Evening star., 1937-08-15
coast BOXER APT
TO ROUT CABELL0
Crack Feather, Who Fights
Here Tomorrow, Drops Is
of Last Is Foes.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.
ENRY ARMSTRONG, who has
buried more flstic ambitions
than an undertaken, will un-

Emmy ARMS 1 tON(f, VINO mas
buried more nstic ambitions
than an undertaken, will un-
4 Il ravel the scythelike punches
khAt have carved an amanng record
In featherweight and lightweight
ranks tomorrow night at Grifath
Stadium. employing Johnny Cabello
10 the punching bag.
Unless the colored Armstrong sud
denly has softened, Cabello, a Puerto
Rican. figures to collapse long be-
fore the scheduled 10 rounds have
hied, for Armstrong Is showing them
no mercy. Cabello is a better than
average fighter, but many ringwise
Veterans have stamped Armstrong as
great and therein lies the difference.
Armstrong; style is responsible for
much Of his popularity, since he will
lbsorb one punch to retaliate with
wo. Those returning blows have
Ftretched IS OF his last 16 opponents,
pnly Aldo Spoldi remaining upright
against the California calamity this
year.
Held Uncrowned Feather Rinx.
HNRY has plagued the path of
Petey Sarron, world featherWeight
champion, for many months and the
pair will have it out for the title
at Madison Square Garden on Octo-
Der 20. Armstrong is regarded in
home quarters as uncroWned feather
weight champ, and has done so we'll
n lightweight ranks that the National
Boxing Association has seen fit to
fate him second in that division.
Providing Armstrong can whittle
Down to the featherWeieht limit of
PCS pounds without affecting his
potentcy, it is not illogical to assume
he may annex both feather and light
weight titles If that bit of match
making can be maneuyered. Henry
Welehed 1873 pounds for his last ar
Rument, however. and many observ-
rrs feel he Will be forced to chop off
leg to trim down to the feather
weight margin.
That last fight. Incidentally, was
held last Friday. and that ap-
pears to be Cabellos only advantage.
Even that is bit dubious, hovever.
since Armstrong thrives on work and
that brief thlee-day rest period is not
calculated to hamper his effectiveness,
Cabello's Record Mild
a TECHNICAL knockout victory
over joey Archibald and a deci-
zion victory over Johnny Hutchinson
|sre CabelloS chief claims to recogni-
tlon. Archibald was defeated through
the medium OF sliced eye more than
year ago. Yambo Andrades, Mooch
Murphy, Baby Mack, Les Guesno and
Alex Yanes, whoever they are will
give you some idea Of the caliber of
most of his defeated foes.
Unless the record is kidding, how
ever. Cabello does corect with knock
out punch occasionally and by stretch
Ing the imagination to the breaking
point you might visualize him vault
ing into fistic prominence by doing
Just that to Armstrong; Stranger
things have happened, bat the odds
strictly are against it.
The 24-year-old Armstrong is mar
Fied to the daughter of a St. Louis
preacher. and is co-managed BIZ Al
Jolson, During his climb to fistiana'S
etratosphere he has kicked over some
ot the elite in the forms OF frankie
Klick, California Joe Rivers. Varias
milling, Baby Casanova, Wallv Hallv,
ALI Blatch. Lou Massey Mike Belloise,
Tony Chavez, Pete De Grasse and
Benny Bass.