Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-08
THE WEST-DELUCCA
BOUT At CITY HALL
BIG DISAPPOINTMENT
But Other Friday Night Bouts
Are Good-In the Preliminary
Young Jack O'Brien Puts
Young Dostie Away in Short
Ordcr-In Semi-final Younr
Poulin Suffers Fractured Jaw
and Bout Is Called off

Augusta sports and others to the mum.
Der of about 500 went to City hall Fridar
evening in the full expectation Of seem,
one of the best bouts that Manager Slos.
berg has yet pulled off, and he has stage,
some good ones; but at the close of III,
exhibition they came away feeling thai
the light had been a tizzle. 1t was no,
Mr.. Slosberg's fault. however, for he en-.
gagged the boxers in good faith. and the
fault should be placed with the prime.
pals of the main bout. Chick West o,
liolyo}1e, Mass, and Patsey Delucca Of
Boston, for the exhibition which they
gave was certainly travesty on boxing
Nothing is intended to be said tha.
would in any way reflect upon the ability
of the two boxers for they are well
known as two of the cleverest weller.
weights in New England; but the con.
census of opinion last night was tina,
they had put one over on the sporting
public of this section. They were billed
to box two six-round bouts, and the fin,
bout had not progressed very far befor
it became aware to the audience that
the two were using more than the Gus
tomary amount of care to avoid hurting \
one another. Many of the blows did not \
land and some of those which did would (
not have been necessarily fatal to a fly.
Referee Kid Shea Of Halloweli, who Is /
himself familiar with the unwritten work
of the prize ring and who OBLIGATED last
evening in his usual satisfactory manner
and to whom in the third round of the
first bout it was very apparent that West
and Delucca were loafing and not putting
up the class of work which they had
agreed, cautioned them to fight, and tho
round ended in lively mixup in which
both showed what they could do. Blu.
this squirt was only temporary and they
soon relapsed into their hugging mood
and once more put the soft pedal on thei
blows. In the fifth round Referee Shea
again had to caution them, saying: III
you boys don't stop loving each othsS
will stop the bout" For the rest Of thiE
bout there was an occasional mixup thai
at times looked almost like real fighting |
The second bout was almost repet.
ton of the first. An amusing feature IA
connection with 1t was when Refert
Shea made the usual announcement thai
the boys having been examined by ply
sician and found to be all right, had cob
scented to go on for another bout, soml
disconnected member Of the audiene|
asked: "Why shouldn't they be all right
This bout proved a little more satisfae
tory than the first, inasmuch as durH|
| the last three rounds there were soma
| lively mixups, and some of those present
were of the opinion that If West haiI
started in early in the fight in the way aI
which he finished he would have been 81
winner.
Outside of the main bout. however. tn
| evenings card was good one. The prs
linn was between Young Jack O'Brien OIL
| Bangor and Kid Dostie Of Augusta and
it was lively while 1t lasted: but O'Brien
was at the beginning clearly the master
Of the other boy, both in cleverness and
strength. and in the second round he put
Dostie out after sending him twice h
the mat in quick succession.
The semi-final was also brought TO an
end before the allotted number Of rounds
/ had been traversed. This bout was BE-
tween Young Pooler Of Bangor and
| Young Poulin of Augusta, and was q
good one while it lasted. The boys sr
peared to be evenly matched, ALTHOUGH
! Pooler was cleverer than the Augusta
| boy, and the four rounds which wes
| Fought were dlVlded ABOUT evenly. pa
I at the end of the fourth 1t was found
| that Poulin was in distress and upon an
examination being made by physical
it was found that his jaw was fractured
| After the conclusion Of the evenings
card it was learned in regard to the
main bout that Manager Slosberg SPOKE
to the referee and asked him to stop tho
bout in the ninth round, but Mr.. Shea DID
not hear him and the fight went on 70
| the end.