Evening star., 1936-04-08
FAILS IN CHANCES
TO FINISH WRIGHT.
SpIit.Decision Win Is Booed.
Duffy and Savoy Score
Technical K. 0.'S.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

tempt and boo the tattooed
Il lad until their throatS ache,
today. for the first time in many
months, seem justified in an attitude
which heretofore has reeked of
unfairness.
Fur, never popular puncher here,
last night sunk to the dregS of boxing
ranks depite the fact that he retained
his District welterweight champion
ship by winning a 15-round split
decision verdict over Cary Wright
at Turner's Arena.
Washington's ring colony could not
be claSsed as a patient lot, yet it
does not demand too much of its
fighters. They simply crave the best
boxer can give. It's difficult to
believe Furr exerted himself against
Wright.
Whether Phil was soft-hearted,
overestimated Wright's punching PROV
ess or just hasn't absorbed enough
ring generalship to know when his
opponent is reeling and ripe for a
knockout blow, still does not erase
the fact that he failed to measure
up to his previous sock standard.
Wright, an earnest leather -pusher,
but no doubt more proficient at his
job as a restaurant chef. was wise
in not forcing the fighting, but when
they don't come to Phil, the South
west f1st-slinger seldom moves a mitten.
The result was a rather mild SeS-
sion that rivaled a chess match for
bloodleSs action.
Phil Wins First Five Heats.
EURR, taking the first five rounds,
apparently was content to coast
along on his early advantage, secure
in the knowledge that he already had
won the battle That daffy bit of
brainwork nearly cost him his title
During the first five rounds. Phil
practically toyed with the rangy
Wright but seemed anxious to delay
the chilling punch which he might
have landed no less than half-dozen
times
Battling against prohibitive odds.
Wright finally reached Furr in the
sixth and seventh sessions to annex
both rounds. In the sixth. Cary
popped Phil freely with a blistering
body attack and took the seventh
with a twofisted head barrage.
1t was in the eighth round that
Furr lost whatever popularity he still
maintained. Dropping Wright to his
knees with straight right to the
mouth, the champion failed to close
in when Cary arose groggily and
stumbled away to clear his head.
During the next three rounds Furr
piled up points on clever infghting.
but again missed another knockout
opportunity in the eleventh canto
when he slapped the challenger to the
canvas for no count with a smashing
right to the back of the head and
failed to follow up.
%. Wright Rallies in Final Four.
r ISING from that punch, Wright
launched an attack which all but
relieved Furr of his title Banging
Phil around the ring with ease, Wright
exploded two right hands in Furr's
mouth as that lanky lad stood be-
WlIuereQ against Cne ropes.
Apparently content to retain his
Championship in a manner involving
the least effort, Furr backed away
from Cary during the final two heats
as Wright added to his increasing
point total.
Judge Bob Eller balloted for Wright.
while Referee Eddie Lafond and Judge
Ho11ri
Stars score sheet showed Furr ahead
by four points.
The lack of larruping in the main
event was more than offset in the pre-
Iminaries, however
In one of the most stirring semi
hnal bouts Of the season Jack Duffy,
Baltimore welterweight, scored tech
nical knockout over Bob Wilson after
! minute and SIS seconds of the fifth
round.
Both Battlers Floored in Second.
CLIPPING Wilson with damaging
right glove to the jaw, Duffy
crashed his blond opponent to the
floor for an eight-count in the second
round. The game Wilson retaliated in
the same session, however, with a left
hook under the heart, followed by a
right to the face which sent the Balti-
more battler down for no count.
Although Duffy wavered like a flag
IN the breeze as Bob connected with
left-hand sneak punches to the face
In the third round, he managed to
slip in the blow which eventually won
the fight.
The victim of glancing smash over
his left eye, Bob still was tossing
leather when Referee Lafond halted
the fight. Wilson's cash was flowing
like an open fire hydrant.
In another fast bout Irish Johnny
Dean captured six-round decision
from Nanny Weible, Baltimore light
weight.
Harry Thompson. local lightweight
who recently turned professional. had
his ring career temporarily interrupted
when Husslein Savoy of Egypt frac-
tured his jaw in the second round of
q scheduled siX-round bout.
Chester Ruby, Baltimore bantam
weight, took a four-round decision
from AL Dintamin Of Washington in
the opening battle.
More than 1000 spectators paid
Sl,S60.67 to witness the beak- busting.
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