Evening star., 1940-01-16
Fur Is on Upgrade,
Not Slipping, Ring
Win Indicates
Left Hand Big Weapon
As He Gets Decision
Over Theodorescu
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.


Those gentlemen who insist Phil
F'urr was well laundered bundle
Of fistic futility year ago will have
to speak louder, because Phillip
evidently can't hear very well. At
least it seemed that way last night
as he stabbed Milo Theodorescu
with enough left jabs to barbecue a
bull and win a furious eight-round
bout at Turner's Arena.
Through, eh? Well, had you seen
the blond, tatooed flame-thrower
bounce a shower of rights of Milo's
noggin in the closing rounds and
successfully WOO two necessary bal
lots, you wouldn't have thought so.
Had you seem him probing Milo's
head and ribs with searching left
hook and jolting jab in the early
rounds you probably would have said
Phil looked as good as ever. He did
even better than in his five pre-
vious victories.
Takes Some Punishment.
And Furr won the hard way, for
Theodorescu hit him with every
thing allowed under the Queensbury
and District of Columbia codes, with
few butts thrown in to prove he
was trying. Milo also disguised him.
self successfully as a southpaw, a
stand-up fighter, croucher, a
counter -puncher and a bang
lead-wtth-your right puncher, but
to no avail. Furr met his every
thrust with a savage counter=attack,
although he didn't entirely escape
punishment. A butt opened cash
above his left eye, but it was not
serious.
Milo set fast pace in the early
rounds, threatening to put the snore
on the Washington welter in the
second round when he blasted him
with two hard rights to the chin,
but he faded perceptibly in the clos
ing rounds when Furr came with
rush to tally the winning points.
There were no knockdowns but Milo
left the battle-pit with dimmed
gIimmer.
Calls 1t "Satchel Fight"
Dapper Jimmy White, who never
before asked for more than change
for a quarter. heatedly announced
he would write to his congressman
in an effort to have the verdict set
aside. White described it as a
"satchel fight" a quaint old term
delicately suggesting it was fixed
Oddly enough he pointed an accus-
ing finger at Promoter Goldie
Ahearn, whose ample girth prevents
him from getting closer than shout
ing distance to anybody.
Milo, too, was broken-hearted
after hearing the decision. Large
Rumanian tears streaked down his
well-oiled face in the dressing room
after it was over. @fs .ett
HE deed not keez me after ze
fight" he moaned. II keez him
but no, heez say, Go way, do not
bothaire me- What kind Of coun-
tree eez thees?"
Uses Right Very Little.
Furr's widely -pubicized right was
called into action only infrequently
and he landed only one good shot
with it. In his dressing room be-
fore the bout he indicated. however
that he expected to rely on his left
rather than the right. His timing
with the right isn't good enough
after long period of disuse to per-
nit him to throw it promiscuously
Ahearn was toying with the idea
of staging a heavyweight bout next
Monday with 1talo Colonel in one
of the featured roles, but if Furr is
ready, may send him right. back
against another outstanding oppo-
nent.
In the preliminaries AL Gilbert
survived badiy-gashed eye to win
the six-rqund mi-final from Vic.
Finazzo. Eddie Finazzo outpointed
joey Spangler, Poppy Brown won
the nod over Jimmy Trouble and
Elwood Harris defeated Phil Inzan