Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-09 | Page 10 | Apostoli Defeats Champ Babe Risko

Apostoli Defeats Champ Babe lUsko SAN FRANCISCO May 9 Ui P- PHard Hard punching Freddie Apostoli Apostoll San Francisco's battling bellhop Is Isa Isa isa a long step closer to his long long- awaited crack at the middleweight title today after hIs after his brilliant victory over Worlds World's Champion Eddie Eddie Babe by a 10 round 10 round de de- de- de cislon The San Franciscan had had on the defense during almost all of their their- bout here last night and made the champion show so 80 poorly poorly- fans booed him much of ot the time clinched frequently His title was not at stake I It was the tho New Yorkers Yorker's ers er's second I defeat on the coast having lost a recent decision to Freddie Steele at Seattle A 2 to 1 favorite Apostoli who two years ago held the tho national amateur middleweight championship champion champion- ship fully justified the odds by his hla clever boxing and aggressIveness Apostoll Apostoli weighed