New Britain herald., 1923-02-14
!PILkINGTON BEATS
BRANDT EASILY
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Fighting in the hest fern Of man,
months Charlie Pilkingten hattled
through ~ rounds against butch
iirandl Of RTeaklyh in the feature
bout OF the Mallinsfori A. c, boxing
card, staged az the Elks aFmory in
the borough last night, and won the
referees decision in a walk, The
Meridea crack held the brooklyn
! lighter practically helpless through
out the entire distance, ana in The
ninth round opened up bad cut over
llraHdt,s left eye which bied profusely
during the remainder OF the bout,
The bout had progressed hardly a
minute when IL became apparent 10
the small-sized crowd, some i've hun
dred fans, more or less that the sll-
Yer City boxer was in me trim, His
left hand shot into 8randts figz quick
er than a wink. ard kept the mlttsier
from the City of Churches all al sea,
pilkington whizzed around like a
streak and before the round terminal
ed Brandts face clearly showed that
he was In quandary Weli-intended
smashes fell short or went over pix
ington's head with such consistency
that Brandt broke out into foolish
erin. while Pilkington hooked and
jabbed his way 10 clear lead. The
fnns. who were with Pilkinston, gave
him big hand as he went 10 his
corner.
Nothing startling developed during
the remainder of the bout. which
with the exception OF the third round,
was all Pilkington's. While Brandt
did not win the third session by dam
age inflicted upon Charlie. the Meri- |
den mittster held little more often |
than was necessary. Brandt wanted |
to fight, but his every move seemed |
10 be anticipated and Pil.ington fig
had him tied In knots. who,
however. kept Dutch in that predica-
ment too long.
The fans were treated to an exhi-
bition which to the majority was
pleasing. Brandt tried every ring
trick learned in his long career in
his efforts to batter his way through
guard, but without effect.
He was met with jolting lefts to the
lead which kept that section of his
lnatomy Lobbing like cork.
The tenth frame was the big ses- &
ion of the fray. Pilkington cut
Dose, and a cut which had been
pened over Brandts eye in the pre-
eding round became a target for the |
punches sent over by
and before the bell rang t
t was a sorrowful looking member. /
! series of left hooks and right crosses
wept Brandt across the ring, and the
ieriden fans rooted for Pillington to a
end the lad from Brooklyn to the s
yer, was missing, but Pilkington's I
largin in that inning was the widest !
f any of the rounds. n
No one needed to wait for the de-
sion of Referee Frank Tivey, an i'm
ortation from Hartford. Pilkington p
eighed 12S%, and Brandt 1913 IA. a
Gibbons Shirks
George Gibbons of Waterbury failed
go through with his bout scheduled
it'll Young Leonard, and Kid Bun b.
IN of New Haven went on instead, o.
semi windup. The fracas was o.
,rded for eight rounds, but went
clinical knockout over Bunyan. h,
The New Haven scrapper displayed =;
shifty brand of fighting in the first .,
und, dancing around the "Sheik"
Id attempting to draw him into
ad. Several times during the round r
lnyan connected with stiff lefts to-
e jaw, and won the session.
The second and third rounds also
mt to Bunyan. In the third he
ashed over a series of lefts to Leon ~
DIS jaw which held threats of doom nj
r the Wallingford fighter but were -
{ short at the bell.
Leonard kept battling away and Ia
It before the bell crashed home IL
" haymakers of his own. Bunyan
IS out on his feet when the bell
me to his rescue.
The fourth round was hardly under
y when Leonard again had Bunyan
a bad fix, and the referee checked
) attack and sent the boys to their
rners, awarding Leonard techni-
knockout.