The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
LOCAL BOY EASY
winner over
8 ROUND route
Toronto WeIter on Verge
of Knockout 8 Times;
Minnich, Kovach Draw
BY HUGO HOOKJAB

On the verge OF o knockout three
different times, one Of them In the
very first round Waterbury's fight.
Ing Frenchiiaan, Dick Turcotte won
six Of eight rounds from Norman
Hurdman Of Toronto, Canada, to
give the Canadian boy another
good "going over" and win Referee
Jim oalvin's verdict by q margin Of
SO to 80. Two weeks ago Turcotte
got the nod over Hurdfnafl by q
closer margin, but last night, won
going away" Despite his marked
superiority over Hurdman, the de-
cisions were "booed" considerably,
some figuring once more that Hurd-
man was entitled TO O draw because
Of his ability TO take q beating. II
Is true he was tough, courageous and
can punch O bit himself, but Is In
clined to clown" around Just when
he ought to be doing his hardest
work.
Again Turcotte was criticized by
few In the general vicinity Of the
ring for getting on the bicycle.
When he did mix with Hurdnail,
which was often enough he was
nicely butted and wrestled around,
and, In the opinion Of the writer,
wcwld be the biggest kind OF o
lunmox to stand toe TO toe with o
lad as tough as the Canadian proved
TO be Hurdman cannot box Q lick,
while Turcotte had O big edge In
this department and when II came
10 punching, Turcotte landed three
for one.
Almost Quick X. o.
Punching his adversary silly In
the very first round Turcotte caused
the customary queries from ring
siders, "whats holding him up?".
But the Toronto lad rs very hard TO
knock down let alone out, and came
back strong In the second round
10 win II when he took the offens-
I've and chased Turcotte about the
ring, the local boy forgetting hts
right Job and being generally off
balance while he was wilackcd good.
In the third Turcotte steadied down,
scored steadily and In the fourth
had Hurdinan on the way out again
but the Canadian stayed upright and
took @ boxing lesson for three more
rounds and, for the second time
In three weeks was belted tifimer.
cifully In the eighth and final
round, to win the decision from
here to Halifax. Hurdman Is tough,
game and can punch q bit. but he
fights In gpurts and Is no match for
good boxer. His comeback In tho
second round was the only real
thrill Of the fight, for even his
handlers could not get him 10 follow
UP when he scored temporary ad-
yantages In the middle rounds, al
lowing the Waterbury boy TO take
the play away from him and 60 on
TO win as he pleased.
Ills ability TO take O licking 10
hts outstanding ring virtue. Turcotte
scaled i'll l.2, Hurdman, 40.
Hatcher Wins
Pat Doyle, one OF two fighting
rrishmen from Fall River, started
out against Jimmy Kid Hatcher Of
South Carolina a. though he was
going to do something In tho way
Of winning over the scrappy South
ern boy, but James was too strong
and heavy-hitting for him, Doyle
faded fast IN the last two rounds
as Hatcher won In q walk, via the
TKO route, when Papa Pat Foley
tossed In O towel. Hatcher was not
as impressive a. he was In beating
the able Shocks Lacey two weeks
ago. but his body attack had Doyle
hanging on from the second round.
Hatcher scaled 100, Doyle, 1870.
Btandout Scrap
| Best battle on the card was pros
vided by Max Minnich OF New York
and Dula KoVach OF Naugatuck who
punched each other dizzy for six
rounds to end up even Stephen In
o draw decision that was q natural
and warmly applauded by the pa
vantage, scored with solid shots 10
irons. Kovach had the early ad-
Minnichs head but the latter came
back strong. once nearly stopping
the tough borough boy etaoiaoinu
ach punch that opened tho mouths
Of ringsiders, IL was that hard. Tho
pair were rematched for q skier on
tho next waterbury A. O. show, July
II.
Tom Doyle Of Fall River, brother
Of Pat, outpointed Make Katz In D
elk rounder at 100 pounds, Kats
winning the early rounds but Foley
came on with some heavy punching
that won him the nod. Earl Roys
Of Bristol won from Al Hunter OF
New York In 0 1i0 pound four