Imperial Valley press., 1940-07-18

the years.
/. Armstrong blew his man down
at the Polo Grounds last night in
a bout that proved nothing except
that the little brown man from
Los Angeles-only person ever to
hold three world championships at
one time-is pound for pound one
of the great fighters of all time
Minutes, yes even hours. after the
fight ended in the sixth round Jen-
klnS still was asking what hit him
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.
Cory Details
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 a two-handed attack that
would have broken through a stone
wall.
jenkins is lightweight champion
of the world ana Armstrong is well
terWelght champion, but no title
changed hands. The agreement was
that they should just go in there
and fight and none of the 23,306
customers had complaint when
the battle was ended. There was
glory enough for both men. Arm
strong fought a 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"
1t ended with jenkins rolling
crafty on his stool between the
sixth and seventh rounds and final
~ pitching toward the floor as his
seconds caught him. Referee Ar
thur Donovan stopped it then, CIV
ing Armstrong a 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 traitor
10 his fighting instinct and buckled
NAANli IiN lllSO " lloN cSdill.
On Floor Six Times
He had been on the floor six
times. and each time he got up
and asked for more. Blood was
gushing from his lip and his vacant
eyes proved he was in the never
never land. But the roar of crowd
was as much for him as it was for
Hurricane Henry, who also carried
a few marks of battle back to his
dressing room.
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 it. In came Armstrong,
bobbing, weaving, crouching and
throwing those short, vicious hooks
10 the head that stunned jenkins
into a coma and made him sleep
walker under the hot lights.
In the second round, too, jenkins,
fighting now only by instinct. slam
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
roared, Armstrong waded in with a
body attack that left jenkins ribs
raw. Then he shifted to the head
and the blood streamed out of
jenkins mouth.
jenkins nit the floor first in the
fourth when Armstrong. got him
against the ropes and sent sledge-
hammer rights and iefts to the
, head. Lew got up at the count OF
nine and Weathered the round, but
worse trouble was ahead in the
fifth He came out fighting. but the
Hurricane again blew him down
with rights and leftS to the head
jenkins was up at the count OF
one and Immediately was pounded
TO the canvas again. This time he
stayed down until the count of nine
and then got up to be saved by the
bell.
Donovan Steps In
They worked hard over jenkins
between rounds, but when they
sent him out for the sixth the storm
warnings were up and the Hurri-
cane was in full force. Armstrong
bobbed in for the kill Hooks to the
head dropped Jenkins, but he got
up at the count of one. Armstrong
slugged him again, and once more
the Texas gamecock hit the deck
But this time he stayed down for
a nine count. When he got up, his
legs were gone. his arms were dead
his brain was numb but his heart
said Go on" So he stood there
while Armstrong floored him once
more for count of nine. The merci.
full clang of the bell then sent Jen.
kins to his corner, wobbling like &
longshoreman on Saturday night
He sat down, then pitched of
his stool. That was enough fol
everybody, including Referee Dono.