| Show HENRY HENRYy GIVEN t 8 5 EDGE OVER LOt LOI Critics Discount Odds With Hard Bloody Bout BoutI I Anticipated at Garden By Dr HARRY FERGUSON FERGUSpN f NEW YORK Aug 22 UP go again f UP They go tonight amidst a Splatter of blood and crunching of bones Henry bones Henry Armstrong andou and I Lou ou Ambers Amber the toughest touches pair nair of little fellows on earth Title Rivals I Henry Armstrong risks world lightweight title in bout with 4 t Lou Ambers former fonner champion dethroned by Hank 1 They go for lor the lightweight I championship of the world and the odds odd stand 8 to 5 In favor lavor of Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- Armstrong strong but let this thu be fair laIr warnIng warn- warn Jag Ing ng that betting on this one is like laying your money on whether whether-a a saw buzz can lick a trip Greatest light The moon that will wUl come riding up the sky o over oer er Yankee stadium at 10 o'clock tonight probably will shine down on the greatest lightweIght lightweight light light- weIght fight tIght since Benny Denny Leonard and Lew sent the spectators spectators' tots tots' ors hearts popping Into their throats on a June ever evening ng In 1923 J I The boys are ready and they're razor sharp Both of them have hearts as big as balloons hearts that hat send them In swinging and jabbing when when- the brain brainis is paralyzed paralyzed para- para by punches They know each others other's style for a year ago Arm Arm- strong took the title from rom Ambers by the thinnest whisper of ot a decision decision decision de de- de- de In Madison Square Garden bowl owl on Long Island Armstrongs Armstrong's victory a year ago agos Is s the chief reas reason n why the odds favor avor him at 8 S to 5 No one who was vu in the Garden bowl that night vill ever forget what he saw as the brawl drew toward its bloody close Armstrong the little negro who comes as close to perpetual motion as any human can kept moving mo In and pumping punches Amb Ambers rs back against the ropes darted lefts and rights to the jaw until it seemed that he couldn't lift his arms for th the next one There was a curious bobbing going go going gong go- go ing ng on around Armstrongs Armstrong's Adams Adam's apple and the next day it came caine out that he had swallowed a quart of his own gore for fear that If It he spit It out the referee would stop the fight Ambers the Strongest Armstrong got the decision but Ambers was the stronger at the end Henry the Hammer in fact was fighting in a fog for lor the last two wo rounds and was so dazed that he le went to the wrong corner after the bout The 12 months that have gone goney by y since then have given both boys plenty of action Ambers who struck a blow that caused the death of ot Tony in a bout boutIn In n 1936 has conquered the nightmare nightmare nightmare night night- mare of that tragedy and once more is punching hard and clean- clean trying for knockouts instead of points Armstrong conies comes into the ring Ing tonight after a busy season here and in Europe where he brought rought his string of consecutive victories up to 46 During that string lie Jie has fought sought em all featherweights lightweights and welterweights has has become the first man eVer toehold the title in three divisions simultaneously and has been called the greatest fighter pound for lor pound who ever lived But during that victorious string he also has submitted his hands to terrific punishment and those two busy little fists are the question ques ques- tion marks In tonight's bout If It they hold up Armstrongs Armstrong's chances are good if It a a. bone snaps somewhere somewhere some some- somewhere where along the line Henry probably probably ably will take the licking of his life Fists Damaged Armstrong has done everything possible to repair the damage done by slamming his fists against too many skulls in too many fights He has had them treated by doctors here and in Paris and has soaked them in healing mud He believes they are good for at least one more battering lettering and that battering comes tonight It Is stipulated li In th the contract that Armstrong Armstrongs welterweight title shall not be beat at stake In this bout However 1 If Ambers wins he must challenge the for welterweight welterweight welterweight welter welter- weight title within 60 days daS There is more betting than on any recent fight light Including the Louls-Galento Louls bout Al Jolson a red hot Armstrong fan has to lay Jay on Henry and has got plenty of it up Lou Holtz Hoitz the actor put against on Armstong and Dick Merrill aviator Is reported re reported re- re I ported to have placed against 2000 that Armstrong wins |
