The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-18

HH VbHO VVSAVBBDV OF RING CAREER
 New York, Nov. 1e-One of the few boxing classes in which the title has not been frozen for the dura- ticn the lightweight division cham ionship will be contested Friday night when Bob Montgomery, of Philadelphia, defends his crown a. gainst Sidney (Beau Jack) Walker, Of Augusta, Ga, at Madison Square Garden. The contest is scheduled for fifteen rounds. Montgomery rules a 9-5 favorite to keep his crown.
 Tn making his first defense of the title, Montgomery meets the same man from whom he won the cham pionship at the Garden last May 21. On that occasion Beau Jack was ale so making his initial title defense anu was strong favorite over the Philadelphian.
 But Montgomery turned in one of the best performances of his career to outpoint Beau Jack after with standing a terrific assault unleased by the Beau immediately after the opening bell.
 Jack rushed from his corner at the start of the first bout. caught Montgomery by surprise, shot Q dozen powerful uppercuts to Mont gopery's chin, backed the challeng- CT into the ropes, staggered him with the force of his blows and seemed to have the Quaker City lad on the verge of knockout.
 But suddenly Montgomery stead jed himself and let go a straight right hand wallop that caught Beau Jack flush on the jaw. That pu" l changed the complexion of the fight, gave Montgomery command of the situation, and from that point on enabled him to pile up enough points to earn the decision.
 Ups And Downs
 A lot of things, pleasant and un- pleasant, have happened to both the current champion and the former champion since that night, Mont gcmery engaged in a few over. weight matches and was successful. Then he came into New York pre- pared to meet Jack again, on Sept. 10.
 But he developed a toothache, re- sulting from two impacted wisdom tee tn. The bout had to be postponed to Oct. 4. And when Montgomery found he could not be ready by that date the bout had to be postponed second time, tomorrow nights the night.
 Soon after losing the title Beau Jack began campaigning for the rematch and was also successful. Then, while waiting for the ailing champion to recover, he took on Bobby Ruffin at the Garden. He lest a decision.
 It developed though that Beau Jack was under severe handicap in the Beau Jack match. He hao bad knee which had prevented him from training properly ana which prevented him from display Ing his best efforts against Rutfin. Now, however, Montgomery ls completely recovered from his tooth. ache and Beau Jack is compleeely recovered from his toothache ana Beau Jack is completely recovered from his knee injury. Both laos have put in long and rigorous tran- ing sessions and come up to to. night,s encounter in excellent con- dition.
 Standing out in Montgomery favor is the fact that he seems oet. ter able to travel the fifteen-rouno distance than Beau Jack. The iat- ter shows a tendency to expand so much energy in the early phases of a contest that he tires in the closing rounds. But his new tralner, Larry Amadee, has coached him long in the art of pacing ana tne Beau is confident that If he ooeS not score an early knockout he VII! be able to keep up so fast pace all the way through as to assure hlm ol the verdict.
 PrelimS
 Nat Rogers supporting program consists of four six-round bouts ard an opening four. In one of the six-round events, Lew Hanpury. crack young Washington, D. C.. lightweight, opposes Freddie Adoeo, of Brooklyn. A second six pars Mike Della, newcomer from the coast, with Al Gomez, of Chicago. These two are also lightwelghts;
 Ham Wiloby. Jamaica, L. l., 1eatn- erwe.ght, meets Davey CraWIoro' Harlem, and Neil Miller. Wilkes Barre. Pa, welterweight, faces liar old smith, Philadelphia in the other sixers. The curtain-raiser Of four rounds brings together Leslie JOCK of Pennsylvania, and Bobby Henry of New York's West Side.
 In dications are taht a near capacity crowd will witness tonlgnts show, Tickets are priced at $2ou, sS. 50, $5.75, $7.75. $11.5o, and $l6.oo for reserved seats. The first Mont gomery- Beau Jack fight drew SEA-. 500 and an attendance of 18,345. IL |, avnectad that the rematch tf1lS