Evening star., 1945-06-05
Terry Seeks Return
Bout With Bee Bee
Despite Fasting
By BOB MCLEAN.

Frankie Terry, hard boiled little
Italian from Brooklyn who never
has been knocked unconscious in
seven years of fisticuffing, had
something urgent on his mind to-
day-a return bout with Bee Bee
Washington, 21-year-old George
town Negro stevedore who beat the
daylights out of him last night in
Griffith Stadium.
The defeat will prove extremely
embarrassing along the banks of the
GoWanus Canal where Terry is men,
toned in the same breath with
Rocky Graziano and Harold Green
and the bolo-punching war plant
fireman honestly thinks he learned
enough in 10 rounds last night to
take Bee Bee next time.
He doesn't hit hard" Terry saws,
and If they ever put him in with
Graziano it will be murder. I made
the mistake of trying to hurt him
in the body, but he seems to be made
OF cast iron there. The big trouble
was that I'm a crouch fighter and
he's standup boxer-the kind
Graziano likes to work on.
Praises Bee Bees Condition.
"One thing you have to give the
boy" Terry admits. He is in better
condition than any one I have
fought for a long time. He didn't
even seem to be tired after 10 fast
rounds. He's got a nice left that
gave me trouble. They told me
his right wasn't dangerous, but
that's what he used to slice up my
mouth, although he never hit me
with anything like a KO punch i"
Whether the fans would go for
a rematch is questionable. Most of
the 1852, shivering railbirds in at
tendance last night obviously
thought that Bee Bee showed com
plete mastery, not only outboxing
Terry, but on occasion standing
toe to toe with the highly touted
slugger and fighting it out Jungle
cat style.
The decision was unanimous. with
Referee Marty Gallagher giving
every round to Washington, while
Judges Jimmy Sullivan and DR.. O.
U. Singer called two even, with the
other eight going to Bee Bee. In
this book Terry won the first round
the eighth was even and the re-
mainder went to Two Bees by q
wide margin. - =,
Washington Turns on Heat.
Bee Bees best rounds were the
ninth and tenths&U Up TO that pofrt
he merely outpointed and outma-
neuvered the rushing Terry, duck
Ing punches that came from every-
where and making Terry appear a
wild amateur. In the last two heats,
however, Bee Bee discarded that
style OF fighting and tore into Terry.
connecting to the midsection and
starting the claret flowing from the
Brooklynite's mouth. Although he
never had Terry anywhere near a
knockdown, his blows were solid
and Terry's midriff plainly showed
the effects of punishment.
Washington weighed in at 1871
and Terry scaled 157. thanks to a
steak and wine dinner the day be-
fore the fight.
Ray Hanbury, making his debut
as a pro in four-round prelim-
mary against Norvel Gaddis, young
local Negro lightweight, proved that
he is neither in shape to go four
rounds nor ready for such as Cad
dis. Ray, younger brother of the
popular Lew, lost the decision after
Gaddis had given him some ring
lessons. Hanbury weighed 1927
Gaddis, 143Ha.
Ray Puig, the mysterious New
York Puerto Rican on whom there
are no boxing records, failed to put
in an appearance for a scheduled
eight-rounder with Billy Banks, 1877,
local. Banks pounded out a deci-
sion over the game Sammy Thomp-
son, 1391a, who has a fighting heart
but not much to go with it.
In other preliminaries, Ernie But
Ter, 147h, decisioned Flattop Cum
mings, 149, in four-round local
argument, and frankie Wills, 153,
local, drew with George Williams,
1511a, in 10 heats.
The gross gate was $6,633.77 and
the net, $4,98866