The Washington times., 1938-11-22
ARCHIBALD. MAY
BOX LEO Kodak
IN TITLE BATTLE
BY HOWARD JACOBS

Al WE'LL, manager OF joey Archl-
bald, is back in New York today,
dickering over terms to either box
Leo Kodak, National Boxing Asso-
citation No. l man, in Chicago, or
Chalky wright, hard-socking
stablemate of Henry Armstrong,
on a triple-headed championship
card at Madison Square Garden
the early part of January.
The former Twentieth Century
Sporting Club matchmaker, who
piloted Lou Ambers to the world
lightweight title, and Archibald
to the New York state recognized
world featherweight crown, has
been offered a flat $4,000 to meet
Kodak in the latter's home town
with the undisputed 126-pound
crown on the line, and the same
terms to meet the Negro better,
who finished AL Reid in jig time.
WINS CLOSE VERDICT
But after Joey's showing
against Paul Lee, of Tennessee,
last night in Turner'S Arena it's a
question Just what his future plans
are now. The Patent Leather Kids
performance in winning close,
very close, verdict over the hill
billy battler was far from that OF
a champion. He just got home,
that's how even the battle was.
Lee, who arrived here early yes
terday morning after a 45-mile au-
tomobile trip, looked a sure winner
going into the seventh round, but
faded rapidly. Whether it was the
left hook that Archy draped on
his chin at the start OF the eighth
heat, or his underpinnings became
a bit too heavy, Lee nevertheless
went to pieces.
HELD EDGE AT EIGHTH
He lost his punch, his technique
and everything that had Archi-
bald In a bad spot during the first
half of the scrap. Instead of con-
tinuing his blast of punches at the
sleek-haired joey he was on the
receiving end. 1t was quick
change, and cost him the verdict.
On the writer's score sheet, the
hill-billy held a three-to-two edge.
with two even, going into the
eight, but he dropped the three
remaining rounds, one decisively
the eighth-When ne took a 80"
count from a short left hook to
the chin. Archy, too, was firing
at this stage, but he had just that
much more than his foe, and
came home a close winner. Lee
flared UP in the last 80 seconds.
landing three sharp let's, but it
was not enough to swing the YER
dict.
The betting boys got their big
gest scare Of the season. They
had Joey as high as 10 to /. And
they were chasing around trying
to switch it every conceivable way
to get out as cheap as possible.
PUZZLED ARCHY
1t was q closer anG more 1nCer-
esting battle than it appeared on
paper. Lee took the aggressive,
and had his rival puzzled with his
tactics. joey never did catch on
to the style, and thanks to Lees
fading did he grab the nod.
Lee dropped Archibald for a
'no-count' in the sixth, sending
over a straight right-hand smash
that caught the Gotham champ
ion flush on the jaw. Archy went
down with a thud, but he was up
in a jiffy.
Eddie Society Kid Saugsted,
local product, scored a sensation
al technical knockout victory over
Chester Ruby, of Baltimore, in
the scheduled Six-round semifinal.
Eddie staggered his foe from pill
lar to post for two rounds and one
minute and forty-five seconds Of
the third before the referee stepped
in to halt the slaughter. Ruby
was down four times, but game
ster as he is, came back for more.
In other bouts, Charlie Gilley de-
feated George Della in six, and
Frankie Wills outpointed George
Esrick and Vincent DePaolo beat
Buddy Thomas in four-rounders.