New York, Nov. 26.
Al Weill, manager of Lou Ambers, former world lightweight champion, definitely rejected today the proposal made by Mike Jacobs, leading boxing promoter, thet the Ttalian-American scrapper meet—Henry Armstrong his conqueror, for the world bee Rad Sometime in February or "Armstrong won Ambers' lightweight title last August. We want a chance to regain the lightweight championship," Weill said, rejecting the offer made by Jacobs.
"We are mot interested in the welterweight proposition.
The manager of Ambers claimed that he had a verbal agreement with Eddie Mead, manager of Armstrong, under which the negro was to give Ambers a return bout for the lightweight championship.
Armstrong narrowly defeated the Italian-American in a furious slug-fest last August. Although the negro was given the decision, many thought "that Ambers deserved the verdict.
"The negro took his worst beating in three years of fighting at the rugged fists of Ambers. He suffered severe injuries to his eye and lip. His lip was so badly split that he was forced to. enter a hospital for medical treatment. The split lip required seventeen stitches.
In his fight against Garcia last night, Armstrong won convincingly, but he again suffered the same injury to his lip.—United Press, Santa Clara Lose Again San Francisco, Nov. 27.
Santa Clara's Bucking Broncos suffered their second defeat of the 1938 season today when a mediocre Detroit University eleven eked out a narrow 7-8 win over their Pacific Coast rivals.
Santa Clara, hailed as one of the best teams of the country prior to its defeat by St. Mary's, found itself tied down by a quick-smashing Detroit line and Coach Sham's famous Notre Dame style reverse and spinners were unable to gain the yardage usually chalked up.
The game was purely a defensive battle throughout, with neither of the teams—which feature the weak-side attack taught by Coach Knute Rockne in his hey-day at Notre Dame—able to muster decisive power outside of midfield.—United Press,
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