The Archive · 1938

VINES STRETCHES.LEAD TO FOUR MATCHES

Phoenix, Feb. 9.

Ellsworth Vines again stretched his lead to four matches over Fred Perry in their second annual dual professional tennis championship series io-day when he trimmed the great English. here in three sets, 2-8, 6-4, United Press, Chuck Haines, lb. knocked out Gaspar Allessandri, 1 1b. in the third round.

Kol Usefovich, 132 won on a technical knockout in the fifth round from, Joe Clara, 13% 1b.

Lojnikatt, 144 15.

"Petey" Hayes, 144 Ib. decisioned Paul ko de Stefano, 149 lb., won on a technical knockout in the fourth round from Kostia Levchenko, 149 1b.

Peter Lojnikoff, 149 Ib., decisioned San Private Korobkof, 149 1 technical knockout in the sócond round val l 149 1b. we from " M8 w. sone a Feather Champion Scores His 31st Knockout San Francisco, Feb. 10.

Henry Armstrong, negro world featherweight champion, used Al Citrine, local lightweight, as a pund ing bag for three rounds before winning on a technical knockout in the fourth round.

The local scrapper. was a mere chopping block for the lethal-fisted negro, but he revealed unusual fighting courage and earned almost as big a hand as the champion-Citrine was felled thirteen times but refused to have the fatal count tolled over him. He kept coming up each time, more groggy, weaker and more bruised than on the previous occasion.

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