The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
COCHRANE WON 146 TITLE FROM
 FRITzIE zIVIC
Jersey Slugger OutfOught
 and OutSmarted CIev CT < Pittsburgher
BY JACK CUDDY

United Press Stan Correspondent
 Newark, N. J., July 30 --(Up)- The beserk fight game has spawned another genuine Cinderella man" in Freddie Cochrane, the red-head- ed, pudden-faced Irishman who wrested the world welterweight championship last night from sup- posedly invincible Fritzie zivic.
 You could feel this upset coming in the very first session of that 15- round Pier Six brawl before some 10000 fans at Ruppert's stadium.
 And 1t was an upset-when the announcer confirmed that Cochrane had won the 15-round decision - probably the greatest boxing upset since the other Jersey Irishman, Jim Braddock, took the heavyweight crown from Maxie Baer six years ago.
 In the Air
 You could feel the upset coming in that first round because Red Cochrane of Elizabeth, N. J., came out of his corner and fought just like his ellow-townsman, Mickey Walker, fought in the days when the great Mickey wore the welter- weight diadem and later sported the middleweight crown.
 Before the opening gong sound ed, Cochrane sat there in his cor- ner with the white towel wrapped about his red neck with poker faced expression that most persons interpreted as resignation to the fact that he was an 8-1 underdog.
 But after one minute of fighting, everyone realized they were watch ing rough, tough young man - perfectly conditioned and out to win.
 yIn that very first minute of this thrilling, slam -bang battle, under dog Cochrane revealed that he and his shrewd handlers had mapped out 8 douhle-barrelled combination that might beat the champion. The combination was this:
 CD Every time Zivic resorted to his illegal speciality of getting left-armed hammer-lock on Coch- rane's neck and tried to pull Coch- rane into right-handed punches, MT. Cochrane-smaller and lighter than the champion-simply reared up and butted zivic right in the face.
 (2) Cochrane kept throwing left hAAlyG fVakRN 1fHytAsr aa1&Nsa Ca l. every time zivic tried to get set to launch his smashing straight right to the head.
 That was the story of Cochrane's triumph: Butt him in the puss at close quarters and slam in the belly at a distance.
 Rough House
 But zivic made a desperate fight of 1t. And when MT. Zivic of Pitts burgh is desperate, anything goes. Hence 1t was one of the toughest fights ever seen in any ring. Zivic used all the tricks that he had picked up from four fighting broth CTS In an attempt to make a second successful defense of the crown which he had won from Henry Armstrong last October.
 The peak of back-alley brawling was reached in the fourth round, when Cochrane, damned sore be- cause got Q lot of thumbs in my eye", wound up and drove a left into zivic's groin. Referee Joe Man gold of Atlantic City penalized the challenger for this infraction and gave the round to Zivic on foul. But zivic apparently had won 1t anyway, the first session that Man. gold gave to Pittsburgh Fritzie. And Referee Mangold ruled supreme in that ball park because there are no boxing judges in New Jersey.
 Referee Mangold gave Cochrane seven rounds, scored four for ziyic and four even. These figures did not agree with the sheets of most New York boxing writers. The United Press, for example, tabu- lated the fight even, giving cham pion and challenger six rounds even and registering three rounds as draws. But even the most arr dent Zivic admirer had to admit, after the fipal bell, that Cochrane was deserving of the decision be- cause he had forced the fighting throughout, won his rounds more impressively and had fought a smarter fight than the champion. Admitted Defeat
 zivic did not disagree with the decision in his dressing room. He said, i've no alibis. I didn't have my usual zing. I've been fighting too much lately and was a bit stale But III take him next time after a good rest"
 Cochrane said. T was surprised how easy Ziyic was to beat. He never really hurt me at any time was delighted when I saw he wanted to make a rough fight of 1t because I came up the hard way And the rougher the going, the bet ter I like it. I'll knock him out next time."
 This next time" will be in late September at Madison Square Gar den, according to Mike Jacobs, who was 8 co-promter last night with Babe Culnan of Newark.
 Meanwhile the new champion, % years old and unmarried. played host to hundreds of friends at his tavern in Hillside. N. J.--a suburb of Elizabeth-until 5 a. n. today.
 His father, Walter--a mechanic joined the celcbrants and said, "Who would have thought that this was going to happen2" Which probably crystalizes more succinctly the story Of last nights fight than