Evening star., 1940-02-04
Wild Finish Gets
Cards Across,
Il 10 B
Both Out on Feet as
Turner Tops Cohen;
Explorers Sparkle
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

plorers- of Columbus University to
its lengthening list Of victims last
night at Brookland. where 1t ham
mered its guests into submission,
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Four thousand delirious fans saw
Jay Turner. Redbird heavyweight,
chop down gallant Abe Cohen in the
decisive bout of the match. And for
sheer excitement 1t matched any
thing ever produced In collegiate
fistic annals Of this city.
Each was out on his wobbly feet,
flinging fists with bewildered des-
peration in q herculean effort to
swing the pendulum OF victory to-
ward his team. And while Cohen
matched Turner's unquenchable
spirit, he didn't have the Catholic
U. boys granite chin and that proved
to be the margin Of victory
Four times Cohen's stricken frame
sagged to the canvas. twice in the
first round, twice in the second. but
he was in there at the final bell. still
swinging, still trying-and winning
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Referee Missed Bell.
The bout almost ended prema-
turely and illegally in the second
round when Referee Charley Rey-
nolds failed to hear the bell as he
counted over the PROSTATE Colum-
bus gladiator. He had reached
EIGHT" when Timekeeper "Bingo"
Flynn banged futilely on the gong.
Nobody heard it; nobody but a sports
writer watching the timer and Coach
Jim Mcnamara of Columbus.
In the Catholic U. corner they
were dancing around, celebrating the
victory when the sportswriter grab
bed Reynolds trouser cuff.
They think the fight is over"
he shouted to Reynolds.
cit is" Charley shouted back, II
counted him out"
But the bell rang"
The bell had rung. Reynolds
checked with the timer. who veri-
Ned the report, so Cohen had an
other chance to prove his fighting
heart, another chance to win the
decision. another chance he tried
viciously to grab. but a chance that
filtered through his gloves.
Cohen lost the decision, but his
gallant last-ditch stand was typical
Of the evening. All of them were
swinging for keeps and it must go
down in the records as one of the
oldest. most exciting matches ever
staged in Washington.
Rules Hold Lazear to Draw.
There was Buddy Lazear's 145-
pound bout with Huck Hughes III
which the highly touted Columbus
fighter received only q draw when
Hughes suffered a nasty cash over
his left eye. It happened in the
first round after Lazear had forced
all the fighting and made 1t ap-
pear that he couldn't possibly lose.
But under the rules, which say
bout must 60 into the second round
before 1t can be counted, 1t was
halted and called no contest. and
that half-point deprived Columbus
OF a draw. at least.
Then there was Lou Hayman's
decisive victory over Gerry Strang
in the 175-pound class, decided by
a knockdown in the final round,
which threatened to snatch the
laurels from Catholic. Coaching
strategy almost wrecked the Red
birds hopes. for Strang originally
was scheduled to box Bill Cr,lm in
the 165-pound class. but was shifted
to the light-heavyweight class at the
11th hour.
Fred Slant, national intercolle-
giate champion, outpointed Crum
easily and on the face of it appar-
emily would have Jared better than
Strang against Hayman, while
Strang might have been more for
tunate against Crum.
Hayman planted two smoking-hot
southpaw lefts in the pit of Strang's
tummy to lay him on the carpet and
earn the decision, abruptly hating
his opponents late rally.
Close One to G. u.
Again, Columbus might have got
ten draw had Ted Mandris not
won the nod over Leonard Lehrner
in the opening bout. On The Star
scoresheet, Lehrner deserved q draw
at least, but 1t was one of those
affairs which could have gone either
way and the referee saw the Cards
Mandris ahead by single point.
The other matches went accord
ing to. form, although there Is room
for. argument in Lou Taub's victory
over Leonard Baritone Of c. U. in
the 127-pound bout. Baritone,
knocked down in the second round,
hurled caution to the wind and
stormed back at his counter-punch-
ing opponent with q two-flsted at
tack that all but foored Taub-but
didn't quite do it. Here again the
knockdown decided the issue.
Stan Stephenson battered Lou De
la Rosa from pillar to post In win
ming the 135-pound engagement for
Columbus, but 1t was no pushover.
De la Rosa hung on gamely, stab
bing back at his tormentor with =
leaden left, crossing occasionally
with a right. He was in the fight
from the first bell but just a trifle
out of the running.
Joe Bunsa, Catholics 155-pound-
er, scored over Charley Cox in the
same dogged style, and that's the
way Stant's bout with Crum went.
Great Match All Way.
1t simply was good match that
defies description. They ought to
bring EN- back next week, because
nobody really u sattsfed With the