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. 4 ECKIS, WI Cupper Bob ‘line, Mass., went out in | was two ove coming in, 1 for 14 holes. In the of

* fifth round

Billy Picard and 16-year: of Montebell Junior cham the end of 15

KER-SMASH—Sugar lands a savage right in 10th. GONE—Turpin ends his trip to the mat of Mamaro ay . \ : : ‘ : licked Sam i oy JAUR OL DY the chin. He drove him into the bach and Jack Delaney set the Robinson, receiving 30 per Robinson, fighting flat-footed was 2 up at ie ° : . ropes with a barrage of hooks former record of $461,789 at cent of the net total, should to conserve his energy, ap- Dick Evans! NEW YORK, Sept. 13-——Sugar Ray Robinson said to- to the head. They came off the Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, in 1926. get about $250,000, and Turpin's peared somewhat faded from Frisna of 8 day it was “do or die” in the bloody 10th when he recap- I°oPeés and Robinson dropped 2» 25 per cent should approximate the “unbeatable” dancing mas- 1 up after r ’ him flat on his back with a ROBINSON ESTABLISHED $210,000. ter of former years. However, Spencer, Ne

tured the middleweight crown from Randy Turpin on a

technical knockout in their $1 million fight.

But he was

right to the jaw, for the count of nine.

When Randy rose groggily,

a new middleweight division

record for recapturing the title

Robinson was slightly ahead in the oflicial scoring when he achieved his 129th victory and

he apparently was stronger at i 157% pounds than hé had been i in London at 15415—a low

Charley: Coe and George were even. af

willing today to give the young ~ ST oa : in. f : weight he attributed to stale <F ~ Englishman a “rubber” shot at inson for the crown ‘at London SUSAr Ray tore into him with in 64 days, bettering the 80 re- pig 85th knockout in 182 pro- Yes Turpin registered 159 last pd son of Pittsh the titl on July 10. ’ a savage hooking attack to the quired by Stanley Ketchel to fessional fights. sign - B : Walker Cupp 44 > Although 23.year-old Rand Read that again drove him nt win it back from Billy Parke in a0 22 Be i Aurore, 0. ; . An dectritied crowq of Lt iy behind in id IS Se There SXubinson 1905. a TY Re REFEREE GOLDSTEIN had Tom opened his defense ! Blum of Mac 61.370 at the Polo Grounds saw general scoring, he had come on 130ded A wast 30 993 ith And Turpin's loss of the the fight even, going into the brilliantly by taking the first { Amarone Bi 31-year-old Robinson shoot the to win the 8th and 9th rounds, until the ‘helpless Briton finally crown in 64 days ranked second 10th round. He had scored four round after knocking Ray back : lea o¥e ps works in the 10th round, last and had reopened a deep gash jurched forward into the arms guickest in the history of all p.unas for each and one even onto his heels with two solid el., ne, > , arly . ivisions. Featherweight C - . : : night, saw him floor Randy in Robinson's left brow early of Referee Goldstein. divisions. Fea her waignt Cham However, Judge Harold Barnes rights to the chin, | AND THI for a count of nine, and then in the 10th : 2 uv» pion Eugene Criqui of France > 50; o But Robinson’s combination ! narpion: 10 ch help] The 10-stitch cut, which had IT WAS A dramatic ending had the shortest tenure. He won favored Sugar Ray, 5-3-1; and. g¢t40k to body and head earned : P r batter him into su 2 pl ess- been suffered originally in July to one of the most remarkable the 126-pound title from Johnny Judge Joe Agnello, leaned to- the second, third and fourth i i es 0 n ness on the ropes that Referee 4¢ 1ondon, was bleeding 80 pro- matches in ring history — an . Kilbane on June 2, 1923, and ward Turpin 5-4. The United Sessions, and gave Ray an even ed ih Ruby Goldstein stopped the fusely that the faces of both international fight that sold out lost it 54 days later to Johnny Press favored Robinson, 4-3-2. break in the fifth. Ray took the ogy atts bout at 2:52 of that session. ere smeared with blood when every seat from which the ac- GOING, GOING—Turpin starts to the canvas. Dufides, $ : Turpin, sulfering his third de.- SIXtR With a barrage and a a fourth-r : a. 8 the somewhat faded Harlem tion could be watche® and Promoter Norris ‘said total feat and second . TKO in 44 terrific right to the left kidney a The y 25. JUST WHEN Sugar Ray hotshot opened his terrific at- . turned away more than 10,000. 35000 and a gross gate of Schmeling attracted 70,000 to gross proceeds would be at least fonts was victim of the only that caused Randy to lift his vhiadered 1h launched His desperate assault tack. Many of the rejected stormed $400,000. But it drew 61,370 and their second bout. Last night's - $1,092,630. In addition to - tie knockdown last - night. How- left leg in pain. holes withot it seemed he would fail to win 8 #2 = the steel gates and $767,630. gate was the largest ever drawn $767,630 gate, movie rights ever, he almost went down in They fought on even terms par aiigist J back the 160-pound title from RAY STAGGERED the con- When last night's return bout The crowd was the largest by fighters weighing less than brought a minifhum guarantee the second session when a in the seventh; then Randy maroneck, - N the lad from Leamington, Eng- fident, powerful 23-year-old was signed, Promoter Jim Nor- for any fight anywhere since heavyweights in ring history. of $200,000, and the theater- right to the chin buckled his took command until he was attorney. . Ga land, who had outpointed Rob- Briton with a straight right to ris anticipated a crowd of 1938, when Joe Louis and Max . Light heavyweights Paul Berlen- television rights earned $25,000. knees. nailed in the 10th. champ, 2 and ® { - 8 e : Bg ® \ ‘I+ Was Do or Die When How the Officials Score 'l Thin ou ave won—lurpin Pore | . C E i Round 1 3 38 .4 3 6 5 8 9 i |. : “ also went d Bs Referee Goldstein .........R BR R R T E. T T T By MILTON RICHMAN ready to accept the rg¢feree's de-) “I was a little foggy there in round, losing He Cut WM E e pt Su ar Judge Barnes ...... cise B RR BR BR T RE T T United Phess Sports Writer icision as final.” the 10th round,” Turpin admit- of Dallas, 1 : * Like many others knocked out at the Polo Grounds,! The ex-champion from Leam- ted, “but I felt 1 could have sissippl Char {Judge Agnello ........ is.» BR BR BR T RB RB T To h 1 Randv Turpin took that long walk back t ington, England, who stripped Weathered the round. I was try- So Coe, 19 By OSCAR FRALEY | Key—R-Robinson, T-Turpin, E-Even. jaeavy- earted Randy Turpin took that long walk hack 0p 5 lon" of the title last July|ing to cover up, you know.” lahoma City, Tier tel Fits Frese Rav Robi Eo - (the clubhouse with head bowed and the bulk of his fight 19, only to reign 64 days be-| 2 8 =a a plucky com ey you again today hal Sugar hay hobinson : left somewhere in the vicinity of second base fore losing it last night, made] WHY DIDN'T you protect your 0., were the o : x . | $ 1 y . [= : 1 . , a. is the greatest puncher, pound for pound, in ring history,| X > 4.) | Sleek Sugar Ray Robinson, it little secret of how he felt about head during that rain of blows?” players amo . . . | 2 I a third meeting with the man he someone inquired of the 23-year- strangers. yet it wasn’t his knockout. power but savage fury and 10th Round |seems, hit one too many line. powed to only moments be- old ex-titleholder. George Vict raging fear which recaptured the middleweight crown from o | drives: and precisely at 2:52 of fore. | “Had I protected my head,” an- ‘his morning Britain's Randy Turpin. Behin eve an Blow-by-Blow the 10th round, the hazy bleary- ev = 'swered Turpin logically, “I would was matchec The lights lared brilliantly|noisy dressing room—one full of ROBINSON MISSED with left eyed Turpin was “taken out”| “I SHOULD like to fight him have Jeli iy. siomach sisgsed son, a portly down on the tiny patch of blood-/the excited sounds of surprised By CARL LUNDQUIST hooks, but Turpin landed a victim of a blistering barrage again, anytime or anywhere,” ral nh or RS | i spattered canvas in the Polo|defeat—the British strong boy United Press Sports Writer ht left to the face. Turpin and no longer the middleweight Turpi id s*iv . oLm amag a blow to A PAIR ds. But it was a finish insisted he wasn’t really hurt” ) h ch f ‘bod : tt {straight left to the face. P 0 g : gat Turpin said eagerly. Then, inthe stomach than he can do with year-old Bill i ped been anniY wring rut)... THERE'S NOT ruuch ¢hatice of anyniody Paying atterfisnded s hard right which bought nemigion of the world. |the next breath, he said somewhat a punch to the head.” fon, 8. C the darkness of some ancient/the round. But he couldn't tell| tion to baseball today after the big Ray Robinson-Randy blood to Robinson's right "eye. ® 3 =a wearily, “T've been fighting since] yy 3 am

| Turpin also was bleeding from his}. THERE WERE two rivulets of was se

ven years old and I think! FOLLOWING the technical

|what punches Robinson was land- Turpin fight, but this has to do with a couple of ball clubs

jungle. {left eye blood on Turpin’s face when he ; ; riearing exhaustion |ing in those final seconds. : | ye. 8 race I would like to quit next Septem- knockout, Turpin revealed, Robfo it 2 i g A 2 8 @ that don't have much chance anyway—the Red Sox and| gp uinson drove a series of finally reached his dressing Quar- pe, put I would not want to quit|inson sidled over and said to him, un strength ters, but it was the blood that nerore I beat Robinson again.” |“we’ll have a rematch in Lon-

jad SHuied from a cul over Rob-| so many newspapermen sur-|don.” aly ye oh ‘rounded Randy that his manager,| The fallen battler shook hands | ‘I lost to a good Sportsman,” bespectacled, moustached George with many. of his well-wishers, again “1 was hitting him with every-/do occur, just take a look at theiriyegterday, the Pirates defeated a left to the body. Turpin said as he sat relaxed on Middleton. frantically pleaded repeated his thanks for their : wn thing.” " |chances. The Red Sox picked up the Phillies, 8 to 6, as Ralph Kiner| F =» = a wooden rubbing table, “I think that his fighter be given a little thoughtfulness and assured them THERE WAS a snarl on the i ro) od Px jiréwis bs i Bume ye his 39th homer and drove in| TURPIN APPEARED to be an could have won but I am quite more room. all} “I shall be back.” ey | 8 8 een en-igoing out and winning a »four runs to go past the 100/but out. A right to the chin Sugar | u He Ee cased in leather mittens and a2 to 1, decision over the Tigers g B. I. total A the fifth straight|knocked Pi He rose at primeval in the way he clawed|Va8ue third party hadn’t been a/in 10 innings and they now tralliyear, while Max Surkont pitched the count of nine. Robinson bathis way forward. The thin shell shadowy reminder of progress league leading Cleveland ‘by 4} the Braves to a four-hit, 7 to 3|tered, Turpin against the ropes of civilization dropped away and ot Tan. cobmen Would games and the runner-up Yankees victory the Cubs. land, with Turpin helpless on the| pew strength cascaded into his| =." : by 3%. : 5 2 | In the one American League ropes. Referee Gousisin Stopped - : : i i i 2:52 en arms as he pounded ‘home a fusi Whether he still shas- that tre:| THE GIANTS didn't oven h game, Lefty Billy Pierce of the the fight at 52 of the lade of blows. It wasn’t one GIANTS didn't even have White Sox blanked the Senators round. punch, but mapy born of des-

mendous punch remains a ques-| peration, which did in Randy Tur-

deep him blood! NEITHER COULD Robinson. the Giants. | blows and staggered Turpin with Sec un and dgippea warmiy He simply rubbed the red stains] Still you can’t count ’em out. Indians play weakling Washing 1a hard right to the jaw. Turp in lon his once gleaming white satin| Things certainly went their way tonton in a night game. was forced to hang on. Robinson

tion. For Robinson won on the, tO flex one muscle to pick upon hits, 3 to 0, for his 13th vic-|

One Turpin Won

NEW “YORK, Sept. 13(UP) — Randy Turpin lost his middleweight championship to Ray Robinson at the Polo Grounds. But brother Jack Turpin, a lightweight, won his sixround preliminary over Joe Walmsley of New York by a decision.

oi fear and the fury buried under/half a game on the Dodgers. They tory. | Ra : everybody's veneer, and through|were rained out in St. Louis while : —ll So they stopped the fight, a/those savage seconds the kleig| : . 1 : Battle vilon es would BAVelLoe, savag Ti Bs he E|me sixth place Reds befriended Dick Bardy 4 Pins gone on until one man stayed|moon them and defeated the Brooks, down and still. Some feel the : 2 #2 =» 6 to-3, on Lloyd Merriman’s three- Away From 700 | ropes alone held Turpin upright. MILLIONS OF BRITONS set pan bile in fig Seven inning. Nineteen men bowlers got above! Others contend he was out on his|their alarm clocks and got out of (at 1eft Brooklyn 5% games =. ark last night but only! feet when Referee Ruby,Goldstein/bed at 3 a. m. to hear the BEC (0 £00d and kept their magic : 2 only halted Robinson’s merciless bar-laccount of the fight by cable. On, Pumber at 11, meaning that any three pin-spillers topped 650. rage at 2:52 of the 10th round. [the streets, the defeat of Turpin COMPination of 11 Dodget vic-| Dick Bardy was four pins short) # #4 was the leading topic of conver- LOT1eS and Giants defeats, clinches o¢ 700 on his 696 for Hammel's| IER, 1 the Imasisiem of sations Most fans were inclined 'N¢ £128: . 2: 7 ‘Lunch in the Holy Name Church s dressing room, nson|to think the fight should not have| | ‘Wi thought it was the ropes which|heen stopped ah thefr opin] THE GIANTS have to makejlS3Eue at Beech Grove. Alter a Money Winner

held his victim up, But he said it\jons were 3000 miles from the UP that rained-out game today in 277 opening game, Bardy dropped Citation finsihed in the money without conviction. facts ., . . Boxing observers felt the first half of an unprecedented to 196 and closed with 223. Other in 44 out of 45 races.

Sugar Ray had regained the Turpin was foolish not to back- {hree-team doubleheader at St.ponorg scores Bud Schoch’s 670) . eivilization he lost when Turpinipedal after opening Robinson’s/l-0uis. As soon as the Giants Mechanics Laundry in the Tel cut his left eyelid in the 10thiolq brow injury . . . London writ- Pull out after the afternoon game, | OF se Bn AUNAry n She ne roand. Now he was a man Wholers had this to say: Bill Mc- the Braves come in for a yegy-|Silanabolis Sassle 8} y% ghotps was tired to the point of exhaus-|Gowran of London News was larly scheduled night contest. 25 r on Fug oh or . tion, too listless, to more than convinced there are “two Robin-| That never happened before—but|2 er Pump at Speedway. barely smile. sons; Britt Smith of the London|there are some mighty strange

Patty Striebeck started her “It was do or die when he cut|Telenews, “Robinson had to get BOIngs-on in this flag race. string of annual 600’s by anchor- { The Red Sox have to be rate

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my eye,” Robinson murmured. “I him when he did. Robinson looked! fiad to shoot the gun.” " - {with more respect than the Giants ¥FoX-Hunt. ; . BY ary Eu. Jired and when ToEpin ent Mis o%¢) ecause they still have eight The Sunday Night Mixed INDIANA SERVICE RAY NEVER knew what hit{L {hought he had him, but in that © 50 10 ith the Yankees League at Antlers has openings SHOP

last round Robinson was mar- : velous; Norman Hurst of the 2nd two with Cleveland.

F Kemsley Newspapers, “This over, in their past two triumphs was a punch or a head butt he wasn’t the Turpin we saw beat they won the kind of games they|

shook his head ‘and grunted: |Robinson in London.” . . . Joe 8€nerally lose, cashing in on tight | §

“I couldn't say.” | | pitching. They mulled about him—Mayor| " iliams, {cripps-Howard writer, P 8 4 4 a saw no punch at close quarters!

i, ter, Eowspeper | when Robinson’s eye was cut. He| YESTERDAY, Lefty Bill Wight simply sat there. He was tires believes it may have been a. butt, Pitched. a four-hitter to top Lefty § and only he the ohn ‘who had ad gaa | Ted Gray in a 10-inning battle eome oul Of the bee Md JOE LOUIS at ringside com-|decided when old pro Johnny minutes earlier, knew how tough|mented, “Sure Ruby (Referee Pesky tripled and came home on| it had been. ~~ "6"|Ruby Goldstein) had to stop it. Clvde (Clutch Temp ribinig] 4 2 nn y. a) e | And across the hall, in another | What did they want? Murder?” | ‘Cort decision when Ted |B AT LEAST 33,000 TV-viewers Williams blasted a two-run single saw the fight in 13 theaters in 11/for a 4 to 3 finish, The Lyric Proudly Presents cities, Among the crowd turned| #0 | laway at Pittsburgh were Eddie, TODAY, THE Red Sox play] \Waitkus, Richie Ashburn and the Browns, the Yankees take on|

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