Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
SUDENBERC AND
DELANEY FIGHT
1o-R0UND DRAW
One Judge and Referee Call
Bout Draw, While the
Other Judge Gives
1 Delaney Decision.

Jimmy Delaney OF st. Paul and
Johnny Sudenberg of Omaha fought
10 rounds to draw last night at
Fort Omaha.
Two judges, Gene Melady and
Tommy Mills, and Referee Denny
Ryan handed down the decision.
Two called the bout draw and one
gave it to Delaney.
The popular verdict evidently fa~
vored Delaney.
Each man put up a great fight,
Sudenberg, a bullish, aggressive bat
tie and Delaney, clean, clever one.
In the sixth round Delaney
claimed that he had been fouled. A
majority Of the crowd and one, judge
supported the claim Referee Den
ny Ryan. however, disallowed the
claim and after rest of three min
utes the unfinished sixth round was
called complete and the bell sound
ed for the seventh.
4 ,Omahan Heavier.
Sudenberg weighed 167~ at the
tingside and Delaney l62-
Sudenberg did all the leading in
the first two rounds. Delaney
showed exceptional ability to use
his feet and every punch went
straight to the mark with wicked
drive behind it. The Omaha lad
missed often and many of his blows
glanced away without effect.
In the second round Delaney sent
home a hard left to Sudenberg's S
mouth, and followed it with a volley
of rights and lefts that drove the
Omahan to cover.
Sudenbergs mouth started to
bleed. Delaney's punches always
took effect whereas Sudenberg's
were often wasted.
The fighters clinched frequently
and in every clinch Sudenberg found
time to put over one to three good
wallops. ~.
But for those blows the Omahan
would doubtless have been licked" :"
Delaney and Delaney's supporters
appealed to the referee to keep SUI
denberg from hitting in clinches.
In the fifth round the St. Paul
boy landed another vicious right and
followed it at once with a left that
overbalanced the Omahan and sent
the latter stumbling through the
ropes.
Delaney Lands Often.
In the next round Delaney fought
Sundenberg back against the ropes,
putting in hard jabs from each hand
constantly. Coming out Sudenberg
landed terrific left in the pit of
Delaney's stomach, and followed it
with a, punch that Delaney claimed
was foul. The St Paul lad withered
under the blow.
Delaney showed the mark of the
punch after the fight to prove his
claim.
Referee Denny Ryan allowed both
boxers to rest three minutes and
then brought them together again
for the seventh round.
Delaney opened the seventh
round, fighting like a wildcat. He
backed the Omaha fighter back into
his corner with half dozen hard,
fast jabs to the face. Sudenberg
clinched and drove home some more
of his clinch-punches that evened the
round
The eighth and ninth rounds were
even, both men fighting hard. N
Sudenberg raced from, his corner
in the tenth and fought for a knock
out. Delaney met him half way and
warded off the attack by clever duck
ing. The bell found them both in
the center of the ring trading
punches.
Although the main event was
worth the money" and more, the
preliminaries were every bit as good.
Ralph Spellman of Omaha
Knocked out Young Bryant of Fort
Omaha in the third of their sched-
uled six-round bout for the opening
preliminary.
Young Moss was given referees
decision over Jack Ryan of South
Omaha in six rounds. Young Blum
was given a technical knockout over
Kid Spurley, when the latter re-
clined in TIVE ring to save himself the
trouble of fighting. Spurley quit in
the second. round of what was in
tended to BE a six-round battle"
Harry Reed of Lincoln was given
referees decision over Batting
Garrison of Omaha in six rounds.
More than l,10O persons witnessed