The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-09
800 SPECTATORS RAISE TIE ROOF
 AT TRIAL BOUTS


 night after eleven leather-filled boxing bouts anu not one was heard to complain. Fact is, the crowd voiced a collective approval when Jack Carroll, promoter and announcer for the fights, asked if future smokers were in order fer Juneau. And there was reason enough for a crowd well satisfied.
 Perhaps the evenings most riot ous single round. and surely the biggest surprise, came off with the last bout when Jerry Coletti, going in at 22e pounds, squared off with Jim Serrell at 189 pounds from the Wachusett. A surprise was in order when the two big boys, instead ol milling through the three heats as is sometimes the case with heavies, opened from the first gong with the speed and activity of fleet-footed feath- CTS. Coletti, the aggressor all the way, opened up in windmill fashion and failed to slacken the rugged pace until declared the winner by a TKO after one minute and 40 seconds of the first round. AL though game and swinging all the way, Sorrell was easy prey for the staggering lefts and rocking overland rights of the onrushing Coletti
 Following the opening bout which ended in draw between Jerry Richardson at 11412 and Jimmy Long at 123, Jim Vuille of Juneau gave the crowd some in dication that there would be knockdowns to spare during the evening when he wrested a clean decision from Robert E. Lee of the Wachusett in the middle brac- ket.
 Vuille Shows Stuff
 Although the fight started off fairly slow, before the first round ended, Lee had visited the can vas twice, both for short stays. Vuille, fighting along conservative lines stayed a reasonable distance from his opponent most of the time, but when going in for the kill his blows were we'll measured and Lee went to the canvas four times in three rounds from hard rights and lefts The third round trip was for an eight count.
 Kenneth Hildreth of the Juneau High School was on the short end of the quickest TKO of the eve- ming when lie met hard right from Charles Pledjer of the Wa chusett. Neither fighter had warmed up when Hildreth spun backward from the stinging right and was unable to continue after only 29 seconds of the first round. Remarkable feature about this fight was the apparent calmness with which Pledjer went about his business.
 Hunter Robbins Go
 The full house came to its feet n the first few second of fighting when Rocky Hunter of Juneau and George Robbins began to exchange punches in a middleweight go. Both boys opened up extremely fast, with Robbins employing a semi-crouch approach to a good advantage. Although assuming the aggressor's role at various times throughout the fight, Rocky was giving ground throughout most of the three rounds.
 Midway through the second round Robbins brought a right up from the floor which was we'll packed with several rounds of five inch ammunition from the Wachu- sett number oneturret. Having dud fuse, the definite sleep maker missed by inches and the round ended with both boys being in fairly good shape. However, in the third round Robbins brought the explosives out from turret two and dropped Hunter for an eight count. Both judges and referee awarded clean-cut decision to Robbins.
 Another fight decided in pretty much Of hurry was that in which Bob Thomas, heavy from the Wachusett, overcame a l2- pound weight advantage and stop- ped Don Watson at 219 pounds in just fifty-five seconds of the first round. Although far from being a beaten man, the fight was stop ped to prevent further injury to Watson when his nose began bleeding like Mississippi flood in spring. Thomas did his damage with a hard straight left.
 Fight Stepped
 Wayne Alter of Juneau suffered 1 a TKO at the hands of pile l driving Bob Rowland The first round. fairly even, saw hoth boys : miss with several blows which I could have ended the light, but after seven seconds of the second round had passed. the towel was thrown in for Alter after stopping |