Bapney Ross, welterweight champion, outpointed Ceferino Garcia, of the Philippines; Lou Arhbers, lightweight champion, outpointed Pedro Montanez, of Puerto Rica; and Harry Jeffra, of Baltimore, outpointed Sixto Escobar, the holder.
Despite his victory to-day, Apostoli will have to meet and defeat Freddie Steele to become undisputed king of his division.
The most interested spectators to-. day were Tommy Farr, the British and Empire heavyweight charhpion, and his recent conqueror, Joe Louis. Both were introduced from the ring and shook hands before resuming their seats. the Feferee to stop the fight in the 44th second of the tenth round.
Barney Ross wen ten of the fifteen rounds in his contest against Garcia, who was, however, handicapped from the sixth round by a gash in his left eye. The Filipino finished the bout with his face a mask of blood.
The defeat of Montanez by Ambers was his first setback in the United States. Apparently he felt the effects of getting down to the weight. It was an uninspiring sparring duel. The Puerto Rican suffered from small cuts in both eyes, while Ambers was unmarked.
Jeffra, who is Jack Demesey's pro-toge, sent over telling lefts constantly to Escobar's right eye, which was cut in the seventh round. After that, Jeffra played-on the injury—Reuter.
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