The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
DICK TURCOTIE |
BADLY BEATEN
BY {. ROBINSON
Local Boy Stopped in 18th
Round--Minnich Wins
Over KOvach
By HUGO HooKJAB

was provided by good judgment On
the part Of his chief second and
manager, Dick Turcotte Of water.
bury suffered the worst defeat Of
his meteoric ring career when he
was stopped in seven rounds last
night by Ernie Scat" Robinson Of
New York. The waterbury boy, who
has provided his home town fafl6
with som eof the finest fistic action
they. have seen during the past
four or five years, gave his best
from start to finish as he always
does, but his best last night was
far from good enough to cope with
the piie-driving punches Of the New
York negro, one Of the best Of the
Club" fighters in the metropolitan
area.
One result Of the bout win be
an operation on Turcotte,s nose TO !
be performed next week in New
York. Since his second bout with
Jackie Thompson, Dick has been
slipping, the result Of . growth
which has developed and must be
removed If he continues 70 box,
for the growth has seriously In
terfered with his breathing ana
makes him tired and unable to
punch hard or ut top speed for
more than two rounds.
Robinson dropped him in the sec-
ond round with vicious left hook,
repeated In the third and before
the bout We stopped by Turcotte's
manager, the local lad was down
three times more, Q tired, badly
beaten boxer, whose right eye was
-early closed. Robinson. who gave
Irish Eddie Dolan quite an argu-
nlent in Waterbury, weighed l421z;
Turcotte 140. Robinson is convinced
he can defeat Dolan and wants an
other bout with him.
However, next weeks card Is apt
to be headed by a .slugger feature
ing Jimmy Hatcher Of South Caro-
lima and Tommy Ciarlo Of this city,
Hatcher and Kid Sal of Meridenl
fought a sizzling draw last night,
though Hatcher was the apparent
winner. The referee, Jimmy Peters
Of Torirngton asked Announcer
Jack Frenzy to tell the customers
that Hatcher was penalized two Of
the six rounds for illegal punching,
which brought about the draw de-
cision rather than a win for
Hatcher, who clearly outpointed the
wild-Swinging Sal in the last four
rounds.
Ciarlo had an easy time defeat-i
ing Joe Polowitzer Of Windsor Locks,
though the latter lasted six rounds;
he was almost q first round knock
out victim when Ciarlo 1ioured him
twice before the bell rang. Try Is
he would Ciarlo could not put over
the K. o. in the second round or
thereafter, though he won from here
to Hartford. Tommy scaled 1877,
Polowit2er weighed q pound more.
No Love Lost
Hatcher and Sal was Just as good
fight as it figured to be. The
Meriden buzz saw sided out Of his
corner in round one with fists n.y.
ing and In no time had Hatcher
reeling from left hooks, but could
not drop him. In the next round,
the Carolina. Kid had the Meriden
boy figured out as If Sal told him
what he intended to do and from
then on Hatcher was the boss,
though Sal connected with solid
punches now and then but missed
many more than h emade.
Mov NEiy,a1iat. ~ Nanv, =
ready" this time for Dula Kovach
of Naugatuck and easily defeated
him In six rounds, though the Maui
gatuck boy had great last round,
forcing Minnich to hold, after the
Jewish boy stopped four straight
rights with his jaw, punches that
took all the strength out Of him.
However, for the first five rounds
Minnich boxed and punched Ko@
vach dizzy using q left jab and
hok that seldom missed while the
borough boy was trying to get sin
close" but could not and when he
did score occasionally, Minnich tied
up his arms In o pretzel- like knot
that prevented further damage. It
Wuo y BHcdt llkl&Skk W Oktt~6lQeu
fight. Minnich scaled 175, Kovach
174.
King W. Sal
Billy Duffy Of Hartford, o college
boxer IS still q college boxer though
he has graduated from vilhnova
and though getting the nod over
hard to hit Tom Collins OF this city,
Dffy was far from impressive but
finished strong.
Clarence Cotton" King Of Florida
and Kid Sal Of Meriden is also ION
the IRE" for next weeks show
though that bout or the Hatcher
Ciarlo number Is signed as yet and
viii not be until tonight Or Mon
day.