Show t. t TL T- T F J 4 h. h p L 1 fot o O 3 L I I I t WILLIE PEP WINS FEATHER TITLE Sal Sat Barbie Bartolo Boston tries to raise himself from the canvas can In Madison 1 Square Garden Friday night as Referee Ruby Goldstein raises his arms to Indi cate KO XO In twelfth round of world featherweight I championship bout At right is Willie Pep Pcp who I won WOD undisputed possession of title AP Willie Pep Kayos Bartolo To End Crown Dispute NEW V YORK June 8 UP TiP UP- Wee Vee Willie Pep the Hartford Phantom who became an explosive ex ex- plosive puncher in the army was undisputed world featherweight champion Saturday by virtue of a round knockout that sent Sal Bartolo of ot Boston to St. St Clares Clare's hospital with a fractured Jaw When they entered the ring Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day night to settle the year eight old title dispute before at Madison Square Garden Pep was recognized as champion by New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and affiliated states and Bartolo was the National Boxing associations association's pound king Pep ended the dispute decisively with a short right hook to the chin that dropped Bartolo flat on his back The little haired dark Italian Italian managed to roll over onto his side as Referee Ruby Goldstein counted him out at of the round A left jab and a following left leet hook had rocked Sal back onto his heels and set him up for the knockout punch Bartolo fought on even terms until the ninth round when he suffered a terrific battering that thai started him toward the second kayo Itayo of his career His nose bled bledso so profusely in the ninth that his handlers thought it had been broken He bled also from a gashed lower lip When he re returned returned re re- turned to his corner at the end endot of ot the ninth he said he thought his jaw had been broken But he continued to fight He absorbed considerable punishment in the and rounds rays X-rays at St. St Clares Clare's hospital disclosed a fracture of the Inferior Inferior inferior In maxillary bone on the lower left side of his jaw Dr Vincent a New York b box boxing o x I n g commission physician planned to operate on the jaw Saturday at St. St Clares Clare's where Bartolo remained overnight The gate was It was three strikes and out for Bartolo who had won the theN theN N B A version of the feather crown from Phil Terranova in 19 1914 In one of those bouts however however however how how- ever Pep defended his New York title which he had wrested from I Chalky Wright in 1942 It was his victory In professional proCessional starts wherein he lost a decision to Sammy Angott and was held to a draw by Jimmy McAllister whom he later Mocked knocked out Pep scaled pounds and Bartolo Bartolo Bartolo Bar Bar- tolo weighed tf |