Evening star., 1938-08-23
ARCHIBALD, DUPRE
PROMISE HOT TILT
Bout Apt to Appease Fans
Little Pleased by Boyd in
Win Over Nichy.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Split sharply over whether semi
bald Bill Boyd is a gilt-edged con-
tender for heavyweight honors or
budding candidate for the Olympic
diving team, the local boxing pop
ulace today focused its collective op-
tics on the most attractive cards of
the summer season. a scrap Monday
night at Griffith Stadium involving
f1dgety Joe Archibald and calm, me-
thodical Tony Dupre
Archibald, undefeated in 10 en-
gagements here, and Dupre, who reg
istered hotly disputed decision over
Pete Scalzo during a downpour six
weeks ago, will import a grudge of
long standing which has simmered
since Archy was disqualified for rough
tactics in a Providence bout with
Dupre in April, 1887.
On that occasion Archibald gave
Dupre a rude reception. so lmpolite
that the referee deemed it advisable
to stop the scrap and award the bout
to Tony. Archy. in that bout at least,
refused to be shackled by the Marquis
of Queensbury rules and it is likely
their impending argument will produce
something along the same pattern.
Boyd Shows Real Punch.
For brief but sustained action the
Boyd Billy Nichy bout last night before
3.10O spectators at Griffith Stadium set
the gauge for the impending feather
weight fuss. And while many ring
worms felt Nichy's sudden collapse
after 2 minutes and Is seconds of the
second round had pre- arranged tinge
and said they'd wear bathing suits to
the next card, there is nothing off color
in connection with Boyd's punching.
Regardless of whether Nichy sue
cumbed to cold cash or the persuasive
ness of Boyd's betting. the ex-gob ap-
pears to have something. BY the ad-
mission of Manager Jack Dempsey
Boyd has a long way to travel, but
while he is absorbing the niceties of
noggin nudging along that tortuous
trail he will have a rather convincing
sock to help him along.
Boyd demonstrated his punching
proves before Nichy slumped to the
canvas. Whacking his surprisingly
twilling foe with crushing left hooks and
stiff right crosses. When Nichy elected
to exchange wallops Boyd sponged
them up and forced him to yield ter
ritory.
Right Puts Nichy Away.
Nichy, however, left an impression
on Boyd, gashing the right eye of
Dempsey's protege early in the second
round after being outpointed in the
first frame. The trickle of blood in
furiated the hard-hitting Boyd, who
proceeded to slice Nichy's left eye with
vicious left hook.
At that stage, with Nichy concen-
trating to the body and Boyd confining
his clouts to the head, the former
sailor spun Nichy around smacked
him with what some felt was a very
authoritative right and what others
emphatically felt merely was a mild
breeze and Nichy crumbled.
Murray Kanner, the local lad who
served as a human punching bag for
Joe Louis when the world heavyweight
champion was in training for his early
removal of Max Schmeling. continued
in the same role against Buck Everett
in scheduled 8-rounder which, to the
delight of the customers, was over in
less than five.
Paul Lee captured every round to
win an easy decision over Ray Ingram
in a disappointing featherweight g.
rounder. while Bob Wilson rallied to
trim Wendell Bubp and Angelo Pug
lisi outpointed Red Lewis in Ground
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