The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21
|TURCOTTE TAKES EASY DECISION
 |0vER J. TRIAN0
Borough Boy FlOOred 2 Times-RecOrd Crowd
 Sees Fine Card
By HUGO HooKJAB

Perhaps 1t has been conclusively proven that Dick Turcotte is the ring master of Joe Triano of Nauga- tuck, in view of what happened last night before an overflow crowd of 4,000 fight fans, but the Nauga- tuck boy gave one of the finest exhibitions of raw courage and the Twill to win" that 1t has ever heen the pleasure of the writer to see anywhere at any time during 20 years.
 Turcotte, scoring seven knock downs won going away" as the say ing is, but he did all his damage in the first five rounds, Triano com- ing back in a Hast ditch" stand to force the fighting in the sixth and final round to win 1t. Try as he might, Turcotte, could knock Triano down, but not out, for the courag- eous boy from the borough got off the floor time and again, five times in the first round alone. You would wager 100 to he would not last the second round, 500 to he would be stopped in the third. Yet, he weathered the heaviest storm of leather than has ever been thrown at him to stay through the fourth and fifth, come out for the sixth and final round full of fight, force 1t, landed two or three hard rights to Turcotte's head and win the round in the opinion of most ring siders, and bleacherites.
 Stand0ut
 However, Turcotte, once again proved he is a great young fighter, capable of ring generalship and punching power rarely seen in these parts and even his critics, and there are many of them, must be con- vinced by this time, that 1t will take one whale of a fighter to take Turcotte inside the ropes, once he gets his hands up. It was a great fight on great card 3,554 paid to see 1t and the gross" for the show, according to Frank Brickel, of the state athletic commission was $1,757 the biggest crowd and receipts on local record since the Waterbury A. 0. started two years ago.
 Other Results
 Johnny Devore of Bridgeport out pointed Joe Polowitzer, 136, Windsor Locks, state lightweight champion, in the feature semi-pro bout, finale of the night.
 Bobby Ellis, 142, New Britain, took bad beating for one round from Jimmy Strong, 145, Bridge port, but before the second rouud arrived, Ellis was declared the winner on 6 technical knockout Strong suffering cut over his Jeff eye. Strong knocked Ellis into the laps of the ringsiders with a ter. rife right handed barrage, but Ref. cree Proto ruled that Strong hit Ellis when he was on the ropes brought the Hardware City boy back into the ring, and allowed him to continue.
 Joey Marcus, 128, Windsor Locks, scored an unpopular decision over Dick Schaeffer, 130, Bridgeport. Marcus had wide margin in the opening round, but suffered an in- jury to his left arm, and had to depend on his right the rest of the way.
 In what was one of the best bouts of the night, Sammy Craig, 150, Waterbury, drew with Lenny Verostak, 147, Shelton. Both hard hitters threw considerable leather, and the contest was close all the way.
 Young George Harmon, Al, Wa terbury, continued a winner, knock ing out Freddie Fitch, IA, lanky Shelton boy, in the first round. Har- mon dropped the visitor twice, the second time landing on his nose with telling effect.
 In the other bouts, Frankie Rob- erts, 157, New Britain, scored 8 technical knockout over Don Es- posito, 155, Shelton, in the first round; Lou Leonard, 146, Bristol, and Billy Brown, 148, Waterbury, drew in bout which many in- cluding Leonard, thought the Bris- tol boy won; Lou Kane, 160, Nauga- tuck, scored a technical knockout over Eric Burke, 164, Oakville, sec- ond round; Billy Craig, 150, Water bury, scored & technical knockout over Rubber Ears, 150, Naugatlick, second round, and Donald Gormley, 123, New Britain, and Pee Wee Sedge, Naugatuck, drew.