The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-25
CARLO BEATS ABLE ELLIS IN
 FEATURE BOUT
Local Boy Earns Close Nod; Pease Spells Fine
 Show; Moriarty Wins
sNAPPY JOE LOYAI.LO
By HUGO HOOKIAR

By reason Of his aggressiveness. hard, clean pupnching and great rally after a three-court knockdown in the final round. Tommy Ciarlo of Waterbury won a well-earned though close decision over left hnaded Bobby Ellis of New Britain last night to feature fine card of ring action which started good, got better and better as 1t went along and was suddenly spoiled by poor exhibition on the part of Williman- tics Freddy Pease who was stop- ped by Hartford Eddie Mays in the third round milan bout of a sched- uled sixer.
 Ciarlo won his fight against Ellis in the opinion of this writer, who believes Referee Jim Calvin was 100 per cent correct in his decision, which was "booed' severely by more than half Of the 1927 paying cus- toners. who thought the knock down by Ellis in the third round should have gotten him no worse than @ draw. What they forgot was that Ciarlo, four inches shorter. Up against e master boxer with four years or more ring experience and one of the best in the state won the first round by three city blocks, cracking Ellis with dozen or more hard smashcs to the head and jaw which gave him an easy 5-3 edge under the Connecticut scoring sys- tenn. Tn the second Ellis outboxed Ciarlo, jabbi ngnicely. making Ciar- 10 miss. and winning the round 5-4. Tn the ehird. Ciarlo was the aggres- sor, landed some hard rights, took some punishment in return and while backing away, was caught with a short left hook which drop- ped him. more surprised than hurt. for he got of the floor at "3D. sailed Into Ellis and landed four more Of the hardest punches to the head the New Britain boy ever got, forc- ing him to hang on at the bell That's where Tommy Ciarlo won the fight, for he refused to take adyan- tage of a @" count on the knock down. which would have counted against him much more than g" count. He got of the floor and punched Ellis silly in the last SC seconds.
 They provided a fistic natural and have been reinatched for the next show in two weeks. March 1C | to be exact, when Dick Turcottc and Jackie Alexander Of New Brit ain will feature the professional end of the card, and DuIa Koyach in Q seni- final with some worthy foe, not Spec Wiley. whom K. O. Koyach stopped for the second time in two starts last night, winning side bet of e15 in the bargain.
 Freddy Peasc provided Eddie Mays, Hartford hitter with his 1Gtll straight win, when the Willimantic boy proved to be far from the hard- hitting amateur star Of two years ago. Billy Fitzgerald Of New Brit ain won q bairline nod from Johnny Moraz of Wolcott, though the bout ] looked like q natural draw tc 1 this writer. both boys scoring heay- fly and Moraz in better physical shape at the finish when he had Fitz hanging or after some hard shots to tine head and body.
 In the other bouts, Sam Craig IA. Waterbury, decisioned Chick Harris, 13D. CIV Britain: Art Krum, f4O. New Haven. scored a technical knockout over Art Gagne, 138. Wll- iimantic. secord round: and Ray Lassard. 13S. Waterbury. decisioned Rudy Papp. 13e. Waterbury.