The Washington times., 1936-05-26

were Phil Furr's big brother.
AS a matter of fact, and in
morning after always brings,
score the fight.
II you like slap-bang punch
ing type Of fighter, you had to
give the nod to Furr by ever so
slight a margin.
Boxer Us. Puncher
And on the other hand, if you
like a good boxer who handles
himself cleverly in the ring with
fast fiStwork as well as footwork,
you would be more than likely to
find for Dublinsky by even a
wider vote.
Furr had wide margins only in
the second and third rounds,
whereas DublinSky went to work
in the very first canto to establish
a lead that he took up again in
the fourth. After that the fight
See-Sawed back and forth and in
the observers view. they went into
the tenth very even.
Thus the draw decision was no
great surprise, although, as I init
mated above, if you like boxer, a
Dublinsky decision would not
have knocked you out Of your
seat, nor would a verdict in favor
Of Fur have brought cold sweat to
the brow Of an advocate of hitas-
hit-can Slugging.
Furr's judgment Poor
I thought Furr rated himself
very badly in his meeting with
Dublinsky. In several rounds he
was missing wild swings and in
the ninth he borrowed chapter
out of the fighting manual of
Petey Sarron by rushing in and
whirling about the ring, throwing
random blows which felled only
the gnats that were lowering
meath the Mazda lights.
But this must be said about
Furr-he kept cooking away with
his round-house rights and sharp
leftS, thereby more or less making
the fight. That many of his
blows missed and others were
neatly blocked by Dublinsky de-
tracts in no way from the fact he
did the majority of the leading
and was in there trying every Sec
ond..
Meanwhile, you can't get away
from the truth that midway of the
fight Dublinsky had Furr's left
eye closing rapidly, his fewer
scores having more telling effect
on Fur than did Phil's wild blows
on the maSterful little boxing eX-
ponent who rolled under most of
F'urr's futile Sallies and who beau
tifully blocked as many.
Both Boys Tire
None can deny, either, that both
boys gave all they had. There was
action and speed from bell to bell,
so much so that in the ninth both
were tired lads, with Furr fighting
more from instinct than from any
fixed course of action.
My opinion is that Furr was
very fortunate to get draw. A
good boxer can always make a
slugger look silly when their meet
ing goes to a decision. cite the
two encounters of Gene Tunney
and Jack Dempsey, which should
be authority enough.
In a dull semifinal, staged after
the main bout, Jack Duffey, of
Philadelphia, won from Bob Will
son, who has gone so far back in
the past IL months that he hardly
looks like the same fighter who
used to panick them at the Riding
and Hunt Club.
Wilson. drawn and peeked, has
lost his hustle, and his vaunted
left which once paralyzed the
welters around Washington, seems
to be a lost weapon.
Just a ROustdbout :.
Duffy, no more than a roust-
about. won as he pleased with a
stampeding style and a crouch
that any good sharpshooter should
have been able to unraVel. All
you have to do with that type is
to straighten 'em up with right
or left uppercut. but Wilson was
not alert to that.
Charlie Loughran, 167-pound
brother of Philadelphia Tommy
Loughran, won preliminary from
Ben Brown, 1891.
Roy Nash, 1876, defeated Young
Raspi. 139.
And Johnny Dean, 1877, dropped
a decision to Bobby Dechter, 1873,
who substituted for FRITZ Nc
Bride.
There wasn't knockdown or
knockout during the evening, al
belt Wilson and Duffey wreStled
each other to the floor in the
semifinal, to the amusement of
all
The whole bill was good, as
Goldie Ahearn slipped his arm
through mine going to the exits
and told me so.
He is the matchmaker, and of
course should know.