The daily independent., 1937-08-11
Cu, Eve In Third Round
Force, Mitlgelte Out;
SEYMOUR Loses
By JOHN MARSHALL

Cssrr bN.a N>-N -
D,. .r +vgeyuailS. pulling their
,', ,.. and yelling to the top of
.~.,r 49, voices as Carroll Neece, pop
...r ,,.,. Ocean View fighter fough.
.~s 49, Games, fight of his life only
,,' .[Sa a heartbreaking decision
=. hard clever hitting Elmo
Tr,s,r Of the Richmond Athletic
cr~b | The decision was close but
t,;r Many or the fans thought
.r1. . Vee,e's last round rally had
.,,r, rhe tide but the judges de-
,;s.or was in favor of the Rich
npnd lad.
The first round opened fast with
r,,cEsr carrying the fight 20 Neece
,,orirg with a hard right to the
head and body almost at will.
y,sre chose TO feel .out his foe
and fgh, out at range using 4
r,rc looping right as his chief
rsaYon. As the round ended both
b,y, were standing in he middle
o:.he ring exchanging hard clean
h'ow> 70 the head. 1t was fuckers
round ~.
Tucker opened the second round
VIZ, an aggressive move but found
ar entirely different Neece. The
Ocean View boy threw aside some
O: his c.0wning antics and wad-
a5 INTO exchange blows. This
5r5uga. both boys in the middle
O.. The v.ng in a real Slugging
yo..c and he fans howled their
approval. Tucker was still Shopt-
ing hard clean rights to the. head
and body. Neece was playing the
vCges and fighting Tucker on the
Inside The Daily Independent
score sheet called the round a
G.aw.
Tie final round saw a boy, who
lad been held to a draw in the
second round and beaten in the
frs. round. rally to figr. the gam
es.. most aggressive battle of hrs
lie. Neece met Tucker in the mid
die and started fighting. He car
red the fight all the round landis
rg rights and leftS at will and
never taking a backward step!
Tucker landed few good rights
o The head but they were inef-
.ec..re as The pace had been kill
1E. L was Neece'S round by a
good margin but Tucker was Civ
eI the decision for the fight. .
ilidsett- -Tucka, Fight Stopped
II the semi-flnal fight between
Ear. Tucker. the Virginia State
Fe3.aerWe!ght Champion from
Richmond and Woodrow Midget
0: Elizabeth City, there was plen4
= o: action. Midget opened the
a:S. round cautiously and was
feeling out the Old Dominion
Champion. fighting him from a
range. Tucker scored some hard
Bows TO the head and body in the
cary gag- Of the round but Mid
&C.. rallied IN the closing seconds
WITH a .eG. and right attack. 1t
vas fuckers round.
Midget opened the scond round
T..G q furry of lefts and rights
ina. sen, Tucker backing up.
~.a-ett was rushing Tucker and
-o~ac the in" fighting much
more 20 his favor. About the mid
e.e o, the round. Tucker, with a
12aE rush pushed Midget thru
lie .gDes but the Elizabeth City
.a- came right back. Midget rail-
..eo n The c.oSing seconds to take
q .aat y
Tie third round opened faoG
%.,~ the boys standing in the mid
ce 1i the ring slugging toe to toe
""eD Wild swinging right
.a'--. MIDGET over the right eye,
.',-02 a mean cash. ;hus fore
'~- K .croc Manus to award Tuck
" technical KNOCKOUT.
Cooke Best Seymour -"
"eo Cooke Of Richmond fought
a~' uphill, battle all the way to
WI d decision over James Sey-
,'''.'. o. Elizabeth City after Sey-'
,.',.f had scored a knockdown in
we HgaL round. The Richmond
-'s~ Head won the second round
,."''0l,E ana then took the third,
. ,..oo as Seymour appeared tired
and sluggish. ~
Earl Midget Wins e.. Z
Ear. Midget spotted wilson
u'o'"E The first round and then
zane back to take the second and
--'o rounds by a wide margin
.'-.Hg knOck-downs in the sec
". ..'' round. Midget chose 10 take
=. EASY and feel his way in the op--
.,.''.- round. In fact both fight,
were cautious but the Rich.
".'"c tighter proved the more
.,-5'eSS!ve and took the round. In
,''' second, Earl found his range.
- -" landed long hard rights to
~. ...G mead. II was one of those long
'7''1> that found its mark late in
s., Sc second round to floor Godsey
~ la" count of four. Midget
~ ,''A lae round and then finished
,'' Aeut with a brilliar; last
=. ,.'''o attack that was packed full
" @,Non and hard rights.
Sawyer Stops Baktl-