Evening star., 1936-10-06
GALLAGHER IS OUT
OF F|ST|C PICTURE
Badly Beaten by District
Heavy Champ, Who Shows
Surprising Class.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

by JOk1N d. hEAAEhs
~ UCK EVERETT, smart smacker
- from the banks Of the Wa
bash, will hold the heavy
- weight boxing championship
Of the District Of Columbia long,
long while 50 far as any local chal-
lengers are concerned. So the ring
worms along the Potomac felt today,
and they could not feel otherwise after
the pasting the import from Indiana
gave Marty Gallagher. the Foggy Bot
tom riding master, last night at Wash
ington's ball yard.
Buck plucked the District crown
from the dome of Matte Brown mid
way of last year. and after Brown
there was nothing about the Capital
that looked q threat to the Everett
reign other than Gallagher, who had
taken the measure Of such as King
Levinsky and Ray Impelletierre, among
numerous others, to get himself quite
q name in the hinterlands if not here.
But Gallagher had nothing last
night to mark him as prospective
champion, and now that Brown has
been on the skids for some while de-
spite recent fiare-up, Messrs. Ahearn
and Turner or other local fight impre-
sarios must 60 beyond the confines Of
the District for worthwhile chal-
lenger.
Buck In No Hurry to Defend.
EVERETT, who took his one-sided
victory with becoming modesty, is
not interested anyway in coming back
quickly for q defense Of his laurels.
He has 4 fight out in st. Louis later
this month with one Otis Thomas and
according to Manager Jimmy Erwin
will not be booked around this vicinity
for quite spell. And Gallagher. who,
according to his management, will do
no more fighting until December at
the earliest, will 60 back to the ring
In California.
Foggy Bottoms erstwhile pride and
Joy had nothing to say after his deci-
sive defeat at Everett's hands. but his
handlers, in their few words after the
downfall Of their big benedict, implied
that Washington will have to wait
months to see Marty in action here
once more.
Which may be just as well for he
fight promoters. After Mart dropped
a fight In which he won only the
FIRST round and drew in one other
over the 15-round route he could not
be expected TO drag 'em In at the
gate. And the promoters are not IN
the game for their admiration Of 1t.
Everett Crosses Wise Ones.
THERE was no great outpouring OF
- ringworms last night to witness
the shellacking Of Gallagher. No
more than 5000 paid in $6,344.18-
boxing commission figures at the
gate, which meant rather q meager
reward for Everett for his artistic
piece Of work. as. D..
A Lot Of the wise boys around town
were crossed by Everett last night.
They had said that Buck could not
20 at top speed for Is rounds, q route
supposed to be best for the sluggish
starting Gallagher. who always had
been At his peak after being buffeted
around the ring for a good SPELL They
had said that Buck could not box.
And they had pointed to Gallaghers
superior rating In the National Eox-
ing Associations list Of heavies as
proof of their contention that the
Foggy Bottom boy was the better.
It did not take Buck long to con-
vince the wise ones they were wrong.
After losing the first round, the
Aoosier hammer-thrower went to work
on Marty in great fashion, later to
Be held even only In one round, the
fourteenth.
Marty Gets Knockdown, Then Stops.
THAT first round went to Gallagher
- by virtue of nockdown scored
near the bell. He had stepped from his
corner to carry the fight to Buck in
determined way and for the greater