The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-29
Boxing Commission SuSpendS
Miami Mgr; Referee Censured
BY OSCAR L. MILAN

frankie hughes, lndlana MD
dleweight boxer, scored knock
out victory over Johnny Lackas,
100, Jersey City, in the second
round of a scheduled 10-round
boxing contest in the main bout
of the Strand Arenas weekly
boxing show last night. The fight
failed to excite even the infant
son of DR.. and Mrs. Freddie Car
boneI, who sat on the lap of his
young mother at the ringside.
Before going any further in de-
tail of this scrap this writer
wishes to take back all the good
things he had written about the
much-talked-about Lackas and
Hughes and to tell you that they
are a couple of nO-goods.
From the opening gong it was
evident that the fight was head
ed for a disappointment to the
hundreds of fans who jammed
the Arena believing they were
going to see a first-class boxing
bout. AS frankie would jab
Lackas with a left that carried no
power or speed behind it, Lackas
in return would swing high and
hard at the empty air. The house
was in an up-roar with boOS and
cat-callS as the round ended with
both fighters in a loving clinch.
The second round found the Jer-
sey City scrapper down for the
count of nine as a result of a
hard-placed right to the chin.
Coming up slowly and apparent
ly unwilling, LackaS went into
clinch. A light left hook to the
stomach sent Johnny down on his
knees a moment after they were
separated from the tie-up.
Referee Perez, who to all indi-
cations didn't know what it was
all about, walked over to Fran
kie's corner to award the de-
cision by a knockout. This left
the fans wide-mouthed trying to
figure it all out The local box
ing commission had something to
say about the situation and a
meeting was called Immediately
to decide on drastic penalty to
the party responsible for the ac-
ton. The commission, composed
of Benjamin Sawyer, Tommy
Brennan, DR.. Julio DePoo, Fred
Carbonell and Harry Baker, vot-
ed unanimously to bar any and
all fighters in and around Miami
from participating in future fight
cards in this city while under the
management of Chuck Miller.
"And We'll decide about Referee
Perez Letter., said Mr.. Brennan.
Perez may also suffer a suspen-
sion.
Another joker on the card was
the semi-final between AL Beau
hold, 154. of st. Louis, and Jimmy
Maddox. 1873, of Oklahoma, who
was thrown out of the ring in
the third round for failing to put
up a fight. Maddox apparently
was willing to mix it up but
Beauhold was deliberately STALL
ing. Maddox was a last-minute
substitute for Pattersall, who
hurt his ankle and was unable to
live up to his agreement.
The scrap that was a humding-
er and big surprise to all, was
the k.o. victory of frankie Green
over Chino Hernandez, local
southpaw battler. Hernandez,
running into trouble from the
opening bell. met up with the
right hand of frankie, the little
guy who packs mighty wallop,
and was sent down to the mat
twice in the first round with
solid blows 30 the face, Chino,
up each time without count but
groggy and legs webbing, con-
tinued to force the fight in a daze
and was saved by the bell as an
other right-hand blow Smacked
him on the chin.
Still dizzy from the betting re-
ceived in the first round, the
local boy tried to box and con-
meet his dangerous left but went
a bit wide. A stiff right-hand
punch caught him flush on the
chin and down went the ball
player with a thud. Springing
up before the referee could bring
his hand down for the first count,
Hernandez walked dizzily to a
neutral corner looking for his op-
.ponent, who was in the opposite
corner. Realizing the condition
of the Key Wester Fernandez
stopped the bout. declaring Green
the winner.
In the first preliminary, Kid
Eddy, a newcomer, was awarded
an unpopular decision over
Young Fernandez. Both were
featherweightS. Fernandez piled
up enough points in the first and
second round to win the fight by
a country mile. Eddy won the
third heat, with the fourth being
a draw.
Kid Brass lost to Louis Awad