The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-04-30

nes' trips to the canvas, the mark
ed and swollen left side OF GUM
zy's face removed any doubt that
the Edgecumbe boxer was in there
all the way fighting from his semi
crouch position.
Second TKO
Robert Lee of the Wachusett
proved game but losing match
for the l6l pounds of his ship
mate, Lowell Wells. Wells, being
the aggressor throughout two and
one-half rounds, won the fight by
TKO after one minute and 80
seconds of the third heat. Lee
went down for four long counts
during the fight when pounded
into the ropes by rocking right and
lefts.
Jimmy Long of Juneau dropped
the decision to Ben Hur Vale of
Mt. Edgecumbe in bout well
matched. Long went on the
march during the first round with
straight left and chopping right,
but shifted to a defensive role dur
ing the next two frames. Although
far from being completely out
fought in the last two, Long APP
peared unable to solve the shifty
and fast breaking style of his OPP
ponent.
Third Round TKO
The nights fight which left a
good number of spectators spinning
on. their heels was that in which
Lee Novak OF the Wachusett suf-
fered a third round TKO at the
hands of Ralph Thomas from Mt.
Edgecumbe Novak went after the
well built Thomas from the first
gong and had things going pretty
much his way except for short
interval when tagged by a hard
right which had him in bad shape
midway through the second. From
then until so seconds after begin
ming the third, it was Novak in
the drivers seat. AT that point
Thomas tagged him with load
of right-hand artillery and the
Coastguardsman went down for a
short count When Novak re-
gained his feet there was little
doubt that Thomas had his man
in bad shape. Novak, appearing
to be in anything but fighting
condition, was moving around the
ring with hands at waist when the
referee raised the Edgecumbe
boys hand for the 50-second
TKO.
First Round TkO
In another fi.st-round match
Jim Houston OF Mt. Edgecumbe
TKO'd Jerry Richardson from Ju-
neau in one minute 25 seconds of
the initial stanza Houston. shorter
of the two, slugged swath through
the superior reach Of his oppon-
ent and except for a first few
seconds of the fight, had it all the
way. Richardson opened the fight
with barrage of rights and lefts,
but shortly thereafter proved
slight match for the nitro-lade
gloves of the Edgecumbe tighter
Jim Vuille, drawing the main
bill last night, lost decisive
three-round go to Corky Casey of
Mt. Edgecumbe. vuiiie. winner of
his last fight by a TKO, failed
to give ground throughout most of
the bout, but suffered the nights
worst beating when trying to get
inside the puzzling Casey attack.
Casey did the better part of his
damage with nose wrecking left,
but displayed an equally devastat-
ing right uppercut when given the
opportunity.
vuille's face was swollen and his
nose bleeding freely midway
through the second round, and
only one time during the fight
did he have the leaders role. That
was midway through the third
when Casey found himself wob-
bling from hard right and left
to the head. From then on in it
was slow, with neither fighter in
flicting much damage. Vuille made
it clear he could dish it out in