Evening star., 1943-04-21
Hennery Is Not Taking
Chance Of Spelling
Show With Jack
Coast Bout With Suverio,
Ending in 4th Round,
Drew Only $1,000
BY GEORGE HUBER.

by JkOhtk HUBER,
Henry Armstrong, former triple
boxing champion and idol of thou
sands of fans all over the country,
will be risking little when he ap-
pears at Uline Arena a week from
Friday against Saverio Turiello.
Henry, grand little fellow, and
has manager are looking beyond to
the big money bout that the pro-
posed return against Beau Jack
in New York would be. and it would
be extremely unwise to send him
against a fighter of more than me-
diocre ability.
The Armstrong camp is confident
Turiello can give Hammering Hen
merry little or no trouble, because
1t was only a little more than four
months ago. when Henry was IN the
midst OF his comeback that was to
lead to big New York engagements,
that he knocked out Turiello. Date
was December IA; place, San Fran
cisco, and the end came in 1:20 OF
the fourth round. The fact that the
April 80 business here is rematch
hasn't been mentioned before In the
buildup from the Liberty A. c.
That was Armstrong; 14th bout
Of his comeback and his 18th vic
tory. In all, up to the Beau Jack
battle last month, Armstrong won
Is OF 1s matches, II by knockouts.
WishfuI Thinking Seen.
Goldie Ahearn. promoting for the
Liberty A. c. at Uline's, and Benny
Robinson, box office manager there.
are predicting capacity crowd for
April 80, which at S. tops probably
would put around $4,000, maybe
more. in the till. That, likely, is
lot of wishfW thinking, because as
much of an attraction as is Arm
strong, he hardly can figure to pack
the place while fighting a man he
easily chilled four months ago.
The fight, which figures to be
short and sweet, is designed to keep
Henry In fighting tune and also to
provide operating expenses. Arm
strong, according to the contract
filed with the District Boxing Com
mission, will receive 40 per cent Of
the gate.
The San Francisco fight drew
about $4,000, and local promoters
Of the rematch probably would be
satisfied with the same figure here.
The Frisco gate. incidentally, was
aided by hountiful newspaper back
ing, as it was for the San Francisco
Chronicle Christmas fund,
The fight itself, although one
sided, was interesting. as are nearly
all battles in which the whrlwlnd
Armstrong appears. But there was
no cry from San Francisco fans for
. rematch.
Turiello Is Outclassed.
The terse, uncolored Associated
Press report of the fight says: ut
was Armstrong; fight all the way.
He fought in his usual fashion,
throwing punches from every an
gle. TWiello nearly dropped to the
canvas In the second, but put on a
brief rally in the third. Aside from
that he was completely outclassed,
Steady body battering, with occa-
sional lefts and rights to the head,
knocked him into the ropes for
nine-count, The referee halted the
contest as he regained his feet"
Russ Newland, A. P. San Francisco
writer, added later: "Turiello -
was on his feet and in distress when
the bout was halted. He put up a
game fight and tried to slug with
Henry
The Chronicle, which sponsored
the bout, said the next day; The
italian (Turiello) stood up with
greater stubborness than expected
Turiello did not back pedal so
extensively as he is reported to do
The referee spared Saverio
further abuse In his helpless con-
dition."
Armstrong weighed l44 and
Turiello, 148 pounds. Henry since
has made 1873 for the Beau Jack
fight, and Saverio has signed to
come in at las,
This Turieilo is no green hand at
boxing. He's 80 years old (Arm-
strong is 3o> and has been fighting
professionally for nine years. At
one time he was real top-liner and
In 1888 staged big tour of Europe,
during which he Won the European
middleweight championship.
He's faded since then, however.
and has had few big bouts in recent
years. So Armstrong, on exhibition,
will be the big attraction at Uline's
4 week from this Friday, with the
fans turning out to see little Per-
petual Motion in action for a few
brief rounds as he keeps in tune for
bigger bouts elsewhere.
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