A quarrel held up the fight a few minutes when Sam Pian and Art Winch,. Ross' managers, objected to Arthur Donovan acting as the re-
They objected on the bases that in the second Ross-McLarnin fight for the welter crown in 1934, Donovan in the split decision voted against tinue much longer.
But Ross in the 12th was gamer than ever as he attempted to stand up and slug.
He fought instinctively and never permitted Armstrong to floor him, even in the closing rounds when he rocked under the negro's barrages.
Sometimes he flurried feebly, landing ineffectively to the body but in Going so helping to stave off further charges.
The former newsboy, however. kept his record of never having been knocked out nor a loser via the technical knockout route in eight years of fighting.
This determination to keep on his feet and lose without having his record marred was one of the factors why Referee Donovan did not halt ihe bout before the end.
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