Evening star., 1938-10-03
ARMSTRONG BOUT
AGA|NPETE'SG0AL
Ev-Feather King Battles
Yucatan Kid in Top Spot
of Smart Ring Card.
By BURTON HAWKINS.

ny DOnlON nav A1NS.
The champagne of local boxing
shows. the Metropolitan Police Boys
Clubs annual dip into the sewers of
sportdom for the refreshing motive
Of sweeping kiddies off the streets, will
be staged tonight at Griffith Stadium
with pair of former world champions
in feature roles.
Calculated to entice more than TO-
900 spectators, the ring carnival is
dangling as bait brace of l5-round-
ers. rare spectacles in this sector.
Petey Sarron, former world feather
weight champion. will clash with
Yucsoan Kid for the mythical South
ern lightweight title and Small Mon
tana, ex-hyweight champion, will ex-
change wallops with Aurelien La
Mothe, cream of Canada's l12-pound-
ers
Motivated by the idea that boys
started on straight path are less
likely to clutter up the Nations penal
hotels, the card for three seasons has
marked the high spot of local boxing.
This time it won't have to be an
epic to surpass what has been pre-
sented this summer but, by the Same
token, it may serve to preserve some
Pickering interest in the greasy game.
Heavy Outlay Warranted.
Matchmaker Heinie Miller, who
fashions these cards each year, when
he can wedge in stray moment from
his duties as secretary Of the Dis
trict Boxing Commission, University
of Maryland boxing coach, vice presi-
dent and chairman of the Ratings
Committee of the National Boxlrg As
scCistion, editing Navy magazine
and believing such orders as a
lieutenant colonel in the Marine Re-
serves roars, has poured goodly sum
into the card to insure its caliber.
But while the show will be the most
expensive of the season, costing nearly
$4,000, it also looms as the best by a
decisive margin. The dregS OF Ms
tiana haven't located jobs on the card.
The main event scrapperS are stellar
showmen who have proved their re-
spective fistic worth.
Sarron, for instance, is one of the
most colorful and amazing specimens
ever to push leather. A member OF
the 1924 Olympic team, Petey is a
mellowing veteran who has lost none
Of his cunning through the years. AS
unorthodox as overalls at society
function, the wheeling Sarron
seldom has failed to provide an inter-
esting show.
Petey Supports Parents.
A hairy little ape with the stamina
and strength of bull, Petey is a
mild-mannered, polite and thoroughly
courageous battler, who is a credit to
the ring industry. He has compiled a
modest fortune at his business Of re-
arranging features and not little Of
1t has gone to the support of his
Syrian parents. Petey bought his
paralytic father a house some seasons
ago.
Yucatan Kid, 22-year-old Maya In
dian, who is undefeated as light
weight, is the sole support of a
widowed mother. An aggressive, hard
hitting fighter, he has his eyes
focused on crack at Henry Arm
strong and hopes to employ Sarron
rs the stepping stone to that bout.
Sarron, written onto the shelf a half
dozen times, also is heas.l in Arm
strong's direction, however, and is
eager to prove his lightweight ability
by hurdling Yucatan. 1t was a weak
ened Sarron who dropped the feather
weight title to Armstrong last year,
and Petey is anxious to meet him
again at full strength. BY all fistic
gauges Sarron should be washed up,
but again he has bounced back to a
eontending position.
Flyweight Bout Interesting.
Miller, an ardent lover of fyweight
feuding, is attempting noble expert
ment in the Montana-La Mothe en-
sagement. Only seasoned ring fol-
lowers remember the last occasion fly
weights were employed here, but
Miller is confident the division can be
revived and feels tonight's tiff will
create demand for services of 1l2-
Founders
The winner of the bout will meet
Peter Kane of England to determine
the world champion and while Mon
tana is favored, La Mothe's weight edge
over the 15-round route may be a
deciding factor. La Mothe, rated fifth
among the f1yweights by the N. B. A.,
has lost only i bout in Sc profess
sional starts.
Colliding in a colored Hereunder
will be Johnny Hutchinson, seventh
ranking featherweight, and Cyril
Josephs, who formerly campaigned
under the camouflage of Young Can
ada Lee, while a six-rounder lists
Irish Mickey Dugan squaring off with
Maynard Daniels, youthful local
heavyweight.
The 52-round card will include a
pair of amateur three-round bouts, fea-
turing Metropolitan Police Boys Club
youngsters, with length of rounds in
these instance being reduced to IL
minutes.
Due to the length of the program the
first bout will get under way at S:15