The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-15

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True to his reputation the Silver
City boxer fought like a tiger from
the beginning to the end. He start
ed the battle at a terrific pace, which
only hull in Kaplans cynclonic descents
on his foe was in the sixth round. But
after that he was tearing around the
ring. chasing Shugrue, planting his
left on the face and against the body
with regularity and shooting in oc-
casionaI uppercutS.
Shugrue Disappointed Admirers.
Shugrue's poor showing was a dis
appointment to his army of friends
from Waterbury and elsewhere He
had the advantage in avordup OILS.
weighing 1872 IA to Ka,pdan's 100 IL.
He appeared to be stale" He lack
ed the oIdtime Shugrue agility. He
tried to box against Kaplan's on
onslaughts, but the Meridenite would
mot permit that style of defense: He
carried the fight to Shugrue and fore
ed him to battle right from the start.
Shugrue uncorked many wild swings
,anu missed many well-a1med blows.
Kaplan was always on the alert ana
nproved a crafty roeman all the way
iShugTue continually made efforts to
Hand his right, but his attempts were
futileeaby a big majority Occasion
ally he landed a Highlander. In the
ninth and tenth sessions when he was
at his best he 1eveled some hefty
Elbows against Kaplan, but was unable
ito follow them UP. One left hand
sock to the chin was a near knock
down, Kaplan being sent to his knees
Shugrue F1oored -Four Times.
Shugrue kissed the canvas in the
first, third, fifth and tenth. In the
third he turned a complete somer-
ssault The pastings, however. had
mo effect on Shugrue as he quickly
.Auliffe had the opportunity to count:
When Shugrue displayed signs OF
rallying in the ninth his admirers be-
came delirious. They thought the
tJohnny was going to make a whlr!-
wind finish and offsetting Kaplan's
big advantage.
But Shugrue was not there. In
the tenth, eleventh and twelfth Kap-
Ian fought with all of the dash ne
showed in the early rounds. In the
tenth round he fought Shugrue to the
ropes and nussed him up considefa-
bly The ninth round was the only
one credited to Shugrue by the ring
side experts.
Tremendous Jam; 10000 There
There was a tremendous Jam at
the fight. between 10000 and 10000
being the estimate. the largest throng
that ever witnessed a fight In Connec-
ticut Fight fans came from every
where there being a Few ringsters
from Springfield, Worcester. Provi-
. <7ence and other distant points Hart
ford sent big delegation. So did
Bridgeport, New Haven, waterbury
! and other down-the-line cities. And
a bargain aElTdCliOll the AASAAOSAA
Brass band was on hand to keep
I everyone except the defeated scrap
pers into good humor. Thousands OF
I automobiles were packed in the victn-
: ity of the backgrounds.
Holders of reserve pastboards had
a. hard time in gaining entrance and
1t looked for a time that the fence
{ at the field entrance would cave-in
I before the mob. All of Meriden's
r police were at the fights and they
| had a. difficult time in holding the
! crowd back There was a three-foot
gateway for the 5000 or more ticket
: holders to pass through and one or
: two persons to take the tickets. How
ever, the coppers were good sports
/! and in excellent humor. So was the
crowd. All were out to see some
good fights and all felt easier when
one Ieather-long blue coat announced
In stentoria tones:
ST say. Git back. There will be
no foightin' until every bIissed crea-
tire is inside, so phase take it azey
for the sake of Everyone" All SYM
pathized with the gallant "cop-"
Chairman Mosey King. chairman OF
the State Athletic Commission, was
on hand and witnessed the stampede
and is likely to bring the details OF
the big jam before the State. solons
/ King also settled some disputes as to