Evening star., 1943-01-09
Angott' Return
Thickens Plot
In Title Skit
Where Retired Champ
Fits Is Hot Question;
Montgomery Wins
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writ .,


NEW YORK, Jan.--9-It was
hold your hats, boys, here we go
again" in the lightweights' laugh
a-minute show today.
With the ink barely dry on the
championship abdication papers he
signed only three months ago, Sam
my Angott announced his fstic
comeback. This was bit of news
that not only topped Bob Mont
gomery's seven-round technical
knockout Of Chester Rico last night
in one of the lightweight "elimi-
nations" in Madison Square Garden,
but also tossed the whole 135-pound
merry-go-round deeper into maze.
Champion Sammy spoke his piece
from his home in Little Washing
ton, Pa, explaining that the badly
injured hands which caused him to
retire "for keeps" last fall have
healed again" This recovery was
little short of miraculous, since the
awful verbal picture that had been
painted of sWingin' Sammy's maui
ers at that time left some folks
wondering sympathetically just how
he would be able to operate knife
and fork at the table.
Willing to Start Over.
1t was nice of Sammy to admit
that he didn't expect to be handed
his title back again, now that he's
decided he can fight once more.
In fact, Angott added that he's
willing to start all over again.
However, Gus Fan and his missus
probably were wondering today just
by what brand of mathematics all
this added up, for the National
Boxing Association as yet hasn't rec
ognized any champion to succeed
him at the head of the parade, and
won't until the completion of
Nation-w wide tournament.
The New York State Athletic Com
mission already has given its bless
ing to Beau Jack, with the stipula-
ton that the little brown Georgia
flrecracker must make his first de
fense' against a tournament winner.
The siXty-two-fif question then,
chums, is just how, why, when and
where Angott fits into the Conga
line. PleaSe answer yes or no.
It's up to the NBA and the Empire
States wise men of maui, those
jewels of consistency. to decide
whether he has to start in the first
round of the elimination tourna-
ment, whether he becomes an i'm
mediate qualifier to meet the ulti-
mate survivor of the eliminations
or whether he should step right up
and tangle with Beau Jack for the
top spot.
Would Put Him at Bottom.
At the moment there were a lot
of armchair experts" holding out
for making Angott go to work at
the bottom-and there is a situa-
ton for your whiskers. For. ever
since he took the crown from Loop
ing Lew jenkins, no one has beaten
Sammy at the weight" and he's
fought just about all of 'em.
If he is tossed in with the rest of
the tourney thumpers, there's very
good chance he may be invited to
trade his Sunday shots with Mont
gomery and this should be interest
ing to watch. Because Philadelphia
Bob did workmanlike job of chop
ping up Chester from New York in
seven heats last night before 10,4l6
cash customers in the Garden. Bob
broke open the rangy Rico's left eye
in the fourth. BY the end of the
seventh he had it bleeding so badly
that the crimsoned clouters and the
referee appeared like moxie version
of an Indian war dance. So it was
stopped.
This eliminated Rico from the
tournament and placed Montgomery
front and center. 1t also left the
tourney with the big problem of
whats next on the program?"
Then. along came Sammy to add
several more question marks by his
announcement.
Is there any wonder then a fan,
leaving the Garden last night, was
heard to mutter: This is where
I came in."