The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-05
NO LONGER WELTER
 WEIGHT CHAMP
zivic Nearly Stops Foe in Title Bout; KOgOn Beats
 Feather Champ
By JACK CUDDY

United Press Staff COrrcspOndent)
 New York, Oct. 5-(UP)-Fritzie zivic, the miracle man of maui, is ready to defend his brand new world welterweight crown against Henry Armstrong just as soon as Armstrong recoyers from the bloody beating Zivic gave him at Madison Square Garden last night.
 Zivic, brown haired, pug-noSed lad from Pittsburgh, handed the great Armstrong the worst beating of his career last night had Arm strong lying Nfiat on his face at the final bell that ended their 15-round melee.
 That bell saved Armstrong from his first knockout. Virtually every expert at the ringsicc agreed that had the fight lasted another min. ute Armstrong would have been knocked out.
 Under his contract, Zivic is bound to give Armstrong first crack at the 147-pound crown and within four months. But most of the boxing writers who gazed upon Armstrong's blooodied countenance last night wondered if Armstrong could be ready to fight zivic within four months.
 "Bloodied" is mild description of Armstrong's face when he hit the canvas in the final second of the las tround. His face looked like oozing hamburger. And his flop clinched for zivic the unanimous de- cision of referee and judges.
 Almost Blind
 Armstrong then was but rasp- berry target, bleeding from gashes above both eyes, from his left cheek, from mouth and nose. Hurricane Hank explained later in the dress ing room that he could not see out of his left eye after the third round and that he was virtually blinded in both eyes after the 1Oth-what with blood from his brows.
 Armstrong's defeat was a bit tragic, because he had been one of the greatest fighters in pugilistic his- tory. But he went down with his colors flying. He was punching until hit the deck-just as he had been during those IS furious rounds when he stood toe to toe with younger and stronger man and tried to match punch for punch.
 Unfortunately for him, he had tackled lad superior in brain and brawn, although Zivic was a Al underdog in the ringside betting.
 Fritzie beat Armstrong at his own game = in-hghting. Although no foul blows were struck, both used rough tactics, with plenty of head- ing an delbowing. But Fritzie al- ways stood at an angle, where Arm- strong,S whistling hooks would glance of his head, meanwhile shooting a variety of uppercuts to Henrq's head and body.
 Never in any fight has a crowd witnessed such a range of upper cuts as the brown-haired, pug-nosed Pittsburgher used. In close, they were short chrugs to chin and brows. At middle distance they were semi  bolos that knocked Armstrong back on his heels. And at long range they were full bolos that crashed into Armstrong's belly-and ultimately won the fight. In the 10th round. for example, Fritzie drove one of those bolos into Henry's midrif with such power that poor Hank was al- most jack-knifed.
 Another big upset, occurred in the eight-round semi-final when Julie Kogon of New Haven, Conn, won a decision over Petey Scalzo, the Na- tional Boxing assOciation's feather weight champion. after flooring him twice. No title was at stake because Kogon weighed 132 1-2 pounds; Scal- 70 128 1-2.