The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-02
HOUL|HAN TAKES DICK TURCOTTE IN THIRD TEST.
Irishman Forces Fight; KOvach Scores Double
 K'O.; JanOtti Wins
BY HUGO HOOKJAB

Too much stamina, plus an ever lasting effort to move forward with fists flying won Referee Louis (Kid) Kaplan's decision for daring Danny Houlihan, the hammering Harp iron. Newark over dancing Dick Turcotte of Waterbury, before B. 500 thoroughly pleased patrons of the manly art of Self-defense as exhibited last night within the Ran dolph- Cloves stadium.
 Though they scored no less than six knockdowns against each other in two previous glove duels, Tur- cotte and Houlihan both remained erect for all three rounds, though there was enouegh action to satisfy the most bloodthirsty battle bug in the bleachers.
 Too Strong
 Houlihan, in fine shape and with nearly "A hours rest, forced the fight all the way, Turcotte holding him off for while with long left punches to the mid-section but Danny came back with short inside wallops that scored heavily in his favor. Houlihan also finished strong, Turcotte being unable to hold him off for any length Of time, despite his best efforts to slow the Irisher down with stomach punches, Houlihan countering with hard clouts to the head. Tur- cotet seemed to have share best of the first round, due to his boxing ability and a hard left blow to the body, but Houlihan came back strong in the second and third rounds to win going away. A sprained ankle in the second round, when he turned on 1t, also slowed Turcotte down a bit, though he made no complaint of any kind.
 Houlihan may tangle with state lightweight champion, Tommy Ci- arlo of this city within the next week or two.
 Slugging Galore
 For sheer. hard fighting, slam bang stuff and barroom crawling the card of ten bouts from top to bottom was one for the proverbial book. Dula Kovach of Nauga- tuck slugged Vic Galotti of New Britain into the canvas twice, the bell saving Galotti once though he was cleanly knocked out and then took a crushing right hand smash to the chin in round three ending the fight, but not before Galotti got in one punch that sagged the Koavach gams, after the first knockdown. Koavach sealed 177, Galotti 183.
 Other Results
 Joe Rossi of Naugatuck made a strong third round rally against New Britain Bobby Ellis, but Ellis got the nod and rightly so' for he won the first two rounds without too much trouble. The decision was unpopular, but fair as the weather.
 Left-handed Joe Polowitzer came down from his Windsor Locks to- bacco plantation to outslug Chick Harris, cagey New Britain boy, but not before Harris came to life dropped Polowitzer with a stomach punch and finished strong. On the strength of the knockdown Harris seemed to have earned draw.
 New Haven Joe Ianotti once more proved his class as the coming state featherweight champion, by out pointing able Jackie Crimmins of Newark in a lively three rounder, crammed with good boxing.
 Steve Kaye, 160, Windsor Locks ran into right to the chin tossed by Johnny Kelly, l63, Newark, ana went out like the proverbial light after 1:l0 of the opening chapter,
 Henry Davis, 120, state bantam weight champion from New Brit ain, defeated Baby Dixon, 118, Wa terbury, in tame affair. Davis had 1t much his own way outside of the first which was even.
 Sam Craig. 148, Waterbury, and Tony Gillo. 152, New Haven, tough: slaShing draw. Both boys threw plenty of punches with Craig los- ing an opportunity to register a victory in the final round by fail- ing to force the battle.
 In the opener, Sal Devito, 129, Waterbury, and Frank Fuller, 13l, New Haven, drew.