Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-14

George Proto of New, Hayen,, fighting 1 at top notch speed, forsa nine rounds, knocked out Danny Doyle, pride 5of New | London, in the ninth after flooring him in the preceding round for the count Of i nine at the boxing bouts of the ,PasfIIne A. C. at Olympic hall Thursday evening. Doyle leading the fighting in practically every round, forced Proto to extend him self to the limit. but in doing this left an opening for the New Haven boy which spelled defeat In the third round Proto knocked Doyle down for the. count of eight, but the bell saved the New Lon don boy from going out.
 In the semi-final bout Mickey Travers, another of Tommy Shea's string, out fought and outpointed Teddy Davis .of Hartford in their six round go Travers continually used wicked left hook that shook Davis from head to foot when it landed.
 The preliminary bout, between. J ack Rose of New Haven and Red Rankin Of Norwich went four rounds; with the bet. ter of the argument going to fthe New Haven dad. This bout was fast but Red was not able to make any impression on Rose at all. .ata 1G.4tAA
 Battling Scud's seconds tossed in the sponge at the end of the second, round of the preliminary between Scud and Teddy
  in the ring, while Russell had an easy time in keeping away from the Battler's roundhouse swings. Russell showed to good advantage and in the second round foored Scud with left and right to the jaw and body.
 The Main Bout
 Doyle weighed in at 132, and. Proto tipped the scales at 12S. Both boys look ed to be in the pink of condition, and the betting, what little there1Wa of it, was even.
 | The first round opened with Doyle 1 leading with a left jab to the face, Proto countering with his right. Doyle landed | several stinging blows in this round but they were harmless. In the last minute of fighting both boys mixed it up in a sharp slugging match around the ring.
 The round was practically even. | In the second round Doyle adopted
 rushing tactics and rushed Proto to the | ropes several times. Proto was just get I ting into action and in this round landed \ heavily with his left. Doyle also got in several hard blows to the head but not l in telling places. This round ended With | both boys about even.
 | Letting out in the third, Proto out l fought Doyle in this round, doing some 1 telling infghting and in the last half | minute crossed his right with a left that l f1oored the New London boy. Doyle took | the count of nine and when he got up Proto let loose a haymaker with his right | but Referee Fury was in the way and l received the blow on his shoulder. Doyle
 then went into clinch and lasted out l the round.
 Coming back strong in the fourth
 Doyle carried the fighting to Proto but
 still feeling the effects of the previous
 round, was weak in his hitting. Pro;1
 thinking Doyle groggv, opened up bu Doyle clinched in the tight places an(
 Proto was unable to do any damage. < The fifth, sixth and seventh rounds were about even, but Doyle was showin: the effects of ,Proto's work in the might
 ing. Proto in these rounds continual. , l made for the body, and the effect wa easily seen.
 $. In the eighth Proto let loose, catching
 Doyle on the jaw several times, and be ] fore the round had gone half the dis } tance Doyle was groggy. Just before tn f bell Proto again feinted with his righ I and let go his left. It landed on Doyle l jaw and down he went for the count c nine Coming into a clinch, Doyle hun t to Proto until the bell.
 fl Doyle came out of his corner in tn Il ninth round with an unsteady appear 8 ance. Proto waited for him to make K break and then, catching Doyle off guard
 slipped over the left that had f1oored tn
 New Londoner twice before. This tim
 it was three times and out. Doyle tallin , the count lying prone on his face in tn ? center of the ring. -S sg7- .~F t Although beaten by better mal t Doyle put up a game fight and it wa . only Proto's cleverness@ that beat hin ! This bout was the best, bar none, eve n seen here.
 The Semi-Finai. e Working a wicked left to the jaw an
 body. Mickey Travers of New Have
 outfought and outpointed Teddy Davis (
 l Hartford in this bout. The New Have r, boy showed more science than Davis an i, did all the leading during the six round