Armstrong Blandly Tells How Public Was Deceived Unions Far Behind in Final Period To Postpone World Title Bout Against Garcia Rallying in the second half, the Los-Angeles, Dec. 22.
U.S. Marine Reds scored a comfort-IRY. Armstrong, negro world lightweight and welterweight able victory over the Union Basketball Team at the Foreign YM.C.A.
champion, today made a sensational revelation that lack of last night in the Invitation League condition and not an injured back forced him to postpone his by a score 40-28. The "Leather-fight with Ceferino Garcia, Filipino welterweight, for three weeks necks" underestimated their op. ponents and started weakly to trail last month.
The muscular little negro blandly told reporters that by 18-17 at half-time. he sought a postponement not because It any back injury, as Sargent and Wilde led a strong announced, but because he was not in good enough condition to attack after the interval Their defend his title, won from Barney Ross. "When I wound up efforts in breaking into the Chinese defence succeeded and before the training, I was not in good condition," he said. "My manager third quarter of the game was over knew it.
So did the sports writers, so I took a couple of good, the service: team had gained a lead heavy falls in front of witnesses. of seven points. The Unions fought hard in an attempt to regain the Armstrong's reference to the falls advantage but the Marines were un-
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