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iffNichols*.HJI 1 II 14•ft*■W JU'V!DecisionFrom Burns In Big Fight■'»» ■« MWith' two decisions, arte Hut which was declared “no contest/* and the semi-final a knockout,George “Johnny” Nichols, formerSanduaUian now fighting In themiddleweight division out of But* ,falo, earned a ten round decision over Chuck Bums, styled thes9San Antonio Socker, in the wfcin-go of the season's last outdoor boxing card offered at Esmond Athletic. Park Thursday evening.Weather conditions were ideal for the bout with topcoats in vogue among the hundreds of spectators who followed the bout from withinthe circle of the ring’s glaring lights.The evening’s chili added a pep and• • /zest to the fight.It was Nichols’ bout from the start of round one until the final gong was sounded. It was Nichols leading in with a tatto to Burns' stomach and/a right to the head.Burns seemed to be holding his right in readiness to put over the right punch but held it in check for at least nine of the ten rounds, using it but few timea.Nichols succeeded in backing the San Antonio Soeker into the ropes from time to time to keep up his steady pounding of Burns’ body, but Chuck assimilated all Nichols could give. Nichols was landing the blows whioh seemed to have no effect on the armor plated Burns.It was a better bout than some weeks ago at the same place when Nichals took a win over Jack McVey,Although the crowd was much smaller. Biirns put up a much better fight than did MeVey and making Nichols press the fight trom the start.Burns was ever on his guard with Nichols forced to lunge in to lead the battle. George Moore of Fremont handled the main-go.The six-round semi-final bout ended in the second with Jackie Danner of Toledo, flashy eolpretl boxer, winning by a knockout over ’’Billie” Sprlnks of ‘Whitehouse, O. Sprinks was floorod twice in the first round, and was once in the second before wilting for the count of ten to lose the bout. Danner leads with a mighty right and punched Sprinks to sleep. George Moore nandled this bout andboth fighter* weighed in at 105pounds*In a scheduled four round preliminary between Richard Wallace of Tiffin and “Peaches’* Corrigan of Norwalk, Referee Andres declared it “nocontest.”Howard Hyte. frostdria, took the decision over “Young** Keaton, Sandusky, in their four round preliminary at-148 pounds. Hyte suffered a bad cracked ear in tho second round and bled profusely. Their first round was even, Keaton to give up fightingin the second and went down to thefloor half from blows and half for self preservation, Ralph Andres refereed this bout,Evo Mazza lost the first four round preliminary of the evening to Tony Yalenti, of Tiffin. Mazza took the first round, Valenti to tak* the second and third, the fourth and fimil round to be halved. Both fighters weighed in at 124 pounds. This bout was handled by George Moore;In a feature between two “stamp-weights,” Henry Sallee and Walter Lazzara, both of Sandusky, set a fast and furious pace for two rounds. Thisbout was out of (he ordinary and wellreceived by fans. f■*“rBEREA, Oct. 2-^-Eight veterans are scheduled to appear In. the Bald-win-Wallace lineup when the Bereaschool meetslt;-£ase in Cleveland tomorrow. Two. sophomores apd a member of last year’s second string eleven appear to have made the varsity. Coach Ray Watte is shaping an aerial defense to cope with the scientists' overhead game,Attention BowlersSee the NowPLYMOUTH CARTo 15s Given A ay AtBOGERT’S RECREATION ALLEYSBowling, BilliardsNoon Until MidnightSeitz RecreationStato Ther.tro BuildingI
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Sandusky Star Journal
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Fri, Oct 02, 1931
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