The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-19
|APOSTOLI TAKES TITLE AS FOE TAXES } COUNTS
Old Young COrbett Wins First Two Rounds Then
 Fades Fast
BY HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor

New York, Nov. 19-(UP) Boxing being what 1t is, Fred Aposth of San Francisco is middleweight champion of the world in New York today but Solly Krieger of New York is middleweight champion of the world in San Francisco.
 Verify, a middleweight is out of luck in his home town.
 With only a few scattered pre- cincts missing, it appeared that those two were the only middle weight champions of the world going about the business of cham pioning at present. However, the New York State Boxing Commission is threatening to hold meeting soon and what will happen then deponent knoweth not.
 Sudden Ending
 Apostli became middleweight champion of the world the world by 8 strange prank of fate shrink ing to the exact boundaries of New York state) when he hammered out technical knockout last night oyer Young Corbett III in the eighth round. No blow was struck to bring about this cornation of Apostoli. Corbett just sank to his knees with his eyes as vacant as half the seats in Madison Square Garden.
 Referee Eddie Josephs saw right away that Corbett had lost all in- terest in being middleweight cham pion of the world in New York. So he stopped the fight as the clock stood at two minutes and one second ofthe round, and Apostoli was king of all he surveyed provided he didn't survey beyond New York's boundaries.
 Last Nov. 1 Krieger became mid- dleweight champion of the world outside New York when he beat Al Hostak of Seattle to a red, Spongy pulp on the west coast. The New York Commission, however, rel fused ot recognize his claim and last nights bout in the Garden was for the middleweight champion of the New York State Athletic Commis- sion.
 The trick now is to get Champion ApoStoli to meet Champion Krieger forthe championship of both their | worlds. Hymie Caplin, who manages Champion Krieger, insists his man has right to go around champion ing without fighting for six months, so 1t may be slow haul.
 It was strange finish to e strange fight Corbett and ApostoN fought in San Francisco last February and Corbett won. And he started his time as though he intended to | do it again. Pumping lefts to Apos- tolls body and head, he won the first two rounds on the United Press score sheets, the second one because of a foul by his opponent. | After that it was all Apostoli.
 No Y0ungster
 They dubbed his Young Corbett IT long years ago when he began fighting, but "old' Corbett would have been better name for him last night. He is B now and not many of them keep their eyes sharp and their legs strong at that age. Last night Corbett was facing a man almost 10 years younger than himself--a hard punching young ster who was throwing punches SO fast that many of them slipped into foul territory.
 So after teh third round it was only 8 question of how long the tiring old man could last. In the seventh round Apostoli whistled a right to Corbett's chin and the count started. Crawling up on one knee, Corbett took nine and leaped up fighting. Apostoli was surprised.
 Then Apostoli,s right crashed again and Corbett was down near the middle of the ring with his blood dripping like rain drops drip- ping from the caves.
 In the eighth Aposton bent Cor bett double with a left to the stomach and caught him coming up with a right to the jaw. Over in a neutral corner, Corbett took a count of nine and got up. Again there was a furry of Apostoli's fists and Corbett backed into a corner.
 He stood there for a moment with Apostoh far out of striking dis tance. Then he dropped to one knee without being struck and the ref cree led him away.
 Only 7,500 persons haw it and the receipts of $21,000 were far below what Promoter Mike Jacobs had hoped to get for this division of the world intn tw0 wnrlr}S