The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-21
TURCOTTE RATED EVEN WITH LEFT! HANDED RIVAL
Pope in Fine Form For Big Test--Cunlnlings, Marsh,
 Bell, Moffett to Show
BY HUGO HooKJAB

'Tis said by those crusty come- dians who depend upon Joe Mil- ler's famous joke book for their daily bread that when Greek meets Greek, new restaurant is foisted upon the public, but they have no answer to what takes place when southpaw meets southpaw, such as the pair of left-handed ring beau- ties Dick Turcotte and George Pope scheduled for eight rounds of professional boxing tonight at Ran- dolph- Cloves stadium.
 A person interested in boxing may look at the Turcotte-Pepe scrap from any angle, up, down, across or inside out and he must, of necessity, come to the same conclusion, to wit
 it should be one slam-bang fight, with maximum of boxing and punching that will satisfy even some of those bloodthirsty bleacher- ties who feel they are stuck for a quarter if they do not get mur- der and suicide thrown in with every bout presented before their skeptical physogs.
 Thriller Ahead
 At any rate, Turcotte and Pope is the natural" of the year, and, as both are among the small group of good" left-handers, they should provide a ring thriller similar to the Turcotte -Houlihan series of last summer. Latest reports have both boys in slick shape, ready to go and each promising a knockout. The best of that is, each is capable of stopping the other. Two years ago they fought slashing three round draw and have not met since, though half the promoters in the state have tried to get them to- gether as professionals.
 Turcotte, the shiftier of the two, may win the bout on points, unless he is stopped by the hard-hitting Pope who never stops trying to slug an opponent to the floor. Workouts with left-handed Lenny verostack and Kid Duke of Shelton have put Turcotte in the proverbial pink, for he knows, the boy with the best timing tonight will win, everything else being equal. Both boys are welterweights and will scale about 140 pounds.
 The six-round semi-final can and may rival the main go for sustained action, for 1t seems that Doug Marsh, the Canadian welterweight champion will be worthy opposition for the shifty-hard-hitting Bobby Cummings of New York who put up real fights against Pope and Irish Eddie Dolan, though loser to both of them.
 Jimmy Bell of New Haven and Johnny Mcdonald of New York is a six rounder which is unpredictable, as little is known of Bell and noth- ing of Mcdonald, though Bell has shown up very well in a few New Haven appearances.
 Heavy Stuff
 The "big boys" got at it when Dula Kovach of Naugatuck and George Fuller of Norwalk enter the ring in a heavyweight battle that may result in a knockout as both boys are very hard hitters. Fuller, amateur heavyweight champion of Connecticut last year is now paid fighter and has not lost a decision in some time, while Kovach was the current sensation last winter in Buckingham Hall, as he knocked all opposition 'bow-legged. Even the opening four round bout may be a | thriller, If Ernie Copeland of New York is able to cope with the smart. shifty, ring-wise Red Moffett Of Devon,, an ideal fighter at his age who has not been beaten for months. The pair will open the show at 8:30, at which time. some $500 patrons may be inside. given good weather. Plenty of good seats left at 55 cents. one dollar and $1.5O for the first three pews.