The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
DOLAN DEFEATS
THOMPSON BY
CLOSE MARGIN
Local Boy Gets 1890
Edge; Sal Beats DevOre;
Miller Loses, Surprises
BY HUGO HOOKJAB

Baby Jack Thompson, the alert
Albany negro with an unorthodox
style gave Irish Eddie Dolan of
Town Plot the best opposition he
has had in many month when
the pair met last night in main
bout of eight rounds that featured
the Waterbury A. G. card at Buck
ingham hall. The show drew a pay
ing crowd of close to LOO fans
who got it on the line" to the
extent of nearly $1,400. :
Good as Thompson was, Dolan
was a bit better, at least in the
opinion of Referee T. (Jiggers) Nc
Carthy who gave Thompson but one
round of the eight, called three even
and tabulated the other four in
Dolan's favor. His point score was
80 to SO.
The writer scored the bout even
Stephen on five point per round
EaS1S, but Dolan could get the nod
there because of his superior boz
ing ability, though Thompson was
far from a SLOUGH as boxer him
self and much the better puncher
of the two.
One of the general statements
after the fights, a corking, slam
bang card all the way, by the way,
was: How did that Thompson ever
beat Dick Turcotte once, let alone
twice?" Other fans thought Dolan
won from here to Halifax, and
after all, that's what fills boxing
arenas. In the first round Dolan
outboxed Thompson, starting. fast
and from there on they went along
fairly even until the seventh,
Thompson's est round which he
won by wide margin, but Dolan
finished strong and dashed out with
both hands for change, winning
that round by as much as Thomp-
son won the seventh.
The gate is now open for the
natural" of the season-Irish Ed
die Dolan and Dynamite Dick Tur-
cote outdoors in late April or early
May.
The bout was of "so-so" proper
lions as an interesting sports sight,
until the last two rounds, each boy
winning one decisively, Thompson
the seventh and Dolan the eighth.
There was but pound difference in
the weights; Dolan la, Thompson
las.
Sal the Slugger
Your Uncle Hugo tabled the "best
fight of the night" right on the
button in the Democrat earlier in
the week, when he picked the Kid
Sal and Johnny Deyore number as
the bout most likely to please the
customers. And how! The lads
went at it hammer and tongs for
six rounds, Sal winning the decision
by forcing the fight all the way,
and using a sweeping left hook
which knocked Decore down once
and nailed him repeatedly there
after. The Meriden boy took some
still counter punches however, but
ne was so strong and wild that
Devore just could not take the lead,
much as he wanted to. Johnny took
quite a licking, one of the few he
has encountered in three years of
leather-pushing for Sal had the
strength, the punch and was in
prime condition plus the all impor-
tant fact that he never took a back
ward step.
Miller Surprises
Another pleasant surprise was
Neil Miller of Wilkes-Barre, who,
though beaten because he tired rap
idly in the last two rounds gave Red
Moffett of Devon a whale of a bat
tie before losing the nod in q six
round semi-final. Miller started
early and nailed the ever-moving
Moffett with some right hand shots !
that would knock down most oppo-
nents, but the Devon redhead lust
came rolling along, punching all the |
while. His body attack weakened
Miller bit In the fifth and sixth
and Red came through nicely. Both |
boys got very heavy hand Of APP
plause as they left the ring. Miller,
an unknown quantity in these parts, |
but the general opinion of him now