The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06
WAS
 NEAR K.O. VICTIM OF CANADIAN
Marsh Easy Winner of 8=ROund Brawl; COn1pO,
 Bell Win
BY HUGO HooKJAB

Glass triumphed over raw cour- age and physical durability as Doug Marsh, 21 year old Canadian well terweight easily outpointed and nearly knocked out Francesca Mon- tanari of Italy last night, in an eight round brawl that fetaured a card of slam-bang action at Buck ingham Hall under auspices of the Waterbury A. c. A fairly good crowd of HOO was not enough to make the show a financial success, but it was a fistic success from start to finish.
 In between the opening bout of four rounds in which Billy Marcus of Hartford technically stopped Joey Wasnick of New Haven were three sizzling settoS, including the main go in which Montanarl helo his own for three rounds but then was steadily outpoirted, and nearly stopped in the final round when Marsh floored him with short, smashing uppercuts to the point of the chin. Referee John CluneyS point score favored Marsh 39 to 3l, with five of eight rounds going to Marsh, one to Montanari and two even. Monty was penalized in two rounds for foul tactics.
 DOlan And Marsh?
 As a result of the bout, and pub- lie reaction from the fans when asked by Announcer Jack Freney who they wanted to see next, the Waterbury A. c. may show Irish Eddie Dolan and Marsh in two or three weeks, provided the financial demands of the principals are not too strenuous.
 Last night, Marsh, weighing IA to 1461s for the Italian slugger, started in his usual style, showing nice left jab and hook while "ty- ing up" Francesca when the latter moved in for body attack. Monty made more progress in the second round, and won the third when he found the Marsh midsection with some hard shots shifting to the head. After that, the Canadian boy got the range, outboxing Montanarl, making him miss and then develop ing a wallop of his own which al- lowed him to score the only knock down of the fight in the final round, which put the convincer on the bout and left no doubt as to the winner. Once he got behind, the Italian fought a rather dirty" fight using elbows. open hands ana his head more than little and drawing several warnings from the referee, who also warned Marsh about his use of a backhand blow. The fight was a thriller as the fans sensed Marsh as possible winner by the knockout route and he near ly obliged them on two different oc- casions when he found the range with a Sharp uppercut. Asked if they wanted to see Montanari box Dolan, the fans yelled NO" loud enough to levae no /'oubt about the matter.
 Johnny Compo Of New Haven outpointed Joey Stack of Philadel- phia in an eight round semi-final that was fairly close for half the battle, but Compo came on to win handily. Compo scaled 127, Stack, a substitute for Dom Diantini, 1251s.
 SlambangO
 Jimmy Bell, New Haven negro welterweight punched his way to a six round decision over Red Doty of Hartford in a hard fought num- Der that had the fans on their feet now and then. Bell never stopped punching and though cracked now and then with hard blows, was en- titled to the verdict at the finish, having taken four of the six rounds. Bell weighed 145, Doty a pound lighter.
 Neil Miller of Scranton, Pa; and Frankie Foley of New Haven wound up in six round draw which fol- lowed the main bout Little action was seen, though Miller showed a hard punch while Foley was the busy fighter of the two.