The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-16
Be0to Stopped
 ByCharpion E Tvo Rounds

For Q boy who would not com, into Connecticut any more since las Summer, unless his handlers could get him e bout with worlds feather. weight Champion Willie Pep of Hartford: Tomas Beato of San Do. mingo. Central America, when he did have the chance acted like a scared rabbit. Pep disposed of Beato and his ambitions in less than two rounds, when the little champ. who has been beaten but twice in f0S bouts. knocked out in i;3o of the second round. as more than 2,30c fans shouted their disappointment
 Scared stiff
 After two great main bouts with. in the past month the Pep-Beatc bout was Q terrible letdown, dus for the most part, to the fact tha Beato seemed to become 'scareC stiff" after catching two Per punches during the first minute of the opening round. However, he did land three solid punches on Pep, before the latter caught up with him; Beato having been on the floor four times. twice without c count iFasmuch as he had gone down without being hit. once from his own swing, which missed Pep by several inches.
 State Athletic Commissioner Wll- liam J. Prince talked with Referee John Cluney after the main bout, relative to Beato's general conduct in the ring; but took no action to- ward c suspension of nonpayment Of the boxers purse. after he had the opinion of the referee. Many fans present could not understand Beato's attitude toward Pep; after seeing Beato defeat Eddie Compo at New Haven once and fight Com DO to c bristling draw on another occasion.
 Faieo vs vlgeant
 Last nights Waterbury 4. c. show attracted 2,325 paid admissions for gross receipts of s7,706. A main bout for next week Friday, involv- ing Tony Falco of Middletown and Frankie vigeant of Thomaston was announced.
 Just before the knockout of Beato. by the worlds champion, the little Central American was stung by a Pep "one-two" to the head and body, but Beato fought back hard, but dropped his head while doing so, Pep stepping back and dropping him for the full count with a short, hard left-hook to the chin. Pep weighed i2s. Beato. i27. for the non- title bout.
 All K. o.
 Four other bouts on the card did not go the limit. Kenny James of Waterbury knocked out Joe Ed wards of Worcester in the first round with a hard long right to the jaw: Bat Stroud of Hartford was a TkO winner over Whitey Cory of New Britain in the second round; Henry Brierre of Worcester knock cd out Augie Brett of Hartford in the fifth round; after being on the verge of a K. O. himself. in the best bout of the entire card. Billy Harvey of the North End won q T'KO vic- tory over Mickey Vines of Hart ford: when the latter claimed a dis- located shoulder in the second round; referee Dan Buckley stop ping the bout.
 James scaled i4e. Edwards, i4T, Stroud i6l. Cozy i57, Brierre, l30. Brett, is2. Harvey is6, Vines is4.
 Just before the main bout, An- nouncer Jack Freney presented a silver trophy from Larry St. Louis to Art Tatta of New Haven. loser of the state middleweight title bout to Billy Walker of saybrook two weeks ago. Tatta got a great hand" from the fans for his courageous showing against Walker, the new champion, who was awarded a championship belt to 90 with his title. the belt also e gift of Mir. St. Louis, well-known vest end sports man and business man.