The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-28
ROBINSON WIN s. BUT RUNS AWAY
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BY JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent


 New York. Aug. 28--(UP)-Blur- red vision and fear of blindness suf- fered in earlier fights caused Henry Armstrong's retirement from the ring last night. His act on was not inspired by any harm suffered in his "stinkeroo" defeat by Corp. Ray Robinson before 15,371 booing fans at Madison Square Garden.
 It was an unfortunate farewell for Armstrong, the former triple champion and one of the greatest fighters of our time. But 1t was doubtly unfortunate for young Corp. Robinson, who, in his last commer- cial fight for the duration, was either just too timid or under wraps"
 Robinson back-pedalled to victory, though he won the unanimous deci- sion of the three ring officials and took seven of the 10 rounds on the United Press scoresheet, which cred ited two to Armstrong and called one even.
 If the fight was arranged by the two negro principals, it was poorly arranged. Robinson, only 21, nearly 10 years yor, ger than 30- year-old Armstrong, and possessing advantages of punch and speed in addition to five-pounds in weight. fled before the ancient perpetual motion man" during most of the rounds as if old Henry were Joe Louis.
 Runaway
 Armstrong, who looked like lit- tie, crouching bulldog against a slender, stream lined Puma, tried to make fight of 1t. But Young Rob- inson kept speeding away from him flicking him with left jabs and then halting to throw flurries of upper cuts most of which missed Ham, mering Henry.
 There were no knockdowns. Arm strong suffered re-opening of an old gash in his lower lip in the second round, but 1t did not bleed much. Only two good punches were landed during the farce. Arm strong rocked Robinson with left hook to the chin in the fifth and Robinson staggered Henry with 6 right bolo uppercut in the sixth.
 After the fifth round, Armstrong ran out of gas. This was unusual because homicide Hank. even or the comeback trail, has been a slow starter and strong finisher. But he merely shadow-boxed, even or those rare occasions when he coulc come to close quarters with re. treating Robinson. No wonder the fans booed. They provided a gatt of $60,789 Some of them paie $165O for ringside seats.
 It was the last fight for Arm strong, who formerly held the feath. erweight, lightweight and welter weight crowns-the only man 1T ring history ever to wear thre' crowns simultaneously. He hat made enough money on the come back trail, starting in June. 1922 to insure his future financial in dependence. In 27 comeback bouts of which he won B, his gates to tailed close to $600,000, and he hat made more than $lOO,OOO hlmSeII. l All Done
 It was the last fight for Robin son for the duration. He starts { tour of army camps at home ane abroad with Sgt. Joe Louis soon It was Rays 45th victory in 46 pro fights.
 Armstrong, who scaled 140 against Robinson's 145. explained, I'm sor. ry to go out in such a bad fight But he wouldn't stand up and mi' it. I've got to retire now because I've got scar-tissue growth inside the pupil of my left eye that can't take any more chances with It's been giving me blurred vision I'll concentrate on managing fight CTS. I've got two welterweights ane a piece of another"