The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-18

out at you from eyes surrounded by angry, crimson gashes.
 Any time, any place" said Arm strong through puffed, painful lips.
 Unless Promoter Mike Jacobs has lost his skilled touch on the pulse of the public, the boys will be in there again some evening. It has been many a day since fight spec tators saw anything to equal what happened last night at Madison Square Garden inside the square of ropes that for some strange reason is called ring.
 They saw Armstrong, feather weight and welterweight champion, win the lightweight championship and become the first man ever to hold three titles at the same time They saw Ambers, knocked clear across the ring once and knocked down twice, get off the floor and shake the blood out of his eyes and come back to within whisker of winning the fight. They saw two men who were bleeding, leg-weary and gulping breath into burning lungs, stand toe to toe and slug for 10 seconds after the fight was over. No matter what man paid to get into the Garden last night, he got his moneys worth.
 Armstrong got the lightweight title. Ambers got the cheers. He was never more popular than at the moment when Madison Square Garden, a roaring, crazy place where men were throwing their hats away and women were screaming, went suddenly quiet and voice boomed through the loudspeakers:
 "The winner and new lightweight champion of the world-Henry Armstrong;"
 Boo, boo, boo!" The roar of the crowd came rolling down from the rafters and Ambers stood there in sWeaty blue bathrobe with the empty look on his face of a man who has just had bad news. Then he shuffled across the ring and stuck out his hand toward Arm stong and in those 10 paces he walked into the hearts of those who saw 1t.
 One thin round decided the fight Judge Marty Monroe gave the de- cision to Ambers, eight rounds to seven; Judge George Lecron gave Armstrong eight rounds, Ambers six and called one even. That left 1t up to Referee Bill Cayanaugh who gave Armstrong seven, Ambers six and called two even. The United Press score sheet gave Armstrong g., Ambers five and called two even.
 The Marquis of Queensbury would not have approved of everything that happened. Armstrong was throwing punches dangerously low and lost three rounds because he fouled Ambers. Rights and lefts went pumping into Ambers' stomach so fas that once he took eight blows before he could give one.
 Everybody expected Armstrong to fight that way. He never took a back step and once he got with in range his arms never stopped pumping The surprise was that Ambers, with one of the best pair of legs in boxing and a smoothie n getting around the ring decided to stand up and trade punches with Armstrong. He paid for it with blood and pain. In the fifth round Arm- strong Whistled a right that traveled a foot and a half, caught Ambers on the chin and knocked him down. The bell rang at the count of three and Ambers' seconds res- cued him. In the next round Arm strong rained rights and lefts to the head and again Ambers bounched on the floor. But he nodded reassuringly to his seconds, calmly took a count of eight and came up fighting. Tn the 14th round Armstrong drove a right against the chin that sent Ambers reeling across the ring, staggering crazily but keeping on his feet.
 What won the crowd to Am- bers was the way he came out of those tailspins. He would wait for Armstrong to come to him and then get in close and bop-bop-bop would uppercut the Negro. Twice he hit Armstrong so hard on the chin that the Negro's rubber mouth piece bounced out of his teeth and rolled across the ring.
 And when the end came 1t was Ambers, the loser, who was slinging the most punches and hitting so hard that blood spattered from A.nstrong's mouth and made long crimson streaks on the white mans shoulders.
 Encore. Professor Jacobs. encore.