Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-16
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I. .F|STIC CONTEST
Fans Treated to Plenty of Action
in All the Bouts at City Hall
Wednesday Evening Fight
ing Was Clean and Crowd
Satisfied

Before a crowd of about 700 local and
outside fight followers. Manager Harry
Slosberg on Wednesday night staged an
exhibition at City hall that will go down
in the annals of Maine fight history as
one of the topnotchers Of all time
The chief attraction. was the mix be-
tween Wild Bill Fleming Of Old Town
and Patsy Delucca of Boston, and it Is
putting it very mildly to say that 1t was
some fight" for these two boxers are
both veterans at the game and were so
evenly matched that it would be hard to
pick the better man.
Fleming the Aggressor
The first round was fast and clearly
fought both the boys starting with a
rush. Having fought before, they wasted
no time in feeling each other ont. Flem-
Ing took the aggressive and did most of
the leading throughout the mill In the
second round Bill landed blow that was
unintentionally bit too low, but it was
not serious for in the third and fourth
his man came back strong and kept the
Wild man very. very busy and on his
toes all the way. starting his nose and
landing stiff left hooks to head and stom-
ach. Especially in the fourth round De-
lucca had Bill worried. After that the
honors were pretty even and Fleming
proved himself a cool, heady boxer who
can land wicked slashng hooks and staos
from any position he may be in. Most of
his leads were followed by flashing back
handed blows that often caught his man
unguarded. and he played on Delucca's
kidneys continually throughout the fight
A Ripping Preliminary 81
The fifth and sixth rounds were so
even that no one could pick a favorite
the friends of both boys feeling sure thar
their man was the better. Following the
close of the first main bout the prelimi-
nary between Young Pooler of Bangor
and Kid Sullivan was put on and proved
good enough for a main bout in itself
These boys were the real goods in the ~,
class, no stalling or clinching attending
their mix. Pooler appeared to be slight
ly the clevered of the pair, but the reason
may have been his sunny smile, which
he kept throughout the battle. even after
Sullivan started his nose and lips flowing
in the fourth round. In the fifth and
sixth Pooler had the better of the argu-
ment. but at the close of the bout the
boys did not consider that either owed
the other a thing.
Second Set Faster ~ -.
When the smoke of this skirmish had
slightly lifted the main battle reopened
and Delucca and Wild Bill came togeth-
er in the middle of the ring with a rush,
hooks. jabs and stiff wallops being ex-
changed in rapid succession ON both
sides. :. A lot Of clever intighting was.slone
in this round, Fleming still hammering
away at his mans kidneys and Delucca
coming back at him with an elegant as
/ sortment of uppercuts and fast hooks
and crosses that kept the Old Town net
busy all the while. The first and second
rounds of the second series were pretty
even and the third was fast and we'll
matched, Fleming using his open style
and aggressive leads while Delucca used
the crouch style with plentiful uppercut-
ting, some of which landed heavily on
| Bills breakbasket but did not seem to
disturb him to any extent The 10th
round was all Delucca's He landed five
| or six stiff left jabs to Flemings law
and head, but both were strong at the
bell and the last two rounds went the
other way. Wild Bill savagely following
up his man. showering a hail of slashes.
hooks and ripping uppercuts on Delucca,
VINO Fought back with all kinds of class.
speed and gameness. At the bell both
boys were in good shape and the SUPPORT
ers and admirers of both considered their
favorite to be the better man. Anyone
who saw this fight could not be kent
away from the hall should they meet here
again. for these boys proved themselves
J to be pair of fistc scientists of a high
order.
| Inter- City Match
The preliminary that was put up by
Young Corbin Of Hallowell and Red
McDonough of Gardiner was in a class
by itself, Corbin being shorter than
McDonough by several inches. but
right there with the wallops that
count. McDonOugh is a cool, calculat-
ing fist artist. swapping his blows down
/ from all points, while his opponent
fights up from the crouch, upper cut
ting often with good effect. 1t was a
fast, clearly fought scrap from the tap
of the first bell to the last Of the mix.
In the last round McDonough threw
Corbin heavily, but it was not done
purposely and did not injure his man
at all. These two boys would be suffi-
cient to draw a crowd here at any
time, the fans approaching their class
! of work.
The Paper Weights
| The 'prelim'' in which Kid May of
Augusta and Kid Barney Of Hallowell
put up their mitts was pretty clever
exhibition, worthy Of the rest Of the
evenings sport. This pair of l05
Founders went four slashing rounds.
Mayo being the favorite by very
small margin. Kid Mayo fought mostly
on the defensive, using a snappy right
uppercut that bothered Barney quite
some. and at the close of the fourth
round no one could have predicted with
any accuracy the result of longer ar
gument between these two.
That the local fight fans do not for
get their favorites was evidenced when
! the appearance in the squared circle Of
Tommy Bergin, at one time a familiar
! figure in local boxing shows, was greet
ed with a generous shower of silver