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Davey Vejar to Square Off Tonight Battle Ten Rounds In Stadium Ring RingDetroiter Detroiter May Rule Slight Favorite Over Eastern Foe In Scrap Between Welters WeltersThe The bout which could decide the next welterweight champion will be staged at the Chicago Stadium tonight It pits Chico Vejar and Chuck Davey a pair of young ¬ sters whose combined record reads 74 fights 72 wins 1 loss 1 draw and 46 knockouts knockoutsDavey Davey from Detroit is undefeated in 32 fights and has 22 knockouts He was held to one draw by Ross Virgo last summer in New Orleans Vejar hailing from Stam ¬ ford Conn has won 41 and lost 1 and has scored 24 knockouts knockoutsVejar Vejar has fought several main events in Madison Square Garden and is well known to all of the fight world since the bouts were sent coast to coast over the coaxial cable His most impressive victory was probably the one over Fitzie Pruden vet ¬ eran campaigner who defeated Tony Jan iro Pruden knocked Chico down in the first round but the young NYU student came back strong to win an impressive decision Vejar has been down several times in his career but has always been able to rise to the occasion occasionThe The DaveyVejar bout will be televised and broadcast over the Columbia network facilities starting at 900 pm CDT CDTDaveys Daveys best victory was his last one over Ike Williams a fiveround TKO at the Chicago Stadium on March 26 Davey made the veteran exchampion look like a preliminary boy as he danced around him and jabbed away until Ike was completely subdued Davey also holds victories over Chuck Taylor Danny Stepanovich and Joe Garza Stepanovich held Billy Graham to a close decision and has proven a top welterweight except for his meeting with Davey who won all 10 rounds roundsBattle Battle of the Brains BrainsThe The fight has been billed as the battle of the brains since both Davey and Vejar are college bred Davey holds a masters degree from Michigan State while Chico is studying dramatics at NYU It could be Vejars last fight for awhile since he is classified 1A and is expecting to be drafted after the semester closes next month monthDavey Davey a southpaw figures to have an edge over his 20yearold opponent because of his unorthodox style However Chico has been working out with southpaws and has looked impressive against them His chief sparmate has been Baby Face Jones a tpp ranking welter with a lefty stance stanceVejar Vejar claims he is growing so fast he will have trouble making the 150 contract weight However it is considered merely a way of needling the opposition since Chico has never weighted more than 149 for any fight fightDavey Davey has contracted to come in three pounds lighter at 147 and doesnt expect any trouble He weighed 146 Y2 Sunday and might go even lower lowerDavey Davey is 26 and a veteran of 96 amateur fights before turning pro Vejar is an alumnus of the CYO wars but had just a few amateur fights However he has had 10 more pro bouts than Davey although he is six years younger youngerAn An added attraction on the Wednesday card pits a pair of top lightweights in an eightrounder Virgil Akins No 3 light ¬ weight in the nation from St Louis will meet Dave Shade who has won seven of his last eight fights in Chicago ChicagoAkins Akins won one and lost one against Luther Rawlings the No 1 contender He took the fight with the hope of earning a rubber match with Rawlings and ultimately a shot at the 135 pound title Shades last victory in the Stadium was a victory over Sonny Luciano on the semiwindup here March 26 26The The complete card follows Chuck Davey vs Chico Vejar 10 rounds 150 pounds poundsVirgil Virgil Akins vs Dave Shade eight rounds 138 pounds poundsChuck Chuck Foster vs Bobby Lloys six rounds 150 pounds poundsToxie Toxie Hall vs George Powell six rounds heavyweights heavyweightsBobby Bobby Wells vs Joe Luedinski four rounds 162 pounds CHUCK DAVEY The clever Detroit Detroitwelterweight welterweight will trade punches with withChico Chico Vejar in a 10round windup bout boutat at the Chicago Stadium tonight
