BOXING IN U.S.A.

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 2, 25 September 1937, Page 7

BOXING IN U.S.A.

-l?re§? Assn.

' ' ' * Lou Ambers Outpoints Pedro Montanez ,'.-1 Wivjl'. ROSS BEATS GARCIA

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NEW YORK, Sept, 23. 1 Lpu Ambers .dfifeated PedrP Men.?' tapez og ppigtg, Mentagqz in the figst 'xound pggebed tpiiingly jat clos^ §gg?t--rs, wiping the fpgpd. Tfiejriegfter iAmb§rp, gsipg his Uit hgn 4 begutifuliy; ftoek ive jgiinds in ggcveeps.ion, "Mog.ttanez, thgug'h "MecilPg from .a egt, ''under fhe ligM stagge r§4 tge ""cha^pipn 48 -fte seVenth with a !#!$ hook tg jthe fgce, JDespite Amb.er 'J clever Moptgng^' took ; gt timeg, jbgt tho hogt, og tho whojo, fackod thrijls, the growd .disinterestjng.- i iy jeering fhe .chglienger's olnjnsigess and fhe champion'o ggemphati§ pgnching. Bargey Ross defeated Ceforigo Garcia pn points, For tho groater part of the bout, Ross, bobb.ing and weaving, handLed Garcia as ho pleased, but in tho iast two i'oup.ds th©' o.hailenger went berserk and rpcked Ross with a storm of lefts and rights to tho -head and jaw, Ross staggerod b&ck to tho rppes, agd the titi© jmpmont atijy h98g tho balance, bnt the chanipion recoyered gp4 thereafter held off Garcia until tho final bell. Garcia appearod cjumsy in oontrast to Ross' RasM&g, idancing spood. Howeyer, Garcia oor.nerod the efaampiou in tho fi?th and snrashed a barrage of rights and lefts to the facp, Tho fighterB ' heads csJHded, and a 4oop WOjind was opened .above Garcia 's left eye. Gareig was wame.d in the tenth for lpw pjinching. Ross ouh-thought a.n4 out-punc.hed tho challepger for jnpst Pf thp journey. Harry Jeffr^ gained tho decis.ipn over gixto E.scobar. Jeffra dopiinated the figbting in tho oarly part of the bPHt, but in ihe fourth ronnd Escobar, watering np» ohot a hoavy right to t.he challenger's face, Jaffra was not ba4ty shaken and oontinued to peppor Esepbaj with bpth hands, § left hook I& thl seventh opening a cuf besrdg the cham , pion'e right eye, Escobar logt eveiy round nntil tho tenfh, when Ee pilel up peints by twa-handed pounding of Jeffra'.s hody. Jeffra took tho mainder of the rounds,