LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 August 1939, Page 11

LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

AMBERS DEFEATS ARMSTRONG. [by cable —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] ’ NEW YORK, August 22. 1 Lou Ambers regained liglit--1 weight title by defeating Henry Arm- ’ strong on points in 15 rounds of wild slugging. Armstrong was penalised ’ in five rounds for punching low. ’ /I crowd of 35,000 saw one of the ' most gruelling brawls ever staged in ! Now York. Blood flowed freely from both long before the finish. There were no knock-downs. Although Ambers put up a great twofisted fight it is doubtful whether he would have become the first man in history to recapture the light-weight crown from the man who took it from him if Armstrong had not been penalised for fouls in the second, fifth, seventh, ninth and eleventh rounds. The men were in perfect shape when they weighed in. Armstrong scaled 9st. 91b. and Ambers 9st. B|lb. They greeted each other cordially. Armstrong said, “I heard you sing on the radio. You were swell.” Ambers said: “Your poetry is pretty good stuff, too, Henry.” Edie Walker, one of Armstrong’s advisers, knocked out a process-server who attempted to serve the champion with a judgment for 2752 dollars. Armstrong’s manager alleged after the bout that the title was stolen, and that one of the boxing commissioners stated before the fight that Armstrong would lose six rounds on fouls. Armstrong’s manager said that he would ask the State Governor to investigate the commission. Armstrong complained that Ambers continually stuck his thumbs in his eyes. Ambers’s manager announced that I he is not claiming the welter-weight I title.