Evening star., 1936-01-21
DEFEATS HALA|K0
ON SPLIT DECISION
Fans Boo Ruling in Warm
Battle and Scrappers
Are RematChed.
BY BURT HAWKINS.

- trict'S quaint welterWeight
championship, gazed out over
4 a rather battered nose today
and wondered whether he or the 800
faithful fight fans who jammed
Turner'S smoke-hous last night are
groggy.
Despite his split decision victory
over the veteran Steve Halaiko in
one of the most blistering battles ever
witnessed locally, Phil's bid for ma
tional recognition won't travel farther
than Southwest Washington until the
hometown lad pounds out more
impressive win.
AS the spectators booed the decision
Justify for minutes, Matchmaker
Goldie Ahearn rubbed his hands in
glee and Immediately signed the fight
ers for another scrap on February 10.
A return match obviously is the
only method which can hope to ap.
pease the thoroughly aroused fans,
who certainly cannot be classified as
a hometown crowd after last nights
demonstration.
Margin Is Slight.
RY THE slightest Of margins, The
Stars score sheet agrees with the
decision. Granting Furr the first,
sixth. eighth. ninth and tenth rounds,
Halaiko took the remainder, with the
exception Of the seventh, which was
even. On point-scoring basis, the
score sheet shows Furr with Al and
Halaiko with As.
Judge Bob Eller voted Halaiko the
winner by 1-point margain, while
Referee Eddie La Fond and Judge
0. U. Singer gave the nod to Phil
by 3 and 2 point advantages.
With spectators clamoring for a
reversed decision. Boxing Commis-
sioner Kenneth Parkinson declared
the verdict would stand. Ray Arcel,
Halaiko's handler. dashed madly
about the ring, following the fight,
first appealing to Maj Harvey L.
Miller, secretary of the commission.
and then with Parkinson, who holds
the power Of reversal, but refused to
exercise it.
Furr Is Overweight.
A CTUALLY. Phil and Steve started
thei, argument at the offices Of
the commission earlier in the dav,
Signed to weigh in at lat pounds,
Furr balanced the beams at $50 and
refused to shed more than / pound.
Rather than cancel the fight, Arcel
agreed to take per cent more of the
gate and sent Halaiko into the ring at
1892 pounds
Sending Steve to the canvas as the
bell rang ending the first round, Furr
appeared to be we'll on his way to an
easy triumph. Halaiko came back,
however, to plant continuous stream
OF left jabs on the local larruper's
prominent nose during the next four
rounds
Attempting to box with Halaiko.
Furr was badly outclassed. Only when
he chose to abandon his jabbing tac-
tics and swing freely did he Offset the
margin Steve had accumulated.
Phil Finishes Strongly.
EURR found the range in the sixth
session and held his own in the
seventh Phil finished strongly.
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the big city boxer showed.
The 1900 fans paid $l,71790 to wit.
ness the scrap.
Cary Wright, local welter, showed
nothing capable of winning a fight
with Furr in cracking out six-round
decision over George Essrick Of Balti-
more in the semi final.
Roy Manley. Washington welter-
weight knocked out Bud Fisher Of
Brooklyn after 2 minutes and Is sec
onds Of the first round with left hook
to the face. while Sam Bacala OF Ball
timore took split decision from
Chief Wilson. North Carolina Indian.
in four rounds. Bacala climbed of the
canvas after taking count of eight in
the first round to gain the verdict.
In fcur-round opener. Jesse James
punched out decision over Billy Lam
caster, Wilmington, Del. lightweight.