Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-01-25 | Page 13 | Billy Knows When Its' Tiem to Quit

ILLY KNOWS WHEN ITS IT'S TIME TO QUIT TROLLE WILL RETIRE AFTER OSS LOSS TO ROSS ROSSe t Thousand Customers Are e Turned Away at Bout Boutin in Gotham Cotham Ring RingBy r By Dy JACK CUDDY United Press Fress Sports Writer EW W YORK Jan 25 That 25 That liter of a lightweight champion ney Ross today s stood out a as un un- challenger for or the welterweight welter welter- w weight eight ight crown He smashed Into the teller lter throne thron room roin last night when att red game old Billy to retirement ever a man knew he was licked was the ancient Fargo Farlo Express at atI atle le I end of af ten rounds in the thc More than saw the In descend on a glorious fighting lighting r er It was a significant battle batUc It boost boost- 1 l Ross to a new pinnacle It marked job ii for It proved that the dead Light fight game in New fork rork was indeed a lively corpse as 1800 potential customers were turned way J Badly Battered Sitting on cit a rubbing board in his I Ir ing room room both both eyes ees swollen urple lips puffed and bleeding bleeding Pc Pe- Pe r rolle lie announced that he was hang- hang ng up his gloves for good His bruised Ice ice ace achieved a rueful smile in re re- about Ross' Ross abil- abil n flying iy-Ing to a question y Did you ever see a dream fight fight- 11 ig ag 7 he asked Well I did that did that is hen Barney didn't didn t have that left Il love ve In front of ot m my face ace That boy is marvel arvet Could have beaten him a uple of years ago He didn't know l lut the uthe he did know he was too old to toight ight ht any more He didn't tent t to take the customers' customers money ider- ider fa false pretenses He couldn't lye Ive vethem them a run for their money So was was was' going home to Duluth and be beI I business man Ross oss and his managers Sam Sara Pian Plan ad nd Art Winch were jubilant Plan Pian lid id he would start gunning in earnest tr K Ir a crack at Jimmy 1 und im title He said he would guar guar- tee alee Ross loss was virtually unmarked He Heron Hel ron ron eight of ot the ten rounds The sixth MS s 3 even and desperate illy lly y won the ninth I Ross ss won a close decision over Lily Illy at Chicago last ast March Mimed then that scaling down doWIl to bunds had weakened him Last night te Express scaled 2 1 Ross 86 6 3 Barneys Barney's pound title was wast ot t at stake The champion not only tr but he outfought him He Head Head Head ad the better of almost every ex ex- hange driving the veteran across 10 ring time and again gs egg were gone His heart was there and his punch las ras there but his feet couldn't bring Im irn into hitting hitting range More than saw the fight Of paid a total of 20