managed to bang away at the back of Bluffs head in the clinches and nearly strangle him in the bar gain. Referee John Cluney's decision which went to Buff, proved ex- tremely unpopular with the fans who were very much impressed with Albert's third round showing, com pletely forgetting the happenings of the first two heats.
 Broken Bone
 Examination by Dr. Joseph Slavin, following the bout disclosed that the metacarpal bon, directly back of the thumb of the left hand had been fractured, which will put an end to boxing by Buff for several months. Buff said he hurt the hand in the first round. The weight showed Buff at 158 against 162 for Alberts.
 Charley Leonard of Willimantic and Jimmy De Costa of New York boxed three round semi-final bout which wound up all even while Nat Kolin of New York came back strong enough to win an even- Stephen decision with George Hovey of Willimantic. Spiro Morris of Bridgeport was comparatively tame after being knocked down in the first round. losing three round battle to Jackie Sandc of New Ha- ven. Spec Wiley of Union City was outpunched and outpointed by Sam my Maltempo of Willimantic, who knocked Wiley down in the first round with long right hook to the chin, and won the second round go- ing away, Wiley making a good stand in the final heat, which was not strong enough to take away the advantage held by Maltempos knockdown.
 Paul Gagnon of this city easily outpointed Tony Pisano of Meriden in the opening bout, the local boys boxing ability being backed up by solid left hooks and right crosses. Al Borte of New Haven won from George Pope of Meriden while Marty Dorsay of WaIlingford stop- ped Paul Kelly of Willimantic and Dave Meyers won from Stanley Gormley. when the latter did not wish to continue after suffering split lip.
 Young Dick Turcotte had plenty of class in knocking out Frank Mar inelli of the North End in the first round that saw two l;nockdowns be- fore the finish. The Leavenworth boy was hit hard carly in the round but soon had control of the situa- ton.