The Archive · 1940

Armstrong Held to a Draw

Garcia Retains Title; Hollywood Stars Watch — Negro Swarm All Over Filipino. Champion Br Horny Molom

Los Angeles, Mar. 2.

/FTER ten rounds of savage slashing in which Henry Armstrong, Negro welterweight champion, carried the fight to his heavier opponent, Ceferino Garcia, Filipino world middleweight titleholder, the bout surprisingly ended in a draw at the Gilmore Stadium last night.

At the end of the ten-round battle, referee George Blake ducked out of the ring without giving a decision, which later was announced by the chairman of the California Boxing Commission, Jerry Geisler. The verdict of a draw was greeted without any demonstration; although the United: Press sports staff watching from the ringside awarded Armstrong six of the ten rounds, giving Garcia only two, with two even.

Blake, however, explained that h& had i fighters locking horns. The second saw Garcia move away and. from then on until the: seventh Garcia. was never really in the fight He. was blows, grunting and: snorting? lashed out with hooks, uppercuts and Mae West's Opinion Sensational Goalie in Action "NYDN" Photo.

Matnentt, brilliant goalkeeper for the Italian Navy, leaps high to clear a situation in yesterday's Tsz Ling Cup final, Left to right; Mainenti, Pigtione and Maerishel of Maccabi,

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