Evening star., 1936-11-10
ALL ROUNDS TIGHT
EXCEPTING TENTH.
Loser Takes That by Wide
Maruin and Decision Is
PuzzIinq to Fans.
ny BURTON HAWKINS.

found Referee Eod1e LA1ono ana
Judges Bob Ellsr and Frank echuy.
ler agree on the ultimate outcome.
but differ on Of the Is rounds. Furr
handed over his title to Lucas last
night at Turner's Arena. Bob Oiin,
former world light heavyweight
champion, was recognized last week
rs ruler OF the local heavyweights by
virtue Of his technical knockout VIC
tory over Buck Everett.
Johnny perhaps was more excited
and jubilant over winning the 147-
pound division laurels than the title
warrants, and If diverging opinions
are to be taken as . criterion, there
is some doubt Is to whether the
Swedish swatter Is superior to Furr
as 4 fighter.
Furr has not been erased as a fea-
ture fighter in this sock sector, de-
spite his disappointing tumble In the
last few months, but to have . little
known larruper such as Lucas snatch
his title must be disheartening to q
guy who only four months ago
climbed through the ropes and
made q creditable but losing stand
against one of the classiest clouters
Of his era. Barney Ross, world well
terweight champion.
Opinions Vary On Decision.
THE tattooed fist-slinger apparently
worried over his loss, however.
for the smirk on his face after the
bout as he congratulated Lucas was
indication enough that Phil still be-
lieves he's the better man. With the
exception of the judges and the anti
Fur faction, the belief prevails that
Furr can slap the daylighs out Of
Lucas any day in the week and that
he deserved the decision last night.
Although the trend Of the oficial
scoring was somewhat erratic, there
was ample reason for varying opin-
ions. The keenly contested scrap saw
but one round, the tenth, awarded
to either fighter by an impressive
margin. Furr landed at will to
Johnny's head during that session.
ripping steamy left hooks and right
crosses to Lucas face which opened
Q cut over the Camden clouter's left
eye.
After an even first round, Lucas
shot into an early lead by capturing
the second and third cantos with
stid right hands to Phil's noggin
while Furr was content to concentrate
on Johnny's midsection.
Fur annexed the fourth and nth
rounds, however, when he sand.
wiched both fists to the face between
furious fiurries to Johnny's REDEEMED
body, but Lucas retaliated by taking
the next two rounds by psppering
Phil's face with left jabs which raised
q small lump under Furr's left eye
and squashed his easily-blooded beak.
An overland right that clipped FUR
on the jaw during heated exchange
in the seventh session was one Of
Johnny's best blows of the battle.
Lucas AbsOrbs Body Blows.
THE eighth and ninth rounds were
granted to Furr Shen the lean
larruper beat q monotonous tattoo
on Johnny's ribs and plunked . neat
right uppercut to Lucas chin. Phil
was wild in the ninth but landed often
enough to shade the blond better.
Phil earned his widest margin In
the tenth and continued a whitening
barrage that completely bewildered
Lucas to grab the eleventh. Fur
bounced two convincing left hooks OF
Johnny's mouth and played his right
to the body effectively, but Lucas raj.
lied to take the next two rounds as
the tempo slackened considerably.
Lucas saved his best fighting for the
fifteenth round and an unscheduled
sixteenth session. A hard right fol-
lowed by stiff left to the head had
Furr staggering at the bell, when both
boys landed simultaneously. Each
apparently thought the other was at
tempting shady tactics and continued
slugging until Lafond rushed Lucas to
the ropes and Furr's handlers, Ralph
Murdock and Harry Groves, calmed
Phil
Judges Unanimous for Lucas.
The Stars score sheet showed Fur
winning eight rounds, Lucas taking
six, and one even, with Fur ~ points
In front. IAfond gave seven to Lucas,
five to Furr, and called three even:
Eller voted eight to Lucas, three to
Furr and four even. while Schuyler
awarded nine to Lucas, three to FUR
and three even.
AL Narcisoo of Camden, recent
graduate Of amateur ranks, made an
impressive local debut by trouncing
Young Raspi, Baltimore lightweight,
for his eighth consecutive victory in q
six-round argument, while another
six-rounder saw joey Straigis, also Of
Camden. hand . fancy pasting to
Bobby Dechter, local lightweight
Four-round engagements saw Irving
echaefer, Baltimore featherwsight.
trim Doug Swstnam, and Cyclone
Sammy williams win by 4 technical
knockout over Young Harry Wills,
Baltimore middleweight. LAfond stop
ped the bout after two minutes Of the
1rst round when wills demonstrated
only his jaw was Offering any sort Of
resistance to Wiliian1s' punches.
2 Anear-capacity crowd of 1,sss pay
lng patrons shelled out $l.70S TO Wit
ness the bouts.
Southern Teams
{ Playing to Form
BY RAY MORRISON,
vanderbit Coach.
sNAsHvnLE, Tenn, November
So 10-Back in early September
aniost Of the experts rated Louisiana
6 State, Auburn and Alabama - the
/. best teams in the Southeastern
sConference, Z Duke as tho best In
. the Southern and Texas A. and M.