The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-07
Derby lightweight Stops New Haven Star-Local Boxers Make a Good Showing in Derby.
By ROGER FERRI.

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 whom the lightweight champion put into slurnber land, Is no longer a con- tender for any title. His ring days arc over and he will not quietly roam about New Haven in search of a tob-an everyday position. And with the virtual passing of Chic Brown, one of tho best boxing cards ever developed fin New Haven bids
 goodbye to the followers of the rtng sport
 And all this has been forced to come about through the efforts or Pete Hartley of this city, last night, at the Sterling theatre here. Pete, who has been living here for but a few months, today is the equivalent to the mayor, for his feat of cleanly knocking out Brown Tn the 10th round had been considered an inn possibility. But Hartley accom- pIishcd the feat-accompIished IL so cleaniy and well that there was doubt among tho fans. even Chic's dearest friends, that it was right smart. snappy, speedy and steamy right hook that planted itself square Iy and with full fOrco on the New Mavener'a lower maxiliary.
 Pete Hartley could have probably beaben tho best in this section at his weight last night IL has been a long, long while since he looked bot ter. Surely, the writer has never soen him box 10 better advantage and with more confidence. His punches were Of the clean-cut fash ion and backed with tremendous steam. The New Havenor tried his darndest to offset this determined aggresston of the local lightweight, .y1 4.,fr
 Chlc's defeat came as a big sur prise to his many admirers and par ticularly to Lew Brown, his maDaE- CT. It was Lew who brought the New Havener up the ladder of fame from a mere preliminary boxer to the champion of the state. To Lew the defeat ta. of his man came as a blow. for he had been planning a new campaign for his scrappcr.
 The show. which was promoted by Mike Neary. was a pugilistic success, but financially it was 8 failure. There were only about 400 people in the Sterling thcatee where the bouts were fought and of that number less than one hundred came from Derby. The others came either from Bridgeport or New Haven
 Browns defeat. although sur IElElIlE anu b4EEA pptAAAlAilfs ARi'sAi A4etH 10 Browns many New Haven friends. was enthusiastically applauded and after the bout he was surrounded by spectators all of whom sought to con- Eratulate him. The Durable Danes only reply was q smile of thanks.
 Immediately after the bout Leo r. Flynn. manager of Hartley, made the following statement:
 ''Now that Pete Hartley has proven conclusively that he is Chic Browns master, I will go after Sam Drivers battler, Louis Bogash. What Pete did to Brown tonight Hartley will do also to Bogash, but with BoFash he will slip over the knockout wallop sooner. l have any amount that may suit Drivers fancy to support my contention that Pete Hartley cannot only beat Bogash, but can stop him as well'.
 Pugilistically them ain bout. while it lasted, was intensely interesting. Both were battling energeucaIly and unconcernedly. They sent in all sorts of hard blows. but neither seem cd to mind this with the result that by the eleventh session quite bitter feud had been stirred up between the boxers.
 In that tenth round Brown ran out of his corner like a to 1 favor ite. He flashed over a right that landed feintly on Petc's jaw. Then Chic stepped to one side and scored another light right. But for that one blow Hartley landed heavily on his sto.7ach with n terrific right. This waIlop for a second doubled up the New Haven who got a hard uppercut before he could cover up. This dazed the Italian who tried in vain to fall into n clinch.
 He was weak. however, and soon began to dobble under the strain of the heavy bombardment of punches from the Dane. A bealthy right cross on the jaw sent the New Haven lad crumpling to the floor down and out. There was no need for counting by the referee for it took about three rninus~s to revive the visitor.
 Brown realized the impossibility of winning the bout as early as the fourth ound when he was literally battered all over the ring. His game ness only permitted him to live through that session. Chic's advances were apparently harmless for they failed to bother the local champ; he stepped into Browns straight rights and smiled when his opponent scored any punches
 After the eighth when Brown came in contact with heavy left to the face. the crowd began to side with inc Dane, In the ninth Brown had all he could do to fight his way through the round. Hartley was inn proving with the passing of every round, while Chic was enroute for Dreamland After jollying his way through the ninth round. Brown, confident that Hartley was not the boxer who could stop him, invited his in the tenth to come in and Pete did come in. And he came in while Brown went down and out for the count
 Sapper Conan Of Bridgeport and George Porto of New Haven fought a very good and interesting eight round draw in the final bout. Both boys were fin good physical condition and not a minute was wasted be- tween them from the time the start Ing gun was tapped to the time 1t was changed in conclusion in the eighth round
 Conan fought far better than he did iAAt weak when he appeared in oppo-