Sagilio Knocks Out Lou Jallos in Third Round
FIGHT DECISIONS
January 5, 1935
Frankie Sagilio knocked out Lou Jallos in 3; Fred Caserio beat Jack Chaves in 6; Al Latie beat Denny Mack in 4; Lou Vine beat Hughie Allen in 4, and Bus Breese and Orville Drouillard drew in 8, at Cicero Stadium.
Frank Sagilio, Chicago, opened Promoter Billy Cepak’s Cicero Stadium last night with a three-round technical knockout over Lou Jallos, Cleveland lightweight. Referee Tommy Gilmore called the fight, a scheduled ten-rounder, in the third round after Frankie had floored Jallos five times in the first three rounds.
Bus Breese and Orville Drouillard, lightweights, fought an eight-round draw in the semi-windup and Fred Caserio, former amateur champion, won his fourth straight professional fight in beating Jack Charvez in a six-rounder. Danny Mack lost a four-round decision to Al Latie and Lou Vine whipped Hughie Allen in four rounds, at 135 pounds, to complete the card.
Frankie Sagilio Stops Howell
Italian Welter Puts Foe to sleep in sixth at Marigold
By Harry MacNamara
April 20, 1937
Frankie Sagilio, heavy-hitting Cicero Italian welterweight, ruined Tommy Howell’s debut as a windup performer by scoring a spectacular knockout over the Danville, Ill., redhead in the sixth round of their scheduled eight-round main event of Promoter Irving Schoenwald’s boxing show at the Marigold Arena last night.
Sagilio stretched Howell for a full count with a cruel, swinging left hook to the body, which followed a heavy tow-handed barrage to the same spot. The action was a bit tamer previous to the sixth round, even though Sagilio did drop Howell for no count in round two with a right cross to the chops.
In the sixth both warriors were on the floor before Sagilio delivered his winning left hook. Howell dropped Sagilio first with a short right to the jaw. Sagilio came up off the floor without bothering to take a count and blasted Howell to the canvas with a left hook blast to the chin. When Howell came up Sagilio piled in on him and sent a weakening two-handed volley to the body. Then he stepped back and ended the brawl with a terrific left hook to the body.
Art Oliver, Chicago Negro heavy-weight, punched out an eight-round decision victory over Bernie Bowman, Chicago fat-boy in the semi-windup.
Sagilio K.O.’s Gizzy; Vlk Wins in 7th
BY CLAIR KELLY
October 10, 1934
Benney Lonard, Bud Taylor, Tony Canzoneri, Harry Dublinsky, King Levinsky and Davey Day, who know a fight when they see one, saw a couple to thrill their gladiatorial senses at the Coliseum last night on the occasion of Old Maestro Jim Mullen’s return to the arena in which he was lord and master in boxing’s better days here.
They saw Frankie Sagilio put the chill on Battling Gizzy, Pittsburgh lightweight, with a single perfect punch in the second round and then watched a gifted and game kid named Eddie Vlk overcome a tricky visitor, Young Joe Firpo of Philadelphia, to batter and wound him until a towel of truce came floating in form the latter’s corner late in the seventh round. Here was a fight to compare with the most nerve-tingling Mullen has ever staged in the historic S. Wabash av. amphitheater, and the Old Maestro himself had a Belasco smile as he watched his production from a ringside seat.
PUNCH OF SAGILIO.
Making his first fight since his sensational knockdown battle with Day in July, Sagilio once more-perhaps more than ever before-showed what a devastating hitter he can be. The block-faced Gizzy was an elusive target who kept looping right-hand blows on the Cicero Italian as he jumped out of the latter’s range, but Sagilio took his time and finally brought up a left hook inside one of the easterner’s swings.
Falling flat on his back, the best Gizzy could do was to lift his quivering frame a few inches until it rested on his elbows while Referee Dave Barry intoned the ten count. Gizzy still dizzy, reeled and fell into the ropes after regaining his feet. Sagilio came in at 139 pounds, with Gizzy 188%.
After going to a big lead in the first three rounds, twice dropping his foe with smart left hooks, Vlk, in the fourth heat, caught a right smash on the chin, a blow which Firpo had trickily planned, and nearly lost the fight. Firpo, getting this unexpected break, was cunning at keeping the startled Cicero youth pinned to the ropes while he battered him and near the end of the round he floored him for a nine count, the bell really saving the youngster.
START ALL OVER.
It then became a new fight and in the sixth, even while still being outboxed and outscored by Vlk. Firpo nailed the former again and deposited him over the lower rope for a nine count. With the crowd on its feet when they resumed firing in the seventh, the Bohemian opened a nasty cut over Firpo’s right eye, dumped him with a left hook-the latter turning a backward somersault when he fell-and belabored him until his corner men lofted the towel. Firpo blood-spattered, was scarcely able to defend himself.
The crowd of better than 2,000, yielding a gross gate reported as $3,000, saw what would be a fair-to-middling boxing stable just before the Sagilio-Gizzy fight when Leonard Canzoneri, Taylor, Dublinsky, Day were introduced from the ring.
Little Pal, hard-fighting Indiana Harbor featherweight, drew the decision and an approving handshake from Benny Leonard after a tough six-round belting bee with Davey White of the North Side, while Freddie Caserio, ex-amateur middle-weight champ, made his pro debut by stopping Freddie Wagner in two rounds.
SAGILIO DOES ALL HIS FIGHTING HERE, BUT MAKES MONEY
1935
The golden harvest in the boxing game is plentiful for the fighter who brings a road from the crowd. Frankie Sagilio , who clashed with Young Joe Firpo at the Cicero stadium Friday night, didn’t even step outside of Chicago and its suburbs during 1934, yet he drew about $40,000 through the turnstiles.
Frankie drew more than $29,000 in two fights with Davey Day. He grossed $3,000 with Battling Grizzy. Seven other fights made up the balance of the $40,000. Leo Rodak also found it profitable to stay here. Leo boxed only once out of Chicago.