Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-03
JOHNNY DARCY KNOCKS OUT .HILLLAR
 IN NINTH ROUND AT NEW LONDON

.n a whirlwind exchange of blows Johnny Darcy of New York kayoed Joe st. Hilliar of Concord, N. H., in the ninth round of the star bout of the card of the National A. C., at the I,yceum, theatre in New London Thursday night. The bout was one steady rain of heavy blows neither boy having much of an edge on the other although St. Hilliar seemed to De landing more frequently. than Darcy and at several stages of the fight rock ed Darcy with hard rights and lefts. Both boys were in the pink Of condl- ton when they stepped into the ring St. Hilliar weighing 131 l-2 and Dar- cy 135
 Darcy started off with, heavy lief swing, to the body and did most of tn leading during the early rounds whi. s.. Hiiliar. contented himself with talk ing a. wallop now and then in orde to get in some clever mitigating. Al though the bout was rather tame at times there were flashes of action that brought tho crowd up standing. Dur ing these barrages of blows the boys stood toe to toe and rained hard blows upon each other with St. Htlhar com ing off with the better of the encoun- ters. The first four rounds were prac- tfcally' even but in the fifth St Hill liar shook Darcy up with several hard rights which the New York boy took without seemingly being much hurt. The sixth and seventh were even while inthe eighth St. Hiliar had the edge.
 After a minute and half of mix ing in the ninth round Darcy worked St, Hilliar to the ropes and in a ter rife exchange landed a stiff right flush on St. Hilliar's jaw sending him to the canvas. St. Hilliar took nine counts and then came back with grim determination written all oyer his map but Darcy following up his advantage did not let the Concord lad get set. St. Hilliar fought back hard and in trying drive off Darcy left his jaw un- covered for fraction and Darcy step ned in with another hard right that caught St. Hilliar in exactly the same place as the other one and St. Hilltar etiffened, toppled over backwards and passed into a state of oblivion, while Refere Frankie Glennon tolled off, the count. ,r
 It seemed to some of those at the ringside that it was not so much Dar- cy.s blow that put him out as 1t was the fact that in falling his headt hii the floor with a resounding crash There were also cries of "four Lwher Et. Hilliar went down the second time as some apparently thought Darcy hit him while on his knees but Suct was not the case.
 In the semi final Young Marty Flah- erty of Lowell outclassed Joe Grick oi New York so completely that Ref cree Glennon called halt in the thiro round Young Flaherty showed a world of steam and looks good enough SC that many of the fans are of the opin- ion that he is entitled to star. bout / Jim Shanley of Lowell was giveI the decision over Leo Johnson of Bridgeport in the preliminary mill. II this bout Shanley worked a left jal did Johnson seem to have any. inchn Rtion to mix things up at all. ,-s,
 The curtain raiser proved more ol less of a comedy bout with Young Derry of Bridgeport knocking out Bill ly. Lewis of Fort Wright in the secon( round. Both boys were earnest. enougl fin, their ehdeavors but their frantic efforts to become world beaters in on' round provoked much mirth. .,''
 The show was run off in excellen order and deserved better patronag' than was given 1t last night. The new ruling of the State Boxing Commis sion In not naming the, referee of bout until shortly before the star worked out to the satisfaction of tn, fans as Frankie Glennon proved to b. all that could be desired in a referee Hugiiie Rorty whose stentorian tone announced the; bouts also | introduce, Louis Bogash of, Bridgeport ab tn coming middleweight champion of tn world. .,t