The Washington times., 1939-01-10
Fernando Rules 6-5 Choice
MONTANEz Will
BATTLE winner
OF ARENA BOUT
By HOWARD JACOBS

The outstanding lightweight at
traction arranged for this district
in a long time will be served to
the local fiStic faithful tonight
when Joey Fernando, rising New
Jersey battler. takes on Norment
Quarles, blond Hendersonville, N.
c.. boxer, in a l0-round bout at
Turner's Arena.
Both will enter the ring with
spotlesS records in the District
Fernando having two in a row and
Quarles five straight-but the for.
mer, who was rated No. 8 by the
National Boxing Association in
their last quarterly ratings, will
rule a 6-to-5 choice.
THREAT FOR TITLE
A rugged, two-fisted performer,
who takes a blow to give one, Fer
rando is looked upon as the out
standing 135-pounder to come
along to threaten Henry Arm,
strong for the crown. His record
of SIS victories in so starts speaks
for itself, and as much as his man.
ager, Pete Reilly, has tried to move
him into a title shot, the handlers
of Hammerin' Hank seem to side
track the issue. This is also true
of Lou Ambers, the ex-kingpin,
who has been putting the "out"
sign on Al Wells door when Reilly
comes around.
joey has proven his ability as
real topnotcher in his shoWings
here. He whipped Joey Straiges
and followed it up with decisive
victory over the Yucatan Kid, who
went to the post a 2-to-1 favorite.
Since then, the Skeeter has been
moving 'em down, and topped off
his brilliant squirt to the top by
whipping Chalky Wright, highly
touted stablemate of Armstrong,
in New York two weeks ago.
GAVE HANK GATHERING
Wright was the youngster that
gave Hank a battering around
when the latter was training for
the Ambers bout, and it was neces-
sary to put a half-dozen stitches
in Henry's mouth to close the
wound. Up until the Fernando
setto, Wright was looked upon as
the coming threat in both the
featherweight and lightweight
classes.
However. in Quarles the Jersey
battler-he'S been fighting close
on to six years but had to go out
of his class to get fights-meetS a
dangerous rival, one who always
comes through with sparkling
performance when the odds are
against him. He has his bad
nights but when the chips are
down, the blond ex-collegian from
North Carolina upSetS the dope
with a performance of a true
champion.
Washington has been Norment' S
lucky spot and he's quite confident
he'll keep his perfect record here
intact. In order to do this, how.
ever, he'll have to turn in the
greatest showing of his career.
MONTANEZ FOR WINNER
Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn an
nounced today that Pedro Mon
tanezs rated behind Ambers as
challengers for the title, will meet
the winner in the near future
here. Out of action for close tc
six months because of illness
Pedro returned to the ring wars
and to date has chalked up siz
straight victories.
A strong preliminary program
has been lined up to support the
highly attractive feature number
Toby Tobias, eX-Miami U. ace who
conquered Pancho Huerta at the
Arena, returns to meet Baltimore
frankie Lift in the six-round semi
windup, while Billy Corrigan, o1
Baltimore, faces Joe Sailor
Perry, of Washington, in another
six, and Teddy Roosevelt and Gene
johnson, two Negroes. have it Out