The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-18
Hurricane Of Leather Stops
Lightweight King In Six
Taking out the blue notes.

and when. He said he did not re-
member going back to his corner
after the first round, and, as they
sponged the blood off his lean face,
he wanted the details Of his down.
fall.
Here they are: Armstrong took
everything that was handed out by
Jenkins, one Of the hardest hitters
Of the little men, and waded in
with O two-handed attack that
would have broken through a stone
wall.
Jenkins is lightweight champion
Of the world and Armstrong is well
terweight champion, but no title
changed hands. The agreement was
that they should just 60 in there
and night, and none Of the 23,306
customers had complaints when
the battle was ended. There was
glory enough for both men. ARM
strong fought crafty, savage bat
tie and Jenkins, out on his feet for
five rounds, obeyed the command Of
his big heart to keep going for IS
minutes when brain and bone and
muscle cried quit"
It ended with Jenkins rolling
crafty on his stool between the
sixth and seventh rounds and final
ly pitching toward the floor as his
seconds caught him. Referee Ar
thur Donovan stopped 1t then, CIV
ing Armstrong technical knock
out in the sixth. Sponges full OF
cold water couldn't send jenkins
back into battle; smelling salts
couldn't cut through the fog in his
brain; his wobbly legs played trail
tor to his fighting instinct and
buckled when he tried to rise again.
Jenkins started fast. Rights and
lefts ratified off Armstrong; head
A savage right uppercut set him
back on his heels. Those punches
slowed the Hurricane but never
stopped 1t. In came Armstrong
bobbing, weaving, crouching and
throwing those short, vicious hooks
to the head that stunned Jenkins
into coma and made him Sleep
walker under the hot lights.
In the second round, too, Jenkins
fighting now only by instinct, SIAM
med his right and his left to the
head and on the United Press score
sheet won the round. But at the
start Of the third the Hurricane
reared. Armstrong waded in with q
body attack that left jenkins ribs
raw. Then he shifted to the heaC
and the blood streamed out Of Jen.
kins' mouth.
Jenkins hit the floor first In the
fourth when Armstrong got hin
against the ropes and sent sledge.
hammer rights and let's to the
head. Lew got up at the count Of
nine and weathered the round, buI
worse trouble was ahead in the fifth
He came out fighting, but the Hur.
ricane again blew him down with
rights and lefts to the head. jenkins
was up at the count Of one and i'm.
mediately was pounded to the can.
vas again. This time he stayed down
until the count of nine and then goi
up to be saved by the bell.
They worked hard over jenkins
between rounds, but when they Sent
him out for the sixth the storm
warning were up and the Hurri-
cane was In full force. Armstrong
bobbed in for the kill. Hooks to the
head dropped Jenkins, but he goi
up at the count Of one. Armstrong
slugged him again, and one more
the Texas Gamecock hit the deck
But this time he stayed down for O
nine count. When he got UP. his legs
were gone, his arms were dead. his
brain was numb but his heart said
go on" 80 he stood there while
Armstrong fioored him once more
for q count of nine. The merciful
clang OF the bell then sent Jenkins
10 his corner. webbing like Q long
slloreinan on Saturday night.
Re sat down, then pitched on his
stool. That was enough for every
body. including Referee Donovan.