Evening star., 1951-09-13


Over here he plays patty-cake."
There on Turpin, except for what looked
to be burn his left shoulder dropped
for no-count in the second round foored for in
the 10th, and finally rescued from further punishment
Referee Ruby Godsen with only eight of the round
left.
SITTING ON THE TABLE, clear eyed and looking
paravey fresh Turpin reindful Rocky Gaziano
night he knocked out by Tony zae in New
winner physical wreck but Grazano looked he
ready to enter the ring instead of having just left it,
Jack Solomons the British promoter ranting.
stein had right to stop it, he yelling Randy all
right. He riding out that furry"
Turpn sat with faint smile his face When Gold
STEMS action was put to him. he said I'm England
taught to obey the referees decision Outwardy
tofee great of loss the first title held
by BritSher since Bob Ftzsimmons.
Randy left his fight somewhere between London the
the chap who maued Robinson at Ears Court you know
picked him to wn but couldn't give him than single
round up to the retirement by the referee"
IN THE OTHER DRESSING ROOM, Robinsons all was
bedlam Reporters stage and celebrities ball players
and policemen pushing and mauing trying
to the Harlem dandy who'd closed the fight
after sustaining spectacular cut his left the final
round
Sugar Ray looked like the guy who'd lost dead
beat Dr. Vincent Nardeo had stopped the blood
long streak of red over his eye The heat
sitting as Dr. Nardielo pressed for the
Take your shower, Ray" he said "and then we'll go to
your mothers house and I'll again Turning the
press he added
TITS same eye that was cut in London I took 10
stitches there figure I'll eight time"
B as
1t acknowledged open Robnsons eye
in London An unntenional butt caused fighters
bobbed simultaneously Ray got the worst of it.
What was it this time, Ray?" newspaperman asked.
"WaS it butt punch?"
Il don't know" Sugar answered.
"Turpin says it chopping right hand" said
porter who'd from the BrtiSher's dressing
Then that's what it was" Robinson said.
IT Sugar Rays cut eye directly reganed
the title for him. On scorecards out in
'front.' but by great margin Then opening moments
old
gasped.
Robinson had been fire. either during the first
nine rounds After the third began as though Ray
was slowing His slip showing to speak
blood began to fowand much it rubbed of on Turpn
too-Robinson made the aout effort You could
Ray WELL this is it. out or I'm whipped
They'll stop it sure if get hit again on this eye"
He belted Turpn with real good right the jaw
English went down. fiat his back At the
OF nine he Then Ray began to belabor him.
Randy hit Robinson with right Jaw and the
toast of Harlem almost went down, too
But with the blue chips down 31year-old Rob-
inson who prevailed battered Turpn hepessness
For seconds the 23yearod Brisher stationary
target much that Ray stopped punching order to
reach out and aemp to turn his victim to get shot
He got that shot Referee Godsten possibly
thinking OF recent ring deaths, stopped it.
ROBINSON SITTING IN dressing room was asked
when your cut did you decide to
take him out?"
"We" Ray responded thought it was the time to trv
got away with it." At precisely that moment large man
called Joe Louis bore down Sugar said did great
Joo boy Robinson to whom Louis always has idol
grinned.
Louis reporter Ray was better than I've ever
seen nlm ne SAID But when he left the a
boxing writer Sad JoeS going bad
ing himself Robinson lucky the ring with kid
who apparently didn't feel much like fighting"
For fact it seemed if Turpin blew the chance of
lifetime Robinson is only go cent fighter he used
to be- He's well the hill admission Ray was
better than he in London which been pretty
bad Luckily for him. perhaps Turpin wasn't nearly as good
nor as hungry as he was last July