Evening star., 1938-08-16
FIGHT AGREEMENT
PROTECTS HENRY
Dull Scrap Due Unless Lou
Changes Recent Tactics.
SeIIout Is Likely.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press,
NEW YORK, Aug. 16-The public
suddenly has realized that Henry
Armstrong and Lou Ambers will punch
1t out for LOUIS lightweight title in
Madison Square Garden tomorrow
night, and the result is gratifying
boom in box Office business.
All day yesterday fans stood in line
outside the box Office while Promoter
Mike Jacobs beamed and predicted
"a sellout sure"
The odds favor Henry by as much
as to l to beat Lou and add the
lightweight crown to his featherweight
and welterweight honors. Nevertheless
the man in the street apparently
thinks Lou will make fight of it.
Unless he does it will not be
thriller. For Lou in his last two
outings of major Importance, his de-
feats of Tony Canzoneri and Pedro
Montanez. was far from being crowd
pleaser He retained his title both
times, but few of the fans were awake
at the finish to see it.
He slapped and he dodged and
occasionally he punched If he does
this against Armstrong. who can take
all the slaps in the world. it will be
no fun But if he lives up to his
often quoted prediction of taking the
sting out of Little Perpetual Motion
with left hooks and uppercuts. it will
be one of those fights they talk about
for 20 years.
'Tableau" Over Welter Title.
If Lightweight Ruler Ambers should
lick the tar out of Featherweight and
Welterweight Champion Armstrong.
the high spot of the fistic season may
be anticipated about a week later.
when Ambers corners the New York
State Athletic Commission and de-
mands to know why he isn't the new
king of the welterweights.
The highly imaginary tableau (con-
sdering that Ambers is given no bet
ter than a 1-to-3 chance in tomor-
rows twice postponed affair." could be
expected to run something like this.
Ambers-All right. didn't I beat
Armstrong? And wasn't both Of us
under the welterweight limit? So why
amt ! welterweight champion in New
York State. like the National Boxing
Association says ] am everywhere else?
Commissioner John J. Phelan-
Har-r-rumph! I can see there's no
use in trying to explain this to you,
Ambers. Now We have lot of deci-
sions to make down here, like which
fighter will wear which color trunks.
and things like that Now don't start
trying to tell us how to run our busi-
ness, Ambers.
Wants a Logical Reason.
Ambers-Yeah. I know, General.
But why amt l welterweight cham
pion9 Didn't I lick that guy which
was champion?
Commissioner Bill Brown-The con-
tract said you weren't fighting for the
welterweight title, young man.
Ambers-Sure, Mr.. Commissioner,
But what kinda contract is that where
] plsstered q guy at l35 pounds and
you figure he's better than me at LAT
pounds? 1t don't make sense.
Commissioner D. Walker Wear
That isn't the first contract that
didn't make sense, Ambers. Ask any
lawyer
Ambers-I amt got time to ask
lawyer. I'm asking you why l amt
welterweight champion when I bat
this guy around which was welter-
weight champion.
Phelan: Now. Ambers let's not go
into that again. I explained 1t to you
once. satisfactorily I'm sure to every
body. You ough to know by this time
that ve make our decisions and every
body has got to abide relentlessly by
the rules in this book thumping the
ever-present little red volume.
Difficult to Comprehend.
Ambers: Yeah, / know general,
Phelan: That's the trouble with
some Of you fighters-always trying to
tell the commission how to run its
business. We've got a lot of things to
with every fighter who thinks he ought
to be VelterWelgnt champion. You
ought to know by this time that Arm
strong is welterweight champion He,
beat this fellow Britton-no, it wasi
Ross-iust recently.
Ambers: Yeah, that's right general.
But
Phelan: That's all, Ambers You're
fine little fighter and credit to the
game. But the place to win that light
weight title is in the ring, not down
here
Anbers But. general -.
obviously shaken. the little fighter
was led from the room by his han
dlers)
P. S.-The two of them. Ambers
and Armstrong, again completed their
heavy training Yesterday Armstrong
knocked down one of his guinea pigs,
Lew Feldman