The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-22
PEPE FAILS TO
LAST z ROUNDS
WITH TURCOTTE
Meriden Slugger Stopped;
Marsh, Bell Make Hit on
Final Card
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A lightning left hand, covered
with a six ounce boxing glove which
came out of nowhere" dropped
George Pope of Meriden to the floor
of the ring where he was counted
out in the second round of a sched-
uled 6 round bout. The boy who
threw the punch that suddenly
stopped the tough, hard-hitting and
experienced Pepe was Dick Tur-
cote, Waterbury lad, now weighing
lat pounds, who proved once again
that he can rightfully take his place
among the top-flight welterweights
in New England, for there is no one
in Connecticut who can "lay a glove
on him"
Started Slowly
Pepe and Turcotte, both southpaw
sluggers who have not met since
amateur days, spent a minute or so
feeling each other out in the first
round and shortly after some mug
in the bleachers wanted to know
when is the fight going to start?"
Turcotte went to work on Pope, who
doggedly fought back, stung the
bobbing. weaving, swaying French
man who was punched into partial
PARALYSIS before the round was over.
He came out for the second stanza,
feebly tried to find the elusive foe
with a few ill-timed movements
and then got his chin In line OF a
whistling left-hand shot that drop
ped him like a sack Of flour from
a ten story building. Pepe con-
tinually tried to "set" for his "Sun-
day punch" but Turcotte, extremely
ring-wise and with plenty of ma
tural ring talent, kept him off-bal-
ance with a right hand jab and hook
that had the shorter and scrappier
boy from the Silver City complete
" bewildered befuddled, discouraged
and disillusioned. The pair slug
ged it out" for short while at the
opening of the second round, Tur-
cote catching three hard shots to
the head and face. but Pepe broke
ground" first, backed away and
then was knocked out by punch
he did not seem to see coming. Tur-
cote weighed lat, Pepe 145. They
are under contract to fight again
in New Haven next month, though
Pepe's knockout may change the
plans, of the New Haven promoters.
Standouts
Aside from Turcotte, it was Doug
Marsh, 143 pound Canadian welter-
weight champion and New Ravens
Jimmy Bell, handled by Lou Brown,
that shared honors Of the evening.
Marsh, who at 10, is bent of joining
the Canadian army as soon as he
gets home to Montreal Marsh hand
led Bobby Cummings, New York
Negro so easily that he made 1t
look like child's play as the Negro
tried continually to land one solid
smash which he was unable to do
in six rounds, though he never stop
ped trying, holding and heeling
when he tired trying to land his
best punch.
Jimmy Bell, a mild-mannered col
ored boy with a splendid physical
setup stopped the highly rated JIM
my McDonough of New York in the
first round with body blow which
dropped McDonough. The bell
saved McDonough who complained
of rib injury which prevented him
from coming out for the second
round, Bell winning by TKO. The
winner hardly had chance to
warm up" but he did show sizzling
seeking power which bodies i'll for
Connecticut welterweights he may
meet in the future. He Is also a
good boxer, and looks like find"
that may bring a smile to Manager
Browns classic pan, such as that
which he wore continually in the
good old days when he and George
Day of New Haven cut up $25, 900
grapefruit in five or six years.
,sr Big Boys
George Fuller, the tall black and
worried looking Norwalk colored
boy punched out a win over Dula
Kovach of Naugatuck in six round
heavy go, though Kovach finished
strong and won the final round by
wide margin, though Fuller scored
often in the second third and fourth
rounds with the first and fifth fair
ly even.
Devon's Red Moffet proved the
tartar" he was acclaimed to be,
when he won a four round opener
against sorthy opposition in the
form of Ernie Copeland, a 1873 pound
New York Negro who put up good
fight. A crowd Of 1900 fans paid
close to $1,000 to see the show the
last one of the outdoor season. The
next move is back to Buckingham
hall where pro and semi-pro shows
will be staged next month.