Evening star., 1936-06-10
Bob Best in Early Rounds.

TOWS best effort failed to daunt
the stubborn Gallagher, how
ever. Fighting for the first time since
he cracked out a unanimous decision
over King Levinsky last September,
Marty's timing was faulty in the early
rounds, when Bob outSmarted his
hefty opponent to take three Of the
first five rounds.
Dancing in under Marty's high
leads, Bob ripped solid smashes to
Gallagher'S head and weaved away
from the Irishman's dangerous right
paw After splitting even the first
round and dropping the second, Marty
took the third heat when he connected
with two stiff rights to the stomach
and damaging left hook to the face
Tow grabbed the fourth and fifth
cantos, clipping Marty with a two
fisted body barrage and then shifting
his attack to the head with equal ef-
fectiveness.
The next four rounds saw Gallagher
emerge from his shell, plant a sue
cession of blows to Bob's head and
then bore in to outmaneuver Tow in
the clincheS Marty brought his left
hand up to the Virginian's nose re-
peatedly when in close, finally draw
ing blood in the seventh round with a
left uppercut.
Marty's Eye and Nose Cut.
ROB rallied in the tenth heat to
share honors for that round when
he bounced Marty's head back with a
right to the chin. Gallagher walked
into three straight rights to the jaw
in the next frame as Tow Dashed
Martys nose and right eye to draw
blood. The Foggy Bottom battIer
wilted before Tow's determined head
attack and appeared to be firing.
Summoning reserve strength, GAL
fagher poured hot leather to Tow's
body in the twelfth round. After
Marty sunk hard right to the pit of
Bob's stomach, Tow backed against
the ropes, claimed a foul and dropped
to his knees. Referee Charley Reyn-
olds disregarded the protest, however,
and reached the count of four before
Tow rose to his feet.
Glassy-eyed, Tow fell into a clinch
with Gallagher. Both boys backed
away just as the bell sounded disre-
garded the bell and waged a bitter
battle for 10 seconds that threatened
to throw the 1000 spectators into a
riot. Marty wrestled Bob to the floor
in Tow's corner, however, and han
oilers I each fighter stepped in to pre-
vent further punching.
Improving as the bout progressed,
Gallagher staggered Tow in the thir-
teenth session with blistering attack
that concentrated on Bobs midsection.
Tow. still a trifie dazed, was booed
by the crowd for twice hitting on the
break.
Gallagher Strong in Stretch.
CONNECTING almost at will to
Bobs Redeemed frame, Marty won
the final two frames easily. Their
respective "grudges" apparently salts
fed with having pounded on each
other for As minutes, the boys shook
hands and smiled at the end of the
bout.
The Stars scoresheet showed Gala
CHER winning nine rounds, with three
going to Tow and three judged as
even. On point basis, Marty finished
fye points in front.
For toe-to-toe slugging action, the
preliminaries eclipSed the main event,
with Lew Raymond of Baltimore, cap
turing a six-round decision over Cary
Wright, local welterweight, in the
semi-final.
In another six-round bout, Stan
ford Carrier grabbed split decision
verdict from Al Parks, Baltimore wei
terweight, while the best of the four
FOUNDERS saw vastly improved Joe
Green, local lightweight, score tech
nical knockout over Terry Sharp Of
Baltimore, when Referee Eddie Lafond
refused to allow Sharp to answer the
bell for the fifth round due to q badly
gashed left eye.
Other four-rounders saw Joe Nc
Dougall succumb after Is seconds of
milling with Jim Lamar in a colored
heavyweight encounter, while George
Cox outpointed Mickey Finn in locals
kght-heavyweight encounter.