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BILLY NORTON DEFEATS EDDIE FALGREN. STRAIT WHIPS HAROLD JEPSON. Bud Welling Gets Decision Over Johnny Baker In Substitute For First-Haavisto. By DICK HACKENBERG Ernie Potter, Minneapolis heavy weight, dropped his second fight in two days when he was decisively outpointed by Louis “Kid” Fettig, of Grand Forks, in the six round feat ure bout of last night's Elks week ly boxing card. Fettig’s heavy rights to the head and left-hand blasts to the solar plexus enabled him to carry off the decision in the final three rounds of the fracas after Potter had held the hard-hitting Forks battler on even terms in the opening three periods. Potter was outpointed in four rounds by Pat McLaughlin, of Min neapolis, in a preliminary to the Dublinsky -Saunders bout at St. Paul Monday night. First Round Even Fettig landed to the body and Potter to the head for an even first round. Fettig jolted Potter with overhand rights in the second, floor ing the Minneapolitan for no count and sinking a devastating left into his opponent's body. Fettig slipped in this frame, twisting an ankle he had recently sprained but showed no ill effects from the accident in the remaining rounds. Potter rallied in the third to take the round although the exchanges between the two fighters were me diocre. Wit the set to back on an even basis, Fettig launched a heavy offensive in the fourth, landing two tough lefts to the body and a terrific right to the jaw to have the better of the ferocious railing. Potter came dangerously near taking the fifth and again deadlocking the fight, but Fettig rallied near the close of the round and carried off the frame, continuing in the sixth with his hard rights. Potter, with plenty of opportunity to use his right on Fet tig’s exposed body, preferred to use his left which was decidedly inef fective in the last half of the fight. Norton Beats Falgren Billy Norton, Fargo welterweight Why campaigned extensively here a few years ago, today was promised a Windup go with some topnotcher, either Dick Demeray or Red Hag gerty, following his classical victory over Eddie Falgren, of Grand Forks. Norton took every one of the four rounds in the semiwindup go, al ways rallying enough to gain the edge over Falgren in every frame. Norton's right-hand wallops to the head were most effective al though Falgren fought a nice de fensive battle and tied up the Far goan when decisive blows were ex pected. Falgren’s continuous kill ing made it impossible for Norton to get across a ‘olting wallop and caused Billy to miss when seeming ly obvious openings presented them selves. Strait Outpoints Jepson After Harold Jepson, Minot 145 pounder, took the opening pround, Billy Strait, Grand Forks, came back to take the remaining three and gain the decision over the hardy, poker-faced shieger. It was Jep sons body blows that sent Strait back to his corner after the opening frame with inflamed ribs, but Strait fathomed Jepson's attack from the second round on the owine rights and lefts to the head and stopping Jepson’s body attack effectively. Strait had Jepson down for a four count in the fourth, during some fast and furious exchanges, with a hard right to the jaw. Bud Welling, Moorhead, piled up an early lead to outpoint Johnny Baker, Grand Forks, in four rounds at 125 pounds. Baker's tactics of pushing, shoving, and attempting si thinow his opponent allowed Buel to massage the Grand Forkshoy freely in the second and third rounds. Welling had an edge in the first, landing and then blocking Baker's blows effectively. Baker aotadly in the second while Walling added to his margin. Buel landed a terrific right to the head in the thir in a furious exchange ‘9 war pound, with Baker coming both Strong in the fourth to take the frame with an aggressive AGS n ‘hat kept Bud backing up ocu Sarat net “Fri. fe ear ate thy Shale). The bouts ott fer the seneduie Haavisto m i Mite able to appear. “¥ 7 Sn “pe a Jom OS GOUnGeDr, Sige gy GZPe,3t Hoe DAG? errs . Gat rod dittie Lereen. Pere Buen wk earned haa him = snade of Vr
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Moorhead Daily News
Moorhead, Minnesota, US
Wed, Jan 27, 1932
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