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Show Hostak and Armstrong Quickly Put Foes Down M Wins in 81 Seconds; Bouts Swell Fund for Children By LARKT HAUCK CLEVELAND, Dee. 1? CSV-Today la Henry: Armstrong's, 27th birthday and tha world's waiter-weight waiter-weight boxing champion has something some-thing to celebrate,' ' ,'.''' ' Last night Henry, returned t tha form that won him his big following and tha nickname "Ham-merln' "Ham-merln' Hank'r as ha pounded Jimmy Jim-my Garrison of Kansas City to the floor In the seventh round for a technical knockout Celebrating without a birthday Is Al Hostak tha Seattle slugger, who retained his world's middleweight middle-weight crown by flattening Eric Seellg of New York In tha first round, i Tha Armstrong and Hostak bouts topped tha 14th annual Cleveland i Mt(Horo ' r . - f - y .At - , ; j- . - i - - - - i 1 ii i i i ri ri i n i i ii in ii sjhi News Christmas show that attracted attract-ed 10,988 fans, grossed I28,57 and dumped approximately 10,000 Into a toy shop fund. , Get W armed I'p , Garrison held Annstrongfalrly their scheduled 10-round title bout with Jabbing lefts. But tha negro UtllsU ' who called oft a champion-hin champion-hin hmit la Nawr York with Lau Jimmy Garrison, Kansas City challenger lor Henry Armstrong's welterweight title, put up n game battla for tha first six rounds Monday night in their scheduled 10-round bout at Cleveland Cleve-land before succumbing to Henry's vicious attack in the seventh round. Referee Benny Leonard, former champion, stepped between Armstrong and the fallen Garrison in the seventh round to award the fight to Henry en a technical knockout. Ambers only December 1 because of a cold, aeemad to warm up after that and gave the Missourlan a bad beating. i By the sixth he had drawn blood from both Garrison's eyes. In the seventh he dropped Jimmy wttn a right for a nine and then waded in with both hands as Garrison arose. Jimmy went down again at 1:19 and Referee Benny Leonard Leon-ard aaid "enough." After the bout Leonard, former lightweight champion, aaid: "Tonight "To-night Henry looked Ilka the Armstrong Arm-strong of old. the boy that had New York talking year or so ago. That rest did him world of good. He's definitely back on top." . Said Armstrong: "It - took couple of rounds to work out tha rest of that cold. Tha right that floored Carriaon waa aa good a punch as I've ever thrown." "He's (Armstrong) the greatest fighter In the . world," Garrison, never before knocked out, declared. Armstrong weighed 138 It and Garrison Gar-rison 14L Quick Kneeaaut Hostak, the National Boxing as-1 soctatton champion, made his first appearance east ofths Mississippi an Impressive one by knocking out Seellg In 1:21 of their scheduled lS-rounder. H blasted Erie to tha canvas tor nine with a left hook to the Jaw and then down for keeps with a flurry of lefts and rights. In the dressing room Seellg termed the westerner "the hardest hard-est puncher I aver faced." Hostak limbered up a slightly swollen left hand and said boyishly: "His Jaw sure waa tough." Hostak weighed 159 and Seellg 1(0. Manager Eddie Mead said Armstrong's Arm-strong's next fight would be against Pedro Montanes of Puerto Rico In New York January 24. .. :( cv ' ' - -d UDtiHSlTf sV " ... - , as a. m ii' i v - . .,. Whatever dreams Erie Seelif of New York may have had of upsetting Al Hostak Monday night at Cleveland and taking his mlddlewelgt crown received a rude setback as the champion scored a decisive knockout in less than twe minutes of the first round. Seellg took the count as Hostak waited eagerly for him to get up and take soma more punishment. ins new zora state auueuc commission has threatened to consider con-sider Armstrong's suspension for fighting here alter a board warning warn-ing to rest In lieu of his failure to meet Ambers, the lightweight king. About this. Mead commented: com-mented: "What can they do? It was for charity, wasn't It? What do they caret He won." |