The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
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Nova Stopped in Sixth of Slugging Match That
 Drew S34,138
By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent

(Umted Press Stan COrreSpOndent)
 New York Dec. 12-(UP)-Pro- moter Mike Jacobs was considering today a match between young Tami Mauriello, the Bronx slugger, and Jimmy Bivins of Cleveland or Harry Bobo of Pittsburgh, while unlucky Lou Nova was having ad- ditional X-rays taken of his bat tered ribs at St. Clare's hospital.
 Nova spent the night at the hos pital, after being knocked out in the sixth round by Mauriello in scheduled 10-round encounter be- fore 15,369 fans at Madison Square Garden.
 Nova, the bronzed California vet eran, apparently was forsaken by Yogi, the cosmic and dynamic, last night because he had doored Mau- riello in the first round and was winning the bout when the unex- pected knockout came in the sixth.
 Suddenly
 They were exchanging blows in a neutral corner-slugging away as they had done in every round of this primitive brawl-when sud- denly little Tami drove left into Nova's body. Nova started to jack knife, his arms coming down, and Tami clipped him with right smash to the chin. Nova wilted to the canvas. face down, and lay there writhing with his head half under the ropes as Referee Billy Kavanaugh counted him out at 2:43 of the sixth
 It was the second time in his ca reer that 27 year old Lou had taken the count. Champion Joe Louis turned the trick in September, 194l.
 Although 9 year old Mauriello had gone into the ring 9-5 fa- vorite. the knockout was completely unexpected, becauG the taller and havier Californian had been win- ming the fight. At St. Clare's hos pital later. pr. Vincent Nardiello, boxing commission physician, said that Nova had suffered serious rib injuries in the fourth round and that the body blow in the sixth had finished him.
 Dr. Nardiello said preliminary eX- animation and X-rays showed that Nova was suffering from a frac- ture of the ninth left rib, that the 10th was dislocated and that the cartilage between the 10th and 11th apparently was torn. Nova, in con- siderable pain at the hospital, was i given sedatives so that he cuold rest until more X-rays were taken today. Photos that were expected to show whether LoWs left kidney also had been damaged as was feared.
 It was such a goofy finish for the screwball Californian that everyone at the ringside wondered what had happened. The final right to the chin that wash-ragged Nova to the canvas didn't seem to pack enough explosives to send into never neyer-land the rugged yogi man. who, in one of his two victorious | bouts with Maxie Baer. had taken seven consecutive looping rights to i the button without batting an eye.
 Good Start
 
 Nova, taking advantage of his 20-pound weight pull, floored Tami [ for the count of eight in the first round. He took the fourth on a foul because of Tami's low blows, although he won it anyway, and won the fifth.
 Lous left jab and ponderous rights to the heart was. winning the fight. Mauriello won the second and third, with fast, side-to-side footwork, and a hooking attack that gashed Lou's left brow ill the sec ord, although Tami suffered mouth cuts in the third, while rocking Lou with a head barrage.
 The gross gate was $3S, ,138-and inc fi0l1t was worth it.